Follow Aubrey as he tries to improve the lives of himself and his three-year-old son, Omari. Despite the difficulties he has always faced, Aubrey has never given up. However, his situation takes a turn for the better when he unexpectedly encounters...
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Christmas Day
Christmas morning. Waking up from crazy nightmares had me so glad that it was finally morning. Fuck I rarely remember my dreams and nightmares but last night I did. I won't even get into that just yet. We were able to get Omari in bed at a decent time after. He was excited. I wanted to wrap all of his gifts, I had never done that. Let's just say that will be my first time and last time wrapping every single one of his gifts. Dom kept telling me not to do it but I wouldn't listen. We stayed up until about 5a.m, wrapping his gifts. She kept telling me that it was going to be a mess.
I turned to my side, man I was sweating like crazy. Dom sat up and looked at me. " What's wrong?" I shook my head.
" Nothing, just tired. We only got like 3 hours of sleep." She eyed me. " Aubrey, are you catching something? You're sweating."
" Nah, just dreaming about some crazy shit, guess it had me sweating." I looked at my phone. " You were talking in your sleep a lot, you had me worried. You kept saying I didn't do it."
" I don't even know, Dom." I felt her eyes on me. I recused to look up at her. " Well if you need to talk I'm here, Aub. You know that." I just nodded and got up to take a shower. Why would she even say that? She won't be there for me!
All I can think about is what I did yesterday. Fuck, why did I do it? I should have just let Delroy and Chubbs handle it. This shit has been on my mind since it happened. It hasn't even been 24 hours and I'm already having nightmares. I keep seeing his bloody body just lying there. I could still see myself standing over him. I had a chance not to do it, Chubbs gave me that open when he held onto the gun.
I didn't even know how long I was in the shower until Dom came in. " Aubrey, are you ok?" She opened the shower door to see me just standing under the water. She must have taken a shower in her guest bathroom because she was dressed. " Aub?"
" Huh?"
" You've been in here for almost 2 hours. Are you ok?" I could tell by the look on her face, that she was worried. I stepped out and grabbed my towel, wrapping it around my waist. She continued to stare at me. I still didn't answer her question.
" Ok, well Omari is up. He's in the kitchen eating breakfast. He's so ready to open his gifts. I wouldn't let him go in the living room just yet." I heard her talking but at the same time, I didn't hear what she was saying. I turned to her and gave her a blank stare.
"Huh?"
" Aubrey what the fuck is wrong with you!!?" She yelled while pushing me some. " Look I know you're upset about my decisions but please don't act like this. Let's just focus on Omari and making sure his day is great."
" I'm sorry, Dom. Yeah, let's make his day great." I pulled her into a hug after drying off. " I love you!"
I let go and went to put my clothes on. I could hear whatever was playing on Omari's tablet. So I knew he was on his way in here. " Daddy! Mommy! I'm done eating."
