Chapter 47
One year later…
“Blow the candles out with me,” I told Reign as she stuck her hand in her icing and kicked her fingers.
We had a small party for her that only consisted of Law’s mama and LJ and his family. My baby made it to her first birthday, but not without a few complications along the way. With the help of Ms. Mae, I was able to get through a lot of hard nights.
“And daddy, you need to blow your candles out too,” I told Law, who was sitting beside me.
“You know this is corny as fuck, right?”
“Boy blow the damn candles out,” Ms. Mae fussed.
Law had beaten his cancer. He still had a ways to go, but knowing that he was in the clear gave some relief.
Besides his weight loss from all the vomiting and not eating, he was still as fine as the day I met him.
The thing I loved about Law was his drive.
He would be sick but he would make sure that we didn’t need for anything.
Our relationship didn’t work out, but we made it work for the sake of our daughter.
We remained friends and vowed never to let anyone come between that.
I was out dating, trying to see what it was like, but Law was chilling, hoping that one day I would put that ring back on.
Every day I reminded him that it would never happen and he would say…
“Never say never.” He kissed my neck and placed the necklace around my neck.
“Law why do you keep buying me shit, thinking it’s going to change my mind? It’s been a year.”
“It’s not about that. It’s more so about you being there for me during every doctor’s visit, taking care of me while I was sick and holding my secret until I couldn’t hold it anymore. Love don’t just go away.”
“Tell me about it.” I pulled the cover back to get into the bed, trying not to wake my daughter up in the other side of the bed. After cleaning up from the party, my body was sore and I was tired. “You can lay with us tonight daddy. It’s both of y’all special day so I guess I’ll be nice.”
Yes, we still lived together. Law slept in the guest room while I stayed in the master suite.
Did we have sex? Well, sometimes I would get weak.
I mean, Law had some of the best sex in the state of Georgia.
The man really knew how to use what God gave him.
It was hard to say no on those lonely nights.
“Don’t even look at me like that.”
“What?”
“No, Law. I’m dating and I can’t keep falling weak if I plan on finding a man.”
He laughed like I said a joke. “I’m letting you enjoy yourself but there will never be another man, baby. There’s only me. People still think we together and I don’t correct them when they say the shit.”
“Law this is not funny. I wanted to be a wife one day.”
“Then marry me.”
“Nope! I’ll never do that shit. We better off like we are now. No attachments.
“Never say never.” He kissed our daughter that was laying in between us and then kissed me before he shut the lamp off and flipped the television on.
I drifted off to sleep thinking about Law and our future. I doubt there will ever be a me and him again but who knew what the future held. We were both still in our twenties. There was still some maturing we had to do. I guess I’ll stop saying never.
The End!