Laced (continued)

|Habits|

"DE'JA COME HERE NOW "

Ugh I swear that lady yell to damn much. I took my headphones out and Just before I got up
I heard my sister Nyla running to my room. She just turn 7 and she was really starting to understand what was going on, so no more sugar coating.

"Deja, Tanisha calling you" Nyla said standing in my door way

"I know, I heard her through my music, & what I tell you about calling mama by her first name ny" I said walking down the hallway .

" Maybe if she acted like a mother, I'd address her as one" ny mumbled .

Here's the back ground story, see when I was around 5 or 6 my dad brought this house and it was just me, him and my mom. And it was amazing. My daddy worked a lot, so he wasn't always around, but he provided us with everything we needed so there was never a reason to complain.
Well at least that how I felt. I guess my mama didn't feel the same way. While daddy used to be at work, this dude used to come over a lot. His name was quan. He was very tall, with tattoos and he had the downtown Atlanta accent. Mama said that he was just a friend and that daddy doesn't need to kno that he visits while he was at work.
The more quan came over, the less I seen of my mom. Daddy started working overnight shifts on occasions, to have some extra money to spend on us. Which Made me see less of my dad and a lot more of Quan. Months went by and I began to see both daddy and quan an equal amount

*FLASHBACK* (9:45 pm)

"Mommy I'm hungry, I haven't ate since the
Cereal daddy made me"

"O-Okay baby give mommy a second okay"

Quan gave her a shot in her arm and she released a gasping noise and got up from the chair. She made her way to the kitchen as I sat at the table

" H-he should be home in a few minutes" mommy said to Quan

"Ight bet, I'm out holla at you tomorrow " he said leavin the house

"Al-alright. Baby what you want ? You want so-some eggs? Yeah? Ima make you some eggs and sausage, I know you love breakfast "

" yessss! Okay mommy " I heard her turn on the stove and the ticking noise started

"mommy just gonna get the grea-"

That's all I heard before her body hit the floor. The grease went everywhere including on the stove.
I heard my daddy's truck pull in . A fire started in the kitchen and I ran to the front door

" DADDY DADDY!"

" Hey princess! Wher-"

"Mommy fell and there's a big fire in the kitchen!"

He immediately put me down

"Princess go to Mrs. Pam's house okay" and he ran into the smoky house.

Mrs. Pam was our neighbor, I played with her daughter sometimes. I got over there and told them that mommy fell and that the house was on fire. She called the firefighters and they got there fast.
We stood outside and daddy came out carrying mommy and laid her in the grass. The ambulance worker put her on the stretcher and me and daddy headed to the hospital leaving the fireman defeating the fire.

*Hospital*

"Daddy? Is mommy okay" I asked him as we sat there watching her breathe in the hospital bed

"Yeah baby, Mommy's gonna be fine" he grabbed her hand and rubbed it. " baby what do you mean mommy fell? He asked me

"I told her I was hungry because I haven't ate since you made me the cereal "

"The cer- that was before I left for work"

" I know daddy, that's why I was hungry duh .. she said she was gonna make me some breakfast and then she just fell"

"What was she doing all da-"

The conversation ended being that the doctor interrupted us as he came in holding a clipboard

"Hi you must be Mr Willis, from looking at the medical stats, she seems to be doing fine.
The reason for her passing out was due to a " he mouthed the words "medical overdose" but I couldn't find any information on her being on medication" the doctor informed

"Because she's not" my father added

"But overall her and the baby will be okay" the doctor said

Baby?!

"Baby?"

"Yes sir, are you unaware? She's 4 months pregnant "