Znuie
I was rinsing Leon's hair out. Today was wash day.
We've skipped a couple of days and his hair was dirty.
"Ms.Znuie your house is fun" Aj said to me.
"Aww thank you" I said wrapping a towel around Leon's head.
"At my daddy's house with my mama, it's kinda boring" he said and it caught me off guard just a little bit.
I heard the front door open and close. Then Austin walked in the kitchen holding renzo.
He kissed all the kids on their foreheads and then gave me a kiss.
"Can we talk" I asked Austin.
"Yeah" he said before staring into my eyes hard as if he was trying to read me.
I looked away and continued to comb out Leon's hair.
After moisturizing his hair, I let the kids go play.
"Where's lacy" Austin asked sitting on the counter.
"I put her down for a nap" I replied before giving him my full attention.
"What did you want to talk about" he asked.
I didn't know how to bring it up.
"Where...uhm no..." I said knowing I was confusing the fuck out of him.
"Uh...okay. Your baby mother right." I started off and he nodded. "She stay at your place" I asked.
"Yeah" he said as if it was normal.
I looked at him confused.
"I don't how Lamelo treats you or whatever but I was raised to always take care of my child's mother" he said.
"Okay but you're in a relationship" I reminded him.
I'm trying not to get mad because he hasn't given me a reason to think he's cheating.
"I know I'm in a relationship and she knows that too" he says getting off the counter.
"Okay but when you don't sleep here ...you're there. Does she have her own room" I asked.
"No" he said.
"So y'all sleep in the same bed" I squinted my eyes.
He didn't say anything he just rubbed his hand down his face.
"If you think I'm cheating on you then you need to stop thinking that" he said. "I haven't slept with my baby mother in months. Which was before I met you" he assured to me.
"I don't care about that. You know feelings can build back up when it comes to your baby father especially if he's doing all this shit for you" I explained.
"So you want me to kick her out. What you expect me to tell my son when we go back home and his mommy isn't there. She was there for me when I went and got out of jail. I'm not just going to sit here and let her struggle" he said and then waited for me to talk.
But I couldn't say anything. I'm just not comfortable with the situation.
"Everybody don't come from money Znuie." He reminded me.
"Okay. I'm just not comfortable with it" I said.
He blew some air out and rubbed his face.
"I want to be with you. Honestly I do. But I'm not kicking my baby mama out." He said before lifting up off the counter and going to the stairs.
