- never lived anywhere nice if I’m being honest with you most of the time in Yuma, I sleep at the clubhouse cause my apartment is a piece of shit.

- proper channels first. If I asked one of the girls that works for her, I would probably get my application rejected because most people see the record and they don’t give a shit about the person behind it. Aly is like my damn sister so she’d be more than willing to rent to us if you want. I've -

- by the way she owns the properties. That’s why it’s so difficult to get in there. She’s picky for a reason. In this case, though, she knows about my record and all that shit so that’s why I asked her first if it was gonna be a problem. Obviously, she doesn’t care, but I’m going through the -

[I laughed not because I thought she was silly, but the genuine joy on her face was infectious.] Yeah, she gave me a code. she told me if we liked that to let her know and she would take care of it. From the pictures I think I’m gonna love it, but pictures can be deceiving. We’d be paying her by -

- the forms for her if you’d like. I know they’re certified, and everything so we would have all the paperwork and all that as soon as we filled it out. All you have to say is when baby.

[I smiled because I knew she had no idea how much pull I had here.] well, we can go now if you want that way if we like it, she can set it up and we can move in whenever you’re ready. As far as the puppy when Lexi gets home, I can ask her if that one has an owner and if she doesn’t, I can fill out -

- up for it. Just say the word.] you know you can look at my phone anytime you want I ain’t got nothing to hide and I’m not gonna yell at you for doing it just so you know going forward. so what do you think? Do you wanna go check it out?

- the word and we’ll go check it out. [I responded to the text, laughing in the process. I understood why she was being limited because they’ve lost so many kids just from existing it seems. I quickly typed out a response.] don’t worry I won’t say anything. I’ll come see you tomorrow if you’re up -

[I smiled and handed her the puppy before checking my phone and smiling even wider at her.] do you want to go check one of those out? I have an access code and if you like it, she can push it through. [I was hoping she would, but I was also well aware that people like to have options.] Just say -

- let me know if you need anything. My jaw fucking hurts. Lexi got me hard-core. [I sent the message and went back downstairs to grab one of the puppies and bring it upstairs. Just because I wanted to play with it.] You do like dogs, right? I’ve had girls literally write me off because I love dogs

- my record? Most of the other places around here won’t even consider me because of that so I’m asking now. Z is looking through apartments and I don’t want her to get her hopes up if it’s not somewhere I can stay because I have a feeling she’s gonna want me to live with her eventually. Love you -

[I looked over the pictures and immediately texted Ale because I knew that what I wanted to know wouldn’t be listed in the information.] so I have a question for you. I know you’re on bedrest and blah blah blah but the new apartment complex that was just built. Would I be able to stay there given -

- put a gentle kiss on her shoulder. The idea of being away from her made my stomach twist, so finding her a good place to live that I also liked was on the top of my priority list.]

[I pointed to one of the real estate listings on the screen.] that’s the name of her company so I’m sure she can help. Believe me when I tell you she does not do sitting still very well so if we have to ask her, I’m sure she can guide us in the right direction. [I moved her hair out of the way to -

- I’m sorry. [she hugged me, and I made my way downstairs where Nan handed me an ice pack.] Thank you. [I made my way back up the stairs to Z and flopped down on the bed, pulling her close to me.] Dante’s wife is also a realtor. She may be able to help us out with that. Just giving you options.

- run into Abuelita along the way. Stroke or not that woman was someone to be afraid of. “ you deserved that don’t ever let me catch you treating my granddaughter like that again. I may be old, but I’m not stupid and I’m not slow. I can still knock you on your ass Emmanuel.” I nodded.] yes ma’am -

[I tried to smile because her comment about missing my voice was too cute.] she didn’t break it, but it’s definitely pissed off. I haven’t gotten my hit like that in a long time. I’m sure my twin would be proud of her. [I got up after finishing my food and went looking for some ice. I didn’t -

- I knew what she meant about the personal stuff so I can understand why she wanted to find her own place in the town.] of course I’ll go with you baby. All you have to do was ask.

[I smiled with a mouthful of rice. The fact that she wanted me involved in this process was big, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something about Lexi that I didn’t know. I didn’t wanna bring it up because it was probably me overreacting. I grabbed my phone and quickly texted Z. -

- starting to piss me off, so I tossed the remote away from me and just continued to eat

- remember the last time I had anything Lexi made. It probably has been a good nine years or so. I know more than one person has bathed her over the years to cook for them and she has refused. I flipped on the TV looking for something to put on. I couldn’t decide on a damn thing and it was -

[I had to admit when she took our picture together it did something to me that I wasn’t expecting. I loved it. I started to dig into my food, deciding the water would probably be too cold for my jaw. I settled on the juice box. The rice was just as good as I had remembered it to be. I don’t -

- cleaned out the entire kitchen. I was curious to see what all she brought up here because there was so much stuff. It was hard to tell what everything was.] what did you do? Bring the whole refrigerator up here?

[I chuckled when she walked into the room, holding up my phone for her to read.] how am I supposed to text you if I don’t have the number to do it? [I know she probably wasn’t thinking about it, but I had to bring it up because when I thought about it, it made me laugh. She looked like she had -

Once I have dinner, I will work on the rest of my replies for my woman 🖤 @radiantdisarray.bsky.social

-worse before it gets better, but I’m starving again.

[I took a minute to think about it because I was genuinely hungry. I had to decide whether it was worth the jaw pain to get food to chew it. I quickly typed up an answer for her, handing her my phone.] maybe just some rice babe. I’m afraid chewing anything else will kill me. I think it will be -

- it and I would need to have a conversation with Z about it eventually.]

- much at all. I don’t have super strong hearing, but I heard someone slapped somebody else and then I heard Nan loud enough to understand the situation. I had my own feelings about it, but she was right a lot of us reacted badly to the history that Lexi had. I can’t say I was innocent in any of-

- likely you have pounced on her. Once she was dressed, I handed her my phone where I had written out that eating would be extremely painful, even though I was hungry. I could probably go down and get some rice, but I wasn’t sure that I wanted anyone to see my jaw. The Tylenol wasn’t really doing -