The Game: Blood, Sweat, & Tears

Expect the Unexpected

11 YEARS LATER...

Lauren

"Alexis be still." I said as I combed her hair.

"Ma! Why do you still do my hair! I'm 13." She said yelling.

"Because you can't do it right."

She rolled her eyes then got off the floor. "I can do my own hair." She said then stormed up the stairs.

"Fine then!" I yelled back.

Luke came inside the house with a bag of chips in his hands.

"Where you been?" I asked him putting on my heels.

"Went to the store and bought some chips."

"Oh. Watch your sister while I'm gone."

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"To do grown woman business that's where."

He chuckled.

When I got into my car I rode down the street to Pepper's house. They still live in the same spot.

I knocked on the door and she opened with her daughter on her hip.

"Hey tee tee!" Pepper's daughter yelled and jumped into my arms.

"Hey Cece." I said and kissed her cheek.

Pepper finally had a baby! It took forever but she did. Cece is five years old.

I walked inside Pepper's house and sat down on her couch.

"Go upstairs with ya' daddy." Pepper said referring to Darwin.

"Okay." Cece said and ran up the steps.

"Girl I'm tired as hell." Pepper said plumping down on her couch.

I laughed. "I know how you feel. I had too take care of two babies by myself."

She laughed. "Where you going all dressed up and shit?"

"To visit Ace." I smiled.

"You're not taking the kids?"

"Nope." The kids have not even been to visit Ace. Even though Ace asks every time to see them I never take them.

"Girl when you gone let them kids see their father?"

"Ace has one more year and then he will be free. They can wait."

"You're a mess girl."

I laughed then looked at the time.

"Well I'm gonna go. Visitation hours just started."

"Okay tell my bro I said hey."

"Alright."

After leaving Pepper's house I went straight to the jail.

"Oh hey Tucker haven't seen you in a minute." The female security guard said as I walked in.

"Yea I been kinda' busy lately."