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"Amir let's go, we're gonna be late baby", I yelled out to my three year old god son. "Ok mommy! Me ready". He said as he was running down the steps.
"Aye boy stop running before you hurt yourself".
"Yes ma'am", he replied.
"We go to uncle Rio house?". I nodded my head yes at him as we walked out the front door and into the car. I buckled him up and made my way to the drivers seat. "Ok baby let's ride", I said as we pulled out of our driveway.
~20 minutes later~
"Uncle Rio!", Amir shouted excitedly as he seen my brother from around the corner. He walked over to us greeting Amir with a fist bump and me with a hug. "What's goin on lil man, you been good ?".
"Yes and I be a big boy too and help my mommy Emery when she cry". My eyes widened a bit and I rushed him to go play with his cousins. Rio looked at me and I turned away from him ashamed that he might mention what Amir said.
"Come on sis let's go inside it's hot as fuck out here". We walked inside the house immediately being cooled down.
"It just us? where everybody at?" I said as I noticed that nobody wasn't here. "Girl you know black people don't show up to shit on time". We looked at each other and laughed. "You right, ion even know why I asked".
"Shit me either", we laughed again then his face got serious. "But for real tho how you been holdin up since everything". I contemplated on wether or not should I tell him but I just decided to just get it over it.
"Shit been real hard for me Rio, like I got my ass beat so bad by a nigga that I thought I was so in love with,he bruised my ribs, blacked both of my eyes, and fractured my nose, I'm lucky that I'm still alive and that I got Amir out safely. Not to mention Amir has been asking about Taylor lately and when is she coming back to get him, like how am I gonna explain to a little baby that his mommy is never coming back because she committed suicide."
"How am I gonna tell him that ,huh?", I stared at him, even tho I wanted so badly to cry but I did enough of that already and I'm tired of it.
"I wish I had all the answers to your problems but I don't, the most I can do is be there when you need me sis".
" I know, I've been trying so hard to keep everything to myself but the more that I do that the more I want to explode and destroy everything in my path and that's not healthy for me or Amir. I want to be the best mommy and role model that I can be for him because I just can't live for me no more I have an actual human being that needs me more than ever".
"I wish I could say I know exactly what your goin through but I can't, I can't even imagine it at all but I do want you to know that you have family Emery that will go to war for you, but you can't keep shutting us out, you only hurting yourself love and that's gonna cause you to self destruct".
I stared at him, taking in his words. He was right I gotta stop shutting out the people that's trying to help me and that's has my better interest at heart.
See Rio was the level headed and most mature one out of all my mother children and gave out the best advice and gave us the real even when we don't wanna hear it. I admire him for that .
"Gimme hug we both need it", we gave each other a tight hug before releasing each other.
"Let's go check on these bad ass children and lemme start up this grill".
