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𝙁𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙃𝙎 𝘼𝙂𝙊

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𝗦𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗚𝗢, 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗔

𝙎𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎 𝘼𝙂𝙊

"Chase, shut the fuck up." I groaned as he began to laugh

He had been ranting about nothing ever since we left basketball practice trying to annoy me as I drove home.

"No, you shut your casserole-eating ass up!" He rebutted while cackling like the idiot he is

"You fucking eat casserole too!" I replied while rolling my eyes

"Why you so angry big brother?" He teased in this goofy ass voice as he tried to pinch my cheek causing me to smack his hand away

"Chase, I am quite literally a few seconds away from pulling this car over and beating your fucking ass! Stop!" I said now annoyed as hell while I pulled into our neighborhood

"Well, if you sped this motherfucker up I wouldn't be bothering your ass." He replied while laughing

"No, the fuck you wouldn't!" I muttered

"You damn right and that's okay! 'Cause I love you, man!" Chase cackled causing me to shake my head as I parked in our driveway

"I have to annoy you as much as I can. Next year you're going to college and leaving me." Chase said while shrugging his arms as we got out of the car

"Oh, so that's what all of your bullshit lately has been about!" I said as I wrapped my arm tightly around his neck beginning to laugh while I held his head down

"You're just going to miss your big brother!" I cooed before pushing him away

"Mane! Miss me with that! I'm taking your room." Chase rebutted trying to shake off the truth as we walked into our house

"Whatever makes you feel better, dumbass," I stated while heading into the kitchen with him following

"Damn, a nig-" He began to state before I shushed him hearing soft sniffles

"What?" Chase then asked noticing I was serious

Walking around the corner I then saw my mom crying on the side of the island with blood running from her nose and a bruise forming on her cheek.

"Mom. What happened?" I said as me and Chase rushed to her side

"It's okay baby. I'm fine." She said bringing herself to smile causing my nose to flare in anger

"Get Mom something for her nose," I said to Chase as I stood up heading outside where I knew my Dad was

"Colton!" My Mom called knowing what I was going to do

He spent so many years putting his hands on my Mom that one day I couldn't put up with it anymore and just hit him -and ever since I was fifteen and he decided to hit her or Chase I would hit him back and we'd fight- I wished the bastard would die all the time and as bad as it sounded it was the truth.

Adam Andrews was a drunk piece of shit that should have lived the rest of his life alone drowned in the sorrow of every bottle he drank.

Walking to the patio I immediately smelled the alcohol stench that filled the air from the open bottle he held as he looked off into the distance.

I just punched him in the jaw before dragging him out of his chair and throwing him onto the hot concrete before getting on top of him, and punching him repeatedly until his nose began to bleed.

He then kneed me in the side before pushing me off of him and beginning to punch me back.

"Adam! Stop it!" My Mom yelled as she pulled his arm back to stop him

I'd take every bruise and black eye it took for my Mom and Brother without thought because they were all I had and the more violent he got the more it made me scared. I was scared that one day I would come home to my Mom or Brother dead.

And, when I noticed when I would throw him off his drunk ass a bit it was a few weeks of peace at least.

So, it was worth it even if sometimes I did get my ass kicked.

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"Hey, hey...I'm here..." Dinah consoled as I finally came to a clear conscious while sitting up in bed

"I'm sorry." I apologized wanting to punch the wall for breaking my whole no nightmares streak

"It's okay. It's okay." She replied as she turned on the bedside lamp and hugged me

"Do you want to talk? It's okay if you don't." She asked in a tone that resembled nervousness

"Yes, I do," I answered as I kissed her hand

"What's bothering you?" She then asked in a soft tone

"It was just my Mom and Dad. I guess with the baby coming soon It's just on my mind heavy...him as a Father." I admitted while taking a deep breath

"You'll never be like him." Dinah voiced as she placed her hand on my cheek causing a slight chill to pass over me along with relief

"You won't feel the pain anymore..." She then said before pressing her lips against mine while softly tugging my long hair and resting her palm on the nape of my neck

"What are you talking about, Di?" I asked now curious

"Just trust me." She replied as she smiled and kissed my neck

"Do you want to help me do my highlights?" My wife asked causing me to laugh

"You want to do your hair at 4 in the morning?" I asked while sighing playfully

"If I go to Banks' Family Reunion with faded highlights me and the aliens will be jumping you." She rebutted as she slipped out of bed causing me to follow while saying, "Alright, alright."

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After I had placed the pull-through cap on Dinah's head and threaded her hair through it I couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" She asked with a smile as I stood above her and continued to thread pieces of her hair through the tiny holes

"Just thinking..." I replied vaguely as I finished the last piece beginning to mix the coloring and developer before looking in the mirror and smiling at my wife who was eating cookies

"Thinking about?" She asked as I began to coat the pieces of her hair with the dye

"Remember when we first started dating and I burned the food I was cooking for you because I was so nervous and you didn't let me touch the stove without your supervision," I said causing her to begin laughing

"You almost burned down the house." She cackled causing me to shake my head

"In my defense, you are distracting." I rebutted

"Oh, and you aren't?" She asked sassily

"I mean we did have a pregnancy scare the last time I distracted you cooking so I'll take it." I retorted causing her to gasp like I had said something out of this world to her

"How dare you bring that up with our kids listening!" She exclaimed while laughing harder as I finished coating the pieces of her hair in dye before covering it with a shower cap

"Why are you so giggly, mamas?" I asked with a smile as I slipped my arm around her chest

"I don't know..." She sighed as her laughter died down and she began silently crying causing me to kneel in front of the chair she sat in to face her

"What's wrong?" I asked while placing my hands on her cheeks

"...I'm just really scared to actually give birth, I have been scared of it for years...God, this sounds so dumb." She blurted as she cried

"Hey, hey...It doesn't sound dumb, baby, a lot of women are scared to give birth. It's okay, you're going to be fine." I replied as I wiped her tears with the pads of my thumbs

"No, baby, my first deployment I got injured protecting my last soldier. I was stabbed in the lower abdomen right before the rescue squad came out and I was rushed into emergency surgery. I don't know what went wrong during my first procedure, but I ended up with an infection and was rushed into emergency surgery again, now I have scar tissue around my uterus." She explained beginning to sob

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked feeling my heart drop

"Because I didn't know how to tell my husband I am borderline infertile and that if I did get pregnant I would either have a miscarriage or during delivery I would have complications. I knew how much kids meant to you and for years I've been scared to tell you because I thought you would leave and as selfish as it sounds I never intended for you to find out this late." She admitted as I felt tears of my own begin to fall

It hurt to see my wife like this and to know she was in danger and there was nothing I could do about it only made it worse.

I wasn't even mad. If anything I felt like more of an asshole knowing now I could've driven her to a miscarriage.

"Dinah, I would have never left you. Never...And, I would've never even tried to convince you about a baby if I knew about this earlier." I vowed as I gently grabbed her hand squeezing it reassuringly

"Stop crying, baby, it's okay...I'm going to be there for you. No matter what." I consoled before kissing her stomach

"I love you. Nothing will ever change that." I then said wiping her tears once again before kissing her lips

A/N: Hey loves! How'd you guys like the chapter? Dinah's secret is out. Do you guys think Colton should have been upset? What are you guys thinking?! Remember to vote, comment, share, follow me, and add to your library!! Love yaaa🖤🖤🖤