Unconditional Love

Chapter Twenty-Three - Kenneth

"When was this one taken?"

"That was before the reveal. I wanted to send you that picture so you could see what I saw on your wedding night, but then I got your message."

I knew she was going to be hurt but I didn't know it would be like this. She looks like she is struggling with a lot of emotions in that photo and none of them are happy. It's all my fault.

"I know I said some things I shouldn't have said earlier, is that what she was upset about?"

"June, don't you think it's enough going on right now? Let's talk about all of this tomorrow. Right now just focus on baby girl."

My dad is trying to avoid it so it must have been bad. I'm kind of pissed that they don't just come out and tell me.

"What Asia's going through is a lot to handle, Pops. This is taking my mind off of that for a moment. I hurt Lay today and I'm just concerned. Do you see how she looks in this photo? I didn't mean to upset her like this."

Aiden's phone goes off with a message. I look down and see it is from Tiff, asking if he can show them to the waiting room. I'm concerned because Lay does not need to be here right now.

"Please tell me you did not tell Lay what's going on. You know she is going to want to stay here and I don't want her to feel some type of way when I go to see Key. And you know Key will act a fool knowing she's here."

"Man, calm down. It's just Tiff, Lela, and Ry'lo. Lay isn't with them. I'm going to go and bring them over, you know how Tiff gets."

He grabs his phone and walks out. My mother is now looking like she is about to have a panic attack. The fuck happened.

"What's going on Mama? You have been quiet this whole time. What are y'all not telling me?"

My mom looks at me but quickly looks down. My dad is staring at her like he's just disappointed. Did she get caught cheating again?

"June, it's not the best time right now, but we will let you know once things settle down."

I look at my mom. There's a knock on the door before everyone walks in. My attention is on my mom because this is unlike her. She turns to see who is entering and I see that her face looks swollen on the other side. Somebody is about to tell me something.

"Mama, what the hell happened to your face? And I don't want to hear that shit about it not being the right time. Did some nigga put his hands on you?"

Tiff laughs.

"Yeah some nigga being her husband because she doesn't know how to keep her mouth closed."

"Peach, watch it. You know I won't hesitate to correct you when you step out of line right?"

"I'm sorry Pops but he needs to know what happened before he finds out through social media or Monica's loud ass mouth."

She looks over to me with sad eyes. Tiff is a pain in my ass majority of the time, but I always want my baby sister to be all smiles.

"Ken, I love you more than anything because you are my big brother but you are a dumbass. If you ever ignore my calls again I'll drag your ass behind my car, understand? I'm sorry my niece is going through all of this and I'm praying for her to get better so that I can spoil her. Me and Nya have been waiting for her to join the crew."

Pain in my ass but she's my rock at times. I couldn't help but hold her tight when she walked over and hugged me. She held on tight too.

"Now you know I'm going to tell you everything but since we are in this hospital, you have to promise not to lose your shit."