Chapter 55

35 2 8
                                    

A few days later,

While Michael, Tracee, Ethan, La Toya and the kids were in the nearby town, doing some last minute food tastings for the wedding, Gail stayed behind at the Ranch with Harmony, getting used to her life as a single mother, since she refused to listen to anyone who even dared to mention Romeo

She wasn't going to admit it wasn't easy to look after her daughter by herself the past few days, since the others were busy with the upcoming wedding, their own two kids and squeezing in some work here and there, Tracee by calling Will and drawing a few new sketches and Michael at his at home studio, writing or perfecting some recordings or dance moves 

"Fuck....how did he do it when Tracee was not helping" Gail sighed and sat down when Harmony stopped crying and fell asleep, it wasn't much later when Gail fell asleep too, exhausted from taking care of Harmony all by herself

By the time Gail woke up it was dark outside and she found Harmony's crib empty

"What the" She gasped and rushed out of the room, looking for her daughter and who took her

Meanwhile,

"Thank you, I know Gail will probably not be happy with you guys, but thank you" Romeo mentioned to Michael and Tracee who fed their own babies in between taking a bite of their own food while Romeo fed Harmony her bottle

"A child, especially a girl needs her father" Tracee replied while she finished feeding her son and cleaned his face since he had food all over his face "Such a messy eater" She smiled

"He just enjoys his food" Michael replied and fed Melody her next bite

"No yuck" Melody mentioned and pushed the spoon away

"You need the veggies too sweetie" Michael replied and tried to feed her the broccoli piece again

"No! Yuck!" Melody replied and pushed the spoon away again and grabbed the last piece of chicken from her dad's plate, stuffing it in her mouth

"Hey that was mine" Michael gasped

"Yum" Melody smiled and continued to chew the chicken

"Great now I'm stuck with broccoli" Michael sighed, causing Melody to giggle while she finished the stolen piece of chicken

"You need your veggies too sweetie" Tracee smirked at her husband, using the words he used earlier when trying to get his daughter to eat the broccoli 

"You too sweetie" Michael replied and took a piece of chicken from Tracee's plate

"Oh mature, very mature" Tracee replied and smiled at her husband

"Oh" Melody gasped and grabbed the chicken from Michael's plate again

"She got that from you" Tracee laughed while Michael was stuck with broccoli now

"Nobody likes to be stuck with broccoli" Michael sighed

"That's why you first eat the veggies and then the chicken" Tracee replied and enjoyed her last piece of chicken

"No more chicken?" Melody pouted

"No, no more chicken" Michael replied 

"Hm" Melody sighed

"What the f" Gail began when she stormed into the kitchen, seeing her daughter in Romeo's arms

"Fudge cake" Melody cheered

"Yes what the fudge cake is going on?" Gail asked and glared at Romeo before looking at her sister and brother in law

"Fudge cake yuck, broccoli yuck,  chicken yum" Melody mentioned and smiled at her auntie

For Better Or For Worse (rewrite/ Continuation) Where stories live. Discover now