I woke up early in the morning with a sleeping Akai on my hip. The moment l woke up she was by my side refusing to let go of me. Breakfast passed by in a blur and we were off to our home. I drove with her in between my thighs, although it wasn't legal or allowed, there was hardly much l could do with a wailing baby.
The house felt very stuffy and was very dusty. The dishes l had left from a week ago had started to rot causing the house to smell as if there was a dead rodent on the inside. Mom and Dad must have been sleeping in the apartment above the restaurant. I spent the next hour cleaning the house but Akai wasn't making it easy.
She wanted to be close to me and that meant keeping her on my hip cause l didn't have her baby carrier with me. When she would doze off, l would try to quietly place her in her cot but the moment her back touched the mattress, she wasn't having it.
