Pieces of Me by Pua Ramona (small books to read txt) 📕

I wipe the tears off my face and know that these people were put in my life for a reason. This family is going to be the reason I want to live a full life not only for myself and Mama, but for HER! For the first time in a long ass time, I feel lighter in my heart.

We arrive at the hospice at ten o’clock. I’m not sure who’s here aside from Mama and Miss Rita, but we picked up enough breakfast to feed everyone on our way over here. We see some of the nurses who help with Micah including Laura who was here for most of yesterday.

“Morning” she says, but she’s looking at me.

“Really?” Mona says arching her brow at Laura.

I try cutting in but she steps closer and says, “We have coffee in the cafeteria, if you want we could go grab some.” She does something with her eyelashes then pretends to pick at whatever that’s on my sleeve and Mona loses her shit.

“Bitch please. Take that shit somewhere else, we’re here to be with family” she snaps.

Laura tries to roll her eyes but Mona says, “Your job is to help families, not try and fuck men who are having babies, asshole.”

Laura looks shocked and asks “You’re having a baby?”

“It’s complicated.” I say.

I guess she thought I meant I was available because she steps in closer and says “I’ll be at the nurse’s station if you need me” then she walks off with an extra fucking swing in her hips.

“You need to learn how to get rid of these hoes Eli. You’re too damn nice to them” Mona says glaring at Laura’s retreating silhouette.

Daniel grabs her hand and pulls her while he walks down the hall, “Babe, it isn’t his fault that these girls want his babies” he says laughing.

Mona pulls her hand out of his and punches him on the arm. “That’s how he got in this mess with Becca, idiot” she snaps.

It stays quiet for a few seconds then Luka says “You know, I’m all for you and hooking up with girls but if you’re serious about changing the way things are for yourself maybe you should start being a little standoffish with them.”

“But I am,” I snap. They all give me a ‘yeah fucking right you are’ look.

“You really aren’t E” Daniel says.

“They know that you love that attention” Mona chimes in. I look over to where Laura is at the nurses station at the end of the corridor and see she’s staring at me while she plays with her bottom lip. She winks then pretends like she’s fucking working.

I look back to Luka, Daniel and Mona and say, “Shut the fuck up.” I shake my head and start making my way to Micah’s room.

First person I see is Becca sitting by Micah’s bed, and I start feeling pissed off all over again. She looks over at us and smiles like her ass isn’t keeping something big from me. Usually I make sure to check on her before I talk to anyone else, but today that shit fucking stops. She knows I’m pissed because her shoulders fall when I walk past her and right over to where Lei and Reese are sitting. “Morning Lei” I say before I lean in and kiss her temple.

“Morning Eli” she says while she hugs me.

“Hey man. What time did you guys get here?” I ask Reese. He looks over at Becca and I know he’s irritated because his face is tight.

“We got here around nine,” he says. He looks back at me and asks “How are you holding up?”

“I’ll be good once we talk,” I grind out. He shakes his head okay then I walk over to say hi to Micah. “Hey bro. How are you feeling today?” I ask.

Micah looks at me with tired eyes and says “I’m just waiting to see my sister.” I watch Becca’s tears fall down her cheeks and I can’t find in me to be too pissed off at her. Micah reaches for her hand and she moves her chair closer to his bed and grabs his in hers. “Shh. Don’t cry beautiful” Micah whispers. I’m thrown off by how broken Becca looks. Did she fall in love with him in the little bit of time they spent together? I look over to see if the guys are watching and sure enough their faces are all a mixture of shock and surprise. I hear Lei and Mona whispering about who’s running Pixie’ whilst Lei and Reese are here so I walk over to say hi to Mama and Miss Rita.

“Hey, Mama. Hey, Miss Rita.”

Mama hugs me and says “Morning sweet boy.”

Rita does the same and says “Thanks for being here Son.”

I pull her in again for another hug and I can feel that she’s ready to break.

“I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else but here Miss Rita” I tell her.

She puts her hand on my cheek and says “You’re a good boy.” She settles back into her seat and I walk back to where the guys are.

I don't know how long we’ve been sitting here talking about anything and everything, but the room goes still when she walks in. You can feel the fucking tension in the air. No one says anything because they are probably just as shocked as I am. She bends down a little to say something to Emma who looks terrified right now with tears running down her pretty little face. Then she leans over and whispers something to that asshole Marino who’s holding her hand. I see fucking red. He picks Emma up then kisses her on her head before he walks out. When she closes the door she turns to face everyone and I swear to god my heart dropped and all the air I had left my lungs. Sina is fucking pregnant.

No one says anything because they are all staring at her fucking belly. I’m so pissed right