Page 46 of Lost In You
“Oh wow! Sounds like you had a lot of fun! What did your dad do?”
He shrugged his shoulders as I stared at Asad. He smiled slightly and said, “Daddy went to the gym and took a much-needed nap.”
Jayceon frowned. “Nap?” he yelled, sounding like Soulja Boy.
I chuckled as Asad said, “Son, the older you get, the more you will appreciate those naps.”
Finally making his way to me, Asad kissed my lips, and said, “Hey, Mommy.”
I giggled like a little girl and felt the heat rushing my face. This man of mine always had me feeling so soft and loved. Iwould never get enough of that. Jayceon laughed. “Daddy! She’s not your mommy!”
“Who is she to me then?”
“Your wife!”
Asad stared at me, then gave me a slight smile. “One day, son. Right now, she’s my girlfriend.”
I felt that in my soul. I puckered my lips, wanting another kiss. He graced my lips with his, then grabbed my hand, leading me to the couch to have a seat. When we did, I noticed the bouquet on the table and the cute drawing next to it. I smiled big and picked up the drawing first. It was of three stick figures, clearly the three of us, with Jayceon in the middle. Pointing to the one with hair, I asked, “Is this me?”
“Yes! And me and Daddy. You like it?”
“I love it, baby. I’ll have to get an album to put your drawings in. When we move into our house, I can frame a couple of them and hang them on the wall.”
His eyes brightened. “When are we moving?”
“Next weekend! Are you excited? I am,” I said, thinking about finally having alone time with my man.
I glanced at him to see the big smile on his face as he watched Jayceon and I interact.
“Yes! Am I gonna have my own room?”
“Absolutely! And you’ll have another room for all your toys! A playroom!”
He hopped off the couch and started jumping in excitement. “Yay!”
I giggled as Asad pulled me into his arms. “I missed you today, baby.”
“I miss you every day. If I didn’t have to work, I would stay right under you.”
He chuckled. “You say that like it would be a bad thing. I can’t wait until we move. It’s been almost two weeks since I felt your love wrapped around me.”
He kissed my neck and continued. “I like the way we just fell into this family dynamic. It’s like Jayceon is biologically yours. That means so much to me, baby. Thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me. I have to admit, though, had Jayceon been bad, it would have been a lot harder.”
He tickled me, and I screamed, causing Jayceon to pay attention to us. When he saw Asad tickling me, he joined in. Asad thought he was slick though. He was copping free feels as he did so, teasing my nipples and gripping my ass. “Stoooop!” I yelled, then screamed with laughter. “Y’all gon’ make me pee on myself!”
They both stopped and laughed at me as I ran to the bathroom. I smiled so big until I closed the door. My smile faded somewhat as I thought about the phone call I got from SS today. While he wasn’t as noticeably bothered as the twins and Uncle Storm were, he was trying his best to deal with Maui “throwing her life away” over some nigga. He had me crying over the phone while he ranted about blowing shit up, and I was scared for him.
PJ had called him and let him know that Maui was at Mr. Legend’s house, because shit had gotten hot around Mythic. From what he said, Mythic and the guy he was running drugs for got into it, because he didn’t get his normal re-up. Plus, he hadn’t paid for the product the police confiscated when he got arrested.
Maui was right. He was trying to leave that life behind, but the process of that could very well have her in danger. I just wished Mythic could push her away until that shit was done. If she felt strongly enough to go through this with him, then she would have waited for him as well.
I knew if SS got involved in that shit, he was going to get hurt. SS wasn’t a punk by far, but PJ didn’t want to be in the middle, and Ace was still on probation. One mess up, and he would get locked up for the duration of it. That would leave SS trying to fight them alone. My brothers were contemplating helping him, he said, but there was no way I would allow that. I would be sure to tell Daddy and Uncle Kenny, just in case King and Kane were contemplating joining him too. Ryder J wanted no parts of it either, because that was his cousin on his dad’s side.
Uncle Ryder and Uncle Philly were first cousins to Mr. Legend. So none of them wanted to be in the middle of that shit either. Mr. Legend was like family too. If SS did that stupid shit, it would cause animosity to form between a super tight bond. Bali and Carter legend would definitely have issues. If they had issues, it would affect Noni and Red Squared. It was just way too much chaos that would come from that shit.
My entire lunch break had involved me trying to talk SS off the ledge. We were already struggling, trying to get used to Maui not being here. If those niggas killed SS, there would be another war in Nome. I hoped Uncle Storm could talk some sense into him. I tried calling Maui to see what was going on and if she was okay, but she wouldn’t answer. If she was staying with Mr. Legend and Mrs. Harper, then I knew things had gotten bad.
