*one week & 2 days later
Chris

Eden hasn't said one word to me yet. I guess I was wrong for not looking at things her way. If I get locked up for good, her and Mason would only see me once every two weeks.

Mason...Mason..the fuck made her pick that name?

Point is, I want to be in my child's life all the time. Not just whenever they come visit me...I don't even think I'd want them visiting me if I was in that place. Now I'm starting to see how Eden's pops feels.

"You crazy" I walked in on Eden on the phone and folding clothes. I'm assuming she was talking to Felix.

I snuck up behind her and wrapped my arms around her. "Hang up the phone" I buried my face in her neck

"I'm gonna call you back, Fe" she took the phone from her ear "Love you too" she hung up and placed the phone down

"I miss you" I mumbled into her skin

When she's not talking to me it's torture.

"Move Chris, I'm trying to do the laundry." she shrugged me off "Gotta get used to doing everything alone since you'll be off to jail in no time"

I took the shirt out of her hand and turned her towards me "Please stop doing that"

"Doing what? Accepting my future?" she squinted

"What do you want me to do?" I groaned "I'm trying here"

"I want you to-...you know what? I don't want you to do anything. I'm wasting my time explaining myself to you" she chuckled in disbelief "It's not like you're gonna stop"

"Eden-"

"No! You are just like my damn mother. I begged her to stop, I begged her everyday. The only difference between y'all is, you're the supplier and she was the junkie" she looked at me with disgust in her eyes before turning her back to me

"I been doing this shit since I was 15! I can't just stop it. You said you understood it was my way of eating"

She didn't say anything back, she just wiped her eyes and went back to folding.

"Man" I smacked my teeth "I don't need this shit. I'm going out"

Eden

After he left out, I cried...hard.

Part of me wants to fix this problem Chris and I are having. I just want to love all over him and be loved back. Some may blame it on the hormones, but I mean what I said. If he's going to keep selling drugs, he's going to end up in jail, then I'm going to end up raising our son alone.

"Ugh!" I screamed in frustration

The baby will be here in one month, I'm confused about this stuff with my mom, my fiancé and I are having problems, and my feet, back, and bladder are kicking my ass. This is definitely not the maternal leave I was hoping for. I'd rather be at work than dealing with all of this shit.

"Ah!" A sharp pain went through my body

I leaned over, gripping the clothes basket. The pain happened again, but this time it stayed longer. I grabbed my phone and dialed 911, these feel like contractions and I need to get to a hospital fast.

Karen (Eden's mom)

"Baby, calm down" I rubbed my wife's shoulders

(Karen's wife-Yolanda ^)

"I'm just so nervous. What if nothing goes right?" she moisturized her legs

"Yolanda...everything will work out in our favor this time."

"I hope so. I've been waiting for this for...forever" she chuckled

"You're so beautiful" I tucked her hair behind her ears

"Likewise" she smiled, crawling between my legs

Thoughts?

-Carlisha ❤️