Page 191 of K.I.N.: Karma Is Near

I smiled.

“Thank you, princess.”

Zion looked at my shoes.

“You gonna fall.”

“Mind your business.”

He laughed.

I heard Xay coming down behind me with Serenity.

My phone vibrated.

Nesha: OUTSIDE HOE

I grabbed my coat from the closet.

Xay came into the living room.

“Sam.”

I looked back.

“What?”

He pointed toward his face.

“You really leaving me with all four of them like this?”

I stared at him.

Then laughed.

“You got your ass beat. You ain’t disabled.”

I slipped my coat on.

“Put a steak on that eye too.”

“Man, fuck you.”

“Bye, babies! Mommy loves y’all!”

“Sam—”

“BYE MOMMY!”

Michael ran toward me, so I bent down carefully in my heels and kissed his forehead. Then Amari. Zion acted too grown until I grabbed his face and kissed him anyway.

I kissed Serenity last while she was still in Xay’s arms.

Then I kissed my husband right on his good cheek.

“Have fun.”

He looked at me.