Obsessed

Chapter 42

Celeste

*3 Years Later*

"Good morning, Celeste!" "Good morning, Kierra! How are you?" I said. Kierra smiles. "I'm great! How are you?" She says, returning the question. I take a sip of my iced coffee. "I'm doing good, can't complain." I said.
Life for me has been amazing. I had 3 amazing kids at home, a loving husband, and a successful nail salon. Yup, I opened up my very own nail salon and let me tell you I still can't believe it. I walk in this place everyday and I'm just in awe. Like, I did this shit. I really did this shit.
Kierra was one of my employees. She was not only a nail tech, but one of the best nail techs in LA. Kierra was super talented. There wasn't anything she couldn't do. Any shape, any design, any color. You name it. She was your girl.
"That's good! How are the babies?" Kierra says. I take a seat at my nail station and put my hair in a bun. "Not babies anymore, I'm afraid. KJ's in Middle school now. I feel like just yesterday I gave birth to him." I said. "Aww, really? Wow how old is he now?" Kiki said. "Girl, 12 going on 21!" I say to her. "Oh my goodness, no way!" Kierra says. I nodded my head while I started getting ready to open the salon.
"Hey!" Kaleb says, walking into the salon. I look over at him, surprised. "Hey, baby! What're you doing here?" I said, finishing up a clients nails. "I brought you lunch and I wanted to see you while I was on my break. I missed you!" My husband tells me. The girl whose nails I was doing, got up and tipped me. Then she went to the desk to pay for her set. "Thank you so much!" She tells me. I smiled. "Of course, babe! See you soon!" I said.
When I finished serving our last customer of the day, I got a phone call. "Why is KJ's school calling me?" I said out loud. "Uh oh, is everything okay?" Jasmine, another one of my employees says. I sigh. "I'm not sure." I said. "Well, why don't you handle that and we'll finish up here." She says. "Really? Are y'all sure?" "Yes! Go ahead, we got it!" My receptionist, Maia assured me. "Y'all are the best! I'll see y'all tomorrow." I said, grabbing my purse and my keys.
I missed the phone call from KJ's school, so they called me back. "Hello?" I said into the phone. "Hi, this is Mrs. Jamison, the principal at Palms Middle School. I'm calling to speak with the parents of Kaleb Johnson." I don't know why, but my heart dropped to my stomach. "This is his mother, Mrs. Johnson. May I ask why you're calling?" I said.
My kids were well behaved children. Kaleb and I raised them the best way we possibly could. Nobody ever complained about our children and if they did, it was bullshit. Our kids were so polite and well mannered. We never beat our kids either. So I was waiting for KJ's principal to tell me why she was calling.
"Well, Mrs. Johnson, I'm calling to let you know that Kaleb was involved in a fight this afternoon." The principal says. I almost crashed my car. KJ was never the type to get into a fight. My baby was super shy and introverted. He never bothered anybody.
From what Mrs. Jamison told me, Kaleb started the fight. I immediately knew that was bullshit cause my child wasn't a violent kid.
"Baby, calm down. You want me to go get him when I leave here?" Kaleb says to me. I was in my car, on the way to Camilla's house to pick up my kids. My sister wanted to help out and brought the kids to her house when they got out of school. I was so thankful for her. She was the goat for that.
I let out a long sigh and pulled into my sisters driveway. "No, I'm already at my sisters house." I tell him. I turned off my black Tesla, grabbed my Black Telfar bag, and hopped out. "Okay, well relax. Everything's gonna be aight. I'll see you when I get home. I love you, mama!" My husband tells me. I sighed once again and smiled. "I love you, more." I said. Then, we hung up.
"Hi, mommy!" My youngest, Kaia says, greeting me with the sweetest hug. "Hi, princess! How was school?" I said. "Good! I drew you a picture."my 6 year old tells me. I gasp, showing her my excitement. "You did?! Let me see it!" I say. She ran to my sisters kitchen.
"Hey sissy!" I said, finding my big sister in the kitchen, cooking. "Hey, mama!" She says, stopping to give me a hug. My boys were in the living room, playing a video game with Jamari. They looked like they were having a good time.
"So, tell me what happened baby." I say to KJ later that night. He took a deep breath. "I was using the bathroom before lunch. When I was washing my hands, Jason Cabrera and his boys crowded around me and they started beating me up. I couldn't even defend myself cause one of them was punching me in the face while the other was holding my arms. Mom, I didn't start the fight. I wasn't bothering anyone." My son tells me. I look at my child and his eye is swollen. My heart hurt so bad for him.
"I think I'm gonna take off tomorrow." I tell Kaleb. "Why, babe?" He asked. I take off my reading glasses and close my book. Then, I take a deep breath. Next thing I know, tears are coming down both sides of my face. "KJ told me that he was jumped in school today. He couldn't even defend himself because it was like 4 of them. Just thinking about how scared he must've been. It breaks my heart!" I tell my husband. Kaleb grabbed me and hugged me tight. "I know, baby. I know. This is some fucked up shit. I might come home early myself. Cause we need answers." Kaleb says.
The next morning, I woke up early. I made breakfast for myself, the kids and Kaleb. Today I was on a mission. I was going to go over to KJ's school and demand some answers. Yup, I was on my Karen shit cause what the fuck? When it came to any of my kids... the children that I carried for 9 months? Yeah, I wanted all the smoke.
I scheduled a meeting with the principal at 12. KJ was suspended for 4 days, which I thought was bullshit. I assured my son that he wasn't in trouble at all because he did nothing wrong. I dropped Kaiden and Kaia off at school then brought KJ with me to the meeting.
"Mrs. Johnson? Hi, I'm..." "Mrs. Jamison, I know who you are. We spoke on the phone yesterday." I said, in no mood to be friendly. "Alright then. Why don't you tell me the reason why you wanted to have this meeting." Mrs. Jamison says. I scoffed. "Well, my child was wrongfully accused of doing something wrong when he has done nothing wrong." I started off. I was beyond prepared for this meeting. I had notes in my phone and everything. I was so ready honey! Mrs. Jamison laughed. I was confused. "Um, what's funny?" I said.
I was trying so hard not to turn this fucking school upside down for the sake of my son. But this woman was making it so hard. What kinda principle laughs at a parent? Who does that? That's okay. KJ will be enrolled in another school. I'm tired of this shit.
"Mrs. Johnson, Kaleb was suspended for a reason." She says. I cross my legs. "Okay, so tell me what the reason was and I'll tell you what my child told me." I said. Mrs. Jamison cleared her throat. "The other students involved said that he start the whole thing." She says. "Okay, well my son has been bullied by these boys for a year straight." I fumed. "Really? He's never told an adult." "With all due respect, Mrs. Jamison, you're lying." I said. "Excuse me?" "You heard me. I had a talk with my son last night. He told me everything that happened. And before you say it, no. My child is not a liar. He's a straight A student. He's never been in a fight before so why on God's green earth would he just start a fight?! And you see that he has a black eye!" I said.
"Hello?" I said, starting my car. "How did the meeting go?" Kaleb asked. KJ sat in the front seat and strapped his seatbelt. I sighed. "Safe to say we're gonna have to enroll KJ in another school." I said. "It was that bad?" My husband said. "Kaleb, the principal laughed in my face." I told him. "You not deadass." "I'm beyond deadass. Babe, it took everything in me not to flip that desk." I said. "I believe it. You sure you don't want me to go over there myself?" Kaleb says. "No, I already handled it. That horse face ass bitch can kiss my ass." I said. KJ laughed at me.