Chapter 140
him put some roots on ya ass. Cause I thought that I’d never see the day.”
Even QT had to laugh at that. “No, bullshit, mama. I said the same thang.”
Soya tittered. “Nah, auntie. He put that thang on her. You should’ve seen the way he popped up at the apartment and slobbered her down. I aint never seen Babi in that form. I knew right then that Too Low was finna be crying.”
Nervously, I glanced over my shoulder, while my family all thought that shit was funny.
Face would have a stroke, if he walked up on us casually discussing Too Low at any level. Their first meeting would be over before it even started.
With my pregnancy, things were final. I’d stopped avoiding my family and had told everybody about me and Face.
They were all in shock, because they didn’t think that I’d ever leave Too Low.
And none of them had ever encouraged me to do so.
Even with his stints in prison…because most of my family were damn criminals, and having to do time had been normalized.
So, in their eyes, he’d been a good man to me, and understood why I’d been holding him down.
Of course, I didn’t want them thinking that I’d just shitted on my man out of nowhere, so I had to tell it all. And now, here they were, to form their own opinions about the choices I’d made.
Today, it was just Soya, Chase, QT, Soya’s mama, Auntie Didi, and my mama. I’d invited them over for the Sunday family day, and had met them at the door. Not surprising, they were the last to show up, and I was letting them talk their shit privately, before we joined the crowd.
“Okay, y’all—” I got out, before getting interrupted.
“Babi,” Face uttered, as he rounded the corner. “What chu