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look on her face. Jade hated to leave her sister Jazzy.
                  “Can Jazzy come to daddy?”
                  I didn’t want to tell her no. But I couldn’t ask Melissa to watch her sister too.
                  “I’m sorry baby girl not tonight. I have to work and you’re going to stay with your Aunt Melissa tonight,”
                  “Will David be there?”
                  “He sure will,” I confirmed.
                  Her face lit up like a candle, as she jumped up and down. Melissa was right those two defiantly had a bond. Jade grabbed her bag and hugged her sister. She took my hand and we headed to the car.
                  I dropped Melissa and the Jade off and went home to get ready for work. I parked in front of my apartment building and noticed Trina sitting on my porch.
    ‘ Damn I don’t have time for her mess.’ I thought.
                  “Well hello Darius. Where’s my child?”
    I ignored her question and walked passed her. I unlocked my front door and went inside. She was right on my tail.
    “Are you going to answer me?” She questioned.
                  “She’s at Melissa’s house,”
                  “You know I don’t like her over that girl’s house!” She snapped.
                  “Look Jade is fine. Your mom called and asked me to pick her up so I did. What do you care for anyway? You were just trying to get rid of her less than two hours ago!”
    I could feel my temperature rising. But I refused to let her take me there.
                  “Listen I have to get ready for work. What do you want?” She slowly walked over to me.
                  “Daddy you know what I want,” she purred.
    She tried putting her arms around me. I pushed her away.
    “You don’t want me. If you d id you would have never cheated,” I stated.
    She batted her eyes moving closer to me.
    “Baby I said I was sorry. How long you going to hold that against me?”
    I grabbed her by her jacket pulling her towards the front door.
                  “You need to understand this. I don’t want you! I tolerate you because of our daughter. Wait don’t you have a date tonight? Don’t keep the man waiting,”
    Trina picked up her purse and opened the screen door.
                  “You need to stop kidding yourself because you know as well as I do,” she said her next statement slowly.
                  “You still want this!” I was too tired to respond.
    I closed the door behind her and ran upstairs to change my clothes. I made my lunch, called Jade to wish her goodnight, and then headed to my car. Before I could get in I noticed something on my windshield. I walked around to the front of the car to take a better look. Trina left me a note on my windshield with her lipstick, which read;
                  You will always be mine, Love your wife Tee.
    ‘ Crazy broad!’ I thought. I would have to clean her mess up later. I was already running behind. I started up my car and texted Dontae. We were meeting for breakfast after I got off work. With Aunt Karen gone he needed someone to lookout for him. He was my blood. I had to make sure he was straight.
     

Dontae
                  I woke up feeling empty. I just couldn’t believe my mom was gone. She was my best friend, my rock. How was I going to make it without her? My mother raised me in church. I was taught to believe in God. But I wasn’t sure I believed anymore. If there was really a God why would he take the sweetest woman I knew away from me? I felt like there was a big boulder sitting on my heart and I couldn’t get it off. First I find out the only woman I ever loved cheated. Now my mother is gone! What’s next? I thought.
                  I picked up my cell and noticed I had three missed calls. Two calls from my Pastor