Michael
"I'll get back with you," I told my agent. "No Michael, we need the decision now!" she demanded.
"I told you I'm taking some personal time, I have a family," I explained. She chuckled and said, "You also have a career and a great director that wants to work with you,"
"I am dealing with a lot right now, so if you could contact me at a better time when you actually want to treat me like a human, I'll be happy to answer!" I hung up.
"Dada," Mariah said. "Yes Riah," I looked up to see she had tears in her eyes. "I want mommy," she replied. "Mama isn't here, what happened?" I asked her.
"Blankie," she said. She wanted her blanket. I went back into the bag that Y/N had packed for her and it was nowhere to be found. "Dada will sleep with you, okay? We can get blankie later," I said.
"Okay," she nodded her head. I picked her up and took her to her crib. I put her in and slowly lowered myself in. She pushed herself against my chest and I wrapped my arms around her before closing my eyes.
***
"Yo!" I heard a voice call out. I was still in Mariah's crib and Steelo was here? "Man, you must've been slumped," Steelo said. I started to panick because Mariah was gone. "Chill, the kids are downstairs watching shows," he reassured me.
I got out of the bed and took myself to the living room where the kids were. "Good Morning!" I said. All of them were too busy watching the show to pay attention.
"I said good morning," I repeated. "Good Morning," All of them replied quickly. I looked over at Steelo, "We need to talk," he said.
"About what?" I laughed. I've never actually seen Steelo want to be serious about conversatign with me in my life. "Michael, you're not doing okay. Mentally," he said.
I gave him a look of confusion, "I'm fine, I got my kids and my career," I faked a smile. "Never mind, I actually gotta run some errands real quick. Watch Kyden for a little bit and Tati will come get him," Steelo sprinted out of my place before I could even argue.
I let the kids continue to watch their show until my doorbell rang. I quickly opened it to see Tati. "Hey Tati, how are you?" I asked. This was my first time seeing her since she got out. "Okay, I'm okay," I let her in.
"Kyden is over in the living room with the other kids," I said. "I need to talk to you first," she said softly.
"Okay," I led her to a sitting area. We sat down and there was silence, until there wasn't. "I know you don't see it, but, Y/N is struggling. She's snapping at people, crying every night, and sucking all of her emotions in around everybody," Tati started.
This was concerning to me, I didn't want to stress her out. "The Michael I knew would never cheat on his wife, ever. I know this whole kissing thing was somehow a setup, but we'll figure that out later," she continued.
I nodded my head as she continued to go on for what seemed like days until she finally got to the end. "Y/N's therapist wants her to do a couples session so you guys can talk this out, but Y/N doesn't want to do it because she's scared of what it will mean for her. I think she's scared of closure, but I'm not sure," she finally finished.
