"Jah'Nova will be fine, we see this a lot in premature baby's. If things keep looking good you can take her home tomorrow but I want to keep her another night just to be sure everything is fine." I sat in the nursery holding Nova on my chest. The doctor shook my hand before leaving. "She's my lil trooper sis." Jo looked at Nova with an expression of a scared father. An expression I'll never experience.
"Jo I got a question." He sat up and looked at me. "What's up?" I looked at him as he continued to watch Nova sleeping. "How would you feel about Zoe and I adopting a lil boy?" He nodded his head. "Do it sis, nothing wrong with that. But I do want you to push out at least one of your own. Either way Uncle Jo will have another niece or nephew." It warmed my heart to have my brother approval. Zoe is finally ready to go for it and we found a lil baby boy who's parents are giving up for adoption the day he's born. If everything goes well we'll be adding another lil bundle to our village, I'm excited. "So how is you and Diamond?" He sat there for a minute. "We good, I talk to Cam and her aunt. Story seems to add up. I love her sis, I'm ready to start back working so we can get things going with our family. My baby going to Duke sis, what we gone do?" I shook my head. "Y'all gone have to be adults. Zoe and I are not moving these kids again. Y'all need to figure it out, but you know Zoe and I got your back. Anything y'all need we got y'all."
"Josiah Maurice Williams?" We looked up to see an officer standing before us. "Yeah, that's me. Can I help you?" I got up and put Nova in her nursery bed. "Whats going on sir? I'm his sister and legal guardian." He ordered Josiah to turn around. "Man don't do this in front of my sister, pat me down and you can cuff me outside." I stood there shocked with my heart pounding against my chest as he read Jo his rights. "Maurice Williams? What the hell have you done?" I've never called Jo by his middle name but I'm hurt and furious. I watched as the officer patted him down. He stared at Nova sound asleep as tears filled his eyes. "Let me get my daughter." The officer was nice enough to step back and let Jo pick up Nova and hold her close on his chest. Her little head laid on him so peacefully. I watched as he kissed her continuously telling her daddy will be back soon. I looked at the officer and quietly told him Thank You for letting him have that moment. "Josiah what you do?" My heart melted as Jo hugged me and kissed my forehead like he always does. "I'll call you. I love you." It hurt my heart to see my lil brother walk out that door with an officer guiding him out, hand on shoulder. Soon as they turned the corner Nova started to cry. I gently rubbed her back as tears run down my face. I've never been in this situation and it hurts, he was doing so good.
