The Love of a Daughter

The Way it Used to Be

Present time
Onika- 16 years
Omniscient
"How could you even say something like that Ken?" Onika asked her boyfriend Kenneth. He was telling her what he had witness her father do over the past few days.

She never wanted to believe what people were telling her but there was a part of her that knew the truth.

Ken wasn't the first to let her know of the unholy things her father was doing.

"Nika pooh, you know I wouldn't lie to you" Kenneth tried. "Well you have a hard time of showing that when not too long ago I caught you cheating on me." Nicki snapped.

She stormed out of his apartment and made her way home.

Kenneth wasn't a really good influence on Onika. Considering the fact that she'd been smoking, drinking and even skipping school with him.

Her parents only looked at her as their little princess who went to school, got good grades, and came right home. But, they didn't even know the half of what she was doing when out of their sight.

Onika's home - 2:15pm

"Mommy, I'm home" Onika yelled from the living room. Being that she had been arguing with Kenneth for the past hour, she forgot she was supposed to be at school.

Onika heard talking from the kitchen, so that was her next destination. Mama Carol and her long distance best friend Tina were talking at the island.

"Nika child what are you doing home?" Mama Carol asked. Onika took a quick glance at her watch and realized, she'd just messed up.

"Umm, free day?" She said, more so in a questionable voice. Mama Carol knew it was bull, but she just let it slide because she was having a good day.

"Mhmm. Anyways you remember Tina right?" Carol asked Onika. She'd always asked Nika if she remembered people so like every other day she responded with, "yes, nice to see you again." And with that she ran to her room, letting out a sigh of relief.

Onika felt so tired from all that arguing, that she crashed as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Beyonce- 18 years

"Man this shi pressure!!" I yelled to Jay. Bro had brought over a big bag of weed from the islands! Some foreign shi.

"I told you. Everything over there ain't nothing to play with, so slow down playa." he warned me. But me being me, I'm not trynna hear all that.

See, Jay like a brother to me. When I ran away from home at the age of 10, he found me and took me under his wing.

Flashback- 8 years ago

I cried the whole time I was in the basement, but they didn't care. I tried screaming and yelling, but nothing seemed to work.

They eventually came and got me. But my mind was made up of running away. I was tired of being locked up. They didn't love me, so they wouldn't miss me.

I ran to my room and packed everything I thought I would need to survive. Which consisted of my electronics, underwear, and a few pairs of clothes.

Solange always wanted to watch movies before bed, so after the movie I would make my escape. Everyone would be asleep by then. She picked "Nobody sleeps in the Woods Tonight". Now she knew she was scary. The whole movie she was up under me. But she's the oldest?

Solange eventually fell asleep, so my plan was now in motion. I grabbed my bag and ran out the door. I didn't look back not once. I wanted to be free !

Once I made it to the end of the street I ran into a big body. He wore all black and all I could see was his eyes through his mask.

The big body grabbed me up and ran into a dark alley. "You shouldn't be out here at this time of night kid" the man told me. I was far from a kid in my eyes.

"I'm not a kid, I'm probably more of a man than you, let me go!" I yelled as I attempted to break free from his hold. Instead of letting me go he threw me into his car.

For some reason I wasn't really sacred of him. Matter of fact, I felt more safe with him than with my own parents. So I just sat there.

"Why you out so late kid" he asked me.

"I ran away, and stop calling me kid, my name's Giselle." Of course I lied to him. I didn't even know him.

"Well Giselle, you know you were almost killed out there?" And I was in shock because how? I didn't even do anything. "How?"

"You lucky I grabbed you and ran or you would've been snatched up by somebody way more dangerous than me" he said as he pulled up to some janky looking apartments. "Where we at?"

"We at my house. I can't have no kid running around these streets. If something were to happen to somebody as small as you I would be hurt. How old are you anyways, Giselle?"

"I'm 10, and my name's Beyonce"

Flashback over

Every since that day I been with him, and he ain't been nothing but good to me. Made me feel free from any type of pain.

"What you over there thinking about G?" Jay asked me.

"Nothing man, I'm high as fuck right now dawg." I responded, eyes low and red.

"Told you to slow down fool. You gotta get back in that school before yo lunch over." He told me. Sounding all parent-ish.

"Ayo Jay, you ever wish shi could go back to the way it used to be?"

"Naw, cause then I wouldn't have my ride or die, right hand, woman? Man? Ion know what the fuck!" he said, causing us laugh.

I'll do whatever for my brother Jay, all cause he did whatever for me. If it wasn't for him I would probably be dead right now.

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