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“After Collin.”

“I know.”

“Well, Collin is fucking here.”

Destiny’s eyes went toward the bassinet.

“Exactly.”

That shut me up.

She wasn’t saying anything she hadn’t said before.

That was what made it worse.

Because before, I could defend him.

Sam pregnant.

Sam just had the baby.

He gotta figure shit out.

He got four kids over there.

It’s complicated.

There was always another reason.

Another deadline.

Another promise.

Now?

There wasn’t shit left.

Collin was here.

Ten days old.

And Xavier was still going home every night to my fucking cousin.

I sat down hard on the couch.

“I feel fucking stupid.”

“You ain’t stupid.”

“Don’t do that.”

“I’m not.”

“I knew that nigga was married and I knew who the fuck he was married to and I fucked him anyway.”

“Yeah.”

Destiny sat beside me.