If you ask Mauricio, I was the antagonist of his story... the one whose sole purpose was to make his life a living hell, the bitter ex who couldn't move on, the one who was determined to make him as miserable as he thought I was. The truth is I was miserable, when you're the one who fucks up your relationship you tend to sink into a dark place, especially when you know you can't get that person back... but I wasn't the villain Mauricio would have y'all believe I am and every move I've been making has been for him. I'll admit, some of the shyt I've been doing have been a little shady but I knew that dude better than anyone, and yeah I'm including Supreme in that number. Mauricio was living pain, he had never gotten over his mother's death, his father's abandonment, and the horrors he and Marcelino had to endure during their childhood. He's held on to that pain and hurt, claiming that it makes him stronger when the truth is, that shyt was killing him slowly and I hated watching that shyt happen.... seeing him in pain, hurt me... that shyt broke me, and I was at the point where I was willing to do whatever to get him on the path of healing.... even turning to the one person he probably hated more than me.... Which is where I think is the best place to start......
It was a cold Saturday morning and I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing here, me and Mauricio had just gotten into another one of our back and forths and I was still steaming, he knew how to use his words to cut deep but the craziest part is he knew where the line was not to cross and even though he could've he never did. Anyways I knew he had some deep trauma that he'd never face and I knew it probably wasn't my place to be here but I wanted... needed to help him. As I sat in my car working up the courage to walk up to the door Markell stepped out and I froze, I really shouldn't be here but it was too late to back out now.... I got out of the car and walked up the driveway towards him.....
"I'm not interested in whatever you're selling." He said grabbing a shovel and shaking his head at the long snowy driveway. "Unless you're here to offer to shovel this shyt... my two sons decided that they were too sick to do it." He said shaking his head as if he didn't believe they were sick.
"What about calling Mauricio or Marcelino?" I asked and he cut his eyes towards me, he stared at me for a second before letting out a quiet sigh. "Then again Mauricio is liable to take that shovel and break every single window, cars, house, he might even break the neighbor's windows and Marcelino... he's just petty enough to shovel every house on the block and use your driveway as a dumping ground." I said looking at him.
"You're Trell's friend... I've seen you with him a few times." He said quietly. "Let me guess you're here to call me about my first set of twins.....Trust me I've been hearing it for years; from my sister, my nephew, my friends, even Mystiq and Magik..... so which one sent you?" He asked and he didn't seem angry, just tired.
"Neither.... I just came here to let you know the damage you've caused your kids, specifically Mauricio....." I said getting angry and then I let loose, telling him everything Mauricio ever told me; his fears, his sadness, how he used to cry about how no one loved him but Marcelino, about how he used to go days without sleeping just to watch over his twins, the abuse they faced in the various group homes they've escaped from, and some other things that were too dark to repeat. "Did you even care?" I asked chest heaving.
"Of course, I cared.... but you gotta understand, I had two kids and two more coming.... I panicked and when my wife.... she suggested putting giving them up I caved..... I regretted it but I was too cowardly to fix my mistake. My sister was in no position to take them and she's the only family I had.... but hearing what they been through....." He blinked back tears and shook his head.
"Look it's not too late for you to fix things with them... it's never too late Mauricio is a hard ass, he got a wall made of diamond around his heart and it's going to take some time to break that shyt down but you should at least try.... He needs it." I said quietly. "He's going to kill me when he finds out I was here but he's about to step into fatherhood and he's got to get past his unresolved issues with you if he's going to have any chance of making it through this.... Damn, he's going to kill me when he finds out I came here." I said lowkey looking forward to our next argument.
