Around the Way Girls by Karen Williams Chunichi

Author:Karen Williams Chunichi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2014-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

I stayed at the hospital for about five days. The doctors told me that normally premature babies usually stay for two weeks, unless the baby was eating and breathing on its own. Star might have come a month early, but her greedy ass was eating on her own, and thank God, her breathing was fine. But, to tell the truth, I didn’t mind staying at the hospital for two weeks because it would give Danada some more time. I hadn’t seen her since her last visit. But every day, she sent me texts, asking how the baby was, and telling me to let her know when I was getting released.

My girl was on a serious grind. A grind I was gonna get on too as soon as I was better, so there was no way I’d have to go back to Rhonda’s house. It wasn’t like I got any of that welfare money, anyway. She kept it all for herself. She even kept my WIC. She would go to the grocery store and find somebody buying the items she was selling and give it to them for a crackhead price. But I wasn’t tripping. I knew my baby was going to be okay.

The Filipino nurse came to my room six a.m. sharp and told me I was going to be able to go home at about twelve. I texted Danada and told her that they were releasing me at twelve so she could bring the stroller and Star’s first outfit.

She texted me back and told me to sit tight, she would be there.

They had taken Star for another damn blood test. If they asked to take any more of my baby’s blood, I was gonna curse them out.

I shoved the nasty-ass breakfast they had given me for the fourth day in a row away from me. It was a damn boiled egg, two hard-ass pieces of bacon, and some damn toast. With these little-ass juices they gave me, I could only get a swallow out of each carton. I knew the nurses were getting tired of my ass asking them to bringing me more of them. Oh, well, if they didn’t like it, then they should bring bigger fucking cartons of juice.

The nurse wheeled Star into the room. I smiled and glanced at her. She was knocked out. “Y’all not getting any more of her blood,” I told the nurse.

She ignored the comment and said, “What time will your ride be coming?”

“I ain’t got no ride. My friend will be here with the stroller after twelve. That’s the time I’m getting released, right?”

She nodded. “Well, I will be back a little before twelve to go over any last instructions and to answer any further questions you have. And give you your discharge papers.”

“All right.” She tried to rush her ass out of the room.

“Aye!”

She turned and looked at me with an aggravated expression on her face.

“Why I gotta get the same damn thing to eat every day?”

“Aren’t you on

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