Chapter 16
Niko Freeman
A Couple Weeks Later
“I’m surprised to see you here,” My mama said to me as I walked into Zaylee’s house. My mama was at the door like she was about to leave.
I moved all the way out this house last week despite Maddie begging a nigga to stay.
I never would be able to look at her the same way.
Us living in the same house Maddie wouldn’t believe a niggga when I told her we were done.
I had to move out. It was for the best for both of us.
The more I found out about Maddie’s true colors the less I liked who the fuck she was.
The sneaky, manuplitive, conniving shit she’d been doing lately reminded me too much if my mama.
As of lately my mama had been around Maddie more than normal and it was showing in Maddie’s behavior.
My mama had always fucked with Maddie since I started bringing her around.
That was probably the reason I dealt with her so long subconsciously.
My mama was always vouching for Maddie saying she was the type of broad I needed.
I agreed with her because I thought Maddie was different but she’d proved me wrong.
With my mama constantly around I was starting to see her influences on Maddie too.
It was making it easier for me to not fuck with Maddie.
I loved my mama but I didn’t want my bitch to act like her.
Or even be influenced my mama them. I needed a bitch with a mind of her own and Maddie wasn’t it.
“I don’t fuck with the shit Maddie did but she still carrying my seed. What you doin’ here?” I asked stepping into the house.
”Well,” My mama said pressing her lips together. “Maddison is carrying my grand child. I wanted to check on her to make suer she is good since you seem to have forgot she’s carrying your FIRST born.” My mama snuggly replied, adding extra emphasis on the word first.
“She ain’t though. My little girl due any day now,” I busted my moms bubble. I didn’t know when I’d planned on telling my mama about Yanna being pregnant.
My mama wasn’t gone do shit but bring negativity with anything she had to say. I wasn’t trying to hear nothing about my seed that wan’t positive cause I’d hate to but my mama off but I would.
“Excuse me? You got another whore pregnant. Do you not care about Maddioson’s mental health? This is going to crush her.” My mama pretended like she really gave a fuck about how Maddie would feel.
“I mean what can I do? My seed finna be here any day now.” I shrugged my shoulders, unbothered by my mama’s scowl. I didn’t regret my daughter with Yanna no matter how she got here.
”How do you even know this baby is your while you going around claiming it? If that girl will sleep with you knowing you have a girlfriend she’d probably sleep with anybody.” My mama said sounding disgusted.
“Yanna ain’t like that and she didn’t know about Maddie at first but that’s neither here nor there cause I’m not with Maddie. I don’t plan to be back with her.”
”Wooo, I expect this type of crass behavior from Titon or Nakeem but I expect better from you Niko. Maddison had been by you’re side for years and this is how you repay her?”
”I don’t owe her shit. When she felt like she could sneak and kill my seeds behind my back ended all that. My only concern with Maddie is they baby she got in her stomach now,”
“I’m sure she had her reasons for her action,” My mama had the nerve to defend Maddie. I couldn’t be mad cause I expected nothing less from her.
“Too bad I don’t give a fuck,” I bluntly said.
”You’ll regret your actions when you lose a good woman chasing behind nasty sluts.”
”I’d rather take my chances with sluts than a bitch I can’t trust but I had something I needed to talk to you about.” I said walking around my mama and leading us into the kitchen.
I looked at my phone to make sure I didn’t’ have any missed calls.
Yanna had been complaing about contractions.
Since she’d hit the thirty-six week mark her doctor said she could go into labor at anytime.
She was finna when I checked on her earlier.
Said she was finna take a nap and I told her to call me once she woke up.
“What’s the issue?” She asked with her eyebrow cocked up.
”You noticed money coming up short?” I asked her.
It was weird that she hadn’t mentioned anything about money coming up short and over seeing the money was a part of her duty.
Yaro and I were the first ones to peep the money coming in short since our trap got hit.
of fifty-fifth. This shit felt like deja vu all over again.
Shit started hitting the fan the same way right before Sonni died.
I had my suspicions but I didn’t want to jump the gun before I had all the evidence.
“I noticed, but I figured you’d see it. You always catch on eventually.” Her tone was condescending and I wasn’t feeling it. For now I would play it cool with my mama until I talked to my brothers.
“Oh, okay.” I nodded my head as a million thoughts ran through my mind.
My mama pressed her lips together smugly then she said. “I figured it was the same people as before. He ones who made you falsely accuse Sonni of stealing?”
I chuckled, but I wasn’t amused. My mama knew what the fuck she was doing.
I didn’t accuse Sonni of shit, the nigga was stealing from us.
Sonni picked up a coke habit and it sent him in a deep spiral that had him doing shit he never would have done before.
The streets weren’t made for everyone and Sonni was one of the niggas who should have stayed out of the streets.
I ignored what my mama said, instead I told her.
“I’m finna go check on Maddie.” I said as I made my way out the kitchen.
I had a bunch of puzzle pieces but none of them were fitting together.
I didn’t like not knowing if I had snakes around.
I’d been betrayed by one brother I didn’t need it happening again.
I hear my mama mumble something under her breath but I didn’t care enough to turn around and ask her. I headed up the stairs towards Maddie’s room. I could hear her talking on the phone again.
“Bitch if you don’t do what I did,” Maddie snickered into the phone and that caught my attention. “Pricilla showed me how to do it without hurting myself to bad and the nigga been eating out my ass since.” Her phone wasn’t on speaker this time so I could not hear what Maddie was saying.
”You don’t even have to use a knife or anything. Get a little dollar razor and make sure you don’t cut to deep. Make sure you do it in the water so it will look like they’res blood all over the place. Unhuh, traumatized that nigga.”
I swear I thought there wasn’t shit else this bitch could do to shock me but she was proving me wrong again.
I couldn’t believe Maddie really faked trying to kill herself.
She was carrying on talking like the shit was cute.
The little nicest I had left in me for Maddie was gone.
Fuck that bitch as far as I was concerned.
I didn’t even want to see that bitch no more.
I low key didn't even give a fuck about how she was doing.
Without making my presences known I turned the fuck around.
Taking the steps to at a time, I was getting the fuck out of here. I was almost out the door when I remember I’d left my phone in the kitchen on the counter. I doubled back heading into the kitchen. “What you doing?” I snarled seeing my mama with my phone in her hand.
”Oh, my um I was trying to answer it,” She stuttered handing it over to me.
I looked at my phone, noticing it was turned off. “Don’t touch my shit.” I barked, walking out the kitchen then out Maddie’s house.
As soon as my phone came on it started ringing with Yanna’s name coming across the screen.
“Yeah baby mama?” I questioned unlocking my door.
“Niko, I think my water just broke!” Yanna groaned into hte phone sounding like she was about to cry.
“Oh shit. I’m coming baby mama.”
”I called Zaylee causes you weren’t answering.”
”Maann, don’t get in her car. I’m on the way.” I got in my car speeding off from the street.
“Ooooh, this shit hurt sooo bad Niko,” Yanna cried into the phone.
My heart hammered in my chest. I hated Yanna being in pain and me not being able to make it go away. Despite how we got to this situation I’d came to have love for Yanna.
“I’m coming baby. Just hold on okay.”
“I’m scared Niko.”
“Don’t be we finna get to met our baby girl,”
”It’s gonna huuurt.” Yanna said into the phone.
“But it’s gonna be worth it and Ima be there with you every step of the way.”
”Promise,” Yanna asks hopefully.
”I promise. I got y’all.”
I had never drove as fast as I did right now to get to Yanna. I got to her house in ten minutes. I ran every red light to get to her in time. I barely got my car in park when I hopped out running towards her front door.
“Yanna you need to come on. Fuck that nigga my neice need to be born at a hospital,” Her sister Zaylee said with an attitude. She was standing in front of Yanna who had her hands wrapped tightly around her belly.
“No, Nik said he was coming,”Yanna moaned weakly.
I really wanted to cuss her sister out. I hadn’t cared for her since I first encountered her.
Zaylee’s attitude rubbed me the wrong way.
I know she didn’t know me but she should have known I was going to make sure Yanna and our daughter was good.
If this had been any other time I would have cussed Zaylee out but I let that shit red for now.
Pushing past Zaylee I bent down in front of Yanna.
Her face lit up when she looked at me. “I’m here,” I said kissing her stomach. “You ready to bring our daughter into this world?”
“Yes but we still don’t have a name Niko,”Yanna cried as I stood up, scooping her up in my arms.
“I know what I’m naming my daughter, I just hadn’t told you yet,” I snickered kissing her on the cheek as I carried her to my car.
“It better not be crazy.” Yanna offered me a faint smile.
“Zuriyah,”
“I like it,”
“Good,” I said maneuvering my passenger door open and placing Yanna inside.
A nigga was scared as fuck but I was happy I was finna be a dad and nothing was more important than that right now.