Chapter 15
CHAPTER
FIFTEEN
Jawan
“Baby!” I felt somebody shaking me. “Jawan, I swear to God if you don’t wake your high yellow ass up right now!” Tiomi screamed, smacking me across the face. That smack brought me right out of a peaceful slumber.
“Tiomi what the fuck is your problem?” I asked her, looking into her red, swollen eyes. My face softened because she had clearly been crying. “Baby, what’s wrong? Are you hurting?” I started to examine her body.
“I dreamed that you were cheating on me,” she whined.
Was this muhfucka serious right now? Chuckling lowly, I sat up on the side of the bed and looked at the clock, it was three fuckin’ thirty in the morning and she was waking me up with this bullshit.
“You're not going to say anything Jawan?”
“Tiomi, in all seriousness bruh, I’m trying to will myself not to smack the fuck outta your fat ass right now man. You smacked me out of my fuckin’ sleep because of your dream?”
“They say if you can remember your dream then it’s a vision.”
I sucked my teeth and stood up. “Fuck this, I’m going to the guest room. Your lil’ ass is more looney than what I originally thought. Don’t waddle your big ass in here fucking with me either.”
I was pissed. Her ass is really certifiable.
All I can hope for is that my fuckin’ baby don’t come out to be crazy like that.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard her calling my name again.
I grabbed the pillow and put it over my head.
I’m not about to entertain this shit with her ass tonight, or any other time as a matter of fact.
Crazy ass muhfucka need to be in somebody's institution talking about a fuckin’ vision.
“Jawan! My water just broke baby! Come here please!” she yelled.
This time I jumped up out of the bed and damn near broke my leg trying to get back in the room.
She was sitting on the side of our bed, trying to get her breathing under control.
We had gone over this routine so many times before tonight, but I was stuck now.
This shit is really happening. Tiomi yelling my name brought me out of a shocked state.
“Okay, Baby, just do the techniques that we've been working on so you can calm down a little bit. Let me throw on something then I’ll get you changed.”
I grabbed a Nike sweat suit for me to throw on and one for Tiomi too. I was tryna remain calm so she would be calm, but on the inside, I was freaking the fuck out. I got Tio up and changed out those wet ass clothes that she had on, grabbed our bags and headed out the door.
After they got us settled into the room we’d deliver in, I called our families to let them know she was in labor. We didn't want anyone to come to the hospital until after we had the baby because Tio just wanted the two of us to share that intimate moment.
“Mrs. Jones, now is going to be the time to get an epidural if you’re going to opt into it,” the nurse stated.
Tiomi has been watching them YouTube videos and shit and done scared herself out of the epidural. I let her know I didn't care which route she takes but she ain’t gone break my muhfuckin’ hand because she being a little scary cat. She looked up at me like it was my choice to make.
“Baby tell her what you want to do. I’m not the one that’s about to be stretched the fuck out, you are so make up your mind.”
“I’m scared of the needle, Baby.”
A contraction must have hit right after that because she had a vice grip on my hand. It damn near brought me to my knees.
“See hell naw, ma’am go ahead and bring that shit on in here. I’m not about to go through this shit with her indecisive ass.”
“Well, Sir, that would be up to the patient because it’s her body.”
“Naw actually it’s my body, she let me know every time my di—”
“Okay, Ma’am, I’ll take the epidural please.”
Tiomi cut me off and narrowed her eyes at me. I don’t see what the issue is though, every part of her body does belong to me. The nurse hurried out of the room to get the anesthesiologist.
“Jawan do you have to show your ass everywhere you go?” Tiomi whined out.
“So, your body doesn’t belong to me, Tio?” I inquired with my eyebrows raised.
“Yes but—"
“No buts, Baby.” I kissed her forehead. “I can’t wait to meet our little girl, Baby. I know she’s going to be just as pretty as you and Jarae.”
Tiomi’s eyes lifted to mine, “I know, Baby. This is really happening. When I had Rae, I was alone. Romeo was out doing God knows what and Tel was at work. It was both the worst and best day of my life. On one hand I was bringing in one of the best things to ever happen to me into the world, but on the other hand I hadn’t ever felt so alone in my life. ”
This was the first time she talked about this. We’ve been together over a year and we’ve never had this conversation. I slid in the bed behind her as best I could so I could console her.
“Well, I’m here and you damn sure ain’t gotta ever do anything alone. You’re going to have me every step of the way.”
The door opened as soon as my lips met hers, it was her doctor and the anesthesiologist. The nurse asked me to step to the side so they could administer the epidural and I looked at her ass like she had sprouted two heads.
They honestly thought this MALE doctor or nurse or whatever they had in here right now was going to hold her hand through this process and they had me bent.
After I let them know that I would be the only man up in this bitch comforting my bitch, shit was smooth sailing. That was until they came in here with these consent forms talking about this was a learning hospital, so they had student doctors as well.
Now I respect the fact that these people worked hard to get to this point in life, but they surely had the game fucked up if they thought a student was going to be fuckin’ around with my wife and kid.
“Listen Ma’am, with all due respect you need to take them papers right the fuck on up outta here and go get the oldest doctor you got up in here to work on my girl and kid. Find a muhfucka that knows the game.”
“Sir, I can assure you that everyone in this wing of the hospital is more than qualified to care for your wife and daughter.”
“Well, good thing I didn’t ask for your assurance, I asked for your oldest fuckin’ doctor to be brought in here. Matter fact where the fuck is her regular OB?”
“She’s on the way, Sir, these doctors are here just in case the birthing process starts earlier than anticipated.”
“Well, looks like y’all better either slow this shit down or get that old ass doctor up in here.”
She nodded her head and excused herself.
I didn’t care how Tiomi was over there looking right now.
I said what I said and meant what I said.
They did let us know that this was probably going to take a little while, so I got comfortable in this pull-out chair while Tio rested.
Her doctor finally arriving is what woke me up.
“You're the talk if labor and delivery right now Mr. Jones,” she said as she sanitized her hands. “I need to go ahead and check your cervix Tiomi to see if were ready to have a baby.” When she opened Tiomi’s legs, all you could see was hair, and I turned my nose up.
“Baby why wouldn’t you get a wax, all that fucking hair down there. You knew she would be coming soon.”
“I did get a wax Jawan.”
“That’s the baby’s hair Mr. Jones, that's her head, we’re about to have a baby,” Dr. Roman said. That was all I remembered before everything went black around me.
“Nigga you passed out before the baby was born. You done turned into a real bitch out here.”
Shad laughed. I didn’t give a fuck though; they didn’t prepare me for her shit to be spread open like that.
I thought the process might have taken a little longer than opening my wife’s legs and BOOM, there’s the head.
I did indeed pass out when I saw all of that but one of the nurses woke me up before she actually pushed my baby out.
I was able to hold my wife’s hand and cut the umbilical cord and all that good shit.
I know next time to sit at the top of the fuckin’ bed until they said it was go time.
It’s been a month since we had Lae and she has us on our toes.
Her and her sister. Jarae had become very territorial when we brought the baby home.
She would have a fit when one of us has to tend to the baby, but once she realized that the baby wasn’t going anywhere, she tightened up.
While Jarae looked just like her mother, Jalae is my twin.
The only thing she inherited from her mother was those green eyes and those dimples.
I felt some kind of way because I had to leave my babies in the states, but I needed to fly down to Mexico to get with Ramirez.
As soon as the plane landed, I had a text to come through.
Tech: Nigga guess who the fuck this Terrance Sherman nigga is!
Me: Nigga just tell me, ain’t nobody guessing and shit.
Tech: Turbo
Me: Get the fuck out of here. How you know.
Tech: I’m looking at him nigga.
Me: Y’all boys handle that, I’m out of the country.
Tech: say less.
My blood was low key boiling. No wonder Tech couldn’t find his ass in Houston, he slithered his snake ass over to Miami. I’m tight because I want to kill this nigga myself for even breathing the same air as my bitch.
“Turbo is the nigga that’s been pressing Tio,” I revealed to Shad.
He looked up from his phone frowning, “How the fuck she know that nigga?”
I ran my hand down my face attempting to keep my anger at bay.
“He approached her at Charlie’s one day, I swept that shit under the rug that time because I know my bitch is fine and shit so of course muhfuckas gone look, but they better not touch.
” He nodded his head in agreement. “But then he pushed up on her at the mall, and last month when they were at dinner.”
“So, you got somebody on him?”
I shake my head yes. “Tech gone pick him up for me and take him to the warehouse until I can deal with him.”
That’s going to give me plenty of time to decide what I want to do with him. Pulling into Ramirez’s estate I got an eerie feeling. Nothing looked out of place from the outside, but I could feel that something wasn’t right. I tapped Shad to get his attention again.
“You called and told him that we landed?”
“Naw but I can.” He pulled his phone out to make the call. “No answer. Bella ain’t picking up either.”
Fuck. “Something ain't right.”
When the car came to a stop, it was confirmed that shit was off. Ramirez has always greeted me and Shad in the driveway when we flew in. Stepping out of the car I pulled my strap and Shad did the same. We made our way inside of the house, not one member of the staff was in sight.
“Bruh where the fuck is everybody?” Shad said out loud.
We moved deeper into the house until we were outside of his home office.
The thing that had us alarmed was seeing blood on the doorknob.
I used my foot to kick the door open, and there Ramirez was, seated in his chair behind the desk with a bullet in the middle of his forehead. I moved quickly to his side.
“Fuck, what happened, Ramirez?”
“Don’t touch shit in here nigga,” Shad said.
“I’m not nigga.”
“Well. Well, well. What do we have here?” Spinning around on our feet we noticed that RJ was standing at the door with Antonio, Ramirez’s younger brother.
“RJ? When did you get home?”
“Sometime this morning.”
What a coincidence? Ramirez turns up dead the day that his son is released and the day that I come into town for him to hand over the reins.
“Looks like somebody beat me to the punch, eh,” he stated with a head nod in his father's direction. Lunging in his direction, Shad caught me before I could reach him.
“Show some fuckin’ respect nigga.”
Smiling widely, I replied, “You would think he’s your father and not mine with that reaction.
He’s always treated you like you were his son though, right?
Since the day that you came around, you’ve overshadowed me.
It’s been tradition for years to pass the FAMILY business down to FAMILY, your heir, but imagine to my surprise when dear old daddy here, decided that he wants to break tradition and give what’s rightfully mine to some American punta. ”
“Enough sobrino!” Antonio spoke up. “Grim, I’ve already spoken to mi hermano, I know his wishes, and they will be honored. Now I trust that you will get to the bottom of his demise, si?”
Letting my eyes fall on RJ again, I replied, “With pleasure.” I knew this nigga had something to do with this, and I’m going to pull his eyes out and feed them to him when I prove it.