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Chapter 33- Ripple Effect (Prt 2)

Ming's POV

I drove as fast and safely as I could to the hospital. Haruna was cringing and breathing hard.

"The contractions are getting closer together!" she screamed through gritted teeth. I barely made it to Woodcrest Baptist soon after the announcement. After parking the car I ran to her side and opened the door.

"Look, I have to go get you a wheelchair I'll be right back!" I rushed into the entrance and was met by a non-caring nurse at the desk. Of course, it never fails. She chewed her gum and ignored my urgent burst at the desk.

"Please! My cousin is about to give birth, we need a wheelchair." I said. She gazed up at me as she continued to pop her gum.

"Hold on." She said with no interest.

"There is no holding on, I need a chair now." I looked around, there weren't a lot of people there, but she is most important, that's all I know and care about. She was making a few phone calls and was writing down something on a sheet of papers.

"Does the pregnant woman have insurance?" I looked at her. You know what? Fuck her and this hospital. Running towards the vacant lot of wheelchairs I snatched one and ran out to my cousin. She was holding onto the car door, half way hanging out.

"What was taking you so long?" she moaned. I helped her into the seat.

"Hey!" I turned to see two other nurses.

"Sorry about Helena. We're here to help. Follow us, we will get her a room immediately." The blonde one said. As they directed us to the room, the brunette asked all the questions they needed for information.

"Alright Mrs. Otomo Dr. Schwartz will be with you." The blonde said as they hooked her up to the machines and prepared her. As I walked out, Haruna called.

"Where are you going?" she shrieked.

"I have to call the gang and tell them you're in labor." I said.

"No no, make the call here; I don't want to be left alone. I'm scared and I'm losing it!" she huffed as the nurses set her legs up.

"Bad enough my husband isn't here. You're not going anywhere." She said as she paced her breathing. I stood off to the corner as I dialed Caesar.

"Hello?"

"Where the hell are you guys? Haruna is in labor!" I said.

"We…ran into a bit of trouble. Something happened to Mr. Freeman and we're talking to the cops right now."

"About what?" I dragged my voice. I didn't want her to be here with just me.

"A possible homicide, but we will try to be there as quickly as possible."

"Are Riley and Huey still in New York?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'll tell them what's up. They won't make it back until later tonight though."

"We will still be at the hospital so that is fine. Just hurry up and get here." I demanded.

"Will do we will be there as soon as we can."

"Alright, bye."

"Bye." I hung up the phone. The doctor rushed in and washed his hands.

"Hi there Mrs. Otomo. Let me see what we got here." He scanned her stomach with some device, I can't remember the name right now.

"You're completely dilated, good. Now, let's get this baby out quickly and safely." He smiled. Haruna looked over at me.

"Where is everyone?"

"Something happened. They need to take care of it first before coming here." She turned her head back and forth on her pillow.

"I want them to be here!" she sobbed. I gripped her hand.

"They'll be here, just calm down and focus on the baby." I said coolly. She looked at me and nodded, only to grip my hand hard.

"UGHHHHH!" she screamed.

"On the count of three, I'm gonna say push!" the doctor screamed. I felt my feet get cold. Thank God I can't see what the doctor was seeing. I'm starting to feel faint. This shit makes me not ever want kids.

"One…two…three…PUSH!"

She pushed and screamed louder than she ever had before. I began shaking. I'm not ready for this shit!

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Caesar's POV

So much shit was going on right now. I looked at the team.

"Haruna is giving birth."

"Ah damn, we got to go to the hospital." Cindy said adjusting her crutches.

Cindy wound up spraining her ankle when she had jumped out Jazmine's window, so she was given crutches. The cops were over there investigating the premises after Cindy said apparently someone had come into the house while she was upstairs. Granddad explained to them that Tom told him they were going out of town and was supposed to be home that today. We told them we could never get in contact with neither Tom nor Sarah and that was way before the supposed trip. Alice frowned.

"I wish the cops would come on! Shit." She muttered. The cops were outside talking to granddad.

"I got to call Huey and Riley. They might be on their way home. Sirayah's at a game with her school, she won't be done until 9:30. I sent her a text keeping her up with what's going on."

"Well I got to call Jazmine and let her know what's happening. Her parents could be in danger or worse." Cindy said.

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Nicole's POV

Tonight I was having some much deserved fun out in Brazil. Cairo flew all of us out here for a concert, but we stayed all that week partying, drinking and lots of fucking. I must say it did a body good to release all that pent up stress. Everyone was sleep though. I was up in my room writing some raps. I could hear Duey coughing and shit as he left his room. That nigga been sick a lot lately and been arguing with Cairo more too, I just shook it off, none of it was my business. I was thirsty so I too left my room. I walked in the kitchen to see Duey taking some pills.

"You straight?" I asked. He glared at me.

"You trying to be fucking funny?" he hissed.

"What? No nigga, calm down, I meant like are you okay. Damn." I raided the fridge for my favorite Cranberry juice. I rinsed a cup off and poured it in. Duey was clinching the counter top as he was hunched over. I raised an eyebrow.

"Duey?" I asked. He began to walk away.

"I'm fine." He wiped his nose and went back to his room. Oookay, on that note I went back to my room. I wrote a few more raps as the hours went by and Duey reemerged from his room coughing, even harder this time. I was starting to get tired of his coughing ass. Rapidly tapping down on my pen I got up and walked out to the hallway. Duey was back in the kitchen taking more meds.

"Nigga can you calm your damn coughing? It's getting on my fucking nerves. Take a Halls. Shit." As I ranted he turned away and proceeded to throw up blood. What the actual fuck? I stood as far as I could from this 28 Weeks Later zombie ass nigga and went to go get Cairo. He was sleeping with like…3 other folks in his bed.

"Cairo, wake up, something is really wrong with Duey." I shook him. He mumbled in his sleep and turned away.

"Cairo, get up and go look at him damn." I said irritated. He and everyone else were hard ass sleepers, so of course his coughing didn't wake them up.

"What's wrong?" he slurred as he sat up.

"He was throwing up blood and shit." I said disgusted. He got out the bed and walked into the kitchen. Duey was cleaning the blood up with some bleach.

"Duey what-"

"Don't even talk to me." He grumbled as he continued cleaning. I felt another feud between the two brewing, so I stood back again.

"Nigga it ain't my fault you sick."

"YES IT IS!" he screamed as he stood up. I moved my head to the right. Duey was trembling as he went into the kitchen drawer and pulled out a knife.

"You cheating ass bitch!" he ran towards him. I screamed and ran out of the way. What the hell was going on? Did I miss something? Duey was trying to stab Cairo with the knife. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I wasn't dreaming. They continued to fight as the crew was waking up to the commotion.

"Yo, what's going on?" Wacko walked in dazed. The groupies all walked out too, along with Lito.

Duey looked at all of them and pointed at them.

"Get yourselves checked out. That's all I got to fucking say." He pushed pass Cairo and walked out the house.

"Aw hell naw, what he mean get checked out?" One girl yelled. The commotion was loud and yet, I managed to tune all of that out as I stood there in disarray.

He…couldn't mean what I think he meant…I bit the inside of my lip so hard it drew blood. It couldn't be. No…no…no.

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Huey's POV

"Riley, Haruna's in labor!" I cried as I ran into his room. I shook him and he mumbled. Sirayah had sent me a text that she was at the hospital and informed me about Haruna's status.

"Woah, what?" he said as he was waking up. I covered my nose.

"Damn nigga, your breath is tough." He frowned and covered his mouth and got out his bed and to the bathroom. He walked out still frowning at me.

"Let's go" he said. I wanted to laugh at him. I know Hiro was sleep, and I didn't know whether not to call him. I already rubbed it in his face about missing his sons' birth, I know it was harsh but I had to say it. About this Jazmine shit I don't even know what to do with that. Not only she got him back on that shit, but he lied about that fight they had in the club. I'm no investigator, but I'm so sure she had something to do with his club catching fire. I'm certain on that. Cindy is going to be so pissed. She was going to give her another chance and she pulls all this. Nah, Haruna or Ming should contact Hiro if they hadn't already. Speaking of Cindy, she called.

"Hey Huey, we're at the hospital, and we got some stuff to tell you."

"Okay, how is Haruna?"

"She just got done! Baby Akira is here! Ohh just wait till you see him!" she said. I smiled. Hiro always said he wanted his son named Akira, Haruna kept her promise to name their son that.

"Did you call Hiro?"

"Haruna left him a message; he was sleep when she called." I nodded.

"What is it you got to tell me?" I asked.

"It has to wait till you get here, it's a long story." She said. I rolled my eyes. My life is never so simple, is it?"

"Fine, we'll probably make it up there by daybreak." I said.

"Okay, later!"

"Bye."

...

Hiro's POV

My eyes were nearly bloodshot red. I missed the birth of my first son. It seems like I cried all that morning when I found out. I feel like straight shit. I had to tell the investigators to come at another time. I had to be alone today. I was sick of this shit it was getting to the point I'd just I lied about the fight with Jazmine and this was a case of arson and I did have cocaine in my club. I literally have nothing to lose right now. My club is gone, I'm stuck in rehab for another 3 months and I missed out on my own sons' birth. What else besides my sanity can I lose next? I pulled the covers over my head. All of this fucking sucks!

...

Ming's POV

I smiled down at my new nephew. He was a cute button, I can't even lie!

"Hey Aki." I cooed. He was sleeping peacefully in my arms as I rocked him. Cindy due to her injuries couldn't do much and Alice was taking a million pictures and Caesar and Sirayah were dozing on and off on the couch. Haruna was dead sleep, but shit I would be too. It took her hours to get this little guy into the world. We heard a soft knock and I looked up to see the Freeman brothers walk in with balloons and care packages. I smiled. I'll be nice…but only for today…today is quite special to me. Huey looked over at Cindy.

"What the hell happened to you?" he looked her up and down.

"There was an incident over at the Du'Bois house." I spoke up. He walked over to his fiancé and scooted his way next to her. She put her head on his shoulder and went to sleep.

"What happened?" Cindy told him the story and Riley swatted his arm.

"What I tell you nigga. Tom went bat shit and killed Sarah."

"Hush Riley, no one knows what happened, that haven't even discovered a body yet." I said. And whoever that mysterious person was that came into the house while Cindy was there was never found, they suspected the person left shorty after Cindy escaped, not wanting to be caught naturally. Huey just sighed.

"Too much going on, huh?" I asked him.

"...Yeah." he said. Even though I am angry at Hiro, I know this must be hard on him. It should be him holding him right now. But, for ever action, there is a price to pay. I heard Riley snicker.

"Damn Cindy, you got murked by a bush."

"Shut up African American male."

"Woah, you told me!"

Alice was laughing and Caesar and Sirayah were still asleep, Haruna as well.

"You guys need to stop being so rowdy. People and babies are asleep." I put my finger to my lips. Riley looked at me.

"Niggas always loud, get use to it." I shook my head.

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Jazmine's POV

"I see." I said dully. I was not expecting this sort of call this early in the morning.

"No need to panic however, we are investigating this situation thoroughly and we will see that your parents are found."

How did he know if either one was alive. If they found blood in the hallway, who knows what happened. I was a frantic mess on the inside. This was one long nightmare I just could not wake up from. I hung up the phone and sat up in bed. Looking at my lavish room, I realized how alone I was. Nikoali dropped out of sight and out of mind. I ran him off, not that I blame him. I gained all these materials and lost my humanity in the process. Sighing I stood up. Time to go back to Maryland, I suppose. I don't think I can face this alone. When I called Niko, his phone went straight to voicemail. His phone had been off for the longest. Fuck it. I grabbed a bag out my drawer. Let me wind down a bit before I make this flight.

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Sirayah's POV

Boy I've been out the picture for a while haven't I? Well school and everything has been so hectic. Huey was finally back in town with everything that was going on. It's been five weeks since Ming came that we've seen each other. We left the hospital and went home to rest up. We were in his bed talking when he talked about Hiro.

"You know, I don't even know where to begin with this Hiro situation. I didn't know all that had happened to Jazmine's folks." I played in his afro.

"What you mean."

"Well I found out it was her that made him get back on the stuff. I was about to tell Cindy, but…then that happened. I don't know when the proper time to say anything about this is." I frowned.

"She should come clean about it." I said.

"You don't know Jazz all that well."

"True, but Cindy can't walk around trying to mend bridges off a lie. Didn't she have something to do with Hiro's club catching fire last month as well?"

"I think she does, but I can't say for sure. And Hiro lied about that fight they had at his club. It's all kinds of fucked right now." In the mist of little Akira being born, his father was going through such strife.

"What will you do?" I asked him.

"I don't know…" he snuggled deeper into my chest. "All I know is I want thinks to improve for my friends...and you know Tonya's gonna have her kid soon too." I sighed. Being reminded of Tonya reminded me of Nicole. She was released from the hospital and I still didn't hear a word from her. Then again I didn't reach out to her neither, she's probably mad at me about that. Not that I can blame her.

"Things will be fine Huey."

"You always assure me when things ain't looking good." He kissed my cheek.

"Huey, I've been thinking to call Nicole, should I?" I blurted. He shrugged.

"I guess, just expect some sob story of some kind." I chuckled.

"You sure are mean Freeman." I kissed his forehead.

"You were never bothered by it." He said.

"You're right…most of the time." He sighed.

"If I could I'd lay in this bed with you all day."

"You're not that lazy." I chuckled. My phone rang. Huey tried to stop me.

"No, you're spending quiet time with me." He growled.

"Let me go!" I giggled as I reached for the phone on my nightstand. I answered it still laughing.

"Hello?" I answered. It was silent for a long time on the other end.

"Uhm…hello?" I repeated. They hung up. I rolled my eyes. Stupid people calling the wrong numbers and being quiet and shit.

"Who was that?"

"I don't know." I shrugged. Huey made me not think about it for the rest of the day, being my center of attention.

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Granddad's POV

I was in the kitchen preparing for everyone to come over later today. I got more than two grandkids I swear. I looked over to the trash that needed to be taken out. I had the mind to call Huey and tell him to take this damn garbage out, I raised, fed, and clothed him, hell he owe it to me to come over here. I shook my head and laughed as I went to take it out. I walked outside and put the trash in the can. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned as was shocked.

"Tom?!" I asked.

YA'LL SHOULD BE USED TO HOW I END MY SHIT. LOL. Later. Drop a comment yo.