Prayers Go Up...

*I left some things unanswered from previous chapters so I chose to start addressing them. And I know I said this would be done Mid December but things came up and I wasn't able to write as much as I needed to for that to happen so IDK when this is ending but hopefully before February starts! *

When Safaree arrived at the hospital both grandmothers were there fussing over the babies. Ms. Samules had Ethan and Mrs. Maraj had Daria, Zaria lay in her crib sleep.

"Yo this coon is always sleeping." He picked up Zaria. She opened one eye and looked at her daddy then shut it back. "Hey ma, hi Mrs. Carol." he put her close to his chest.

"Hi Safaree." both said.

"Hows Nicki? I didn't plan on being gone that long."

"She is in the room with her brothers." Mrs. Carol said sitting in the rocking chair.

"So Makiah got to see the babies?"

"Yeah, he said Ethan had your head." his mom laughed at the comment.

"The kid gets no love." he kissed Zaria and put her back in her crib then went to go see Nicki.

When he walked in the room the three siblings were playing the card game Bullshit on Nickis tray table. She was smiling hard so he figured Jelani was letting her win. She turned to see who came in the room.

"well well, look what the cat done drug in. What happen to I'll be back in a hour baby?" she mocked his voice.

"Yeah yeah shut up." he leaned over and kissed her.

"I'm just playin, did you rest well?" she turned and reshuffled the cards.

"It was good. What up Jelani?" he nodded towards him.

"I'm good. Congratulations on the rugrats."

"Thank you."

"Don't call them that." Nicki interjected.

"I heard you were talking bout my head man." he put Makiah in a head lock.

"All lies." he burst out laughing.

"Naw I think you said it."

"Hey you two calm down." Nicki said.

Just then two men walked in the room in suits. They flashed their badges to let them know they were cops. Nicki sat up in the bed and Safaree stood next to her.

"Can we help you?" SB asked.

"Yes I'm detective Baxter and this is my partner detective Kepler. We are here to speak with Ms. Maraj."

"That's me." Nicki spoke up. "What's going on."

"Well we need to speak with you on two matters: one being a Mr. Aubrey Graham and the other a Melanie Trotter."

"Jelanie can you take lambchop out to mommy please."

"Yeah sure, lets go Makiah.' they both got up and exited the room.

"What's going on with Melanie?"

"It seems she has escaped the Sunny Rise Psych facility she was in." Nickis stomach dropped. Safaree reached over and grabbed her hand.

"How did this happen?" she asked.

"It seems it was the doing of a careless worker." Mr. Kepler stated.

"I told you you should have had the bitch put in jail." Nicki snatched her hand away from him.

"Excuse me for thinking of someone else mental stability, she needed help Safaree." NIcki rolled her eyes.

"Well a lot of good that did."

"Where is she know?" Nicki ignored his last statement.

"We are still looking for her ma'am. There have been no sightings of her around her but we needed to let you know just in case she popped up."

"I appreciate the warning."

"We are going to have surveillance on your house round the clock, until we believe she is no longer a threat to you. Now on to Mr. Graham, we need to know his involvement in this whole matter."

Nicki got quiet which pissed Safaree off.  He knew what she was about to say which was starting to make his blood pressure rise. Nicki noticed his leg starting to shake and looked away.

"Ms. Maraj can we get your statement?" Mr. Baxter asked.

"Yeah Onika give them your statement." Safaree looked over his shoulder at her. She rolled her eyes looking back at the detectives.

"Mr. Graham had nothing to do with the situation you are speaking of." Safaree got off the bed and left the room.

"So your telling us that he at no time showed up to the location you were being held hostage at?" Mr. Kepler asked trying to clarify.

"Yes that is exactly what I am saying." Nicki turned and looked out the window.

"Well if that's your story then we have no further questions. Congratulations on your new editions."

"Thank you." The two men left the room.

Safaree went back into the nursery to calm his nerves. He just didn't understand her actions. He was furious with her at a time when they should be the happiest.

"What happened baby?" his mom asked standing beside Ethans crib. He was starting to get fussy all of a sudden.

"She won't press charges against Drake. After what he put her through, us through and she still wants to protect him."

"Safaree you know when Nicki makes big decisions she never does it hastily, so she has to have some reason behind it."

"What explanation mom? He had her kidnapped and she finds it okay. He put her children in danger and in the presence of a psychopath and she finds it okay." his mother remained quiet letting him vent out his frustrations. Him and Nicki had talked about what she was going to do months back and she was unsure then but he never thought she would fix her lips to actually keep him out of jail. He deserved to do time for what he did, he needed to take responsibility.

"Is that really what you think Safaree? That I think it was okay?" Nicki walked into the nursery where they were standing. She picked up the crying Ethan placing him on her shoulder, all his crying ceased.

"That's what it seems like to me Onika." he wouldn't even look at her.

"I'm going to leave you two alone and go find Carol. Remember this is a hospital, don't get to acting crazy and getting loud in here." she walked out.

"Listen I'm not asking for you to agree with my decision but I am asking you not to crucify me for it." She put Ethan back down. "This is supposed to be a happy time in our lives, please don't let this ruin it." She intertwined her fingers with his.

"I'm not crucifying you Nicki but I don't agree with what you just did in that room and I won't hide the way I feel." he pulled his hand away from her and walked over and stood by Darias crib. He ran his hand over her cheek and noticed it was unusually warm. "She's hot." he walked to go get a nurse and came back into the nursery. Daria began crying when the nurse tried taking her temperature. A nurse by the name of Nancy entered, noticing Nicki holding her abdomen.

"Nicki didn't we tell you to stay in the bed as much as possible?" Safaree looked back at them.

"Why can't she be up?" he looked back at them confused, then back at Daria. Nancy looked at Nickis gown and seen a red stain.

"This reason right here. She keeps bleeding. Come on we have to get you cleaned up and back in the bed until thd doctor can look at you."

"I'm not going anywhere until I know my baby is okay." Ethan began crying.

"Nicki just go, you being here is not making anything better." he rushed over to pick up Ethan to try and sooth him. Daria was still screaming at the top of her lungs.

"I'm not--"

"NICKI JUST GO!" he yelled. She gave him the dirtiest look but she eventually left. He sat in the rocking chair with Ethan."Hey little man you gotta stop crying. You gotta be tough for your sisters." he held Ethan in the span from his hands to his elbows. Ethan wasn't trying to hear any of that, he continued to cry. Safaree sat there rocking him but it seemed not to have much of an effect on him. Nancy rushed back into the Nursery and grabbed one of the male nurses and in a hushed tone said something in his ear. They both rushed out the room. He heard voices in the hall way and wen to see what it was. That's when he saw Nicki passed out on the floor with a puddle of blood between her legs.

"What is wrong with her? What happened?" he said in a panicked voice. Ethan was crying even louder.

"She is losing to much blood we need to get her to the O.R." they brought a gurney around and lifted her onto it."

"Ethan You gotta stop crying for daddy, please." he pulled him closer to him. He walked back into the nursery because he was being pulled in his heart to go follow Nicki but he realized she was no longer his main focus anymore. He had three children now and they needed him. He could comfort them but he was no help to Nicki at this point. He sat back in the chair and prayed that both her and the babies would be able to leave the hospital soon and be healthy. "Ethan what's the matter little man? You must know something is wrong with mommy huh? She'll be okay, she wouldn't want you all worked up like this. Calm your little nerves." Safaree put his finger in Ethans tiny hand. "Everything is going to be all right son." Ethan squeezed his finger and slowly calmed down. Safaree wiped Ethans tears away, then wiped his own. He was really worried about Nicki, he didn't know what he was going to do if she didn't pull through this.

Mrs. Carol, the boys, and Ms. Samules walked back into the room, Mrs. Carol felt that something was wrong.

"Safaree what happened?"

"I don't know, she was fine one minute then she was laid out on the floor out there."

"Nicki? Where is she now?" Jelani asked.

"They rushed her to the O.R. I need her to pull through this, I can't do this by myself."

"Stop thinking like that." His mom said. "Nicki is a fighter, she is going to pull through this Safaree. We just have to pray for her, and keep the negativity away. This is when she needs you the most, you have to stay strong for her."

"There was just so much blood."

"BLOOD?" Makiah shouted.

"Hush." Mrs. Carol said. "Let's just pray, that's the best thing we can do for her until we know what's going on." They all gathered in a circle and Mrs. Carol began to pray.

In the O.R.

"I can't figure out what's going on down here?" Dr. Reynolds worked fast to stop the bleeding but then something happened and Nicki stopped breathing.

"Come on Nicki you can make it through this." she said under her breath. Nicki currently had a tubes connected everywhere on her. She currently had a endotracheal tube down her throat helping her to breath.

*Oh you guys know how I love my drama. Well what do you think my next move is? Huh? Can ya guess? I don't think you can! HA! Well go rack your brain over what's going to happen next. Comment please, I really do enjoy reading them. The babies are below, and yes I know they don't look like them but YOU TRY FINDING A BUNCH OF BLACK TRIPLETS, IT AIN'T EASY! *gains composure* Now where was I...oh yeah. I hope you enjoyed, until next time ITSMARTHABITCHHHHHHHH*

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The Babies

If that was Safarees son he would have his daddies head! lmao

 

 Endotracheal tube