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“Then end your marriage. You can’t have both.” She crossed her arms and rolled her neck. “Who says? Naheim has had his fun and had his marriage at the same time.”
point taken
I shrugged. “I guess I'm scared to tell Jaiden. You know he just lost Joie and the baby. I don’t want him to feel sad or resent me for my life moving forward when his is paused in a way.”
awwww erin…i know he would still be happy to be an uncle
We were in Saint Peter, and apparently Capone had a surprise for me. I held onto his arm as we walked up the cobblestoned walkway. It reminded me of the yellow brick road.
omg omggggg omggggg is he gonna propose?!?!?
“Welcome to Saint Ele. We’re an elephant sanctuary on the island. Tonight, you will be staying with us in one of our luxury tree huts,” the driver turned and informed me.
he took her to see elephants 🥹 a man who listens
I inched closer and held out the piece of watermelon for her to take from me. Except, she didn’t take it from me. I looked back at Capone and the keeper, and they were both confused. Verma moved her trunk from my forehead to my stomach. She touched my stomach with her trunk, and I smiled. The other two mamas stopped eating and had come over toward me as I held this slimy watermelon in my hand. None of them were concerned about the piece of watermelon. They put their trunks on my stomach too and did small stomps.
the elephants know she’s with child 😭😭😭
I dropped my bag at my side when I saw the room. The view was one thing, but it was the roses on the bed and the whole set up with champagne and strawberries. “A House Is Not A Home” by Luther Vandross softly played in the background. I slowly walked over toward the bed to read the roses on the bed. My heart was beating uncontrollably as I read the words.
I KNEW IT HE’S GONNA PROPOSE OMGGGGG
I was never nervous about nothing, but seeing my lady walk into the room and read the words on the bed had me about to take a shit. I knew when we came, I wanted to do something special for Erin, and I wanted to pop the question.
this is literally the cutest book proposal ever 🤍
Even more now that she was carrying my child in her womb. Erin gasped as she looked up at me, holding her hand over her mouth. Tears fell down her face as she walked over toward me slowly. I kneeled down on one knee, popping open the box showcasing her ring. The ring she would pass down to our children in the future. The ring that would be a family heirloom. I wanted everything with this woman, and I let her know every chance that I could.
STAWPPPP I’M GONNA CRY
Snot and boogers were coming out her nose as she tried to get her words out. All I could make out was her violently shaking her head yes. I slid the six-carat emerald cut diamond ring with pear cut side stones lining the band of the ring. Her hands shook as I slid the ring onto her finger and stood up. I grabbed her face and kissed her so hard that I felt like our souls fucking connected. This was going to be my wife.
SHE’S A WIFE SNOT BOOGERS AND ALL
Erin was sent to this earth for me. She may have been a couple years late, but we were always meant to cross paths. My Gorgeous.
he loves his woman DOWN
Capri would always brush it off because she didn’t want to talk. Instead, she did petty shit like coming in at three in the morning and not letting me know where she was. I had been waiting for either Capp or Capone to call me to let me know they knew.
my girl is getting her lick back PERIOOOOOD
Capri liked to keep things away from her brothers, so I wasn’t all that surprised she hadn’t told them. Maybe there was some hope for us after all. I loved my wife and wanted to make this shit work. If we had to sit with a therapist, then that was what I would fucking do because I wanted to be with Capri. Tasha meant nothing to me and with her gone out of our lives we can focus on our marriage. Get back to the days when we were happy.
oh you got some damn nerve
I had a woman that just wanted to love me and in return she just wanted support. Instead of supporting her I fucking ran to the first readily available woman because I wasn’t getting the attention that I wanted.
like a fucking child ugh
Capri wasn’t making this shit easy on me, but I was willing to roll my sleeves up and put in the work to restore our marriage.
oh now you want to put the work in
I snapped. “I saw Ryai on the red carpet for the ESPY’S. She and Tevin Micks seem like the real deal.” “They seem to be pretty serious. She doesn’t really tell me much about him or come around that often.” I could tell that there was some tension between Ryai and Erin. They were like two peas in a pod, so them not being around each other all the time seemed weird. Especially because Ryai was barely at the hospital when Jaiden was there.
um ryai better fix that cause not her moving funny after she gets a baller
As the bus took off a woman in a light pink hijab took off running toward the bus screaming. She had tears in her eyes as she stomped in the street. A few of the other women went to talk to her while I watched from the comfort of my car.
alaia 🥺
He sat down and his attention went from me to something else. Or should I say someone else. I turned my head to see the frazzled woman rushing to the visitation table with snacks. The nigga she was visiting didn’t even seem grateful that she was there. He was more concerned with the snacks she had put onto the table. I looked back at Capp and his eyes were trained on her. “You know shorty?” “Nah,” he replied, still never taking his eyes from her.
capp eyeing alaia down
I quickly went to get us a few snacks and drinks before returning back to the table. When I made it back to the table I saw Capp watching shorty again. What the hell was it about this chick?
cappadonna is enchanted by her
“Elaborate.” “I cheated.” He nodded his head and took a bite of his danish. “I expected that.” “What?”
thats a damn shame
“You want to be with Capri or not? If you want to run the fucking streets and do you, then do that, but fucking with her heart isn’t fair.”
you tell him boo
“What was the good news?” “Nigga, Capone and Erin getting engaged.” “Oh yeah.” I had been so wrapped up in my own shit that I had forgot they got engaged. While their love story was starting in Barbados, mine was fucking ending so their happy news wasn’t at the top of my list right now.
well too bad nobody told you to go sleeping with other women
Me and Capp chopped it up about random shit during his visit. His focus was mostly on shorty across the visitation room. I guess she finally looked up and he winked at her.
omgggg i’m so ready to read cappa’s book now
Once the Delgato twins set their sights on someone, it was a wrap for anybody that came before or after. Alaia had caught the eye of Cappadonna Delgato.
i’m so giddy already for them and i haven’t read their book series yet
I was tired of walking around being so angry with him. As much as my brain wanted me to fix things with my husband, my heart was conflicted. Falling in love with my sneaky link was never part of the plan. It was something that was supposed to happen once and then it kept happening. The truth was that I wanted it to keep happening because the thrill of betraying Naheim felt so good.
and honey i ain’t mad at you
What hurt the most is that we had plenty of conversations where I told him that we didn’t need to be together when he was released. We could just casually date. Neither of us needed to jump into something serious until he was released and knew what he wanted. His ass was the one who got all offended when I suggested such a thing. How the fuck you get offended and promise this is what you wanted, then turn around and do the same shit I was trying to prevent from happening?
thats a nigga for you that’s crazy
“Baby Doll, I'm not saying Naheim is right. I let him have it and set his ass straight when he confessed to me. All I'm saying is that he’s a good dude. Just got off the track for a bit. As humans we’re able to make mistakes and pray that the people we love help us come back from it and forgive us. At least allow him to work on getting your forgiveness.” “I hear you.”
you say that now, but wait until capri finds out that one of those women was her ex best friend
Naheim was a prison chef, so my expectations weren’t that high when it came to whatever he was about to feed me.
institutionalized ass food
My guilt was also mixed in there too. I felt bad for having an affair on my husband. Then again, I was tired of women not getting their licks back. Men constantly cheated on their women and we were supposed to have such a forgiving heart and take them back.
I had been hiding this pregnancy from Jaiden like I was a teenager scared to tell their parents. Every time I got the nerve to tell him, I would chicken out and convince myself he didn’t need to know right now. Jaiden was moving around and smiling more.
i understand
Me and Ryai hadn’t been on the same page for a while. I excused her absence because I knew how hard death and hospitals were for her. She also knew it was hard for me so I thought that would still make her show up for me. While I was going through literal hell this summer, she was attending red carpets and award shows like real life wasn’t happening.
Right now, we were both going through a rough patch and trying to find our own way. Her, living the life of a basketball player’s girlfriend, and me soon to be a wife of a kingpin.
“Bro, I am fine. Capo is my guy. I’m happy that you found someone that bosses you around for once.” “He does not boss me around,” I lied, knowing damn well what Capone said went.
yeah right
Every morning before Capone could wake up, I liked to sneak out the room and go down the hall to take a poop. I don’t care how much this man has seen, I refused to take a shit in front of him. If he was up before me, I waited until he left before I could release my bubble guts.
😂😂😂 girl y’all about to be married you think gon care about you wanting to take a shit
As a woman, I wanted him to believe that I didn’t take poops. Wasn’t that what every woman wanted their man to think? Maybe years down the line I would become comfortable with taking a shit in front of him or even passing gas.
He didn’t go down the hall unless Capone Jr. was staying over so he would never know. By the time anyone went into the room, the smell would already be gone.
the fact she calculated all of this is crazy
“Your stomach good, dookie booty?” “Fuck!” I nearly jumped out my skin when I heard his voice from behind me.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Number one rule was nobody touches your ass after you finish using the bathroom. Even knowing I was clean, I just never liked being touched after using the bathroom.
I loved whenever Jo came over. It was never about how long she stayed. Something inside of me just knew something was wrong and Jo would never tell me. She would keep it to herself because she didn’t want me to worry or feel guilty. We were alike in some ways. As much as she complained about me, I got some of my traits from her.
like auntie like niece
I couldn’t wait to see Erin waddling around our house complaining about the baby sitting on some organ. All this shit had me excited to be a father again. After losing Naomi, I didn’t think I wanted to have any more children. It hurt so much that I never wanted to experience some shit like that again.
i know erin is gonna look radiant with a pregnant belly
“Jaiden needs to learn to protect himself. As a young man this is something he needs to learn. When he turns eighteen, I will help him get a permit to carry. I’m not asking you to let him do anything illegal, Erin.”
see capone is always three steps ahead
“Mrs. Cooper, you are about eleven weeks.”
baby delgato is growing
The doctor cleared her throat. “Well, while measuring the fluid in the back of the fetus’s neck, it is measuring more than the average.” “What does that mean?” Erin’s hand tightened around mine. She cleared her throat again. “It is usually a marker for the fetus having Down syndrome.”
oh my god
“We were worried about sickle cell. Down syndrome is a whole other ball game… why the fuck does things keep happening to me?” She wiped the tears that continued to fall down her face.
aww erin have some faith
We still hadn’t told him that he was going to be a big brother again. I wasn’t expecting this appointment to go the way that it had.
oh lord ella about to have a while fucking heart attack
My goal was to always keep Ella clued in as much as possible without making Erin uncomfortable. We needed to be on the same page as we always had been. I needed a rosary to hold onto before telling her what I was about to tell her. “Me and Erin got engaged.”
i’m scared to read further
Ella walked over toward me and put her head on my chest. As I was about to console her, she quickly reached up and kissed me on the lips. “I miss y—”
UHN UHN THAT IS IT
As bad as I was itching to call her out her name, I knew my son was upstairs. Capone Jr. came flying down the stairs. I didn’t even care if he still had shit in his ass, he could shower when we made it back to the house.
LMAOOOSKSHSJEJS HE SAID IM TRYNA GET THE FUCK ASAP OUT OF THIS BITCH
I looked at son and realized it was the same nigga that was in the club with Erin months ago – Trilla’s nephew. If I wasn’t hot already, this bitch had this random ass nigga coming to her door where my son laid his head. Ella knew if she was fucking around that she better not ever bring the nigga under this roof.
i knew this bitch was conniving
Ella thought she had checkmate, but little did she know my son wasn’t come back to this house. Checkmate!
Like how she had Spidey senses on what the fuck I was doing, I had the same fucking feelings. Which was why I was walking from the parking garage from around the corner to the hotel.
hmmm now you know the fuck she felt having a stakeout on your ass
