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Monique

"Mom?" I said barely above a whisper.

"Hey honey." She stepped further into the room.

I stared at her in disbelief. I haven't seen her in over three years, and she comes in here like everything is peaches and cream. Hi honey, my ass.

"What? Okay wait a minute," I closed my eyes and took deep breaths in and out running my fingers through my hair, "why are you here? How did you—" I stopped myself and shook my head.

"Ok, calm down. I work here, last week I was told to go check on a patient in room 43B and to my surprise it was you. I asked them what happened and they told me you'd been here in a coma." She stepped closer to my bed and placed her hand on my head.

"Ma please don't, just don't." I said removing her hand.

"Don't what? I'm trying to be here for you, and here you are being your usual stubborn self." She spat.

I blinked at her a few times before laughing.

"My usual stubborn self? Girl bye! Mama you don't know the first thing that's usual about me so please don't go there. And you're trying to be here for me? Why?" I propped my hand under my chin.

"Because you're my daughter that's why."

"No I meant why now."

"Look, can we not talk about this? You're laying in a hospital bed for crying out loud." She said pointing to my bed.

"You don't really care though. And I want to talk about this, so either we talk about this or don't talk at all. Your choice."

"I'm always gonna want to be here for you Nique. Let the past be the past."

"You couldn't have! You kicked me out because I was pregnant! Because I was raped! You told me I was the devil's child and that I should've stayed where I was before you found me." Tears poured from my eyes.

I saw Korie peek in the door but immediately popped back out when he'd heard what I had just said.

Great. I thought to myself

"I was hurt, I was upset with myself that I let that happen to you. I asked God everyday why it had to be my daughter? Why did I have to go through that? You wouldn't understand baby." Her voice shook.

"Why did you have to go through that? What exactly did you go through! I was the one who was raped! I was the one who got pregnant! And I was the one who lost my baby after my own mama put me out and I didn't know how or what to do to care for myself. So I'm sorry if I don't understand what you went through.

She looked down at her feet when Nurse Snider walked back in.

"I'm back with the pain medici—" she stopped when she saw the tears.

"I'll just come back later." Nurse Snider turned to leave.

"No," my mom said as she wiped under her eyes, "I'll go and um, you take care Nique." She walked pass Nurse Snider and closed the door behind her.

I wiped my eyes and tried to sit up higher, I pushed my hair out of my face and sat back.

"Ok sweetie, would you like me to break these in half because they're pretty big."

"Uhhh yes please, and do you mind shifting these pillows a bit, my back is really killing me."

"Sure, and these pain meds should kick in within the next hour and it might make you a little drowsy." She said fixing my pillows.

"Thanks." I took the pills and washed them down with water before handing her the cups.

"No problem sweetie," she wrote something down on her clipboard, "now let's get your friends in here, we called them a bit ago and they're so happy you're awake." She walked out of the room and cracked the door.

Five minutes later I heard a knock on the door and I was so happy to see Khadijah standing there.

"Bestieeeee!" She sang. "I'm so glad you're awake, don't ever scare me like that again." Tears formed in her eyes as she hugged me lightly trying not to hurt me.

"You know I wasn't leaving here just yet." I gave her a small smile.

"You had us worried sick, I've missed everyday of work for the past three weeks."

"Aww hell nah, you crazy." I said shaking my head.

"No worries just a little early vacay." We both laughed a little before she got serious and looked down.

"D, I'm okay."

"I know but," she sniffed, "you would have never been in the mess if it wasn't for me. They wanted me but instead you went, not knowing what the outcome could've been. You could've died Mo." she broke down in tears.

"But look at me, I'm still here. Y'all can't get rid of my ass that easy." I joked trying to lighten the mood.

It worked because she burst out laughing causing me to laugh too.

We talked a little while longer before everyone else came to see me, everyone except Korie and Lyric. I talked to Trinity, Antoine, Trey, Mark, Ced, Raymond, Tez, and Caymen. We all had some funny conversations and they all told me I was a soldier and how bad ass I was.

Soon the medicine stared to kick in and I was getting sleepy so everyone left and said they'd be back tomorrow. The nurse told me I'd be leaving after they ran all my tests so probably within the next few days.

I began to think back to when my mom came in earlier, and I saw that Korie was by the door so I'm guessing he probably wants nothing to do with me.

Just as my thoughts almost drifted me to sleep, yet another knock fell upon my door.

I groaned and tried turning over but sharp pains that ran through my body made it very hard.

"Mo!" The familiar voice yelled.

My mood instantly changed hearing the sweet sound of Lyric's voice flowing through the room.

"Is that my Lyric?" I asked in a shocked tone.

"Yes it's me!" She giggled and climbed in my bed.

I looked up at a quiet Korie and gave him a small smile. He returned it and shoved his hands into his pockets.

I laid there and rubbed my hand down Lyric's head. It seemed to put her at ease so I continued and hummed a little.

"I really missed you." She whispered, surprising me a little.

"I really missed you too, I almost thought you weren't coming to see me." I said tickling her sides making her break into a fit of laughter.

"Daddy came a lot when you were sleeping! He tried to talked to you but you were too sleepy. I think he missed you too because him was crying." She said all in one breath.

I laughed a little and looked up at Korie, he stood there with a sheepish look.

"Oh really," I said cupping her face, "well I'm back now, so there's no need for anymore tears." I said the last part looking towards Korie while a small smile played across his lips.

"Please don't sleep long again mommy."

It took a while to register that she'd just called me mommy. I didn't know what to do so I just hugged her and told her I wouldn't. I'm guessing Korie heard it and tried to defuse the awkwardness.

"Okay babygirl, it's time to let Mo get some rest, can you go down the hall with Tt D while I talk to her for a little bit?"

"Awww, but I want to stay." She said pouting clinging on to me.

"You can come back tomorrow, she needs some rest." He reasoned.

"Okay," she said with sadness, "bye." She place a kiss on my cheek and Korie helped her out the bed. He let her out and watched her down the hall until she got to Khadijah.

Silence filled the room after Korie closed the door back. Leaving me to linger in my thoughts.

"I've tried to come up with words that I would say to you, but they never seemed to come out right. I've tried writing a note, I've practiced a speech, hell I even typed up a text," he rubbed the back of his neck, "but no matter what I did, no words summed up how thankful and appreciative I am for you and what you did. You show true qualities of being not only a friend to my sister, but a friend to me."

He stepped closer to my bed and bent down to hug me, I was shocked at the gesture, but I kindly returned it. I guess he got deep into the hug because his grip around me got tighter. He jumped back and apologized after I winced in pain.

"It's okay, I'm just still a little sore." I said rubbing my side.

"Nah I got a lil' carried away,"

"Well those words meant a lot to me Korie, they really did. I never would've thought I'd hear you call me your friend, but it feels good." I sent him a soft smile as he gazed at me.

The room was silent, but it was comfortable. I closed my eyes feeling the medicine kick in stronger and began to drift off.

"Hey, uhh, the crazy thing is we still have yet to find Carmen." He cleared his throat. "So I don't think you should go home when you're released from here."

I didn't say anything back because the drowsiness I was feeling wouldn't let me. So I just slowly nodded my head.

"I was thinking you could come stay with me and Lyric for a lil' while, until you know, we get everything under control."

"Mhm." Is all I remember before I fell into a slumber.

"Thanks again lil bit." He said and planted a kiss on my head before leaving.
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So there's the story behind Mo & her mama🤔

Lyric called Mo mommy😩😩

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