AUGUST P.O.V.

I watched Brutus as he carried the last of Kelsey's bags into the guest room. Just like Simone said, Kelsey came by this morning with a few bags, ready to get settled in. "Thanks Brutus, I got it from here." He nodded and walked out of the room, leaving us alone.

She slowly turned around and folded her arms across her chest, glaring at me. "What the hell did you do to my sister?" I sighed. "Damn Kels, really? You just gon hop right into it?" I sat up straight on her bed, making sure my leg was still elevated.

"You damn right I am, Simone has never up and left like this, so something must have really popped off to make her do something like that." I sighed again. "We just got into a arguement that's all." She shook her head.

"From what I hear, you guys argue all the time, so what made this arguement any different?" I paused before answering. "I don't know...we yelled at each other...I may have said some shit I shouldn't have said..but-"

"Like what?" She asked, cutting me off. "Ight look, I was mad alright?" She motioned for me to continue. "We smashed the other night, and yesterday morning I caught her taking one of them day after pills." She shrugged. "And?"

"It pissed me off, we went through alot with her first miscarriage...and her almost aborting Aliyah, so I kinda threw it in her face." Kelsey sighed and shook her head. "That was a asshole move August." I was silent.

"First of all, from what she told me, she miscarried from being stressed and depressed. Forgive me if Im wrong, but you were the reason why she was depressed and stressed, since you slept with Stasia and all." I was silent.

"And second of all, she told me when she was pregnant with Aliyah, you had your head so far up that crazy bitch Ariana's head, you couldn't see anything or anybody else." I opened my mouth to speak, but she held up my hand, cutting me off.

"Im not done." She started. "Her taking that pill yesterday, was probably the smartest thing she could have done for the both of you. You guys are in no shape or form to have another baby. With all this damn drama going on, Simone being pregnant will only make things worse, why would she want to have another baby in this stressfull ass enviroment? Unless you want her to miscarry or something like that again."

"...I get what your saying." She nodded. "Good So before you wanna put all the blame on her, take a look at what you've done too." I nodded, not saying anything. "Look, Im only here because Simone asked me to take care of Aliyah while she's away, and that's all Im here to do, Im not trying to get in you guys' mess." She turned to walk away, but I stopped her.

"Hol up." She sighed and turned back around. "...Did she tell you where she was going?" She shook her head. "No, but she told me she was safe, and all I can do is take her word for it." I sighed.

"She told me to tell you, if Aliyah starts to ask where she is, tell her she went out of town to Atlanta, for her other boutique." "...Ight." I mumbled. She turned back around and walked out of the room.

I took a deep breath and lifted out of her bed and took my time getting up. Since Simone left me here, I didn't have anyone to help me with my therapy twice a day, so I knew I would just have to do it alone. I held onto the railing as I inched down the stairs, moving slightly faster than I was a few days ago.

Once I reached the bottom of the stairs, I let go of the railing, and tried to turn the corner, but I bumped into Brutus in the process. "My bad man." He shook his head. "It's fine, do you need help?" I shook my head. "Nah I got it, I just need to get to the weight room."

"Oh, your about to do your therapy?" I nodded my head yes. "Yeah...Simone always makes me do it in the morning and at night, so their's no need to procrastinate." He chuckled. "That's true, but shouldn't you wait on your physical therapist?"

I frowned. "Physical therapist? I ain't got no physical therapist." He nodded. "Oh right, I didn't tell you." He reached into his jean pocket and pulled out a small sticky note. "Simone called me around 8 this morning and she told me she got you a physical therapist."

Both of my brows shot up. "Really?" "Yeah, his name is Mr....Phillips, and she should be here around 10:30." He looked down at his watch and smirked. "It's 10:20 right now, so he should be here soon." I nodded slowly. "Damn, when did she get a chance to hire me a therapist? She just left yesterday." He shrugged.

"I don't know, but it shows how much she cares about you." I nodded. "Yeah...it does." He patted me on the back and walked away. I stood at the end of the staircase, thinking about what Simone did for me. Even though she did up and leave, dropping all of her responsibilities, she made sure every last one of them were taking care of, including me. I took a deep breath and cleared my head of all my thoughts before continiung my walk to the weight room.

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"Daddy look at the picture I made!!" I pulled Aliyah into the chair I was sitting on, and took the picture out of her hands. "You painted all of this?" She nodded. "Wow, it's beautiful Li-Li." I smiled and kissed the side of her forehead. "Can I hang it on my wall?" I nodded.

"Yeah, ask Auntie Kelsey to help you though." She nodded and turned to Kelsey. "Can you help me put my picture up please?" Kelsey smirked as she placed the last dish on the drying rack. "Yeah, let me change out of my scrubs and I'll be right upstairs to help you in a minute." She slid out of my lap and raced upstairs to her bedroom.

Once I heard her door shut, I sighed. "How's she been doing?" Kelsey nodded. "She's been great, she's be in a good mood since I picked her up from school earlier. I frowned. "Really? I thought she would be asking for Simone by now." Kelsey shook her head.

"No, She already talked to her." My frown deepened. "What? When?" She wiped her hands on the kitchen towel and sighed. "When I picked up Aliyah from school, Simone called and they face timed for a little bit." I nodded slowly. "Aliyah thinks she's in Atlanta like last time, so she's gunna be fine."

"Ight......has she...said where she's at yet?" Kelsey sighed. "No August, she hasn't, and I doubt that she is, if you want to know that bad, why don't you try calling her?" I shrugged.

"I just wanna know if she's good, she's still my wife Kels." She smirked. "Well she's fine, she sounded a little bit drained, but she's fine, I can reassure you that." I nodded. "Ight."

"Well Im gunna go upstairs and help Aliyah put up her picture and then change, you good? Or do you need me to do something for your crippled ass?" I chuckled. "Nah Im good, Im feeling a little better since my therapy session earlier." She nodded. "Good, alright then." She turned around and made her way upstairs.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and scrolled through my contacts, stopping on Simone's name. I stared at it for a minute, contemplating if I should call or not. I clicked her name and placed the phone to my ear, slightly skeptical.

I tapped my finger on the table, waiting for her to answer, but eventually my call went to voicemail. I sighed and hung up the phone.

All of a sudden, I heard loud knocking at the front door. I carefully slid out my seat and did my slow walk to the door. I glanced out the peep hole to see Craig standing outside. I opened up the door and let him in.

"Wassup nigga." He gave me dap and closed the door behind himself. "I ain't know you was coming over here." He nodded. "You holdin wifey hostage over here, the fuck Ima do shit home alone? Bored...and horny." I chuckled. "My bad man."

He sucked his teeth. "You damn right yo bad, you and Simone need to fix y'all shit, cause now Im suffering because of y'all." I shook my head and walked into the living room. "Like I said, my bad, but wassup? You want a beer or something?" He shook his head.

"Nah, what I want is my girlfriend, where she at?" I chuckled again. "She's upstairs helping Aliyah put up a picture, calm down." He sighed. "Shit, if she gon be here longer than two days, I might need to spend the night." I frowned. "For what??"

"I got needs." I shook my head and sat down on the couch, proping my leg up on the coffee table. "Hell nah, you ain't fena do none of that shit in my house, especially with Aliyah being here." He sucked his teeth.

"Stop acting like you and Simone don't be gettin it in with Aliyah in the house." I nodded. "We do, but one, this is our house, and two, we're used to havin a kid in the house, y'all ain't, so I know y'all gunna be loud, I definetely don't wanna hear that shit at night." He sucked his teeth again.

"Man whatever, you just mad you ain't gettin none from wifey anymore, so you wanna cock block." I smirked. "That's where your wrong, cause I just got some from here the day before yesterday." His brows shot up. "Word?" I nodded.

"So wait, if y'all just smashed, why Simone ain't here." I sighed. "That's a long story, Im not even about to get into it." He nodded.

I sat up straight on the couch once I heard two pairs of feet making their way downstairs. "Uncle Craig!" Aliyah said with a smile. She ran over to him and gave him a hug. "Waddup lil mama." Kelsey stepped into the living room and smiled once she seen Craig. "Hey baby." She walked over to him and gave him a kiss.

"Auntie Kelsey put my picture in a frame." I nodded. "Cool, which wall did you hang it on?" I reached out for her and pulled her up on the couch beside me. "I decided on hanging it on the door so mommy could see it when she got back." I smirked. "Good idea."

I glanced over at Kelsey and Craig, who were pratically in their own world. "Auntie and I picked out my clothes for school tommorow, and she's gunna do my hair in the morning, since you can't do it." I scoffed. "Who said I couldn't?" She frowned. "Remember that one time mommy let you do my hair? It took us a hour to get the brush out!" I chuckled. "That's true.

I looked back up to see Kelsey and Craig, whispering to one another and smirking. Once I seen Craig starting to rub up on her thigh, I stood up from the couch and grabbed Aliyah. "Let's get you ready for bed ight?" She nodded. "Okay, goodnight you guys." She waved at Craig and Kelsey before walking up the stairs with me.

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I tucked Aliyah into bed and kissed her forehead. "I love you princess." She rolled over on her side and mumbled she loved me too. I chuckled and cut off her light, since she was already falling alseep.

I closed her door and made my way into Simone and I's bedroom. Since she was gone, I decided on sleeping in our room, since I haven't in so long. I sat my phone on the nightstand, and pulled my shirt over my head, tossing it on the ground. I pulled back the covers and got in bed, placing a pillow under my bad knee.

I relaxed as best as I could, and closed my eyes. Just then, I heard my phone vibrating on the nightstand. I quickly opened my eyes and reached for it, thinking it might be Simone calling me back. I looked down at the screen and sighed once I seen Ryelle calling me.

I answered the phone and placed it to my ear.

ME: "Hello?"

RYELLE: "Hey, is this a bad time?"

I sighed.

ME: "Nah, wassup?"

RYELLE: "Nothing, I heard about your little accident, I was calling to see how you were doing."

ME: "Im fine ma, you didn't have to call."

RYELLE: "I know we're not friends like that anymore, but it was the least I could do, since you were there for me when I was in the hospital before."

ME: "Right....Look Ry, I appreciate your call and all, but us being on speaking terms right now, ain't the best idea....Im trying to fix my shit at home with Simone, and you callin me the other night messed some things up, I made it clear that I wasn't rockin with you like that and that's what I mean't....I'll send you a christmas card or something."

I hung up the phone before she could say anything else. I wasn't trying to be rude or anything, but I couldn't let Ryelle interfere more than she already has. Now that we're not friends, I needed her to understand that there was no hard feelings, but Im not fucking with her no more.

I sighed and placed my phone back on the nightstand before scooting down in bed. I closed my eyes, trying my best to fall asleep.

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