Chapter 2

you haven’t been concerned about nothing. Damn sho’ wasn’t worried about being a mama—”

“Face, don’t do that.” I shook my head. “Not in front of the kids.”

“Nah, this is something that they need to hear. I wanna say it in front of them, so a narrative can’t be twisted behind my back.

Ion care how often she sat on Facetime with them.

She chose not to be here. And now, she done popped up here.

Didn’t ask to hold a conversation with us, or nothing.

” He refocused on Tera. “I been watching you on camera. You can’t even look at Babi.

Meanwhile, this woman has been here, wiping your babies’ tears.

And I aint saying that you gotta kiss her ass, but got damn, be a woman about it.

Then asking to get the girls right in front of them was problematic from the jump.

You was putting me on the spot, like there wasn’t a private conversation to be had.

And let’s keep it a buck. As far as I’m concerned, I aint letting my kids get wrapped in with you, until I see what is what.

Cause you been a deadbeat for the past two years, and we can’t just snap back to how it used to be. ”

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