Sunday Morning
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8:30 AM

While Feather slept peacefully, Enzo sat on the edge of his bed forming a text to his mom about the child in question. He wasn't sure what he was gonna say and every time he typed he back spaced and took it out.

Enzo
Hey mom! There's no easy way to say this...I'm a dad...|

Delete.

Enzo
Hey Mom, remember that psycho ex-girlfriend Ashely? Well turns out we've got a kid...|

Delete.

Enzo looked back at his sleeping daughter and sighed. He, for some odd reason, thought the surprise method was the best.

Enzo
Hey Mom, what time is dinner?

Sent.

With one quick glance back, Enzo got up from the bed and started to straight up his couch to remove any evidence of where he'd been inhabiting for almost a week.

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On the other boujee of the state, Nova woke to Allie on FaceTime with some guy she had never seen before. "Yeah, I know. I'm excited to see you, but I've gotta go before my niece and sister wake up," Allie whined. She had her headphones in, so Nova could only hear what she was saying. "I love you, too. Soon, babe. I promise," Allie hung up. Nova pretended to go back to sleep, to avoid being caught. She heard a few shuffles and waited a couple of minutes before getting up to see that Allie had gone into the bathroom. She quickly grabbed her phone and looked to see if her mom had texted her SOS. Thankfully she hadn't, so Nova slid into her normal morning routine.

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Fifteen minutes later, Allie emerged from the bathroom in a towel with wet hair. "Morning Nova," Allie greeted. Nova put her phone down and smirked.

"Hey," she replied. Allie went into her closet and started to get dressed.

"What's up?" She suspiciously asked, seeing her nieces face from the closet.

"Oh nothing, I just... I'm so excited to see you," she tainted through a giggle. Allie's face went straight, forcing her to look back at Nova.

"You can't say anything! Mommy and Papá don't know anything about him!" Allie begged. Nova put her hands up in surrender.

"You're secrets safe with me. What do I have to gain by telling?" She asked, making Allie sigh with relief. While the oldest in the house got dressed, Claudia barged in wearing t-shirt dress, Nike's, and a top bun. "Well, you look cute!" Nova complimented. Claudia struck a pose, then sat on Allie's bean bag chair.

"Thank ya! Gotta look cute for this dinner tonight," Claudia smirked. Nova nodded and slid out of the bed to get to her backpack.

"Yeah, that's true," she agreed as she pulled out a maroon body con dress and black roshe's. "I'm gonna go get ready, I'll be right back," Nova called. Claudia nodded and opened her phone as her niece ran off to the bathroom. The fourteen year olds phone buzzed with a text that literally ruined any chance of a relationship with her sister at all.

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Lesley looked herself up and down in the mirror. She was wearing white jeans, an army green crop top. "Good enough," she dismissed. Even though she was almost sure Pippa was gonna drug test her when she got to the house, Lesley deduced that smoking some weed before leaving wouldn't cause too much of an uproar in front of her child. The twenty-seven year old sat on her fire escape and smoked from her bong as she watched cars drive past, people yell, and businesses grow.

The city was so peaceful when she was high. It was like a blanket came and covered all the shit of New York City with a beautiful haze when Lesley was stoned. She loved it. It's the only thing that kept her sane after she left her parents house. This was the only way to feel good about herself when her daughter, basically, refused to stay at home for any given amount of time with her. Any chance Nova got to go anywhere but home, she took it. Because, in her mind, staying out late with her family, even though she was exhausted, was better than coming home to a drug addict. Too bad the one thing Lesley cooed with, was the one thing ripping her family apart.

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12:22 PM

During the midday hustle and bustle, Enzo and Feather walked into the park with a vanilla bean latte, frozen hot chocolate. They had just come from the mall, where Enzo bought his daughter some more clothes to hold her over for a little while. "So Feath, do you like the stuff I got you?" Enzo asked. Feather nodded and sipped her drink.

"Yeah. It's a lot more than mommy ever got me," Feather replied. Enzo's heart broke every time Feather mentioned the things she didn't have or get with Ashley. But, when you're an addict your only out for the next high and that screamed Ashley, and sadly Lesley, too. The two found a bench and popped a squat not long after entering the park.

"Okay Feath, do you remember the game plan for tonight?" Enzo asked. Feather nodded with a big smile.

"Operation meet the family is underway," Feather whispered. Enzo sipped his drink and nodded

"Yep. And if at any point tonight you get uncomfortable, what will you do?" The new father asked. The eight year old looked around for a second to try and come to the answer. A few seconds later, a huge gasp left her lips.

"Report back to Captain," Feather answered. "Captain is you, Zo," she leaned in to whisper. Enzo nodded and snaked his arm around the little girl. "Are my grandparents mean? Like the ones on mommy's side?" Feather asked in a small voice. Enzo gave her sad eyes and shook his head.

"Of course not, baby. They are the most loving people I know," Enzo honestly answered. That gave Feather a little hope for this family. God knows she needed it. The other side of her family were mean old drunks, with enough money to get away with illegally castrating every president that had ever held office and have America question if they really did it. It would be O.J. all over again. But, they didn't want any reminders of Ashley after the sentencing. So they hired a P.I. to track down Enzo and eventually sent her off, you know once the background check came back clean of anything super illegal. They skipped over the whole Juvie stuff and decided to turn a blind eye to the Mexico situation, just to get rid of the sweetest child Enzo has ever met. Lucky him right?

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4:45 PM

Reneé and Jasmine sat in Pippa's kitchen watching her put the finishing touches on her family dinner. They came to help decorate and set up, but ended up drinking wine and listing to Pippa complain about Lin wanting to, all of sudden, take her out. "And you're sure that he wasn't cheating?" Jasmine asked. Pippa nodded and covered her vegetable medley.

"Yeah, I searched his phone, all of his apps, his camera, and his DM's. Nothing," Pippa explained. Reneé shrugged.

"Maybe he wasn't sure how you would felt about sex after all the things that happened to you during sex," Reneé shrugged. Pippa thought back on the rape and all of her hospital visits, the miscarriage, the abortion, and then her mind drifted to Stevie and she got sad.

"Nope, I don't think so," Pippa replied through a voice crack. She tried to push the memory of her first child to the far more quiet corner of her brain. And with so many kids in her house it worked, but when the house was still, her mind went haywire.

"Pip," Jasmine called. Pippa snapped out of her thoughts and started to stir her vegetables once again.

"Anyways, I'm not sure if I wanna go on this date with him. He'll probably get me drunk and expect to sleep with me. It's been so long that I feel like it'd be the first all over again," Pippa sighed. Jasmine and Reneé giggled at Pippa's dilemma.

"You afraid of a little pain, Pip-pip?" Reneé smirked. Jasmine sipped her wine and took a bite of Pippa's pot roast. Phillipa nodded the shook her head. If she hadn't basically been forced to have sex after her first time, she wouldn't have had sex for even longer. The sex hurt so bad the first time, that she couldn't walk the entire next day. While, she may have been a bit dramatic, Steven was no small package or gentle carrier.

"You know, I like a little bit of pain with my pleasure," Jasmine laughed. The girls burst into a fit of laughter with her and wrapped up their small party. "Alright. I have to go. Ant is bringing AJ and Donny home from their tours in Iraq. AJ just finished his second tour and Donny finished his first," Jasmine bragged. Both her sons went into the military somewhere soon after high school. AJ had been in for 8 years and Donny only 4. They got to serve AJ's last tour together, but their younger sister, Corey, was about to get out of basic and start her first tour with Donny during his last. Corey was 4 years younger than her brother and came as quiet a shock. Although, Ant was very excited. Maybe even too excited, but Jasmine always told herself that it was an accident even if Ant lowkey had something to do with it.

"That's so exciting. Please bring them over when they get settled. I bet the older kids would love to see them. I know Lin and I would," Pippa suggested. Jasmine agreed and walked out with Reneé. The retired actress leaned against the counter as her yams cooked and grabbed her phone. However, before she even got the chance to unlock it there was a crash upstairs that caused her to sprint towards the sound. When she got to her twins' room she was shocked at what she found.

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