Page 24 of A Toxic Redemption

"I don't," he agreed as he looked at me with watery eyes. "I am completely done with Sheila, and I will never forgive her for the pain she's caused my family. You're my family."

"Sheila?" I scrunched my nose with my pistol still in hand. "Your sister?"

"Yes." he nodded somberly. "She is the reason I lost you all. A couple of years ago, I found out the documents were fake, Khalil. I knew deep down you were my son, but after your mother denied me access to you and wouldn't do another test, I had no choice but to... Khalil!"

Opening the door, I made my exit and left him standing in his office. I didn't want to hear the bullshit he continued to spew. For years, you're telling me you were absent from my life because your sister was a hating ass bitch. Nah, that can't be right. I know that's Bino and Jake's mama, but they better hope like hell that what Ceaser is saying isn't true. If I find out their mother is the reason behind the hurt mine had to endure, she's going to be joining the long list of muthafuckas that I'm sending to an early grave.

"Dada, what we doing today?" KJ asked as he sat at the island. We were at the condo and just finished breakfast. Christmas was approaching in a couple of weeks, and this year was going to be different from the past three. This year, I had a reason to be happy and celebrate it. "Can we get cupcakes?"

"Son, you're not tired of eating that shit?" I chuckled as I washed out our bowls from the cereal. A nigga could burn in the kitchen, but if it weren't Corn Pops, KJ didn't want it. "All of your teeth are going to fall out."

"I want to see Debin." He looked up at me with bright eyes. "She my girlfriend, and I have a gift for her."

"Yeah?" I placed the rag on the table right as the buzzer on the door went off. I frowned slightly because I knew I made it clear that I didn't want any of those hoes coming up when I had my son. "I tell you what? Go in the room to get the gift, and don't come back out until I come get you, okay?"

"Okay!" He jumped from his stool and ran to his room. Once I saw he was in the room with the door closed, I stalked over to the door and yanked it open. The frown on my face was deeper than ever.

"Mia, what the fuck are you doing here?" I asked as she stood at my door with a smirk. "How in the fuck were you able to get up here?"

"You must have forgotten I used to live here, too." She tried to step inside, but I held my hand out to stop her. "Khalil, what are you doing? Let me in."

"Girl, how in the fuck did you get up here?" I gritted. "And what the fuck do you want?"

"Fine. I told the guard that I'd been out of town for work and to see if I was still on the list for access. I knew you would always hope I'd come back and would never take my name off the list." She crossed her arms and smirked. "Looks like I was right."

"Wrong," I countered. "I've fucked so many bitches in here that it honestly slipped my mind. You're not coming in here, though."

"Why?" She frowned and tried to move past me. "Let me in, Khalil!"

"Is there a problem?" One of the guards from downstairs was now at my door. "I was making my rounds and heard the disturbance."

"Yeah, it is, actually," I answered. "Take this bitch's name off of my guest list. I made it clear that I didn't want hoes having access to where my son laid his head."

"Yes, sir." He nodded as he made notes in his iPad. "Sign here." He handed it to me, and I gave my signature to have her access denied going forward.

"Hello! I'm right here!" she stomped and shouted. "I demand to see my son Khalil."

"Cool." I looked at the guard. "Will you stand here until I get back? I don't want this hoe in my shit."

After he agreed, I went to the back to get KJ. As I opened the door to the room, I couldn't help but chuckle at him putting on his Spiderman light-up shoes and coat so we could leave. When he was ready to go, he didn't give a fuck about what anybody else had going on.

"Hey man," I called out to get his attention. "Your mama is out front and wants to see you."

"I stay with you?" He stopped in his tracks and looked at me with pleading eyes. "I don't want to go with mommy and Unkie Kay."

"You're not." I squatted down and kissed his cheek. "Your mama misses you and wants to see you, though, so come on."

Reluctantly, KJ nodded and walked up the hall to see his mother. I couldn't help but chuckle at his little ass because anytime he felt like he was going to leave me, he would have a fit. Walking into the living room, he did perk up a little when his mother came into view.

"Hey, man." She bent down and hugged him tightly. "I've missed you so much." She let him go and held him at arm's length. "You miss mama?"

"A little," he mumbled. "I want to stay with my daddy, though."

"You don't want to go home with mommy?" She pouted and tried her best to look at him all sad. "You don't want to go home and play your game?"

"No. I want to see Debin and get cupcakes." He shot his head up and smiled. "I like her. She's so pretty."

"Who is he talking about?" Mia snapped her head up in my direction. "Are you bringing bitches around my son?"

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