Chapter 28- Things Happen

Makiela.

"Shit." I whisper in Zayn's ear as I bite on my lip and he grants me with slow strokes. It feels so amazing like always and I want to scream, but with children in the house, I can't. I feel my climax coming so I squeal and he bites on my neck.

I now came all over his shaft, he plants a soft kiss on my lips before pulling out of me. He then climbs off and I watch as he goes into the bathroom, and I hear the water from the shower running.

I pull the covers off of me and get out of the bed as well, I walk my naked body into the bathroom and open the shower door and get in with Zayn.

"Why can't I take a shower alone woman?" He says in a playful manner.

"Because I wanna be with you." I move him out of the way so I can be closer to the shower hed and I grab my wash rag along with Dove bar soap, then begin to rub the soap around the towel allowing it to lather up. I then wash my self up, and Zayn's scrubs my back as I do so.

"Can you watch the kids today, I have a job interview?" I ask him as I scrub my leg.

"Why do you have to ask me to watch my kids?" He ask in a defensive tone. "You know got it."

"Im just asking, cause you know you be out and about, running the streets." I respond as while looking back him.

"I got my kids Kiela."

After a half an hour I get dress into a long sleeved, tight fitted dress, that's colored a bright dark baby blue, I decide to leave my naturally curly hair down, and put a side part to it, and I throw on some white heels.

Once im dressed I go downstairs and start cooking breakfast for my family, while Aabria and Zayn our feeding the twins their bottles.

"Zayn do you want blue berries in your pancakes?!" I call out.

"No, straight butter milk." He replies.

"Okay butter milk." I mumble to myself.

With in twenty minutes breakfast is ready, I set the table and place Aabria and Zayn's plates down. "Come eat!" I yell.

They both enter the kitchen, I watch as Aabria hops up in the chair and says a silent prayer over her food, Zayn does the same thing and I smile at them.

"I have to go in a mintue you guys." I say once they are done.

"Where you going mama?" Aabria ask as she pops a straw berry in her mouth.

"Mommy has a job interview to go to, but I'll be back in a few hours."

Diamond then enters the dining room with a sports bra on and some shorts, that stopped at the beginning of her thighs, it was rather brief. "Good morning Zayn." She walks passes me and go into the fridge. I was offended that she didn't even bother to greet me, nor my daughter.

And her choice of clothing, obviously states that she wants attention. I turn to her and bit on the corner of my lip. "Diamond?"

"Yes?" She turns around with a devious smirk on her face as she hold a water bottle in her hands.

"Didn't we talk about you showing to much skin, where are you going with that on?" I actually didn't care if she wore it out side the house, cause I was a teenager once....but I never dress liked her. The real problem is that she's dressed like this in front of a man, a girl her age doesn't need to flaunting in front of a male, it's just like woman like.

"It's hot in here." She shrugs, I can tell she didn't care. "I'm not about to wear a mountain of clothes."

"Well if it's hot go turn on the air. Just make sure it's at a fair temperature, I don't want the kids to get a cold." I explain.

"And that's exactly why I'm not turning on." She smiles, then sits next to Zayn.

"Um Zay?"

"Wassup D?" He responds to her.

"Do you think you can give a 500 dollars?"

"For what?" He raises his eyebrow. "What do you need that much money for?"

"I need to get some new stuff, you know im bulging a new studio in my room."

"I'll think about it." He says.

She smiles, then slowly gets up. "Okay." I watch as she walks away.

I come into the dining room with a big bowl of fruit and begin to pile some more on their plates. "I don't think you should give her anything Zayn.....I know I'm the one who took her in but im starting to feel sketchy about her."

He lifts his shoulders, and looks up at me. "You know she likes to sing babe, it can be useful."

"Alright just peep her out alright, just don't give her anything just because she ask."

"I got you baby." He says.

"Alright I gotta go."

"Mommy give me hug first!" Aabria yells out, I giggle and give her a tight hug and a big sloppy kiss on her forehead, and she giggles. I then give Zayn a kiss on the lips.

"Do not let the twins sleep all day, or their gonna be up all night." I warn, ask I grab my black Chanel bag off of the counter.

"Okay my queen, I got it. Go kill em at that interview boo boo!" He lightens his voice.

"Shut up." I giggle.

Makiela.

I have arrived to California Market Center, I smile at a man who walks pass me as I go through the revolving doors entering the builing. I glance around at the place just to get quick a feel, then I spot a guide on the wall and go over to it, in search for the floor that I'm suppose to get on to reach my destination.

"Floor 7." I mumble to my self as I as I slide my finger off of the guide.

I carry myself to the elevator, and clutch on to my purse tight. The doors open, and a small group of people exit, I make my entrance and press number 7, then lean on the wall as the door clothes.

Within in five minutes I make it to Carmella Travis's office, I knock on her door and await for an answer.

She opens with a wide smile spreading across her face. She's a pretty woman, with long straight hair that stops in the middle of her back, her make up is cleary done professionaly and it match the fresh, spring colors of her floaty dress that has spaghetti straps, she has a warm caramel complexion. I admire her choice in style already. "May I help you?"

"Yes I'm Makiela Randall, the woman you talked to a few days ago."

"Aw yes!" She smiles from the rememberace of me. "Your very pretty." She says while shaking my hand.

"I can say the exact same about you." I compliment.

"Well come on in, let's get this conference started shall we?" She gestures for me to enter, and I do just that and close the door behind me.

I sit down in the seat closets to his desk, that made us sit across from each it, she grabs her mug and take a sip of coffee before sitting down in her seat. I checked out her actions and mannerism, I can tell that her work ethic has quality.

"So how are you today?" She ask as she log in to her lap top.

I cross my legs, and straighten out the creases on the bottom of my dress. "I'm fine and your self?"

"I am great. Now Makiela, I looked at the designs you sent me and I seen your models rocking your creations, and I also saw what you did for Alicia Chènin's wedding, and I loved all of it, I admire your art love." She folds her hands together as she looks at me.

"Thank you Ms.Travis, I appreciate the compliment." I nod.

"Now tell me why do you want to be my assistant?"

"Well I know that your a designer your self, and your mother Carolina Rivers was the best black female designer out of the LA Fashion years ago, I just want to be under a wing that can guide me the right way and a stepping stool. And I love to help people with designs, in the decription it says that their would be times when I'll have to help you design certain things."

"Yes you will, and I like your answer. But to be completely honest, I don't need an asistant."

"Then why am I here?" I try to ask as nicely as possible. I don't want to feel like I'm wasting time.

"Well I'm relocating one of my stores here to New York and I need some one to run one of my Fashion Warehouses, I have employees that already sews, that's designs clothes, that's just amazing, all the greats come there and check in sometimes."

"You want me to take over your store?"

"Yeah....its pretty easy."

"I would love to do that." I say, not holding back any excitement.

"Do you really think you can handle it?." She ask for confirmation.

"I'm sure that I can." I grin.

After twenty minutes we talk more about the buisness, and our conversation starts to come to an end.

We both rise up and shake each others hand
"Well Makiela, the fashion buisness will be in your hands next month on the 22nd" She informs to me.

"Thank you so much Ms.Travis, I am looking foward to it." I say with a smile.

Zayn.

Since Makiela came home early, I decide to visit my cousin. After approaching the receptionist, I enter his room to see him sitting up on the bed playing with his daughter Birdee.

"Wassup man." I say with a wide grin as I walk over to him.

"Hey Coz." He says while playing with his daughters hand.

I place the Chipotle bag on his side table amd sit beside him.

"You bought me some food?" He ask.

"Yeah Jaimee said you need to eat, how you feeling?"

"Well its clearing up finally and I gained three pounds." He says as he kisses Birdee's cheek, I can tell that he's excited about getting better and the lord knows I am too.

"For real?! That's my boy man! Yo....that's the best news I heard all day fam." I say with glee in my tone while rubbing the back of my head. "So when you gon be able to get out."

"I'm not sure, they wanna see what the next level is going to take. But ya boy is feeling better, I'm breathing right, getting my weight back up...,I just gotta take care of myself."

"You got too." I slap my hands together as I lean over. "Your gonna make it man, I guarantee it to you." I say with confidence.

He nods in agreement. "I believe you."

"Imma make it to my baby birthday though." He says as he lifts one year old birdee in the air, causing her to giggle uncontrollably.

"You gon make it period." I state.

"How Kiela and the kids doin?" He ask changing the subject, I want to still tell him to stop thinking negative but I allow him to have his way this time.

"They doing good...Kiela gonna be running one of the biggest fashion rings in LA and the kids growing, Zeejay is learning fast...six months and Zaibree learned hold her own bottle finally "

"That's what's up." He nods. "Do you think this shit is karma?" He questions as he lays Birdee on his chest.

I scrunch up my face in confusion. "What'chu mean?"

"Me having cancer, I took a life...do you think that's why I got this shit."

"Man you can't base your illness off of that shit. Things happen man. It's not karma, Jay was the only person you killed....and he took your Lil Mikey away from you and ya mom, if anything that was his karma. But don't beat yourself about it, things happen. It wasn't right but you gotta move on. And focus on getting better."

"You right man, but when you gon' let the fact that you killed Leyana go?" He ask so bluntly, that it shocked me. I wouldn't think that he would bring that up.

" I mean, when something like that happens there is no way someone can just forget it. Can I forgive myself, maybe? But forgetting no....but I'm getting better. We was talking about you tho' nigga." I chuckle and he does as well.

"Well let's forgive and forget then fam."

"Cool." I agree.

****
I pull up to my home, to see my mother's 2006 Honda Civic in the drive way, I turn off the engine and exit the car, I then go inside of my home, to hear Makiela and my mother talking already.

"I know how to take care of kids Angel." Makiela says annoyed. "I did become a mother at 15."

"And that's my point Kiela, your a young mother so let me give you some tips. Don't put thier bottles in a the dish washer, hand wash it your self." My mother tells her.

"Okay Angel sure, can I just finish feeding my child please."

"I got it, go sit down some where you seem stress."

I walk into the living room to see my mother taking Zeejay out of Makiela's arm, Kiela held a strong mug on her face. Her and my mother just don't see eye to eye at sometime, which is truly sad. But I can understand why don't like each other.

"Hey Zayn." My mother greets me.

Zeejay looks at me with a wide grin. "Wassup ma." I grunt as I grab my son from her.

"Your little girl friend not listening again, she's trying to kill my grand children."

"No she not ma." I fake a small cackle. "What you doing here?"

"What? I just can't come and check on my son and grandbabies."

"You can ma, give me a minute." I then go into the family room where Makiela is un strapping Zaibree from her swing set.

"You need your diaper change mama, huh?" She whispers to her.

"You okay baby?" I ask her, she turns ask around and throws Zaibree's burp towel over her shoulder.

"Yes I'm okay love, your mother is just down my throat like always." She vents.

"I'm sorry about that, you wanna go out tonight and get some alone time, just me and you."

"How? We don't have a baby sitter. Diamond is at her friends house, my parents are workin an--"

"And the kids have a grand mother, who's gonna watch them." I turn around to see my mother standing in the door way, Makiela rolls her eyes and go to the other side of the room and sit in the chair."

"I ain't tryna go no where Zayn I'm fine."

I am really getting annoyed by my mother's presence, it's like she goes out of her way to irritate Kiela. "Mom we good." I turn to her.

"No yall go ahead and go out, I got them." She insist.

I walk over to Kiela, and lay my head on her shoulder, soothed by her laundry detergent scent already. "Lets go out and celebrate."

"No Zayn....I just wanna be with my babies today." She squirms, and Zaibree reaches over and hits my head multiple times

"We're with them every single day. Let's just get a break, my mom well take good care of them, you know that."

She turns to me and slightly frowns. "If we go somewhere, where only staying for an hour, and coming back home."

"Deal." I say.

We hear heavy foot steps from the stair xase, and it's little Aabria dashing down of course. "Mommy I'm up from my nap!" She yells in excitement, she comes in the room and it seems like her joy fades once she sees my mother, cause an unpleased look spread across her face.

"Well hello little Bria."

"Hi." Aabria responds quietly.

"Bri, Daddy and I are about to go in a minute, I want you to help Angel out with your brother and sister." Makiela tells her.

She walks over to us and squeeze between us to sit down. "Well when are yall coming back?"

"In hour or so." I inform her. "Just be good, well bring you something back."

"Okay daddy."

****

"Aabria gon be mad us." Makiela says as we walk down the path, holding hands and admiring the glistening stars in the sky, along with the brilliant shining moon. It cool breeze feathers across our skin, and the weather isn't muggy like it usually is.

"Why you say that, cause we been out for too long?" I ask.

"Yep." She giggles. "We been out for three hours."

"Yeah she is, but since you got your little
store you know what I got?" I question as I grab her hand and hold it tight.

"What?"

"I took on another club and I'm investing a car lot buisness, so we'll be getting some more money."

"Yassssse bae!" She claps her hands. "You better own you some shit boy! Why a car lot?"

"I love cars...So I don't mind selling them. In six months where moving, so start searching for a new crib."

She stares at the side of my face, as I look ahead at the sky. "Why we moving baby?"

"Because Aabria is traumatized....she sits in the same spot Jay got killed, the exact same spot. I caught her a few times."

"To be honest I wanted to move out as soon as it happen, but didn't wanna put pressure on you or anything." She explains.

"You could've said something baby."

Aabria.

"Your hurting me! Stop it!" I cry as Angel hits me an extension cord, I did nothing at all, she's mad because I was in the bathroom too long. It lot was going on, she was screaming, I was crying and my baby brother and sister was screaming.

"When I tell you to do something you listen to me!" She grabs my arm, and swing me across the room and the sound from a bone cracking could be heard.

"Ow! I think you broke my arm! My arm!" I scream. "Mommy!"

"Shut up and come here." She pulls me by my shirt and trying to move arm hurts. She examines my arm and look at me with a strong mug.

She slaps my face really hard calling me to scream out of agony. "Look what you made me do little girl! If you wasn't so stupid your arm wouldnt be broke, now I gotta drag you and them babies out the house!"

"I'm telling my mommy! You broke my arm!"

"Shut up!" She screams, and goes into the living and pick up baby brother.

"Shut up little boy!" She screams in his face and she pinch him causing his cries to grow more louder.

"Leave him alone! Your hurting him!" I shout.

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