Riley's POV
"Can you please give me the room number for Chandler Hawkins?" I asked urgently as I stood in front of the hospital's receptionist. She typed a few things before giving me the correct three digit number and we rushed towards the elevator.
I switched a sleeping Julius in my arms, he was getting so heavy my skinny limbs were nearly about to give out. I had gotten the call from some girl named Ashley telling me that Cassius was shot and to meet them up here. I had just put the kids to sleep and I almost wanted to say fuck him and not come see him but these are his kids and they have been dying to see him so I came.
Deep down I was just surprised somebody finally shot that nigga.
When I finally reached his door, I knocked twice then entered. He was asleep in the bed and some Asian chick was sitting in the chair beside him. "Daddy!" Caius exclaimed and jumped on the bed.
"Hey Cai, don't touch those cords okay baby?" The Asian chick spoke smiling at my son. My eyebrow raised at this mysterious girl. Who the hell is she and how does she know my child? I hope this isn't one of his little prostitutes because that means he had her around the kids and I will surely go off on his ass, hospitalized or not.
"Hi. Riley right?" She smiled and waved at me. I wanted to rip that fucking smile off her face. "He shot himself in the leg, my poor baby." I watched as she rubbed her hand down his face and the anger boiled inside of me. "I came in there just in time to save him... Sorry if I look crazy, I've been crying all day."
I sat down in a chair on my side of the room with Julius's head on my shoulder and Asia scooting into the chair with me. "I'm sorry but who are you?" I finally asked when I seen her pat Caius's head.
"Oh! I'm Ashley.. Cassius's girlfriend. I'm sure he's told you about me." No bitch. He hasn't. "You are the twin's mother, correct?"
Cassius started to stir in his sleep and when his eyes opened, Ashley was quick to his aid. She helped him sit up and handed him the bottle of water, putting the straw in his mouth. "Are you okay babe? Do you need me to get a nurse?" She questioned and I rolled my eyes.
"Nah I'm good." He grunted and situated himself. The first person he laid eyes on was Caius since that was who was all in his face. "What's up little me?" His voice was raspy and dry.
"Hi daddy."
Ashley was still all over this nigga, wiping his face, kissing on his cheek, fixing his bed sheets. This girl was really pissing me off. Get off his nuts yo. "Um, can I speak to my baby daddy alone please?" I spoke up causing both of their heads to turn from each other to me.
She didn't answer me right away. Instead she looked at him. When he nodded his head to let her know she could indeed leave was when she answered me. I was stupefied and I knew this was most likely exactly how I acted with him. "Oh... uh yeah sure." She stood and fixed her shirt before leaning down to peck his lips. "I'll be down the hall at the vending machine. Want anything?"
"Nah I'm good bae." He answered her in a way that sounded so sexy, I wanted to pull my hair out.
"Can I come? Please?" Caius pleaded, looking from her to me then back. I nodded that he could and he smiled rushing after Ashley. I told Asia to go with him because I didn't trust that bitch as far as I could throw her ass. And she's already too touchy with my kid.
When the door was closed and they were gone, I looked up to see Cassius' eyes trained on me. I rubbed Julius's back when I felt him move to soothe him whilst looking back at Cass. "What happened to you?" I quizzed after a moment of silence.
"Accidentally shot myself in the leg. Forgot the safety was off on my glock."
"I'm glad your bitch ass got popped. Should've been fatal." I spat, probably sounding childish.
He smirked at me and reached over to his bed side where a pack of cigarettes laid. I stared at him disbelief as he lit it and placed it in his mouth. "You can't smoke in a hospital."
"I can't do a lot of things but I do it any fucking way."
He took a few puffs and he was only a couple more away from a nurse sniffing out the smoke down the hall. I waved around mine and Ju's face to clear it free of the unhealthy smoke. "Who is this chick?" I finally asked him the question I'd been wondering.
"Why?" He grinned and I rolled my eyes. I hope he don't think I'm jealous because I am far from! It just disgusts me cause she looks fifteen and he's a fuck nigga.
"Because you had this hoe around my kids. Who the fuck is she?!"
Cassius put the cig on the railing on the side of the bed. He tilted his head at me and smiled. "Mackenzie isn't a hoe." He shot back. Mackenzie? "But I can remember your hoe ass having my kids around that Darrell nigga."
"Really? You were locked up and it's not like you been doing shit for them since you been out!" I shouted and I just knew I had woken up my baby.
"If I could stand I would go over there and slap the shit out of you." He threatened but I held my ground.
I stood up abruptly and headed for the door. "I'm out of here. Fuck you. I hope that little girl robs you blind and you end up looking stupid in the end. You really ain't shit."
"Yeah keep talking shit. You using my disability as your advantage. If I could get up, your ass would be quiet." He taunted and laughed loudly, taking me as a joke.
Shaking my head at him, I was officially done. "You aren't even a father. Chandler was more of a father, hell Darrell was! You don't know shit about them! Asia feels unloved by you, Julius lost three teeth the other day, and Cai's doctor wants to meet you. But you wouldn't know any of that because you don't speak to them. You see that bitch more than your own children!"
He waved me off and I continued out the door at the same time as when Ashley entered with Asia and Cai. I mugged her, glaring at her whole body up and down. Please. He could do better than this toothpick bitch, but then again he can't cause both of their bum asses are made for each other.
She looked at me in confusion as I bumped past her and ventured down the empty hallway. "We leaving already?" Caius questioned as he skipped quickly to catch up with me.
"Yep. Your dad would rather be around some little teenage girl then his own kids." I checked a clock on the hallway's wall as I walked past it to see the bus would be here in twenty minutes. The only transportation I had when my mom, Ahlex, or Heather are busy. I was honestly considering moving back in with my mom as soon as she starts moving into this cheaper apartment she had been looking in to. Because I cannot stay in that big ass house in the middle of nowhere with no car or job. Plus I didn't want Cassius to have anything over me or know where I am.
"Asia when you're older, don't bring your friends around your daddy. He might marry one." I joked even though I was completly serious. The kids laughed but I knew they barely understood. They'll learn soon that their dad is a pervert.
And little miss Ashley with her long hair and chinky eyes, she'll learn soon too. Cassius preys on the weak and innocent. He did it with me, Ahlex, Elle, Ryan, and countless more. She was just next on his to-do list and I want no parts.
When we reached the elevator it opened and out came Ryan and Darius. I rolled my eyes as the kids greeted their uncles happily. I could give two fucks about these niggas.
"What's up sis? Need a ride home?"
Cassius's POV
"What's her problem?" Mackenzie wondered as she walked in once Riley and the kids left.
