"Why y'all yelling?" Koby walked in like he lived here.

"She's said her first word." He started cheering and the baby jumped.

"You're scaring my baby." I took the car seat from placing it on the counter and picking up my nephew. His name was Kane and was so precious.

"Koby, where are his socks and shoes?"

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"Koby, where are his socks and shoes?"

"When I tried to put them on he cried." He shrugged.

I shook my head. "Where's Tinashe?"

"She had a meeting with her label. I thought we could stop by and share some important news."

"What?"

"Hi, baby." I kissed his cheeks as he stared at me.

"I'm officially out the game."

I paused. "Stop lying."

"I'm deadass. I'm out. No more of this street shit for good."

"Aww, I'm so proud of you." I put Kane down going over to him hugging him the best I could. Tears filled my eyes leaning into his chest. This was something that I wanted for the longest but him being stubborn he wanted to do it when he was ready.

He pulled back wiping my eyes. "Stop crying man."

"I can't help it." I laughed lightly. "I'm just happy."

"That's big bro. Congratulations, I'm proud of you."

"You should've seen T. She's been waiting to hear those words for forever. You know at some point she left me. I never told anyone about it."

"Really?" He nodded. "That's crazy. So, what now?"

"I got a couple of things in store. Just be on the look." He rubbed his hands like Birdman.

"What time is it?"

"1:30."

"Shit! Dave, we need to go like now."

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"Who all voted for this song?" I questioned with an amused look on my face. I was now at the studio with my evening class. The doctor's appointment was good and baby boy was healthy.

"They all did." Ximena pointed to the whole class. They frowned up and looked at her shaking their heads. "What? I picked Brown Skin Girl."

"That's a good choice. Maybe next class."

"Thank you." She smiled. Ximena and I have formed a good relationship. As you know I love, let me repeat that. I LOVE HELPING PEOPLE. When I found out that she and her mom were walking it broke my heart, especially because she was pregnant. So when Angela informed that they had a car but it was broken down. I offered to get it fixed and give them a few things for the baby. Of course, they didn't want me but who could say no to me? Even though the father was not in their life's, things were good for them. They even came to the wedding with a handsome baby boy named Alejandro.

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