Truth Be Told

Chapter One

*3 AM Amber’s House*

*KNOCK!! KNOCK!! RINGS DOORBELL KNOCK!! KNOCK!!*

“What in the world!? Who is that?” Amber said as she tiredly walked downstairs to the door

The hard knocks continued, and she hoped whoever was knocking on her door this time of the morning had a damn good reason for doing so. Amber finally reached the door and opened it.

“Drew what the hell is your problem!? And why are you knocking on my door like a maniac at 3 AM!?”

“I stopped by to see Ja’Layeah. Where is she?” Drew asked as he pushed his way inside

“First of all, Drew you’re drunk. Secondly, Ja’Layeah is asleep. It is 3 AM. You can come back when you’re sober and when she’s awake.” Amber said

“I don’t care. Let me see my daughter. Ja’Layeah! Layeah baby! Daddy’s here!” Drew yelled as he made is way upstairs

Luckily Amber was able to pull him back before he got any further. Amber didn’t even pull him that hard, J. Drew was being so dramatic that he tumbled and fell to the ground.

“Why you always keeping my child from me Amber? That’s the shit I be talking about. I should’ve never got you pregnant. You a bitch for this shit!” J. Drew angrily said

Now see, Amber was calm because she knew how J. Drew gets when he drinks. But now that he has called her a disrespectful name, that calmness has now turned into a storm

“Drew what you will not do, is come into my home, loud and drunk and disrespect me, the mother of your child! It is not my fault that you can’t be the responsible parent and hold up the end of the bargain. Your daughter’s birthday party was today and instead of being here celebrating with her, you decided to go get drunk and probably fuck anything with a damn pulse! Now what I need for you to do is to leave and go sober the hell up. Because you have lost your damn mind. When you sober up, then you will be able to see your daughter.”

By this time Drew was able to get off the floor and what happened next stunned the hell out of Amber. J. Drew lunged at her grabbing her neck and slamming her against the wall. The loud bang caused Amber’s mom Sandra and best friend Amaiyah to run downstairs.

“Listen here bitch. You are going to let me to see my child or else I’ll do more than bruise your neck.” Drew said angrily

“Drew, get your fucking hands off of me!” Amber said kneeing him in the stomach

Drew groaned in pain while Amber slid to the floor trying to catch her breath

“HEY! HEY! What is going on down here!? Drew what are you doing here?” Sandra said as she watched Drew get up off his knees

“Amber are you okay?” Amaiyah asked as she sat next Amber on the floor

“Yeah, I’m okay. I just need to catch my breath and calm my anxiety down” Amber said

“Okay, just close your eyes, breathe in through your nose, hold for 10 seconds and breathe out through your mouth.” Amaiyah coached her through the anxiety attack

“Drew do you want to tell me why you are here at 3 AM drunk causing all of this commotion?” Sandra asked

“I came to see my child. But this bitch here won’t let me see her.” Drew said

“Hey! Now you watch your damn mouth. I don’t know who you think you are but you better figure it the hell out. Now Ja’Layeah is asleep. I’m sure you know that seeing what time it is. Now you need to leave and go sober up. You will not be seeing my grandchild like this. Not with this behavior.” Sandra said

“I’m not going anywhere until I see my child.” Drew said not budging

By now, Amber had calmed down, but she continued to sit on the floor with Amaiyah holding her in her arms

“Amaiyah, why don’t you take Amber upstairs so she can rest. I’ll take care of Mr. J. Drew here.” Sandra said

“Yes ma’am. Come on Amber.” Amaiyah said as she stood and pulled Amber up off of the floor and walked upstairs

Once Amber and Amaiyah were out of sight, Sandra grabbed a bat that was sitting by the door and roughly yanked J. Drew up and slammed against the wall holding her arm to his throat and the bat in the other

“OW! Shit, that hurts! Plus, I can’t breathe.” Drew said in pain

“Now you know how Amber just felt. Now I’m going to say this one time and one time only. Take your ass home and sober up. Do not bring your ass here until you learn how to respect my grandchild, Amber and her home. If you decide to not heed to my instructions, the pain that you are felling right now will not compare to the pain that you will feel when I get done with you. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Sheard?” Sandra asked

“Yes, you do.” J. Drew said

“Good, now please see yourself out.” Sandra said as she removed her arm and watched J. Drew walk out the door

Sandra made sure the door was locked and the alarms were set. She turned off the lights and walked upstairs to Amber’s room. She walked in and saw Amber sitting on the bed rocking Ja’Layeah and Amaiyah lying next to her.

“He finally left?” Amber asked

“Yeah, he did. I had to take a little action, but he got the message.” Sandra said

“She slept through the entire thing. I know she’s a baby, but usually when something isn’t right, she usually wakes up.” Amaiyah said rubbing Ja’Layeah’s head

“I just can’t believe he decided to show up drunk the way he did.” Amber said

“I’m just glad we decided to stay. Who knows what he would’ve tried to do to you or Layeah.” Amaiyah said

“Well, I don’t want you to worry about him. You just focusing on protecting this angel right here.”

“Auntie is right Amber. Ja’Layeah should be your main and only focus. Whatever J. Drew has going on with his life is his problem not yours.” Amaiyah replied

“Everything will be okay Amber. You have me and you have Amaiyah. We got you.” Sandra said assuring her

“Thanks. Would the two of you stay in here with us?” Amber said

“Why do you think I’m already comfortable? You have a California King Bed. I was not moving.” Amaiyah said which caused Sandra to laugh

“All I know is, Amber you better not kick me in your sleep either or else you’ll wake up with no feet.” Sandra said as she got comfortable at the foot of the bed

Amber got up and laid Ja’Layeah in her bassinet and kissed her before getting back in bed. Amaiyah had turned on the tv and saw that B.A.P.S was on. It was only the beginning, so they didn’t miss anything. They turned the volume down low enough to not wake Ja’Layeah but loud enough for them to hear. They laid there watching the movie before they drifted back to sleep. Amber prayed that one day J. Drew will get his shit together, but until he does like her mother said, she couldn’t worry about him. Protecting her daughter and making sure she was straight was her only priority.

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