truck.
“You sticking your tongue down her throat doesn’t have shit to do with my grandbaby,” she scolded.
“Damn, you acting like you don’t like Brook or something,” I said shaking my head at her.
“Don’t even try to come at me like that. Brooklyn is a sweetheart, and I’ve never had a problem with her. She’s giving me my first grandchild, so she’ll always be welcomed as a part of the family, but my loyalty has to remain with the woman that you’re about to marry. What you’re doing is not right Dominic, and you know it. You were not raised like that, and you better start acting like it.”
“You’re going off on me for nothing. Me and Brooklyn don’t even mess around like that no more,” I lied.
“Stop trying to play me for a fool because I’m far from it. Y’all are doing more than just messing around. It’s not fair for you to keep doing Kennedi wrong. If you don’t want to get married, then let her know. You don’t owe her anything, and nobody can force you to do something that you don’t want to do,” she fussed.
I didn’t even reply because it was a lost cause. I never could win an argument with my mother, and I wasn’t about to try. I was happy, and I wasn’t about to let her ruin my good mood. I got in my truck and placed my sonogram pictures in the glass on my dashboard. The nurse took three pictures, and I had every last one of them. Life couldn’t be better for me right now. I have Brooklyn, and my son will be here in a little over three months. It was sad to say, but the only person who didn’t seem to have a place in my life right now was my soon to be wife.
BROOKLYN
I have three months to go until I drop this load, and I couldn’t wait. Dominic had finally talked me into getting my own place, and I’ll be moving in three weeks. Bryce is happy because I got the apartment right above him and Taylor. I was happy that the place had elevators, or I wouldn’t have even considered moving there at all. I was too young to get on a lease by myself, so Dominic put the apartment in his name and listed me as an occupant. Even if I was old, enough I didn’t have any income to do it on my own anyway. He’s been driving me crazy about looking for furniture, but I just haven’t been in the mood. Between trying to keep my grades up in school and creeping with him, I’m always too tired to do anything else. Dominic feels like he has to see me every day no matter where I am. Sometimes it was just too much work, but he always made a way. Even now, he’s supposed to be at work, but he left just to take me to school. Bryce doesn’t have a problem taking me, but Dominic feels like I’m his responsibility now. It’s crazy how he feels about me even though he’s about to be a married man. My mama is still adamant about me not dealing with him anymore, but that’s easier said than done. I know that Dominic has some kind of feelings for me, but I’m in love with him. It’s so wrong for me to feel this way, but you can’t help who you love.
“Are you listening to me Brooklyn?” Dominic inquired.
“No, what did you say?”
“I asked if you were hungry,” he replied.
“That’s a stupid question. I’m always hungry,” I laughed.
After getting me some take out from The Waffle House, I was on my way to class.
“We need to get to the furniture store this weekend,” Dominic said while he was driving. “You can’t move without furniture.”
“I know. I’ve just been feeling lazy for the past few weeks,” I replied.
“All you have to do is pick out what you want and I’ll take care of everything else. You haven’t even decided what you want to do with my baby’s room yet.”
“Our baby’s room,” I corrected him. He was always saying his baby like I wasn’t the mother.
“You know what I meant,” he laughed as he pulled up to my school. His smile was replaced with a deep frown soon after.
“Please don’t start Dominic,” I begged when I saw Kevin
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