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My phone started ringing from behind him, and he reached and handed it to me. When I saw Antwan’s facetime call coming in, I rolled my eyes and showed him the phone. “Answer… you were with him for a minute. You don’t just forget about someone you cared about birthday.” I was surprised by his response and slid my finger across the screen. “Hey.” “Happy birthday, baby.” Before I could respond, Don snatched the phone and came into view. “Chill on the baby, my boy…. Say happy birthday and keep that shit respectful.” He handed me the phone back and I busted out laughing in Antwan’s face. “This the
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“They that important that you want me to meet them?” “Navy is important to me, Mens… remember how you felt about Stevie?” “Ain’t no felt… how I feel about Wonder,” he corrected me.
Zoya reentered the room, and she held the papers in her hands. “Everything is good, and we all agree on everything. I need you and Menace to both sign and add in the other owners. I know one is Stevie, who is yours, Don?” “Navy Bleu Perkins.” Beans choked in the corner. “You making her part owner of the team her ex-nigga is gonna play for… you, my nigga, are built different.” He clapped his hands.
I turned slowly with tears in my eyes as I looked at Landon. “You went and got her… why?” Hugging Mink around the neck and nuzzling my face with hers, she was so happy to see me. Whenever I had time, I visited her often and tried to take her on a walk around the shelter. “Just because children aren’t in our future, doesn’t mean we can’t go half on love for Mink. This shit don’t work out, Bleu, I want split custody. I’ll show up to the house in pajamas and call you an unfit mother, too.” I broke out laughing and stood up, tossing my arms around him. “Thank you so much, baby. Me and Mink will
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He left the dining room, and Kora looked at me. “You make him so happy. I haven’t seen Don like that ever.”
Now he was in this waiting room, feeling like he was about to scream because he didn’t know what was going on. I looked up from my phone. “I’m getting a vasectomy today.” He nodded his head. “It’s alright, Don.” “What?” “I remember when you used to play in dirt, and I used to look at you and never understood. Moms even had us take a picture in the dirt and I shoved you away from me. You fell back and hit your head. I’m sorry for that because I can see how you’re dealing with it as an adult.” He stood up and paced the waiting room. “Menace, shut the fuck up. I’m doing it because I found myself
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To avoid her having surgery, especially since she had a miscarriage, I was gonna make sure we protected ourselves, and that started with me getting snipped. I wasn’t about to make her take birth control again and fuck up her cycle and shit when I could do this fifteen-minute procedure. Anything for the future Mrs. Caselli.

