Still thicker than water by Allen Takerra Read Free Book Online

this food is making me fat,” Sasha quipped and Chauncey chuckled.
    “ C’mon ma, go ‘head with that. I mean, your ass got a little fatter… but that’s a good thing,” he joked, shooting her a wink.
    “ Shut up!” Sasha screamed at him.
    “ Nah, for real tho’…stand up.”
    Sasha looked at him like he was crazy.
    “ I’m serious, stand up…do a little turn for me.” When Sasha hesitated, Aubrey chimed in.
    “ Stand up, mommy.”
    Sasha looked at her shocked and amused.
    “ Well thank you little girl, whose side are you on?” Sasha laughed and then nervously stood up, placing her hands on her hips.
    “ Happy now?”
    Chauncey grinned broadly.
    “ Now turn around…come on, just turn around.”
    Sasha turned slowly, giggling the whole time, and Chauncey took in her impressive shape. He didn’t think it was possible for her to get any badder, but she had managed to. She sat back down, looking around and making sure no one was looking at her like she was crazy.
    “ Damn, ATL doing it like that?” Chauncey asked as they both laughed. “Good looking on that, that was my Christmas present,” he added.
    She waved her hand at his blatant admiration, trying her hardest not to blush.
    “ Whatever…but what you got for me?” She knew her flirting with Chauncey was dancing on the line, but she couldn’t help it. Just sitting across from him had her panties on soak. He raised his eyebrows at her but then responded.
    “ I got something for you…I got something for both of ya’ll.”
    “ Really?” Sasha asked, not expecting that.
    He nodded and stood up, handing her Aubrey. When he sat back down, he slowly lifted up his right sleeve.
    “ I got this last week.”
    Sasha looked on and felt tears coming to her eyes but she tried to hold them back.
    “ Chauncey,” she whispered in disbelief.
    He had gotten her and Aubrey’s faces tattooed on his arm, from a picture that she had recently sent him of the two of them together.
    “ I can’t believe you did that,” she added, truly not being able to believe it.
    He rolled his sleeve back down and shrugged.
“Why not? That’s my baby girl right there…” He smiled at Aubrey, and then looked at Sasha with love. “And you gave her to me.”
    Sasha felt choked up so she looked down to break the intensity of the moment.
    “ Wow.”
    They talked for a few more minutes and mostly Chauncey used the time to talk with Aubrey as she told him all about what Santa was bringing her. By the time the visit was over, Sasha had fallen right back into her comfort zone with Chauncey, like she always did when she came.
    “ Alright Chaunc,” she said, getting up to leave. “I don’t know what week I’m coming back next month, but just call the cell.”
    Chauncey nodded and hugged them goodbye, and then kissed them both on their foreheads.
    “ Or maybe I’ll be home by then.”
    Sasha’s world came to a screeching halt and she instantly felt like she would pass out.
    “ Huh?” Was all she managed to say. Chauncey snickered, knowing that she was probably in shock.
    “ Mills!” The guard called to him. “Let’s go!”
    “ They granted me parole, my early release date is scheduled for next month, if all goes well,” he added, nonchalantly.
    Sasha shook her head from side to side astonished.
    “ What? ...How would you…? When were you gonna tell… ”
    He smiled and walked away, shouting behind him.
    “ Keep ya fingers crossed, baby girl…daddy’s coming home!”
    She wasn’t sure if that was meant for her or Aubrey, or both. All she knew was that the news of Chauncey possibly being paroled was something that she didn’t know if she could handle.
    As she finally made her way out of the jail, her mind ran wild.
    Of course she wanted him to come home, right? Be a father to Aubrey? But there was a small part of her that enjoyed him being locked away, and that was the part that knew that it helped control her desire to be with him.
    Oh my god, oh my fucking