Endless Cycle.

iii

Harmony Olivia Collins

I woke up to Tamir asleep on his stomach next to me.

I got in the shower and got dressed within 20 minutes.

I was wearing a white tank top dress, Toro 4s, a silver necklace and diamond earrings.

My hair was half up in a bun and half down my back.

When I came back in the room, Tamir was sitting up on his phone.

"You keeping the kids today." I said as I moved around the room.

"Where you going?" He asked.

"Shopping with Trina." I said as I applied some chapstick.

He came and stood behind me in the mirror, taking a picture.

bigdaddymir: my baby mama harder than a lot of you niggas. #mrswright

"Call me if y'all need anything." I said as I started to leave the room.

Tamir grabbed my wrist, pulling me to him.

"Kiss." He said, mocking Kimora.

I pecked his lips a couple times before he started to deepen the kiss and I had to pull away.

"Katrina is waiting on me." I said as I ran out the room.

I checked on Kam and Kimora and left the house.

I pulled in front of Katrina's house to see her coming out the door.

She had on a turquoise sundress with white sandals and her hair in a high ponytail.

I got out the car and helped her into the passenger seat.

"I don't get it. Being pregnant is no fun." She said while pouting.

"The end is the fun part." I said as I pulled away from her house. "Where we going, Mama?"

"I wanna go to the mall and walk around." She said as she scrolled through her phone.

"You tryna go into labor?" I asked, laughing.

She shook her head no. "Where are my babies?"

"I left them with Tamir. He'll be calling me in a little bit." I said as I stopped.

"What are y'all doing for your anniversary?" She said.

"Girl, I don't even know." I said as I drove into the parking lot of the mall.

I found a parking spot close to the front and pulled into it.

We got out and walked right into Baby Gap.

Katrina is my only friend beside Ahmad and Tamir.

When we started dating, a lot of the friends that I did have left me because they wanted Tamir.

I met Trina in college as my roommate.

We ended up becoming real close and now we're best friends. 

I was picking up clothes when my phone buzzed in my purse.

I picked up, hearing Kimora on the phone.

"Hi Momma!" She screeched in my ear.

"Hi baby, where is Daddy?" I said as I kept looking through the clothes. 

"Here." I heard the phone being passed.

"She woke up, asking where her mama was." He said with a yawn.

"I shoulda took her with me." I said as I laughed.

"When you coming back?" He asked.

"I won't be here long before Ahmad call Trina." I said with an eye roll.

"Okay, I love you, Harmony." 

"Love you too, Tamir." 

"Come say bye to Mommy." Tamir said to the kids.

"Bye Mommy, love you!" I heard the kids say in sync.

"Love you too. Be good for Daddy." I hung up, going to find Katrina.

I saw her with her phone to her ear and two shirts in her hand.

"But I just got here." She whined into the phone.

I rolled my eyes, figuring Ahmad was on the phone telling her to come home.

"Whatever." She hung up the phone and threw it in her purse.

"We have to go." She said with a pout on her face as she walked to checkout.

I shook my head, following her.

30 minutes later, I was pulling into my driveway to see the kids in the backyard playing.

I got out and started to chase Kimora who didn't see me.

"Mommy scared me!" She said running to Kamden.

I walked towards the table where Tamir was sitting on his laptop.

I kissed the side of his head as I sat in the seat next to him.

"Ya friend is crazy. We was in the mall 10 minutes before he called and shut it down." I laughed.

Tamir shrugged his shoulders. "That's how I was too."

When I was pregnant, Tamir was on my ass everywhere I went.

I couldn't go to the bathroom without him knocking, asking if I was okay.

"When we having another baby?" He asked, not looking at me.

I looked at him like he had two heads.

"Two isn't enough?" I said.

He shook his head and I did the same.

"You won't even marry me, Tamir." I said as I stood from the table.

"Harmony." He said but I was already gone into the house.