Page 122 of His Lucky Blessing

He was right I didn’t have a passport. I felt like shit that I couldn’t be there. Especially now that it was a chance that baby was mine yet again.

“I’m not sitting here. Did you not hear what the Blessyn said? Merci over there dying. What the fuck do I need to do?”

Lucky dumb ass ain’t say shit. He tapped away at his phone. We had been sitting watching our pops every move. The nigga was damn near unrecognizable. He grew his facial hair out andwore dark glasses with his hat real low. He switched out cars and put his house up for sale. The streets were saying the police were looking for him for insurance fraud. Not only was he hiding from us but he was running from jail too.

He not only got our mama insurance money, but he got Merci mama’s as well. The nigga was living high on the hog. The sad part was he wasn’t used to having it which is why he still hanging around and doing the same shit. With the amount of money he had, he could’ve started a new damn life but I guess when the hood in you, you can’t let it go.

“Here, when we get there don’t open your fuckin’ mouth. This is the best I can do. Take me to go pick it up and we can go.”

I don’t know how Lucky did, but he had someone make me a fake Id and passport. We were on the next flight out. It took us a minute to get through customs, but it worked out. The longer they tried to keep me, the more I was getting frustrated, but I had to be reminded that I was here illegally and I damn sure didn’t want to get locked up in this dirty ass shit. I’m trying to figure out why Lucky would send them here.

“Why the fuck would they send them here? This shit is ridiculous,” I said.

“Nigga shut the fuck up. Where I sent them at is gorgeous. Find out what hospital they at so we can catch a cab or some shit.”

I sent Blessyn a text to let her know that I was here and needed their location. It took her a minute to get me the information because she didn’t know the address. The service wasn’t that good which made our message take forever to send.

“Call her and let her give the phone to one of them Spanish talking nurses nigga. Do you have a goddamn brain?”

“Why you ain’t do it? My fuckin’ nerves bad as fuck right now.”

“’ Cause she’ll answer you before she answers me.”

It took us damn near an hour to get to another part of the island. We passed through one of the poorest sides of town I had ever seen. Thankfully, she was in a decent looking building. From the outside, it didn’t look like a hospital, but I didn’t care. I let Lucky pay while I got out and called Syn to come and get us from the front. Blessyn looked exhausted instead of refreshed like we thought they were going to be. She ran up to me and hugged me. The way she was crying, I thought Merci didn’t make it. I was scared to ask her what the doctor was saying.

“How is she?”

“I didn’t think she was going to make it, but they gave her three pints of blood and she’s finally coming around. She’s stable now and we’re just waiting on her to get a little more energy. The baby is good.”

“Where they at?”

“The last room on the right. Since you’re here, I’m going to find some food. We been here since last night and we been surviving off chips and juice.”

The baby was sleeping in a little bed while Merci rested. I was so used to seeing her with a belly that it was weird to see the covers so flat. She looked good besides the cracks in her lips that were covered by what I believed to be Vaseline or some shit. Once I made sure she was breathing and was good, I walked up to the baby. My heart skipped. He was mine. He looked just like Kani but had my big nose and bushy eyebrows. My dad stamped Lucky and I good with the looks. Here I was looking at another version of myself. I wanted her to wake up so she would know that we were not going through with that adoption.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know she had company. Did her sister step out?”

“Yes, she went to feed the kids. I’m her husband. I just flew in.”

“Okay, my wife and I were the ones to deliver the baby. We were just checking on her before we headed out.”

“Is there any way I compensate you for your troubles.”

“No, please. We deal with these types of emergencies all the time. As much as we travel, there’s nothing we haven’t seen. Her sister wouldn’t take no for an answer, so she paid for our next vacation. We appreciate you guys for being so generous. Make sure when she wakes up, that she stays hydrated. I took the liberty of going to get her some fresh water. The water here on the island isn’t good for her. Bottled water only.”

“Thank you so much,” I shook his hand.

“For him to be a few weeks early, he’s a pretty healthy boy. Take care of them.”

“Thank you again,” I told him and his wife.

I picked the baby up and sat down on the edge of Merci’s bed. Unwrapping him, I looked at his fingers and toes to make sure they were all there. The cold air from the air hit him and made him start crying. Merci woke right up in a frantic.

“Give me my baby.”

“You don’t need to be holding him. I got him, he just cold.”

“I haven’t seen him. Can I please see him?”

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