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Reunion
By: BigBossJay Date: April 18, 2019, 12:13 pm
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Mariah smiled as Cade ran around the park with her friend Nia's
kids.
Nia. Girl, I'm surprised you're not at home sleep.
Mariah. Cade's been cooped up in the house since DeAndre popped
the fuck up on me.
Nia. Have you talked to him?
Mariah. Not since that day. He ran into my sister and asked her
to let me know that he's working a legit job now.
Nia. Well, that's what you wanted, right?
Mariah sighed and Nia shook her head.
Nia. 'Riah...
Mariah. I can't shake that shit, Nia.
Nia. I know. It was fucked up.
Mariah. Very.
Nia. But, that was years ago.
Mariah. It don't matter. That kind of hurt don't just go away.
DeAndre cheated on me, got my cousin pregnant, then forced her
to have an abortion all without telling me anything. I had to
find out cause that salty bitch got mad at me being pregnant.
Nia. I guess you haven't spoken to her either?
Mariah. Hell no.
Mariah folded her arms and sighed.
Mariah. Nia, I gave that boy my whole heart and he kept stepping
on it.
Nia. Sis, I feel you. And nobody wants to force you into a
relationship just because. But, he does deserve to know Cade.
Think about how your life would have been if you didn't know
your daddy. You don't want Cade growing up missing out on
critical moments.
Mariah smirked.
Mariah. You fuckin therapist.
Nia. Girl, you work with kids all day you learn how they tick.
It may not effect him now, but it always effects them later. You
definitely don't want him growing up realizing the only reason
his father wasn't in his life is because his mother kept them
apart. He'll hate you.
Mariah rubbed her temples and nodded.
Mariah. Of course, as always, you're right.
Nia. I'm not trying to be right, boo. Just trying to be fair.
Mariah pulled her phone out and sent a text to Jamal, who she
knew would be with or near DeAndre.
Mariah.:. We're at Cedar Lake if your brother wants to come see
Cade.
She rubbed her face and shook her head before looking at Nia.
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Re: Reunion
By: deHamm Date: April 18, 2019, 1:12 pm
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DeAndre laughed as he stared at the tv while Jamal was going off
on. They were playing 2k and he was winning. He looked over at
Jamal as he paused the game to look at his phone. DeAndre looked
at Jamal with a cocked eye brow as he stared at his phone.
D2. What the fuck? Take yo ass whooping
Jamal. Fuck you nigga.. Look..
Jamal handed DeAndre his phone and it was open to a single text
message, the only one in the feed. "We're at Cedar Lake if your
brother wants to come see Cade." DeAndre got up and didn't think
twice about it. He tossed Jamal's phone to him and slipped on
his shoes and grabbed his keys.
D2. I'll be back..
Without another word he was out of the door and heading toward
Cedar Lake. He'd been hoping Mariah would at least let him meet
Cade, and now it seemed like she'd finally came around. He was
glad the day lined up like it had because he was supposed to
work today, but his boss told him to take the day, so he was
just kicking it with Jamal.
Once he'd made it to the park, he parked and paused when he saw
them sitting some ways away with their back to the parking lot.
He looked at the playground and smiled as he saw Cade running
around with the other kids.
He took a deep breath and exited his car. "Damn...You finna get
to meet your son nigga.."
As he approached them, Mariah looked back and they'd made eye
contact. He slowed his pace a little when she didn't look like
she was happy to see him and he stuffed his hands in his pocket
and realized that her position may have changed, but not her
heart. "It's yo fault she hate you.. You can't be mad at that.."
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Re: Reunion
By: BigBossJay Date: April 18, 2019, 2:18 pm
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Mariah. Cade! Come here!
Mariah stood up as Nia rubbed her arm.
Nia. I'm proud of you, sis.
Mariah. I might slap him, so don't be proud yet.
Cade walked to Mariah and she picked him up, taking off towards
DeAndre. "Keep your fuckin' cool, Mariah. Don't let it shake
you, just let Cade meet his father." Mariah put on a smile and
kissed Cade's head.
Mariah. You want to see daddy?
Cade nodded, holding his cup of juice as Mariah stopped a few
steps short of DeAndre.
DeAndre. Hey.
Mariah. Hey.
Mariah kissed Cade again, sighing lightly.
Mariah. Cade, this is your daddy. Say hi.
Cade blushed and sunk his chunky face into Mariah's neck. She
smiled and continued laying kisses on him.
Mariah. It's okay, say hi.[/center]
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Re: Reunion
By: deHamm Date: April 18, 2019, 2:56 pm
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DeAndre looked at Mariah then back at Cade as he peaked from
Mariah's neck. DeAndre couldn't help but smile.
DeAndre. Wassup lil man..
Just then DeAndre remembered the sucker he'd grabbed off of the
front desk when he was leaving work earlier. He pulled the
blueberry dumdum out of his pocket and unwrapped it handing it
to him. DeAndre watched as he lifted his head up slightly and
looked at Mariah before reaching for the sucker with his open
hand.
DeAndre smiled as Cade popped the sucker in his mouth and
continued to look at him. He was giving the normal mean stare
that DeAndre used to give when he was younger.
Cade eventually offered the sucker back to DeAndre and DeAndre
declined it.
DeAndre. No thank you kid..
He held the sucker to Mariah's face and she declined it as well.
Cade turned his attention back to DeAndre and they stared at
each other. In reality DeAndre didn't know what he was doing or
what this was supposed to look like. He held his hands out to
Cade and Cade laid his head back down in Mariah's neck.
DeAndre. Awww. You not gon come see lil man?
Cade smirked slightly and lifted his head again looking at
Mariah.
Mariah. It's okay..
Cade reached for DeAndre and his heart almost exploded as he
received Cade into his arms. Cade sized him up a bit and DeAndre
couldn't help but smile at him.
DeAndre. I know you be giving yo mama a run for her money...
DeAndre looked at Mariah as she retained his sucker and cup.
DeAndre. Thank you Mariah...
Mariah. I didn't do it for you..
DeAndre nodded.
DeAndre. I know.. But thank you anyways..
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Re: Reunion
By: BigBossJay Date: April 18, 2019, 8:17 pm
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Mariah. DeAndre, please don't make me regret this, aite?
DeAndre. I'm not. I know we not good. We might never be good.
But, I'm glad you reached out. I needed this, too.
Mariah folded her arms as DeAndre talked to Cade for a bit.
Mariah. So, how is work?
DeAndre. Good. They thinking about giving me a promotion.
Mariah. Wow. You only been there a little while.
DeAndre. Nigga be putting in work, you know? And it's a smaller
company, not many folks to choose from. How's the hospital?
Mariah. Bout as crazy as you would think. I'm being considered
for a promotion, too.
DeAndre. Oh, word?
Mariah nodded with a smirk.
Mariah. They need a new charge nurse. Miss Elsie finally
retiring after like 45 years there.
She shrugged.
Mariah. A lot more responsibility but steady hours. I wouldn't
start until after the wedding.
DeAndre. What wedding?
Mariah. An old friend of mine, Tiffany is getting married in a
few months.
DeAndre. That real bougie chick?
Mariah nodded.
Mariah. Yup.[/center]
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Re: Reunion
By: deHamm Date: April 18, 2019, 9:34 pm
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DeAndre smirked and nodded.
DeAndre. That's wassup.. I remember she was mean as fuck..
Mariah. She just dont take no shit.. Niggas be trippin..
DeAndre nodded again as Cade dropped his sucker. DeAndre made a
swift motion, but still couldnt catch it with his free hand.
DeAndre. Aww.
Cade held out his hand for it and looked at DeAndre.
Cade. Get it..
DeAndre smiled at his little voice.
DeAndre. It's gone..
Cade. Nooo.
He watched as Cade began to shift and become upset. Just then
the sweet sound of an ice cream truck filled the air.
DeAndre. Chill out.. Look. You want some ice cream?
Mariah. He don't need all that sugar...
Cade. Mama. I want ice cream..
DeAndre. See. He want some ice cream... C'mon...
He began to bag up toward the parking lot as she looked at him.
Mariah shook her head and she began walking towards him with her
arms folded.. Once they got to the ice cream truck they spoke to
the man in it.
Man. Hey. How can I help yall?
Cade. Ice cream..
The man smiled.
Man. Aren't you cute.. What kind of ice cream can I get you?
DeAndre looked over at Mariah and they looked at each other for
a split second before they were joined by other kids from the
playground. They spoke to Mariah and Cade, so DeAndre assumed
they were all there together.
Mariah. Reza. What are yall doing?
Reza. Can we have some?
DeAndre. Yeahh... Just tell him what yall want..
The 4 kids looked at him then they turned their attention to the
man. They all ordered and Mariah ordered for Cade.
DeAndre. Get something for you too..
Mariah. Mmmm. No thank you..
DeAndre nodded and ordered an ice cream sandwich for himself.
The kids all thanked him and ran off and Cade wiggled to get
down. DeAndre put Cade down and paid the ice cream man then they
walked off again. DeAndre continued to look at Cade as he held
his push pop ice cream with both hands.. Seeing a piece of
himself walk around was a sort of love he'd never known.
DeAndre. I wanna know everything man...
Mariah. What you mean?
DeAndre. I wanna know everything about lil man.. Damn.. Ion even
know his whole name..
Mariah looked at DeAndre then looked back at Cade.
Mariah. His name is Caden Lamar Jones..
DeAndre looked over at her and smiled to himself a little. "She
gave him my name.." He looked back at Cade and watched as he
squeezed the tube to get more ice cream out.
DeAndre. Here. Lemme see . Lemme help..
He leaned down and pushed the bottom part up as Cade cocked his
eye brow at him..
DeAndre. Ah. -smirk- I know that look.. Don't be looking at me
like that... Im just tryna help..
DeAndre looked back at Mariah.
DeAndre. You takin him with you to the wedding?
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Re: Reunion
By: BigBossJay Date: April 18, 2019, 10:24 pm
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Mariah. I don't think I'm going.
DeAndre. Why not?
Mariah. My actual date didn't work out.
Mariah shrugged.
Mariah. And he'll be there. He's the cousin of the groom.
DeAndre. Do you want to go?
Mariah. I don't want shit to be awkward.
DeAndre. I ain't ask you that, Riah.
Mariah cut her eyes at DeAndre.
Mariah. Don't try to big dog me, DeAndre.
DeAndre. You want to go to the wedding or not?
Mariah. I'm thinking about it.
She tossed her braids behind her and watched as Cade ate away at
his ice cream.
DeAndre. I'll take you.
Mariah bursted into laughter and shook her head.
Mariah. Nah.
DeAndre. Why not?
Mariah. DeAndre--
DeAndre. You mean to tell me you already know that we're not
gon' be in a better place in a few months?
Mariah. You keep talking to me greasy, we ain't gon make it the
next hour, DeAndre Jones.
Mariah folded her arms again and looked at him straight on.
DeAndre. You're so mean to me.
Mariah. I got every right to be.
DeAndre. I'm sorry, Mariah.
Mariah paused. He'd apologized a hundred times since he popped
up on her doorstep, but in that moment, it felt like an honest
apology with no agenda behind it.
DeAndre. I know that shit with Jennifer broke you, and I went
about it the wrong way. I shouldn't have cheated in the first
place, and I definitely should have tried to hide everything
from you. That's my fuck up all the way around.
Mariah took a deep breath. The anger she felt when she and
Jennifer argued and the truth came out flooded her. She thought
she'd forgiven DeAndre, but she hadn't. Their relationship went
downhill fast after that, ending with her pregnant and him in
prison.
Mariah. Thank you for apologizing.
DeAndre. I Just want us to be good again. Bonnie and Clyde, you
know?
Mariah. We're too old to be Bonnie and Clyde, Dre. I'm not
anybody's ride or die anymore.
DeAndre. I'm just saying--
Mariah. No. Me riding for you got me hurt more times than I can
count, Dre. Riding for you had me being a single parent until
today.
They looked at each other.
Mariah. That's why I told you what I told you. I'm not doing
this drug shit, DeAndre, I can't. I got a career and a son to
look after, and I seen first hand what Andre and Nichelle's
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Re: Reunion
By: deHamm Date: April 19, 2019, 12:51 am
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DeAndre sighed.
DeAndre. I dont want him to be like me either Mariah.. Hell.
Sometimes I dont even want to be like me..
The two went silent for a moment and DeAndre turned his
attention back to Cade as he made it to a park bench. DeAndre
helped him take a seat then gave him back his ice cream.
DeAndre. Im sorry for everything I ever did to hurt you too.. I
know I did a lot of shit and I know I was wrong... I aint see it
back then. But I know now... You was really down for me and I
aint know what to do with it.. I thought you would be like that
forever...
He paused and thought to himself with a slight smile.
DeAndre. I used to think I had shit all figured out.. But..
He looked at Mariah and he lout out a sigh.
DeAndre. I'm not the same nigga I was when I went to jail... I
got a lil more sense now.. -slight smile- And now that I got a
son, I just wanna make sure he dont fall like I had to... Like.
I just wanna take everything I've done wrong and help him do it
right..
DeAndre glanced over at Mariah as she looked at him slightly.
Mariah. It sound good..
DeAndre. Yeah.. Im serious though..
They fell silent again while DeAndre looked at Cade finishing up
his ice cream.
DeAndre. I appreciate you for holding lil man and yourself down
while I was gone.. I mean. I always knew you could if you had
to... But I aint ever wanna do that to you.. I just figured
they'd probably kill me or sum....
He paused for a moment as he thought about what he'd said..
DeAndre. I just feel like I got another shot to do shit right,
and I know I aint gon make up for that time I missed but I just
wanna help now.. I wanna do my part...
He watched as Cade climbed down from the bench and handed him
the very wet shell of the push pop.. He made his way to to the
trashcan and walked back over to them as Mariah was putting hand
sanitizer back in her purse. Before he knew it Cade had taken
him by the hand and they were walking in the direction of the
park. He looked back at Mariah as she smirked slightly and began
walking back her friend.
He picked up Cade and continued to walk to the playground with
the kids he'd just bought ice cream for. He loved kids, and he
figured they'd all burn off the sugar they just consumed with a
good game of hide and seek. While they played, he periodically
he'd glance at Mariah while she sat next to her friend.
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Re: Reunion
By: BigBossJay Date: April 19, 2019, 10:30 am
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Nia. Well, you didn't kill him. That's a good sign.
Mariah. He wants to take me to this wedding in a couple months.
Nia. You gon' let him?
Mariah sighed and shrugged.
Mariah. I want to trust him so bad, Nia.
Nia. Don't force it, Mariah. Just because y'all got history
doesn't mean you have to have a future. You do need a date to
that wedding though. Don't show up to no wedding solo.
Mariah. Have you met me? I do what I want to do.
They laughed and Mariah's eyes landed on Cade happily running
from DeAndre.
Mariah. Cade seems to trust him, though.
Nia. And his little mean ass don't trust anybody.
Mariah. At all.
Cade jumped into DeAndre's arms.
Mariah. I guess I'll give him a shot. Some sort of shot.
Nia. Don't worry bout it, babygirl. Keep that good eye on him.
Mariah laughed and shook her head.
Mariah. You're a trip, Nia.
...Hours later, Mariah stood by her car as DeAndre slapped a
sleeping Cade into his car seat. Mariah watched as DeAndre
tripled checked the car seat.
Mariah. He's good, DeAndre.
DeAndre. My bad. Just checking.
DeAndre stood up and they looked at each other straight on.
DeAndre. Thank you for this.
Mariah. Thank you for not messing it up.
DeAndre. You gon keep fuckin up moments?
Mariah shrugged.
DeAndre. Can I get a hug?
Reluctantly, Mariah opened her arms. DeAndre slowly hugged her
and what she knew would happen began happening. Feeling she'd
buried 3 years ago for him hit her like a ton of bricks. Even
after years apart, his touch made her weak in her knees. He
kissed her cheek when he let her go and she cracked a smile.
DeAndre. I'll call you?
Mariah. Okay.
He held her door open for her as she got into her car and
slowly, he backed away toward his car. She shook her head as
Cade stirred.
Caddy. Daddy fun, mama.
Mariah siged and backed out of her parking spot. She didn't want
to dive back into the world DeAndre created, but it was looking
like she wouldn't have a choice.
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