Page 73 of Baby, You're My Weakness
I could call a few therapists that we recommended for those on parole, see if one of them had an open appointment to see her as soon as possible.
“Speaking of Valentine, he’s in jail,” I slipped that in.
She touched my face. “I know, baby. I overheard someone in the hallway talking about the guy who shot the clerk was caught, figured it was him. He called you?”
I nodded, standing up to stretch my legs. “Yea, I got my lawyer on it. He’ll do what he can to get him out.” Grabbing her tray, I moved it towards her, pointing at the fruit cup. “Eat that at least.”
I went over to the window to look outside. Seeing how dark it was, I took out my phone to text Baby. I was finna get up out of here to go see her. We didn’t really talk all day, and that’s unacceptable.
Send me your location, or I’mma come find you.
“Oh! Trish, how you feeling?” Auntie Delia spoke as she ran in the room. Her ass came right on time.
Mama waved. “I’m fine, Lia. Don’t worry.”
She then looked over my way. “Are you leaving, baby?”
“Yes, ma’am.” Unplugging my charger from the wall, I walked to the other side of her bed.
“You going to see Baby?” Auntie Delia asked with a smile.
I muttered out a curse. Mama didn’t know nothing about her yet. I was gone wait another time to bring her up.
“Who’s Baby?” she asked, her gaze moved between us in wonder.
“Love’s girlfriend.”
I wish auntie would just shut the fuck up. Before I could open my mouth, she answering for me. I cut my eyes at her. “Auntie, come on now.”
Her shoulders shrugged like she did nothing wrong. My phone vibrated in my hand, and I peered down at the screen.
I’m home, but now is not a good time. I’ll call you, okay?
I sucked my teeth. She got me fucked up if she thought I was not finna go check up on her. If she had company, that’s cool. I still needed to lay eyes on her to make sure she’s good. When I glanced up, both mama and Auntie Delia were looking at me.
“You have a girlfriend, baby?” Mama questioned with a grin. I bent down to kiss her forehead.
“I’ll tell you all about her later,” I promised, making my way out the door.
“Okay, tell her I said hello.” I heard her yell from behind me. Mama seemed like a completely different person right now. I hope she stayed that way.
I pressed the button for the elevator and waited. Flipping my hat around, I stepped into the crowded space when the doors finally opened. My phone vibrated again, and when I looked down, Messiah’s name popped up.
A nigga didn’t feel comfortable speaking in front of all these people, and I started not to answer. However, he supposed to be on the lookout for Tank’s ass, so this could be that call.
“Sup,” I answered.
“Love, I need you to come asap. The connect in Mexico just touched down and wanna meet with us.”
His voice echoed frantically through the phone. This wasn’t a good time. I was more worried about Baby than that muthafucka here.
“Can it wait? I got somewhere to be.” It wasn’t a good look for me to miss our first meeting but, hell, I’m sure Messiah could handle himself.
“Nah, nigga. This our one shot to let this man know we’re serious. You got to be there.”
Guess not.Damn it!I sighed, running my hand down my face. This the part of the game I hated, making sacrifices.
“Alright, send me the address,” I gave in, hanging up. The sooner this got done, the sooner I could check on my wife.
