Page 12 of Arris, Jayme & Dyani
“Yeah. He got me a new pair since I lost the old ones.”
“Of course he did.” Reena scoffed.
“What does that mean?”
“Nothing, Jayme.”
“Alright.”
I walked over to Blake and plopped down beside him.
Reena scoffed and left the room. Blake and I finished our cake. Then I helped him get ready for bed and tucked him in for the night. He was doing well adapting to sleeping alone in his new bed.
Once I got him settled in though, I kissed all along his face and made sure his night light was plugged in.
“I can’t wait to sleep with my new birthday gift.” I gave him a little smile and he grinned in return while he snuggled with one of the three stuffed animals in his bed. “I love you.”
“I love you,” Blake repeated.
I slipped out of his room, closed the door, and checked my phone outside of it to make sure I could see the nanny cam.
Then I went through my nighttime routine. Afterwards, I checked on Reena who was laid on the couch, remote in hand.
“What’s up?” she asked.
“What’s up?” I walked over and perched on the opposite side of the couch.
“You tell me.”
“Are you ready to talk now?”
“About?”
“This attitude you’re having about Arris.”
“I don’t have an attitude about Arris.” She dropped the remote on the couch and turned toward me. “Y’all have to coparent, and that’s cool and whatever, but I can admit I don’t like the way he shows up unannounced or the fact that the shit is more frequent now than before.”
“I can respect you feeling that way.” I thought carefully before choosing my next words. “However, we both knew Arris was coming to set the bed up and we knew he was going to be dropping Blake off tonight. So what’s up for real? Tell me why you really don’t fuck with him because you never really cared before.”
“Well, I care now and I’d appreciate it if you told me when he was going to be here.”
“Okay.” I shrugged. “That’s fine.”
“Alright.” Reena nodded and gave me a small smile. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” I smiled back and scooted closer to her.
She leaned in and we kissed each other before I hopped up and stretched.
“How long are you going to be?”
“I won’t be long. I’m just going to finish this movie.”
“Alright.”
I leaned down to kiss her again, then headed to the bedroom and hopped in bed.
I was snuggled beneath the blankets and on the brink of sleep when I got a text message.
