Sinner 2 (Completed)

23.

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Giselle

"Hey yall."

"Hi, Auntie." Mila, Lani and Angel all spoke as we came down the staircase.

"Where's my baby?" My mom spoke excitedly as I came from behind them and she pulled me in for a tight hug.

"Hi, baby." She said to me, squeezing me tight.

"Hi." I said barely above a whisper as she pulled back to look over my face.

When she did, she pulled me beside her, making me sit down. The room was completely quiet as my auntie Tee and my maw maw sat on the opposite couch as us, all while Lani, Angel and Mila stood.

It'd been almost two weeks since I'd even came out of my room so I'm sure they were just in awe to see me down here plus my mom was here.

They hadn't seen her in years.

"How are you, baby? Does anything hurt?" She asked and I nodded, pointing to my heart.

"Aw, G." She cooed, pulling me in for another hug and I sat there embracing it. Though I wasn't her biggest fan right now, I'd missed my mom.

And I'd missed the home that I called mine before coming back here and feeling all of this pain.

I was slightly regretting come here.

"Talk to me, baby. What happened?" She asked me but the front door flew open startlingly is as Abir and Tone came walking in.

"What's up everybody?" Tone spoke as Abir looked from me to my mom. I could tell by the look on his face he wasn't happy about her presence but he was doing this for me.

"What's up, Auntie?" Tone spoke up as he leaned down to give her a hug and they talked for a while before he left the room completely.

Abir said nothing as he stayed his quiet self, politely saying hello to my maw maw and my auntie before he came over to sit beside me.

He wrapped his arms around me as he leaned in to kiss my cheek.

"How you feelin'?" He asked as I turned around to look at him and I smiled small, looking over his face.

I was just happy that he was here. I didn't know what it was at this moment but his presence brought me a sense of security every time he came around ever since I'd lost our son. So, I'd been laying up under him for two weeks straight.

I needed him here with me.

"Hello, Abir." My mom ended up speaking to him once she realized he wasn't going to speak to her.

"What's up, Ms. Youngblood?" He spoke back to her and she scoffed, shaking her head.

"Anyway.."

"Tell me what happened, Giselle." Was all she said to me and Abir rubbed his hand over mine, calming my nerves while I began to tell her the complete story.

Even about how I'd gotten pregnant in the first place so she could understand thoroughly.

"Oh." She raised her eyebrows in shock once I'd told finished up with telling her.

"So this is your fault?" She spat to Abir and my maw maw and auntie began calling her out while my cousins shook their heads, leaving the room completely.

"Don't say that to that damn boy, Trina! Are you crazy?" My maw maw spat but my mom held her hand up, ignoring their words.

"I'm a grown ass woman, mama. Been a grown ass woman since I left this house unlike others who can't seem to get off the tit." She began throwing shade at my auntie and I sighed deeply.

"So you're telling me, you got pregnant, even though you didn't want to be, Giselle?"

"That's not what I meant or how it happened, mama." I tried to explain but now she wouldn't listen at all.

"No. I see now what this is."

"It's him!" She spat, putting at Abir and I could feel him tense up as he kept his hand on mine but he stayed quiet.

"It's always been him! Since the beginning, Giselle."

"It ain't even about me, bro." He ended up saying, nonchalantly as usual and I squeezed his hand, telling him to be quiet and to just let her talk.

Though her words were like knives. I didn't want them arguing like before and nothing she was saying was the truth anyway. I didn't believe her words, I loved him and that's all that mattered.

"Of course, it's not about you. You aren't going through any pains right now."

"It's my damn daughter who has to feel everything." She looked at me, pushing his hand off of mine as she roughly grabbed the both of my hands.

"It's your fault." She spat to him.

"Dealing drugs, getting locked up and being a statistic like the rest of these lost boys."

"I knew you were no good from the start, that's why I didn't want her around you."

"That's why I made her leave." She snapped, rubbing her hands over mine.

"Mama, please. Just stop-" I started but she cut me off completely.

"Hell no. I'm your mother and he's going to hear this!"

"He's going to hear me!" She pointed to herself.

"I can't do this shit. I'm so sick of this bitch." My auntie Tee stood to her feet and left the room completely as my mama went on and on, telling Abir that he was nothing and he would never be nothing.

I could see the hurt all in his face but he was so nonchalant about everything, his poker face shined through.

"Grown ass man, playing childish games. You don't deserve her. You never did." She spat to him before she turned to me and I watched with tears in my eyes now as he stood to his feet and walked out of the house completely.

"Don't cry. He doesn't deserve you, baby." She spoke softly now as she intertwined our hands.

"Your daddy wouldn't want this.." She trailed off, talking about my father now and my heart broke completely. More than it already was.

She knew that was a soft spot for me.

"I knew this wasn't the right decision from the start."

"I knew Abir would come back into your life and you'd forget all about the plan we had." She went on referring to the plan we had about not staying at my maw maw's for more than a year.

It'd only been four months but I guess she thought that meant something in this moment.

"How about you just come back home with me, G?"

"Your life was better there, baby. I could protect you from this mess and you'll never be stuck here like the rest."

"It's so easy to get stuck here, baby. I don't want that for you." She expressed, squeezing my hands tightly as she looked into my eyes and I sighed deeply, looking down.

After all the pain I'd felt here, I did miss the home I'd created. The place where I was safe and drama-free. But I couldn't just run like she'd did and if I did run, it wouldn't be in her direction.

"Think about it, okay? I'm staying in a hotel downtown and I leave tomorrow at 12pm, baby."

"Just think about it." Was all she said as she stood to her feet and left completely.

When she did, I looked around me, realizing it was only me and my maw maw left in the room. My mom had scared everyone else off except her and she just sat there looking at me.

"I'm just gon' say one thing.." She trailed off, holding her finger up.

"Don't you let that woman dictate your heart or your life anymore. You do what's best for you, my sweet grandbaby." Was all she said as she stood to her feet and made her way toward the kitchen.

I knew I had a lot to think about and I needed to think fast.

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Thoughts?👀

Should GG go back home?