Poison Ivy

Ivy 18

August POV:

I open her door and help her out. She smiles and holds my hand in her little hand. I chuckle and pick her up.

"You don't have to carry me everywhere, daddy. I'm a big girl now and I can walk."

I chuckle and look at her. I put her down. "Well you'll always be my babygirl, no matter how old you are. And if I remember well, you always cried if I didn't carry you in my arms."

She smiles and shrugs. "Yeah, but that was a long time ago. Thank you for taking me out today."

I sigh and nod. She stops and grabs my hand, rubbing over it. I stop too, looking down at her.

"It's ok, daddy, you can tell me anything, you know that, right? I'm a big girl now and I can take care of you like you take care of me when I'm sad or sick." She says with a small smile. I take a deep breath. I hold my hand out for her to take. "C'mon." She takes my hand and we walk in the restaurant. I decided to take her out for lunch. I haven't had a meal in a while anyways.

"Reservations for Alsina." I tell the waiter. He nods and leads us to the back, somewhere private. We take our seats.

"Here are your menus and I'll give you a few minutes to look through the menu."

We nod and he walks away. I look over the menu.

"What are you ordering, baby?"

She taps her bottom lip with her small index finger. I smirk. She looks up at me. "I'd like to have Ribs and fries, with a Chocolate milkshake. I can have that right?"

"You can have anything you want baby. Today is all about you."

She smiles. "Daddy, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Why have you been sad these past few months? You didn't come see me like you used to and when I did come to the house, you wouldn't spend time with me. Did I do something? Because if I did, I'm sorry."

"Baby, you didn't do nothing. Daddy was just going through a hard time and I'm sorry if you felt that I was abandoning you. I love you and you are my baby girl."

"I forgive you. I have so many questions. Can I ask all of them?"

I raise an eyebrow. "Sure."

"And can you answer all of them? Truthfully."

I nod. I definitely don't like where this is going. The waiter returns and we give him our orders.

"So, why were you sad?"

"I told you."

"No. No, you didn't. You said you were going through a hard time."

"Yes, I was."

"Well..."

"Ok. Let's just say, people I thought were my family did something family doesn't do. I also lost a few friends along the way. Some temporarily and some permanently."

"Like Rita?"

I nod and drink my juice. "Yes. Like Rita."

"Permanently?"

I frown and she looks down. She sighs and bites her bottom lip. "I know about Rita," She says softly. I tilt my head to the side, urging her to continue. "That she is never coming back in your life, our lives."

I continue looking at her. She sighs loudly. "I heard mama and nana talking, ok? I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Is it true that she died because of you? Did you kill her? I know you were mad at her that weekend she came to our house."

My frown deepens. Shit, I think I'm pissed now. Who the fuck has been feeding her this bullshit? I take deep breaths. I can't afford to lash out on her.

"No. I didn't kill Rita. Someone who was her family, killed her in front of me. Yes, I was mad at her about something, but I didn't kill her. She died, because she was saving me. If it wasn't for Rita, I'd be the one dead."

She gasps and gets up to hug me. "Oh, daddy. I'm sorry for thinking you would hurt Rita. I know you loved her. It's just that, after I heard mama and nana I thought you hurt her."

"No, honey, I would never hurt Rita. How did you know I loved her?"

She smiles. "Well, by the way you used to look at her. You don't look at anyone else like that."

I laugh softly. "What do you know about looks?"

"More than you. You'll be happy again, daddy. It's good to see you smiling again."

I smile. "It feels good to be smiling again. It feels even great that it's my beautiful daughter behind this handsome smile."

She rolls her eyes and smiles. I laugh loudly, throwing my head back. That's my daughter. Aaliyah.

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Just an Aug POV. Hope it was good. Wasn't it cute? How Aaliyah cares?

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