How To Love: An Omeeka Story

Chapter 48

Nicki
"Rika! Look at you!" I said rubbing her bump.
"Yep. Mommy's baby is getting big in there." She said giving me a hug. She walked in and went straight to my fridge.
"So how do you like it?" I asked as I sat down at the island.
"How do I like what?" She asked eating a strawberry.
"The whole pregnancy. How does it feel?" I asked and she rubbed her belly.
"Knowing that your carrying a life inside of you is one of the most amazing feelings in the world." She said and I smiled.
"Yes it is. Now is Tak being a good baby daddy?" I asked and she giggled.
"He buys me anything I want." She said and I laughed.
"The fun part about being pregnant is you get spoiled." She laughed and nodded.
"Oh, how's Denim? How is she holding up?" She asked and I sighed.
"She's back with Na an her dad. But she still wakes up and screams in the middle of the night, replaying things in her head every once in a while." I sighed and Sherika shed a couple tears.
"You know how when your pregnant and start to realize you created a child and you want to protect your child from anything? But hearing things like that makes me so upset because I never want my child or any child to go through anything like that." She explained as I nodded my head in understanding. I went over to her and hugged her then wiped her tears.
"I know. But your an emotional wreck. Worse than me." I said laughing as I let out of the hug.
"It's the babyyyy." She said wiping her face.
"Trust me... I know. But let me tell you about Caiah's ass." I said rolling my eyes.
"Nooo. Not your baby." She said sarcastically as I ate a strawberry from her bowl.
"He's not being a good boyfriend/father to his girl right now. I don't know what's gotten into him. I get this is stressing him out but shit, she has a baby inside her that will get stressed if she's stressed so Caiah need to really look at things differently." I said.
"Yes because I would've beaten Tak's ass. But what he-" she was cut off by Dreams wailing.
"Can you please get her Rika." I said and she nodded and waddled upstairs. She came back down with Dream and patted her back.
"My niecey pooh hungry." She said going to the freezer and getting the unfinished half bottle and warming it up. She tested it on the back of her hand before feeding it to Dream.
"Your a beautiful little girl, you know that? Look just like your mommy." I giggled looking at them.
"Your gonna be such a good mommyyy Rika." I said and she smiled and nodded admiring Dream.
"Imma try" she said taking the empty bottle out of her mouth and started to burp her. But Dream started to cry.
"I think she wants some more milk Nika." She said handing her to me and I made a pouty face looking at Dream. Rika gave me the towel she had over her shoulder and I put it over my breast. I positioned Dream correctly so she could eat. She wasn't latching on so I had to sit down.
"Rika let's go to the living room cause she's not latching on." I said sighing as we sat down next to each other. Dream started crying again.
"You could eat if you latched on." I said rubbing my nipple on her lips as she latched on and started sucking quickly.
"Damn she hungry." Rika said lifting the towel looking at how fast she was eating.
"She's not hungry just greedy cause she eats a lot." I said as Rika laughed. Then she got a phone call.
"Hello?...yes this is she... What?...there has to be some mistake." She said getting up walking to the kitchen so she would have privacy. While she was on the phone Dream finished eating and I took her upstairs to Meek.
"Meek burp her please. Then rock her to sleep. Something's wrong with Rika." He took Dream and put her over his shoulder and started patting her back.
"She good?" He asked wiping Dreams mouth because she spit up a little.
"I don't know but she sounded like she was about to cry." He nodded and I ran to check on Papi to see that he was knocked out. Then went back downstairs to check on Rika. She was sitting at the table crying.
"Who was that Sherika? What's wrong sis?" I asked sitting next to her, rubbing her back.
"M-my mothe- oh my god. I have to go." She tried to get up but I gently sat her back down.
"No. I don't want you in a car accident." I said and she sighed.
"Now tell me what's up. You know you can tell me anything. So who was on the phone?" I asked.
"The police..." She said
"What happened to your mom Sherika?" I asked and she cried harder.
"Her heart gave out and she was found dead in her home." She said crying and I grabbed her and hugged her tight.
"I'm so sorry. But your going to get through this. You're a strong woman." I said and she just cried.
"Aye you okay sis?" Meek asked looking at us.
"Her mom passed." I said and Meek sighed.
"Man. I am so sorry. But she still gonna see all your accomplishments. You know when you have the baby and get eng- I mean get married someday." He said trying not to blow the surprise proposal for her next week.
"I know but her not being here its just...not the same." She said and he nodded.
"I understand but just know she'll always be with you okay." Sherika nodded and he went back upstairs. We sat on the couch and I rubbed her belly.
"This is a lot of stress on the baby. You should go lay down because Tak is on his way and he'll be here so go to a guest room and lay down. You need some rest." I said and she nodded and wiped her eyes. I got my phone and texted Tak.
N- You need to get here fast. It's Sherika
T- What's up? I'm omw now.
N- Her mother passed away and she's just out of it. But the more she's stressed the more the baby is stressed and I can't calm her down.
T- Alright I'll be there in 7 minutes.
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Again I'm so sorry for the wait. Next chapter coming soon.
Thanks for reading!😘
-Tamerax1x💕