I woke up the next morning to soft knocking on the door. I slipped out of bed and walked over to the door and opened it. "Hey.." August said, stepping into the room. After everything that happened yesterday, we both decided that he should spend the night here since his son was here as well. "Hey.."

I closed the door behind him and took a seat on the edge of the bed. I pushed my messy hair out of my face and took a deep breath. "...What time is Aliyah coming back home?" I glanced over at the clock and read the time. "Stasia said she would drop her back around 12." He nodded and sighed.

"Ight, we have to think of a way to explain this to her before she gets back." I nodded. "I know...and we have a few hours to think of something....how are you doing though? Did you sleep at all last night?" She shook his head no. "Barely."

"Me either." I said in a sigh. "I can't believe all of this is happening right now, why the hell would Ariana lie about the death of your child?? And she named him AJ...What if we had a son and we decided to name him after you, there would be two of them. " He ran a hand down his head, obviously upset and stressed. "I know, ion even wanna discuss her ass right now, my focus is on something completely different."

I nodded slowly. "Yeah, I know.....so how do we tell Aliyah all of this?....and that she has brother now?" I slightly cringed at the words I was saying. He shrugged. "I don't know, regardless of what we say, Im sure she'll still be confused and have a bunch of questions, you know she likes to ask questions."

"I know." I mumbled. I stood up from the bed and sighed. "Alright look, Im gunna go downstairs and start breakfast, you go wake up AJ and bring him downstairs and we'll just go from there." He nodded. "Ight....thanks for being so cool about this." I nodded. "He's your son August, I have to be cool with it."

He turned to me and gave me a slight smile. I could see the worry and sadness written all over his face. I turned around and made my way downstairs to the kitchen. I opened up the fridge and pulled out bacon and eggs and some panacake mix. I turned and grabbed a skillet and sat it on the stove.

I stood infront the oven about to turn it on when my eyes began to sting. I held my hand over my mouth once I began to cry. I was still in shock about everything that happened yesterday, and Im starting to slowly realize that my life is about to change, and so unexpectedly at that.

I quickly wiped my eyes and began to make breakfast.

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"Here you go AJ." I put a smile on my face as I sat his plate infront of him. "Thank you." He said lowly. "Your welcome..would you like some orange juice?" He nodded. "Please."

I grabbed a small cup and poured him a glass of juice. "There you go." I grabbed Augusts' fixed plate and sat infront of him. "Thank you bab- I mean, thank you." I slighty nodded and turned to make my plate.

"...Do you guys have salt and pepper?" AJ asked, finally speaking up. I nodded. "Yeah we-" My sentence was interrupted from someone knocking on the front door.

"I'll get it, just get the salt and pepper for him." August nodded and stood up from his seat. I wiped my hands on the kitchen towel and made my out to the front door. I stood on my tippy toes and looked out the peep hole to see Maragaret standing there with bags in her hands.

I unlocked the door and opened it. "Morning Simone." I slightly smiled. "Goodmorning." "I came by to drop off the rest of AJ's things and to say goodbye." I nodded. "Okay, come in." She sat her bags in the house and and pulled something out her back pocket and handed it to me.

I looked down and frowned once I seen the inhaler in my hand. "What's this?" She s tepped into the house and faced me. "AJ has asthma...it's the only side effect he had from all those drugs that were in Ariana when she was pregnant." I nodded slowly. " He had a few asthma attacks when he was younger, but he takes his treatments everday and it's controlled right now, but he needs his inhaler for emergencies."

I put the inhaler in my back pocket and motioned for her to come further in the house. "AJ's in the kitchen having breakfast." She nodded and followed me back into the kitchen.

I closed the door and walked with her into the kitchen. "Grandma!" AJ looked up from his plate and smiled. "Hey sweetie, I came by to drop the rest of your things off, and to say goodbye." He stood up from his seat and sighed.

"Do you have to go grandma?" She sat her hand on the top of his hand and nodded. "I do, I thought I explained this to you bubba." "You did." He mumbled.

She pulled him into her and sighed. "Im getting really sick, and I need someone to look after me." "I can look after you." She chuckled. "Thank you, but it has to be a doctor, they're gunna take good care of me and make sure I get help with my sickness." He slowly nodded.

"Can I come visit you?" She rubbed his chin and let out a small smile, fighting back her tears. "Of course you can, Im sure August or Simone would bring you to the hospital." I nodded. "...Yeah, I can take you if you want AJ." He looked at me and then looked back at Maragret.

"....Okay..." She sighed. "Look, in the meantime, you should get to know everyone, they're your family too you know." He looked down at the ground and nodded. "Okay grandma." She kissed his forehead and gave him a really big hug. "You be good okay? I love you."

"Love you too." He mumbled. She let him go and turned to me. "Thank you so much for this, I know it's alot to take in right now, but I really appreciate the both of you for doing this." I nodded and let out a small smile. "It's no problem, really....right August?"

He nodded. "Yeah, it's fine." She wiped a fallen tear and cleared her throat. "Okay well, I should get going, thank you guys again." She smiled at August and I before showing herself out. I watched AJ climb back into his seat, staring into his plate, continuing to eat, going back to his normal silent self.

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"Mommy!!" Chills went through my spine once I heard Aliyah's voice booming through the house. I could hear her small feet getting closer and closer to me. Once she found me, she ran straight over to me and jumped in my lap. "I had so much fun with Auntie Stasia and Amara." I chuckled.

"That's good baby." She turned to her right and immediately pulled away from me once she seen August sitting there. "Daddy!!" She ran over to him, sitting in his lap. "I was wondering when you were gunna notice."

"When did you get here??" She wrapped her arm around his neck and looked up at him. "Yesterday afternoon." She nodded. "Oh, okay...are you staying?" August looked up at me, before answering. "....Uh yeah, I think so." Her face lit up.

"Yay!!" She climbed off his lap and slid to the ground. "Im gunna go put my bag upstairs, and we can have a tea party." She turned to run off towards the stairs, but I called her back. "Li-Li wait." She turned back around and walked over to me.

"Before you go upstairs, daddy and I have something to tell you." She nodded. I looked up at August, trying to find the words to explain this to her. "...Someone's gunna be staying here with us for awhile." She frowned. "Who?"

I swalloed hard before continuing. "...He's family." She nodded. "..Oh, is he here?" She asked looking around. I nodded my head yes. "Yeah...he's upstairs."

"...He's gunna be going to the same school as you starting next week." August added. She nodded. "Is he gunna be in my class?" I sighed. "I don't know, probably not, but that's not all." I looked over at August, motioning for him to tell the rest.

"Li-Li come here." She walked over to August, silent. "....Now like mommy said, he's gunna be staying here for awhile...so I want you to be nice to him okay?" She slowly nodded. "Okay daddy."

"And." He started. "I also wanted to tell you, that....he's your little brother as well." She frowned. "Little brother? When did I get one of those?" August looked up at me, wondering how he should explain it to her.

"Okay...when you were a baby, I had another baby, but not with mommy." She frowned, showing her confusion. "...So he's not mommy's?" He shook his head no.

"He has a different mommy, and he was living with his own family." Her frown deepend. "I thought you said he was our family." He nodded and sighed.

"I know, okay...you know how you have two grandma's?" She nodded. "You have grandma on mommy's side, and a grandma on my side." She nodded again.

"He has a different mommy, so he was with his other family." She slowly nodded, finally understanding.

"Now hes gunna be with us for awhile, his other family." She slowly nodded. "Ok...."

"So." I started. "We need you to be a good big sister and be really nice and make him feel really comfortable alright? He might be a little shy and scared for awhile." She paused before nodding her head.

"Okay....can I meet him?" I stood up from my seat and held out my hand for her to grab. "Sure." August stood up and followed us up the stairs.

I pushed open the guest room door and smiled once I seen AJ sitting on the bed, watching cartoons. "Hey Aj.." He looked over at all of us and sat up straight.

"This is Aliyah...my daughter...she wanted to say hi." I let go of Aliyah's hand, and watched as she walked over to the bed and climbed up on it.

".....Hi." She said softly. She held out her hand for him to shake, causing August and I to chuckle a little. AJ slowly shook her hand and said hello back. "...Are you my.. sister?" He asked looking between all of us.

Aliyah nodded. "Yeah, that's what my mommy told me." He nodded. "Oh...okay." I looked over at August, who had a weird expression on his face, I couldn't tell if he was sad or mad, but I knew something was wrong.

All of a sudden, he turned out the doorway, and started walking down the stairs. I frowned and turned back to Aliyah and AJ. "Excuse me you two, I'll be back." They both nodded and continued their conversation.

I sped walked down the stairs and caught up to him. "Hey, you alright?" He walked over to the front door and slipped on his slides. "..Yeah Im fine ma...I'll be back." I frowned as I folded my arms across my chest. "Where you going?"

"I got some work that's need to be done." I scoffed. "Your gunna work? Right now? I mean, is this really the appropriate time? You can't just leave me here...with your son."

He sighed. "I'll be back in a little bit." He grabbed his keys and walked out the door.

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"Alright, dinner is served." I sat AJ and Li-Li's plates down infront of them. "Do you eat cornbread AJ?" He nodded his head yes. "Ok, good." I cut two pieces out of the pan and sat it on their plates.

"Do you know when daddy's coming back?" Aliyah asked, as she began to eat. I looked up at the clock on the wall and sighed, he had been gone for four hours know, and he wasn't taking any of my calls. "Im not sure, he's working, but hopefully he'll be here soon." She nodded.

".....Miss Simone?" I turned to AJ, and waited for him to speak. "....Am I going to school here?" I nodded. "Yes, you'll be starting this week at Aliyah's school." He looked down in his plate, silent.

"....Are you nervous?" He slowly nodded. "Don't be nervous, my school is really cool!" Aliyah said, stuffing some food into her mouth. I chuckled. "Aliyah's right, don't be nervous, Im sure you'll fit right in with all the other kids."

He kept his eyes in his plate and picked around at his food. "I always walk Aliyah to her classroom each morning...if you want I can walk you.."He shook his head. "I'll be okay, thank you." He let out a small smile and slowly began to eat.

AUGUST P.O.V.

I leaned my head back on my couch as I slowly exhaled, letting the smoke roll of my lips. I kicked my feet up on the coffee toable and tried my best to relax, since I've been going through so much stress in a short amount of time.

I closed my eyes, thinking about everything that was going on, when my phone began to ring on the table. I sighed, knowing it was probably Simone calling me for the hundreth time, seeing as how I left, and been one for hours. I opened one eye and peeked over at my phone, to see a restricted number calling.

I sat up straight and picked my phone up, answering as quickly as I could since I had a feeling who it might be.

ME: "Hello?"

ARIANA: "August."

I took a deep breath and tried to calm down before speaking again.

ME: "I guess your calling from jail right?"

She sighed.

ARIANA: "Yeah...I am."

ME: "Good."

ARIANA: "Look, my mom told me what was going on, and that she gave AJ to you."

I was silent.

ARIANA: "I know your probably upset right now, but I was calling to thank you for keeping him."

I frowned.

ME: "Thank me?? So you ain't calling to explain to me why the fuck would you lie to me about the death of our child???"

She sighed.

ARIANA: "Is that even important? I don't feel like gettin into that."

ME: "You damn right it's important, so you can start explainin, or get the fuck off my line."

ARIANA: "You know their recording this conversation right?"

ME: "Good."

She sighed again.

ARIANA: "Look, I lied about AJ because I wanted too, you wouldn't have cared anyway, since you were havin a baby with that other bitch."

ME: "Don't call her a bitch."

I snapped.

ME: "So you make me think my child is dead, just because I was having another baby with a woman I actually wanted to be with?? Your more crazy than I thought."

ARIANA: "Whatever, I didn't call you to be insulted, hell I wasn't even going to call you at all, but I had too."

ME: "And why is that?"

ARIANA: "Im getting out in a four months, and when I do, Im coming back to get my son, so Im just giving you a heads up."

I frowned.

ME: "So wait, you want me to keep him for you until you get out, just so you can take him away from me and disappear."

ARIANA: "Yes, we're gunna have our own life, He's my son, I gave birth to him, you weren't even there for that."

ME: "I wasn't there because yo crazy ass went to jail, and you wrote me a fucking letter saying he died!!"

I stood up from my seat, getting angrier by the second.

ARIANA: "Im not arguing with you okay? He's my son and Im his mother so he needs to live with me, I don't want him around that whore you call your wife anyways. So Just know Im coming back soon and Im taking my son with me, that's all that matters."

ME: "You ain't taking him from me, I don't give a fuck what you say."

ARIANA: "We'll see then."

ME: "Ight, bet."

I hung up the phone before she could say anything else. I took a deep breath and threw my phone at the wall, trying to calm myself down.

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