Another Hood Love 2 by Jontu'

child. I was shocked. Jizz had tried to get us to both calm down but after that statement, I was hella offended. I couldn’t understand how he could say he wanted to be with me one day and then say these things the next day. My son was a part of me and also was a major part of my life. Shit, Chris had watched my baby come into this world so I was shocked as hell at the things he said. That night, Chris had stormed out and we had gone over a week without speaking. He had finally reached out a few days ago.
    When I had gotten home from school the other day, I came home to flowers on my doorstep with a card and a bottle of champagne. I opened the card and it read a simple “I’m sorry.” I called Chris later on that night and he swore up and down that he didn’t mean any of the things he’d said and he was just speaking reckless out of anger. I wasn’t too sure because his actions were questionable and the words that he’d spoken that night had made me feel that some truth lay there. I decided that night that I would put a little distance between Chris and I and see where it went. If he wanted to be a part of my life, he would make an honest effort to show me exactly what I needed to see, and if not then so be it. I didn’t want anybody around me or my son that didn’t truly want to be here.
    “Damn, that’s some crazy shit, Jaeda. Please be careful. The way the world is today, you just have to watch people because they will never fail to show you the real,” China said.
    I nodded my head.
    The sides were now complete so we all grabbed the food bowls and headed out the back door to set them on the serving table. Once I sat the platters I was holding down, I looked around the backyard and spotted Greg walking around with Baby Tone in his arms. Jahlisa was playing in a cooler filled with sodas and baby Charlie was in the arms of Brayden. If I didn’t know any better, I would say these niggas had kids already the way they were so attentive and loving.
    I walked over to the cooler and grabbed a juice out for Jahlisa and gave it to her while walking her over to the kiddy pool that was set up. I then headed over towards B and reached for Charlie. She was the cutest little thing and at three months, she had a full head of hair, fat, rosy cheeks and the chunkiest little legs. She was such a good baby that it was so hard not to fall in love with her.
    I tried to sneak off with the baby but once Baby Tone spotted me, he instantly started to throw a fit. He was super territorial and didn’t want anybody too close to me, especially not another baby. I pulled up a chair and took a seat next to Greg as I adjusted Charlie in my arms and then placed Baby Tone in my lap on the opposite side of Charlie. I talked to both babies, trying not to use much baby talk. When I was spending time with Ms. Tracy, she told me to stop using baby talk with him because it would limit his vocabulary.
    “You see the baby?” I asked Baby Tone. “Give Charlie kisses. Now give mommy kisses,” I said as he slobbered on both of us. I laughed and placed him on the ground between my legs. His ass was almost 5 months but he swore he was a big boy because he was already trying to crawl and pulling up on things around the house.
    I sat there just watching everybody for a while as I rocked Charlie in my arms. Lexis came over and grabbed Baby Tone and was off to splash him and Jahlisa at the kiddy pool.
    I looked at the backdoor as Gio walked towards it to greet two guys who had just arrived. I had never seen them before but the one that Gio had hugged was sexy as hell. He wasn’t too tall but he wasn’t short, either. He was caramel complexioned and he had a solid build to him with a little bit of a baller belly, but nothing too extreme. These niggas had come through and they were looking like money. The gold chain around his neck alone looked like somebody’s mortgage.
    I crossed my legs and squeezed my thighs together as my kitty started to cream and