𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 | 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗶
𝖠𝗍𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺, 𝖦𝖾𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗂𝖺 — 𝖳𝗎𝖾𝗌𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝟣:𝟦𝟩 𝖯𝖬
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"Why every bitch inna city do hair and nails?" Tae asked me as he scrunched up his face.

"No for real, giving the guys very much basic bitch vibes," Renzo chimed in, making me roll my eyes.

"No bitch do it like me - period." I replied, getting my client ready for a quick video so I could add it to my timeline.

𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐁𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐈

𝟔,𝟗𝟕𝟓 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 ∘ 𝖫𝗂𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝟓,𝟔𝟕𝟖 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐/ 𝗆𝖾. 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄 "𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗇𝗈𝗐" 𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗂𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗍 💋
𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖽
𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨

"Thanks girl, this is so dope. I'll definitely be back," she smiled at me handing me two hundreds.

"Its only 75 I told her," she shrugged, "you deserve more."

Standing up from her chair, she gave me a quick hug then made her way out.

I pocketed the money and turned to Renzo, my babydad.

"Why are you here again?" I questioned him with a mug on my face.

"Can we talk real quick?" He looked at me with hopeful eyes.

"Uhm okay, Tae watch the front please!" I yelled at him before making way to the backroom where I kept most of my supplies.

"What is it?" I asked him as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"I was wondering if I could take Semajay to Florida to visit my moms?"

I stood there for a minute, contemplating on if I wanted to allow that - Semajay has never been out of my sight for too long.

"For how long?"

"Just for about 4 days - nothing too long, my mama miss him," he expressed, making me feel bad.

After Renzo cheated on me - I ended up being bitter for a while and nobody but me and my family was allowed to be around Semajay, definitely something I wish I could go back and undo.

Regardless of what we had going on, I realized my son didn't deserve to be neglected like that.

After all he loved his papa.

"When?"

"Next week, its my weekend so I figured you wouldn't mind."

I chewed on my bottom lip, really thinking about this.

Yes, I trust Lorenzo and yes he's a good dad but something about my baby being gone for so long is making me sad.

I sighed deeply, "fine but please be careful with him and just call me everyday. I'll bring him to you next week or you can get him, whatever."

"Alright, cool. Thanks baby mama, I appreciate you." He smiled at me, making me roll my eyes.

Fine ass ugly bastard.

"Yeah, yeah." I made my way out to the front and scrunched up my face as I watched Tae try to spit game on one of my clients.

"I mean - its not your beauty, its your booty." He smirked making me smack my lips.

"Boy if you don't get the hell away from her, hey boo.. the usual?" I questioned her and she made a face at Tae before turning to look at me and nodding.

"Lets go," I told her, dragging her to her seat.

"Go home Tae!" I yelled before I started to get to work.

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"Mommy!" Semajay yelled at me as he ran and jumped in my arms.

"Hi papa," I kissed him all over his face making him giggle.

"Go play, mommy gonna talk to grandma ok."

Semajay nodded and ran off to go do kid tings.

"Hey mama," I smiled at her as I sat down at the island.

She was making some gumbo - so I didn't plan on leaving until I got some for papa and I.

"Hey baby, there's something I wanna talk to you about," she spoke lowly.

"Anything, wassup mama?" I was scrolling down my timeline, liking a few pictures.

I smiled once Papa came up on my screen.

𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎_𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄

𝖫𝗂𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝟑,𝟒𝟓𝟔 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨_𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗎𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖽𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 💙
𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌
𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐉 😍😍
𝐘𝐚𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐓𝐚𝐞 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇.
𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗇𝗒 ☺️❤️

𝟕 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨

"I have cancer," she spoke and I dropped my phone, not caring that it hit the ground.

"Excuse me?" I looked at her like she was crazy.

My mama can't have cancer - for as long as I've been alive she's been so healthy.

"I have cancer baby — i-its nothing I can do about it."

I could feel myself about to cry, my tears began to blur my vision.

"H-how long?" I asked her as I stood up and pulled her body into mine.

"For about 6 months now - I wanted to tell you sooner I just didn't have the heart to tell you. I'm sorry." She mumbled into my hair.

I just stayed quiet- this isn't something I'm currently processing. My brain won't let me this instant, I need a minute.

Pulling back from her, I could see the pained expression on her face.

If only I knew what was coming, I would've prepared myself for the worse.

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𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞?
𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞.