Good Girlz in the Hood : The Chronicles of Ciara

Chapter 82 Part 1 - Telling the Truth

82

A few weeks had passed since my birthday. As planned, the next day we had gone to the cemetery and left flowers for Karina and Sebastian. It had been an emotional afternoon but we had gotten through it together.

Karim's trial had begun the previous morning but because I was giving evidence I wasn't allowed to go until I had done so. Karina's sister Solange had been texting me giving updates and so far, the only people that had given evidence that had been in Karim's favour were his family members and the doctor who had assessed his mental state.

I was currently in the process of trying to find a new home. The council were refusing to find me anything and now that Kelani was pretty much living with me and Kari was getting bigger, I needed more space. The flat was getting way too cramped.

I had to go to Kel's video shoot that afternoon to drop off some clothes for a video model who was complaining about the outfits I had already provided.

I parked in the car park behind a Mercedes that looked really familiar, and got out, taking the bag of clothes in with me.

When I signed in at the security desk, I looked at the list of names that had signed in before me and saw "Mercedes White" a few places above mine.

Oh, God! Not her.... Mercedes was one of the girls I used to model with. She had always been a big diva, and she had always led me astray. Anytime I was around her I'd ended up drinking loads of alcohol, or smoking and staying out all night when I knew I had work or classes the next morning. The trouble she led me into had been the main reason I had quit modelling; I was too young to be living that way.

The set was extremely busy, I saw people sitting around a desk for one of the scenes in the video, and entered the main dressing room. Taylor was stood at the doorway, looking extremely pissed off.

"What's up?" I asked, touching her arm lightly

"This fucking video hoe is delaying our time with her antics - she doesn't wanna wear the dress, she won't wear the suit... Who the fuck hired her?! Cam is meant to be here dealing with this shit but he had better things to do so now I've gotta deal with her ego, I'm only here to do my job, not to be some sort of negotiator. She's in there." Taylor said, pointing to one of the curtains that had been put up to divide the dressing room into little cubicles.

I assumed Kel would have been in the green room because he wasn't around the desk, filming with the others. So when I opened the curtain after she told me to come through, I was surprised to see him sat behind the curtain, with Mercedes. His hand was on her leg and she was looking down at him. She was wearing a skimpy dressing gown, and a lot of her breasts were showing.
I looked Kel dead in the eye and didn't say a word to him

"Oh my gosh, Ciara! It's been years! Where have you been hiding?" She said, jumping up and hugging me.

Kelvin had the weirdest expression on his face, and I wasn't about to ask what was wrong.

"I've just been living, you know. I just wanted to be normal." I said, smiling and pulling away slightly. "Are you still at Vines?" I asked, putting the bag down and preparing to take the clothes and accessories out.

"No," she laughed, "we all got dropped shortly after you left. Me and the girls got caught doing drugs on set with this sexy guy and we were all fired. Joelle is probably gonna stop by later, she's the only one I still talk to." She flipped her weave back and smoothed it down. Her forehaad looked a little sweaty, and her hair was kinda sticking up at the back. She spoke so casually, about the drugs it made me wonder how she perceived Kel.

I wasn't surprised that they had been caught, she would always have cocaine or weed with her on set, trying to get everyone involved.

I showed her the outfits I had brought for her and she finally chose one. I put my new number into her phone and left her dreasing room, preparing to go home.