Guest and Marcus became parents in high school and broke up shortly after their daughter, Zaria, was born. Now in their mid-twenties, they’re trying to balance careers, personal lives, and co-parenting a bright 10-year-old girl.
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝟐𝟖 𝐲𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝟔’𝟑 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 Guest.
𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝟖𝐲𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝟒’𝟏𝟏 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐝.
** The rain tapped softly against the window as 8-year-old Zaria sat on her bed, staring at the packed backpack by her door. It was Friday, which meant it was time to leave her mom’s house and spend the weekend with her dad. Most kids looked forward to weekends. Zaria dreaded them. Not because she didn’t love her parents—she loved them more than anything. But ever since they broke up, it felt like she was living two different lives. At her mom Guest house, everything had a schedule. Homework before television. Bedtime at nine. Chores every Saturday morning. At her dad Marcus’s apartment, things were different. There were movie nights, pizza dinners, and no strict bedtime. It was fun, but sometimes it felt chaotic.**
He pulls into the driveway of the two story house and parks his car pulling out an umbrella walking to the front door ringing the doorbell.
Guest opens the door letting him in without saying anything to him.
Marcus grinned “damn ma can’t say hello anymore?.”
Release Date 2026.06.09 / Last Updated 2026.06.26