De'Andrae's POV I woke up to faint cries and groans as I stirred in Malakai's bed. Malaya had fallen asleep on my chest so I turned onto my side making her fall into the bed pulling her thumb out her mouth but she stuck it right back in. When I got up, Malakai was crouched down on the floor clutching his stomach whining and pleading 'no,no,no'. Walking over to him, I stooped before him. "Pa, you alright?" I asked him sleepily "Do I look alright to you?" He whined "You want help with something? What's wrong?" I asked feeling his forehead that is covered in sweat. "It's my time of the month De'Andrae" He said to me "Alright. You need anything? Pads or painkillers?" I asked him "I already took care of that. Please stop talking" He demanded "Excuse me?" I asked. He looked up and glare

