Page 103 of His Lucky Blessing

Blessyn sat down on the bed. I kneeled in front of her just in case she passed out. This was the news she had been waiting for and now she was about to get it.

“Merci is alive.”

“Wha…what? Where?”

“Perc knows all the details. We’re leaving tomorrow.”

“I’m going too.”

“Nah, that probably won’t be good because we don’t have anyone to stay with the kids.”

“You better get your fucking nurse to get them. You tell me, my sister, alive and then tell me I can’t go. Yeah, you got me fucked up now.”

“Aight, they gotta go with us. Cecelia’s time is up now that I’m walking.”

“Figure it out but I’m going.”

My heart was racing when I woke up. All I wanted was Merci to be somewhere safe and to get that call from the hospital made my life better. The nurse that called told me that Merci had some memory loss, but she remembered my name and her sister Blessyn’s name but the only number she would keep repeating was mine. The sun hadn’t come up yet but I was anxious to see her. Months went by with me thinking I would never see her again. I was willing to kill everyone that was involved with her being dead.

I couldn’t help but think about what Jaydee said. He left her for dead and now I hated that Lucky killed him before he was able to tell us who paid him to kill her. I didn’t give a damn now. Hopefully, Merci could tell me something. Just being able to touch her again was all I wanted. Not only did I need her but mydaughter needed her too. She walked around calling her name all the time.

Around five I got up and rolled a blunt. Not wanting to wake anyone up, I stepped outside and sat on the porch. It was crazy how normal my life was just a few months ago. Besides my drama with my baby mama, I looked forward to chilling in the barbershop and then collecting my money on the streets. I wanted normalcy back in my life. I’m sure Lucky wanted the same thing, especially with Blessyn being pregnant again.

“You okay?” Blessyn came and sat next to me. This was the first time we had really been alone to talk.

“Yeah, but I’ll feel better once I see her.”

“Me too. I see you showered and got them clothes off you.”

“If you are waiting for me to tell you what me and my brother did, I’m not doing it. That’s my brother, and I love him with everything in me. I know he’ll lay his life down for me just like I would for him. If he didn’t tell you then I can’t tell you.”

“It’s like that?”

“Blessyn it’s just certain shit that happens that you may never know ‘bout. I can tell you this though. Lucky will never bring harm to his doorstep. He loves you and Kani too much. I understand you’re hurting from a lot of things, but he is too. Loosen up on my brother ‘cause I don’t wanna see him unhappy with someone else when he can be happy with you.”

“I love your brother, but he doesn’t understand how I feel Perc.”

“Don’t know what fuckin’ planet you on but Lucky understands you. I’ve been around when he’s tried to communicate, and you wave his ass off. It’s hard to be with the man that killed your son. I get all that but guess what? That nigga been here and he’s regretted ever since that day. He tried to meet you the day it happened, but the nurses told him you didn’t want any visitors. You wanted time alone with your son.”

“I didn’t know that. So, he knew me?”

“Nah, he never laid eyes on you. I believe if he would have, y’all would not be together.”

“True.”

“Real talk, don’t be so rough with his heart. It’s like he lost Kj too. I never saw him so soft in my life, but it changed him and that’s a good thing because if you would’ve got the old Lucky, you’ll be just another muthafucka he fucked.”

The sun was starting to peek through the clouds. In a few hours I was about to reunite with my baby. Today was special because it was her birthday. Nothing I could buy her would be able to tell her how much she meant to me.

“Let’s go get these kids ready for this flight. Ain’t no telling how they’re going to act,” Blessyn told me.

I thought my daughter was going to have a hard time flying but it was actually me. The lady I sat next to had gone to sleep on my shoulder as soon as we took off and Lucky was laughing and taking pictures while I was suffering.

“You look a little sick. I never seen a hood nigga not take at least one flight,” Lucky said.

“Nigga everybody ain’t high class like you. If I can’t drive to that muthafucka then I don’t wanna go. This dying shit is for the birds and look at this muthafucka about to slob on me.” I pushed the woman off me and her head landed on the window, making her wake up.

The plane was crowded, and we managed to get the only seats left on this small ass plane. I had already told Lucky if we couldn’t get first-class back then I was driving. Ain’t no way in the hell I was going to sit my ass on a cramped-up plane. This wasn’t my thing. I was used to only going within driving distance. As I sat the rest of the plane ride and thought about it, that may be why Merci never really settled down with a nigga. The furthest I would take her is to the mountains which werein driving distance. If we were going to be together, I had to do better on my end. Everything wasn’t Merci’s fault.

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