Chapter 38

ANGELA

MAMA, Reina screamed again. Her tiny voice bounced over the walls of the entire room. That seemed to have woken Darius up as well.

“Stop yelling” I demanded before she would wake up everyone in the house.

“Hey Ree,” He waved at her as if she had just not walked in on us sharing the bed. I could have scoffed but I was more mortifed to do anything ridiculous right then.

She was holding her red, giant teddy bear with a flustered look on her beautiful face.

“Mornin, Uncle D” She waved back at Darins with a huge smile on her face. She was always happy to see him. I don’t know how she could quickly get over the shock of seeing us on the bed that she could smile so brightly

“Did you sleep well, baby?” Darius asked.

“Yes, I did but that’s….”

“Yes, Uncle D.” Land Reina answered at the same time. We both turned to look at each other before her eyes went back to

Darius.

“I was asking Reina, not you,” He furrowed his eyebrows at me before turning to Reina.

I scoffed in disbelief. I get he’s calling us both that s*upid endearment but could he have at least specified?

“I need to get ready for school, Mama. You have to help me,” She cried. I turned to the digital clock sitting on the stool close to the bed and saw it was almost eight in the morning

Shit! Shit! Shit! How did I sleep over the alarm clock? I was so sure it must’ve sounded twice or thrice.

“My alarm didn’t sound,” I wondered as I held it showing Reina as my possible and only form of explanation as to why I didn’t wake up earlier.

“I switched it off last night.” Darius answered. I turned to him with a glare, wishing Reina wasn’t in the room so I peacefully smash the alarm on his head.

“Why?” I cried.

sleep better,” He whispered, staring at me. I knew he had his reasons but he should have told me befo doing something like that. It was

“Thanks,” I whispered back.

mama, mama,” Reina screamed

babes. Go ahead to your room,

She asked and

room, dragging her giant teddy bear along

she left, the embarrassment I’d been trying to keep off settled in big time. How was I supposed to explain to her that I was sleeping with Darius without having any relationship with Darius? My daughter saw

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my face and made me

if he could understand why I was acting

I supposed to explain that to

“Just calm down.

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if she asks me about it? What if she tell people that we shared a bed? Do you know how embarrassing that would be?” I

Her seeing us? Or the possibility of

“Both,” I answered confidently

come to me and

do?” He was

out of my room. A few seconds later,

in front of her TV,

the chair and came straight to me. We got dressed in silence. She wasn’t questioning me and I was too embarrassed to question her about anything as well. It was better

the way to her school, we got a few hellos and hi from familiar strangers. These were people who didn’t bother acknowledging us when we first moved back. I know most of them from when I still lived here with my parents but five years does make a difference. Most of their hellos and hi were directed

suddenly called a

“Yes, babes,”

you like Uncle

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