About 20 minutes after I told mama I ordered her food, I heard a knock at the door.
"Mama, that might be your food. Can you get it? It's already paid for."
My mama went up to the door and and there stood Ricardo and a little girl which I'm assuming is Kenya.
"Hey ma-"
Ricardo was cut off by mama slamming the door in his face.
"Why you close the door ma?"
"Because, You didn't tell me he would be here"
"Mama, open the door. Please"
She walked away from the door so i walked up and opened it myself. After opening the door, I greeted Ricardo and Kenya and told them to sit by mama.
"Hey mama"- Ricardo spoke softly.
"Hey"- She replied with no emotion at all.
"Who's the kid?"- She asked.
"Hiiii, I'm Kenya." - The little girl said with the biggest smile.
Now that I think about it, she looks a lot like Ricardo. When she smiles, she's look even more like him.
"Hey baby. That's a pretty name. My name is Ranisha."
"That's nice."
After Kenya said that, my mama stared my brother down like he had just commited a crime. I had never seen this face from her before so I did'nt know what she was about to do. I couldn't tell if she was gonna smack him, walk out the room, or do anything as a mtter of fact.
"Ricardo, who baby is that"
"Mine"
Oh shit, mama fenna beat him. I hurridly grabbed all the knifes and put them as far away from my mama as possible.
I grabbed my gun that was stuck under the bottom of the table we were sitting at and took my mama's car keys. She has a shank, pepper spray, and many keys she can stab him with.
"Boy, what you doing all that for?"- My mama asked me.
"So you can't kill him. Or me for that matter"
Shit, she knows I know now.
"Oh so you knew ?"
I stood there quietly. I didn't make a sound. I didn't even breathe hard.
"Look yall, I'm not mad. I knew something like this would happen. I been dreaming about fish for the longest. I even thought you would have a baby."- My mama said pointing at me.
Dang, I can't believe she ain't jumped across this table and murdered us both yet.
"Now, I am a little mad about not seeing my grandbaby for so long. How old are you sweetie."
"I'm this many."- She said holding up 3 fingers.
"She'll be 4 tomorrow"- Ricardo said.
"So you been hiding my baby from me for 4 years??"- My mama said looking like she fenna jump across this counter and smack tf outta Ricardo.
"Mama, we just found out this morning"
"Oh. Well no disrespect to the pretty little girl, but how you know she yours?"- my mama said like i taint obvious.
"Mama, look at her, now look at Ricardo. That's his twin."
That boy can't deny that girl even if he wanted to.
"You right. She look just like him."
Kenya smiled big showing her white teeth.
"Dang, they even smile just alike. The only thing she ain't got is that big ass forehead of yours"
"Leave that boy alone Shad." My mama said scolding me but laughing at the same time. She knew I wasn't lying. The nigga head big as fuck. Nigga look like Jimmy Neutron, he just got a decent hairline.
"Well, I finally have my grandbaby I been wanting and a girl at that. Now I gotta catch up with my baby and make up for them four years I missed. Starting with her birthday. What do you want for your birthday baby?"
"A doll"
"You like barbies?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Okay, we gonna get all the barbies you want. Imma need yall two to go get all the legal work done. Make sure yo name get on her birth certificate and make sure everything else straight. Come on babygirl." My mama said grabbing Kenya to I'm guessing to go shopping leaving us here.
Mane, I'm really an uncle. Imma have so much fun with me niece. I always wanted kids but I think I'm too young for that type of responsibility right now. So now I have a niece. I can get her when I want, take her shopping and everything else we can think of. The thing is, I can give her back to her daddy when I get tired or busy.
"So how you feel foo. How it feel being a daddy?"
"Shi, I feel like I can't fail now. I gotta get out the streets but it ain't that easy. I don't want my baby caught up in that. I don't need her going through the shit I went and is still going through right now"
"I know mane. But we gone make sure she straight bruh. We family. BLOOD family. If don't nobody else got us, WE got us." And I was serious with what I said. When everything else fails, we got each other at the end of the day.
-Rajanee's POV-
Earlier today mama told me she went to Rashad's house to handle some business. I took it upon myself to tidy my room up a bit. After she left I started cleaning and a couple hours later I heard a knock at the door.
I went downstairs to open the door assuming it was my mama because it's a certain way she knocks. Two knocks, a pause, followed by three more knocks.
I opended the door to not only be greeted by my mom but a little girl.
"Hey ma, umm. Who's the girl?"
"Don't be rude Janee. This is your niece Kenya. Say hey baby."
She waved shyly.
She was really pretty but aside from that, I was too busy tryna figure out how the hell I got a niece.
She was my color and she looked like she was about 3 or 4. She had long hair that was in about 5 or 6 braids with knocka balls at the end. She had on a cute hello kitty dress with some bedazzled sketchers. I like that she didn't have no lemonade braids and some $500+ shoes with some designer dress. I missed back when kids dressed like kids. Now every child has Versace, Gucci, Prada and whatever else is out there.
"Hey Kenya. Mama, how is she my niece."
"Ricardo had a baby. She was made after his graduation night with his one night stand and she ended up having a baby that he never knew about until last night when she saw him at a party and told. I wanted to get a test done but there's no use because they look just alike."
She did look just like Ricardo now that she said she was his baby.
"So now we are going birthday shopping because her birthday is tomorrow. She'll be 4 and I wanna make up for the 4 years we missed. I already called a decorator and they getting that together. So are you coming with me to help or not?"
"Yea, lemme grab a jacket"
Looks like I'm an auntie. I always wanted a niece to play dolls with and talk about boys when she got older. Like a mini me before I ACTUALLY have a mini me. I'm only 17 so it'll be a while before I have one of my own.
