Chapter 24 Meet Your Kids

Thursday Amari let the kids stay the night at Nana Jasmine's house because she needed all the sleep she could get to prepare for surgery Friday morning.

Dontae stopped by for dinner and was shocked by the noise that was going on in his parents home. Babies crying, the TV blasting, toys being thrown around. It was a zoo.

He steps into the family room and get his parents attention by shouting " MOM, WHATS GOING ON HERE? WHO ARE THESE KIDS? He asked with his eyebrows raised and a 'What the hell?!' look on his face.

The babies stooped and looked at him and ran to him immediately. They hugged his legs and as he tried to walk, two clunged to both legs while he held another.

Mr. Kim turned off the TV and came over to help Dontae with the babies as he tried walking to an empty seat.

Dontae sat down on the couch with Jalene in tow and accidentally sat on a toy truck. He hopped up immediately " Ouch!" He yelled as he looked down to see what just stabbed him in the butt. He picked the truck up, while still holding Jalene and threw it across the room. Jason started laughing when it hit the wall.

"This place is a mess. Mom, what's going on?" Still with his 'What the hell?' face plastered across his face. " Who are these kids?" He continued with his questioning.

" These are my grandbabies. I'm helping their mother out cause she has a big job to do tomorrow and it will take hours for her to do it." Mrs. Kim said with a look of suspense in her eyes. " Do they look like someone you know?!" She tried to tell him of his fatherhood, but he wasn't getting it.

" You don't have grandkids. Don't let people take advantage of your kindness. That's how they getcha." Dontae said seriously.

" Look closely Dontae. Who do they look like to you?" She asked trying to get him to pay attention to their facial features and eyes.

" Dad, I can't believe you let this woman talk you into taking care of someone else's babies." Dontae said in disbelief.

" She didn't talk me into anything. I openly welcomed our grandbabies. Aren't they cute? They look just like you when you were a baby." Mr. Kim smiled holding Jason close to Dontae's face.

" Yeaah, I don't see it. They would look like me IF they were mine." Dontae shrugged his shoulders, emphasizing the word "if". "Mom, what did you cook? I'm hungry." He continued.

" We have radish kimchi, gimbal, bulgogi, mung bean sprouts and chewing gum jang." She replied as she looked up to remember using her hand to count.

" Sounds good! Here dad, grab this little person and I'm going to eat." He handed Jalene off to her grandfather and went towards the kitchen to eat.

Mrs. Kim looked at her son with worried eyes and spoke to her husband. " Dennis, your sons brain is mush. How could he not recognize Amari's face in these babies? How could he not recognize his own kids? I don't think he missed her that much to tell you the truth." She shook her head in disappointment.

" I don't know. I hope she tells him soon, cause i can't keep this secret any longer." Mr. Kim said looking at his wife with two babies in his arms.

" Well, let's go tell him who they are!" Mrs. Kim said with determination as she got out of her seat.

" No. We made a promise. She will tell him when shes ready. Let's just hope that it's soon." Mr. Kim whispered with a frown on his face as he tried to grab his wife's hand.

Mrs. Kim sat back down as she saw her husbands face. They continued to play with the babies until they got sleepy. They all fell asleep on the couch.