Trinity 'Trin' Carter
I been here for a month, and I stay bored. I got a job at Childrens Place. "You know what you're having yet?" My co-worker Tanya ask. "I'm having a girl!" I say smiling, "AW. Let's get you some clothes." The extra clothes that usually went to some place for re sale, employees could have. I took as many clothes I could fit into the huge tub I got. Tanya carried the tub to Dante's Range Rover. I work the rest of my shift and then got into the truck, driving home. The phone began ringing, I hit the green phone button on the steering wheel. "Hey?" Dante says, "Hey." I respond pulling up to a bank. I put a check in it, and got my balance. $13,765, yes I left money in America. "How you doing?" He ask. I make a face, "Im alright I guess. Just came from work." I respond going towards the condo. "You find out what ya having?" He continues questioning me. "A little girl." I smile everytime I say it. "Sounds good. Aye, um, I gotta tell you something." Dante says sounding sad, "Yeah?" I ask pulling into the garage. I shut the door and grabbed my purse and phone, leaving the clothes in the back of the car. "My mom. She has brain cancer. Has three more months to live." I felt sick, not Milana. "No." I say shutting the door and locking it. "Yeah. Im a mess." He responds, "She's going to pull through. I refuse to believe Milana gone let that happen." I respond. "I miss you man. When I need you to hold on to, you not even here." He sounded like he was crying, "Im S-" I stopped myself, the fuck I gotta apologize for? "When you coming home?" He ask. "When my daughter is here, and Daylin has been tested." I respond.
Dante and I talked on the phone for about two hours before I decided to drag the clothes into the house, to the living room, and I folded them all up. I took them up in bundles. I put them inside the spare bedroom, it had a white wood crib in the corner, a white rocking chair, a changing table and a swing. Most of her clothes were in the closet on a shelf or hanging up. My mom spends a lot of time here with me, she gets my babygirls room together.
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I heard a knock on the door at 7:45 in the morning. I groan loud and climb out of bed, my spandex shorts were so deep in my ass. I pulled out my wedgie and pushed my curly hair out my face. "Who the fuck is it?" I yell. "Dante." I make a face, "Nah. Who is it?" I hear a key open the door, Dante makes a face. "Why ain't you jus open it?" He ask. "Low trust." I respond going back up the stairs. I go into bed and fell right back to sleep. My alarm went off, letting me know I have three hours before work. I sat up and stretched, showered, did my hair and got dressed. I went downstairs and Dante was asleep on the couch, the remote was in his hand. I turned off his laptop on his stomach and the tv. I kissed his cheek and headed out. I got food on the way to work.
*
"Trin where you at? You okay?" Dante calls me. "Yeah? Im at work. Are you okay?" I ask cautious. "Yeah, I just thought something happened to you." I make a face, "Why would you think that?" I was sitting in the food court, eatting some food I got from Auntie Anns. "Paranoid." I shake my head, "Im fine." I respond, "Okay." He hung up and I went back to work. "Fool is crazy." I mumble.
Dante 'Tae' Santino
I was laying on the couch in the condo, when the doorbell rang. I have a little fit and get up, Im lazy as fuck today. "What?" I yank the door open revealing a lady, "Maybe this the wrong condo. Silly me." She laughs, "Or is this Trins condo?" She ask. "This is hers. Are you her mom?" She nods, I let her in and she sat on the couch. "You must be Dante?" I nod and smile, "I've heard so much about you." Trin's mom smiles, "Good things right?" I ask, "Yeah. Minus you're short temper." I laugh a little, "I'm getting it together." I respond.
"Hey baby. Hey mommy." Trin kisses my lips, and hugs her mom. I forgot she faking cause her mom here. She sits next to me, "When you get here mommy?" She ask. "Not to long ago. I was just talking to Dante." Trin nods, "I'm gonna go shower. I'll be back."
*
I got a call from home. "Hello?" I answer, "It's your mom man. She's in the hospital." I sigh, "I'm going to get a ticket now." I respond. Trin gone have to come home, I don't like flying back and forth from California to Milan. I ran upstairs and told Trin I had to go. I think she forgiving me, because she begged me to stay. "My mom Trin." My eyes were watering, "Im coming." She says.
*
We took the next flight out to Milan, I was a mess. "She's going to be okay Dante." Trin rubs my back, I held onto her the whole plane ride, I know she feeling bad for me. More than likely, she's going to end up having to stay here for another two months. Then move back, have the baby and get Daylin DNA tested.
We landed and headed to the medical center immediately. I met up with my brother and my mom was laying in bed looking weak. "You okay mom?" I ask, she smiles, "Im okay. Trin hey." Trin smiles and my mom rubs her stomach, "How my grandbaby?" She ask, "She's okay." Trin responds smiling. "Aww. I can't wait to see her." I look down, "Ma, what the doctors say?" I ask, "Im dying baby. Im okay with it, I had a good life." I look at the floor, Trin came to comfort me. I can't do this....
*
It's been a month since I buried my mom. Trin moved me back to America with her. I sit in the condo all day, laying around drinking. "Dante. Get up. You need to go make some money and stop sitting around!" I look up at her, she was in her pajamas. "You going to work today!? You the one in pajamas and shit!" I yell. "Im 8 months pregnant Dante, Im not going anywhere!" She snaps at me, "Man get out my face!" I stand up. "Stop yelling Dante." She responds more calm. "Nah, fuck that! You been on my ass all damn week. Sick of that shit. You ain't been the same man,you funny acting as hell." Trin tried to walk away but I grab her arm. "Stop fucking with me." I push her a little and she walks out the house.
I don't know where she went, but, it's 2:30 in the morning... Im worried.
