“Before y’all come in here to save her, I’m almost done. She needs to be patient,” Remedy warned the boys, knowing they were going to swoop in and pick baby girl up from her crib so she could be coddled while waiting for her bottle.
“You’re tripping. My baby don’t need to be patient.” Kross smacked his lips as he walked straight to the crib and scooped her up in his arms.
Remedy rolled her eyes while shaking her head. She wrapped up making the bottle before handing it right over to Kross so he could do the feeding. “You’re the reason she’s the way she is now. You turned her into a velcro baby. I can’t put her down for a second.”
Kross let everything Remedy was telling him go through one ear and out the other. His baby girl Demi Isai Hunterwas his kryptonite. She had her father’s heart in ways that was indescribable. From the moment he laid eyes on her, he just knew his baby girl was gifted to him by God so he would changehis life. She was as beautiful as could be with her rich umber skin she inherited from him, her plump pouty lips she got from her mother, and a set of big doe eyes that had the power to open anybody’s heart. Kross spent all his time just gazing at his baby. She was perfect to say the least.
“Remedy, she’s just a baby,” Aniyis piped in as he followed his dad to the rocking chair so he too could gaze at Demi while she had her bottle.
Remedy threw her hands up in defeat. There was no winning with the boys when it came to Demi. The quicker she came to terms with that, the easier her life would be. “I see it’s me versus everybody in this damn house,” she muttered.
Remedy went ahead and cleaned a few things around Demi’s nursery while Kross took her off her hands for a little while. “How was your visit with Cassie, ‘Niyis?” Remedy asked while wiping down Demi’s changing table.
“It went good! Daddy thinks she loved the gift we got her. I think you should come to the next one.” He smiled while extending an invite to Remedy.
Visiting his mother had always been a thing that was reserved for just him and his father, and Remedy respected that. She was blessed enough to experience them Earth side, so the time they had with Cassie was special, and she didn’t want to wedge herself into it. His invite prompted Kross and Remedy to exchange glances with each other. From behind Aniyis, Kross offered her a shrug, indicating he had no idea where Aniyis’ idea to invite her came from.
“Why you say that, ‘Niyis?” Remedy asked.
“Well, I asked her,” he shrugged. “Daddy said when the wind blows that’s her speaking to us. When I asked can you come next time, the wind blew.”
Kross kept his attention fixed on Demi. Remedy was on her own with this one. Remedy squatted down to Aniyis’ height andopened her arms up to him. He fell right into her embrace, basking in the feeling of her wrapping her arms around him.
“If it’s something that you’re certain you want to happen, then yes, I will come next time.” She kissed his cheek. “I would love to visit your mommy. Maybe she can give me the secret of how she bleached her hair so good without ruining her curl pattern.”
Kross couldn’t help but to laugh at how lighthearted Remedy kept everything. She knew how to take the pressure off any and every situation.
“Remedy, you do know she can’t really talk back to you, right?” Aniyis bumped his brows together while eyeing her oddly.
Remedy laughed while nodding her head. “It was a joke, ‘Niyis. Duh.”
“Oh,” Aniyis said before letting out a series of forced laughter. His humor was one that always kept Remedy and Kross on their toes. The boy was funny as hell.
After Kross successfully burped Demi, he sat her in the bassinet to allow Aniyis to wheel her out to the living room so they could watch whatever he wanted on the television.
“You handled that well,” Kross praised her while wrapping his arms around her waist.
“You weren’t any help,” she scoffed jokingly.
“I know, but it’s better that way. You’re building a bond with him that I really don’t have no parts in.”
A smile graced Remedy’s face at the thought of Aniyis. He was such an amazing kid. Never in a million years did she think she would be a stepmom and a mother of her own child, yet here she was. “I love him.”
“He loves you too. He’s comfortable around you.”
“That’s all I ever wanted.”
Kross craned down and kissed her lips. The pecks he was peppering onto her lips intensified into a passionate kiss that prompted him to slip his tongue into her mouth while gripping her ass.
“Stop it. You’re always trying to be nasty,” Remedy laughed while parting from the kiss.
“You always walking around looking so damn good. What you expect?”
“Two more weeks, then we can have all the fun we want.” She cupped her hands around his face with a smirk etched on her lips.
“Bet.”
“We have to get ready for the grand opening. I still have to cut your hair and Aniyis’.” In hopes of stepping out of the street game and legitimizing himself, Kross opened a bar and restaurant on South Beach. The restaurant business was very lucrative, and Kross was ready to take over. He partnered with a phenomenal chef, and they turned what used to just be a vision into a full reality. Remedy was so proud of Kross for doing what was best for himself and their family.
