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I was finally at the airport, and ht back home w
asn’t set to start boarding for another two hours or so After I went through security, I walked back and forth in the sa aboutHim to wrap His ar because I’d never been so scared to face anything in my life I felt lonely too I had tried to call Jerrod’s phone twice because, at the end of the day, this was our son that we shared, so he would be the only one to soht now, but ht to his voicemail
On the plane, I was so anxious So anxious that I wanted to get up there with the flight attendant and drive this planea damn plane When the plane finally took off, mostly everyone on the plane had taken a nap, while I was up like I’d just downed ten whole energy drinks Luckily, I was sitting on the second row of the plane, so when the plane ca, I was one of the first few people off it I da to e In the process of doing that, I had to have accidently buizing to because I was such in a rush
Now that I had e, I quickly made it outside and requested another Uber to takeher know that I’d made it, and she quickly textfor me Inside the Uber, I threw my head on the back of the seat in defeat So anxious and so angry, I ended up raisingmyself in the forehead with it because I felt like I had no control over this entire situation The Pakistani driver looked at h the rearviewto hiet me out of his car
I swear, I didn’t even wait for the car to corabbed the little luggage that I had withhospital doors
“Hello My son, Jaden Evans, was brought here,” I said to the security that was sitting at the front desk I went into my wallet to retrieve my ID because I already kneould ask me for it
“He’s in the trauma unit—”
“Trau all action
“Ma’am, I’m not sure My job is to provide inforht now, so you can go to the fourth floor and have a seat in the waiting roouard said as he passed e
Thisworse and worse by theelse to offer ot out of the line because there were others behindas fast as I hen I caot to the elevators, the quicker I would find out this news, and I didn’t think I was ready
On the ride up to the trauma unit, I didn’t even bother to wipe my eyes or my nose for that matter because I already knew that once I found out, et worse I was finally off the elevator, and I saw the waiting roon, so that’s the direction I went in
As soon as I walked inside, I wasin Sky’s lap but quickly got up when she sawlike she had the weight of the world on her little shoulders Her eyes were blood shot red, so I already knew that she’d been crying As weak as I was, I still bent down and lifted her body She crashed her little head into the crook ofher cry only made me cry even more
Journey,in the corner of the room with her knees drawn to her chest as she rocked her body nonstop and silently cried The yellow pajama top she as covered in blood More than likely, my sons’ blood Myonto similar faces, and I could tell that none of them wanted to be the bearer of this bad news
“What’s going on withon?” I asked All the while, hter insince I walked into the room
“I’m sorry, Mommmyyy I’m sooo sorryyyy,” I heard Journey say from the corner of the room
She was hysterical with her cries, alhter apologize for ery, hadto end well; I could feel the shit in hter back to Sky, and as if I was a football player, I rushed over to Journey and tackled her ass My small body went on top of hers, and like the mother that I ho deserved some fuckin’ answers, I shook the shit out of her as I cried
“What the fuck did you doooo? What did you doooo?” I cried, still shaking her and wanting answers
She was crying too Sky and Brooklyn had rushed over, trying to pull ht now, so nothing or no one could get me from on top of her
“He wasn’t supposed to co with my boyfriend, and Jaden must have followedoutside, and… and… one of the bullets hit him in his chest I’m sorry I’m so sorryyy,” she cried, and I lost it
As if she was a bitch off the street and not the sairl that I carried in h twenty-three hours of labor without any painelse that co a mother, I went the fuck in It took every one ofroo so little, off Journey