Starting Over Again

ReUnited Pt.2

JASMINE

the plane ride to Trinidad was long but when we finally arrived I felt like I was home .

"where is she ? where is she ?" this tall man said moving through the crowd of people in front of my grandmas house .

"umm who are you ?" I asked as he hugged me .

"my poor baby don't even recognize me ... I'm your father" he said like he was hurt

"oh uh im ... I'm sorry"

"Joshua bring that child in this house . she got kids with her out in this sun get on" an elderly lady said . I couldn't help but remember her as my grandma .

"mama ?"

"it's me baby . come on inside so we can talk to ya"

...

"want something to drink ?"

"no thank you . mama this is my boyfriend Marcus , his dad Jefferson , and our children Mckenyze and Justin"

"Justin ? he looks like that bastard Ralph"

"um well yes . my mom and dad well Ralph wasn't in my life much . they had Justin and disappeared leaving me to raise him . I recently adopted him as my own"

"hmm I see speaking of where is your mom ? she still with that sorry man ?"

"mama ... my mom died . I went to search for her and Ralph to get a signature to adopt Justin and they told me that she dead . and now so is Ralph"

"whaa ... oh Monica my poor baby I knew he was no good" she broke down crying . I got up and rubbed her back .

"mama ? mama what do you mean"

"baby Ralph kidnapped you and your mom . when you were born your father Joshua had got into alot of trouble with the law trying to provide for his family . he got locked up for it . your mom wanted you to have a dad though so she met Ralph . now I didn't like Ralph at all we argued a lot and your mom picked his side . yall moved in with him but she was being abused she would come here at night crying saying how much she missed your father . and would sometimes visit him . Ralph raped her and when he found out she was pregnant he wanted her to get a abortion but she didn't want to so she tried running away from him . only to be caught . he took you and her to Atlanta and made her leave you two when you was old enough to do things on your own . when she refused he killed her . he's not innocent at all you never knew your real father because you were a missing baby Jasmine"

she explained after she calmed down . she got up and showed me a poster .

"is this me ? is this my missing poster ?" she nodded .

"we've been searching for you forever . I'm glad we found you ... before it was to late . well come on let's get back to the others I'm sure everyone else wanna talk to you"