Page 52 of Juice

“I love you more sissy.”

I won’t sit up here and pretend that my talk with my sister cured my broken heart. I was hurt as bitch and probably would be for a mighty long time. I’d been with that nigga since I was eighteen. Everything I knew about love and relationships wastied directly to that man and now I had to pick up my life and unlearn some shit. Would it happen overnight? Hell nawl. I can’t say for sure that I won’t double back a time or two.

What I will say is, heartbreak isn’t forever. At some point the rain gotta dry up and the rainbow has to come out. It’s all a matter of hold long it takes.

Turning around in my seat I pulled the Beats headphones down. “Jude, you wanna go eat first or you ready to go jump?”

Pausing his iPad, he looked up at me. “Can we eat there?”

“Sure. If that’s what you wanna do.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“Okay cool.” Turning back around I let my driver know we could head toNinja Kidz. It had been six months since Julius and I split up. Julius pretty much got Jude anytime he wanted, the only time the two of them spent more than a few days apart was when Julius would be travelling. Other than that, my baby was bouncing from house to house. While it wasn’t the most ideal situation, we dealt with it as best as we could.

Anytime I had to travel for a hosting and wanted Jude with me my mama would travel with us. Like today, I was booked for an appearance at Omnia nightclub and brought my baby along so that the two of us could spend some time together.Jurnihad my ass so busy that we hadn’t had the chance to have a mommy/buddy date.

When I told him that he and his Meme were joining me on this trip he was so excited. He gave me a list of activities that he was dying to do and before we hopped on a flight back home, he and I was going to do it.

Since I had missed Shunta’s birthday trip, I hit her up and invited her to tag along and since she was still kicking it with her Vegas boo, she was down for the ride. Once we landed and checked in, she parted ways and promised to be back before I left for the club.

“What all you got planned for the day?” My mama asked.

“Kicking it with Jude until like five. I bought y’all tickets to go see Lilo and Stitch.

That’s one of the things on his list and since I’m taking him to the aquarium, I figured you would do this solid for me.” I smiled, trying to butter my mama up.

“Oh, so I gotta go sit through a show. While you do what?”

“Take a nap.” I giggled. “I mean just last month I took him to the show. And you of all people know how much Ihatethe movies.”

“Ummhmm, I hate it too. But anytime you or your sister wanted to go I took y’all.”

“And I took him.” I fake pouted.

Rolling her eyes she gave in. “I’ll take him Nari.”

“Thank you, mommy.” I beamed. “He needs to call his daddy before y’all go though.”

“Now why I gotta oversee that. I thought the two of you were doing good.”

“We’re getting along.” I shrugged.

“He’s been okay since that last incident.”

The last incident she was referencing was the time my baby daddy crashed out on Instagram after a baseball player posted a picture of us on his story. I took Jude to an event at the Braves stadium and a few of the players wanted to take a picture with me.

Completely harmless.The Shade Roommessy ass took the picture and posted it on their page claiming that someone had alluded to the two of us being a new item. Julius posted a pictureof his guns and subtly threatened to kill that man. I had to go make a post and tell people that I was still single because my baby daddy was really planning on killing him. Mind you he’sstillfucking off with the bitch he cheated on me with.

Julius thought I was oblivious, but the bitch had my friend in her close friends and posted pics of them often. “He hasn’t bothered me anymore so I really can’t tell you. I pull up, drop Jude off, or pick him up and that’s about it.”

“Y’all need to cut that foolishness out.” My mama shook her head like she was disappointed.

“Girl that is him. Not me. I ain’t let that man touch me in months. I don’t know why he still think I belong to him. I am a single woman. Free to fuck whomever I want.” Doing a quick glance behind me I checked to see if Jude still had his headphones on before elaborating. “Besides, I got a lil friend that I’ve been seeing on the low.” I smirked.

“On the low huh.”

“Yeah. Can’t introduce the world to my hoes just yet. Gotta make sure he ain’t for everybody like my baby daddy.”

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