How Sweet The Sound

Chapter 37 [ God Laughs at the wicked.. ]

Psalm 37:13

"But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming"

Author Note: hey everybody before you get into this chapter, I must warn you that the next few chapters will be very heavy content wise, I mean extremely heavy but I wanted to use my platform to shed light on a very scary reality that happens to many Christians. Without giving too much away I ask you to just read at your own risk, God bless :)

Aaliyah
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Word Count: 5000

I am woken up by the intense shaking of my body in the hands of a group of children.

"Layah, layah!" I hear from on top of me as i shake my head to wake myself up,

"Dont hurt her atarah!" Another voice whispers,

"Look she's opening her eyes." Another voice coaxes as i slowly blink my eyes open, the view in front of me is nothing short of a shock.

Atarah with her bright pink bonnet with a bow in the front sitting on top of my body in her Flowery long night gown, shaking me as i lay under the covers.

her brothers all surrounded around me like they are performing some type of ritual. The smiles on their faces are brighter than the sun and make me not want to ask why..

"What's going on here?" I say faintly as i begin to push myself up on the bed using my elbows Atarah bounces further up my body and hugs me tight before she slams both hands on my cheeks and forces me to stare straight at her massive brown eyes

"Its acey's birthday today!!!" She yells before the boys beside her shush her,

"Really?! How old is he?" I ask with shock in my tone, not fully knowing it was his birthday today and trying not to let the guilt eat me up..

"8!" Atarah shouted while putting up 9 little fingers, One of her brothers pushed one finger down causing their laughs to echo in the room

"How come i didnt know?" I say while lifting her off of my body and putting her beside me on the bed as the boys climb up.

"Ace says he doesnt want to do anything for his birthday.." Jehoiachin says

"because his mom isnt here is what he said, he must have not wanted anyone to know about it.." Zephaniah continues, my heart swells for ace its his first birthday in a long time without his mother i cant imagine how hard it must be for him..

I scold myself when i think back to the conversation i was having with Stephanie at the cafe a few days ago, how stupid was i to admit i was actually jealous of a little kid, its obvious the only reason he clings onto maleek is because he is the only constant left in his life he must think that i am trying to take him away or something...

"Well that only gives us more confirmation that we have to do something to celebrate right?" I say to the kids and their massive smiles and secretive giggles tell me they are already up to something .

"Oh we are planning something alright." I look up to the room door and my heart stops when i hear a dark voice at the entrance, i see kenny with his legs crossed as he leans against the doorframe with his arms crossed too. He has a smile on his aging face as he looks at his children, The few grey hairs on his curly head of hair begin to show and his eye bags are extremely evident.

"Good morning kenny." I say as i lift the covers further up my body when i realise i am only wearing one of maleeks tank t-shirts which is a huge loose fit on me,