Page 35 of Absolute Fulfillment
When I opened my eyes the next morning, Rennix wasn’t in bed with me and I smelled food cooking. It wasn’t that I had a hound nose or anything, but the ventilation system was just that connected in this house. I glanced over at the time, seeing it was eight in the morning, way after my normal wakeup time, especially when Adonis was home.
Oh shit! Adonis.
As soon as Adonis crossed my mind, I was on my feet, rushing to his room. When I saw he wasn’t in there, I rushed down to the kitchen where I spotted my son sitting on the island, seemingly making a mess and watching Bluey, while a shirtless Rennix stood right next to him stirring a bowl of what I assumed to be pancake batter.
“Damn, you good, thug?” Rennix asked as soon as he spotted me.
“Yeah. I just didn?—”
“Your sister knocked on the door earlier and said she was heading out. Lil G was up about thirty minutes later. Figured we could hook you up some breakfast, but yeen have shit in your refrigerator. So I ordered everything.” He moved around, continuing to cook while I just looked at him.
“You can cook?”
“Hell nah, but I be all over Kimmy page looking at the shit I wanna eat. I got you, now I’ma start sending those recipes your way.”
I laughed. “I told you I don’t like to cook.”
“But you like me. I feel like if I dig deep enough you’ll get into the spirit.” He winked in my direction.
More laughter escaped my lips before I approached my baby. He didn’t know what the hell he was doing. Shit… yes he did, he was making a mess.
“I’m cooking, Mommy.” He smiled up at me.
I returned the smile. “I see.” Then I looked over the spread. It was nice, especially for a man who claimed he couldn’t cook. There were waffles, eggs, biscuits, sausage, pork bacon, turkey bacon, a lighter sausage, and even grits.
“Are you sure you can’t cook?” I asked, eyes locked on his back.
He laughed. “Told you I couldn’t, but I really be paying attention to the videos, baby. Here, try this.” He held up a piece of sausage for me.
“What is this?”
“Chicken sausage. I know better than to feed you a pork sausage even though we both know you be sneaking pork.”
I accepted the sausage between my lips and chewed. It actually tasted good. “Okay, don’t set me up on a vibe you don’t intend to maintain.”
He laughed. “I figured you cook for me and I cook for you. That way Lil G won’t starve and we’ll both get the hang of this shit.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at his logic.
“What you say about that, Lil G?” Rennix’s attention went to Adonis who nodded happily, excited. My baby wasn’t thinking about no damn eating; he was just returning energy. Rennix seemed happy, so he was happy.
“See, even he agrees.”
I waved him off. “You got food and you’re smiling at him. Of course he’s agreeing.”
Rennix shook his head, taking the spoon from Adonis and handing him a piece of sausage in its place.
For a minute I just watched him move around the kitchen with a smile on my face. Never mind the fact that he expected me to do the same thing soon. For moments like this I’d do it. I was probably jumping the gun, but this moment felt like the beginning of a family unit.
Chapter 7
Rennix
My eyes stayed on my nephew next to me clapping and gyrating at the sound of the TV. Though when I first met him and his brother they looked like their father, over time they’d morphed into their mother’s twins overnight. Wild, bushy, curly hair and big doe-like eyes had my nephews looking like they’d be picked on at school. That was cool, because if anybody tried it, I was liable to show up and set the scene.
“He’ll do that shit for hours. I don’t know what it is about Ms. Rachel but she got all the kids in a cult.” G re-entered the living room holding Junior.
I nodded, eyes finding the toddler next to me again. Lately my mind had been traveling a lot, forcing me to question the things I didn’t think about at first. First with Caya, then with her kid. I wasn’t some sucka. I knew dating a woman with a kid ultimately made the kid a part of the agreement. I rocked with it.
