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It would be unfair to have her watch our babies all day then be exhausted all night when I have club business til late in the evenings She’d basically be raising a child alone

What kind of father would that make me?

I love Tina

And that’s worth everything, right?

Soh

I’ve come to conclusion that maybe children aren’t in the cards for me And I’m surprised with how I feel about it

I’m okay with it

I don’t love the idea but I never stopped to think about how raising a child would affect the lifestyle I lead I love the club It’s a big part of ive that up

So maybe…?

I smile to myself, pick up my wallet and head out the door

Rawr Raaawr

"Damn baby, that’s an unpleasant noise"

I freeze

My eyes widen as I turn slowly towards the door

There stands a s Nik, dimple and all

Ah, okay…

A little freaked out here I thought ere over

I don’t knohat’s happening right now but he’s s

I explain quietly, "I keep forgetting about it It just needs new batteries and someone to replace them"

He walks towards me and puts his hand on ainst theuy to fix it, baby"

My heart skips a beat

I’ my brain to stutter I ask quietly, "Does this htly and answers, "Yeah, sweetheart No kids Okay with me"

By the beard of Zeus!

Relief courses through my veins and a familiar warmth spreads outwards from my belly

I wrap ht I do this awful laugh cry and don’t even care how stupid I look

I kiss his lips hard and say whisper, "Oh ht I’d lost you" Kiss-Hiccough- Laugh

"Last night was the worst night ever" Sniffle-Kiss

"Are you sure?" Snort-Kiss

He chuckles and lifts s around his waist He holds me with one forearm under my ass and the other across my back

He replies quietly ,"Got no life without you, baby You’re it for me"

I burst into tears and he rocks ht disappear

I don’t care who’s watching

Nat, Lola, and Mih around the store I hear Nat yell out, "Get her out of here, you sly son of a gun"

I lift ers, baby"

I laugh and wipe ht now

I have Nik! Nik isI can to keep hiainst his, I whisper, "Love you so much, Niki"

His face softens as he replies, "Love you lory, thank you God

After I went over to Safira and reunited with irl, ent to lunch

Tina sat in my lap Well, she sat pressed so close to me she practically was

We had sushi, stole kisses and held one another Just appreciating each other after our almost break up

When we left we stayed wrapped up in each other til we reached Safira I kissed Tina long and slow

Never again

I don’t kno I got on without her More iain

I check et to a meet

Two thirty comes and I arrive at the warehouse the Sixes own better known as the factory

The factory is well known a the day and at night; however, all that keeps it safe is an alarm syste to get papers with this inforive this information to Chaos and I’e a raid and steal the drugs they have stored there However, if Chaos did end up doing that it would’ve started a war between Chaos and the Sixes

I guess that’s why ave this inforht

I’ Ghost with ood reason Ghost wouldn’t hesitate to shoot you in the face if he thought his life was in danger Long gone is the boy who took his licks without a word

We walk into the warehouse office and are frisked This is not unusual

It would be disrespectful to conceal a weapon at a uns but I know Ghost would never go co, better known as a soldier, to Uncle Jerm’s office I’ve only been here once before, when I was a teenager, but I remember it well I was petrified the last tiht I would take my last breath in this warehouse

The door opens and Uncle Jer with open arotta love him He is lovable

Never without a smile or kind word

I would tell you he wasn’t cut out for this work but I know soht to protect his boys

I walk over to the short, sixty year old African A hi He just stands in the corner on watch

Uncle Jerm pulls back frorew into a big man"

I chuckle I wasn’t very tall the last time we met I was just a freakin’ kid I’, I say, "Uncle Jerood"

He pats his belly and replies, "Old lady’s on my back Cholesterol this and cholesterol that Won’t let me eat anythin’ anymore Thinks I’ll have a heart attack or some such shit"

He motions for me to sit which I do Then he takes his place behind his desk It’s very siether and says, "So, I believe we have a small problem"

I nod and respond, "Yes, sir I think we do Your boy Oirl’s apart it like a Christhbor found it before Tina did"

Uncle Jerm’s face droops into a frown He mutters, "I don’t like this Omarr… Well, he hasn’t been the sahtens and reveals, "Always hated on s like he used to But I heard of your Tina Chaos seeirl Says she real pretty I’ood, you hold onto it with both hands, ya hear?"

See what I mean?

Lovable

I nod and he continues, "Omarr has been extremely disrespectful as of late He don’t turn up for his shifts He don’t answer to ue, boy"