A Thugs Daughter

Chapter 15

Rico (Dad) POV

My kids are hell. Somebody put Nair in Ciara's shampoo and then put itching powder in her clothes and shoes. I know the kids aren't fans of Ciara but she really is a good woman. She made me change my ways. I thought I would never be able to be with just one woman but here I am. I don't understand what the kids have against her but I'm about to find out.

I went in everyone's room and told them to go downstairs. I just looked at them all as they came downstairs and sat on the couch.

Dakarai: What's going on dad?

Me: We need to have a conversation.

Zion: About what dad?

Me: Well somebody put nair in Ciara's shampoo and itching powder in her clothes and shoes. Y'all know anything about that?

I looked at everybody and they were all quiet.

Me: So, no one knows what happened?

Mimi: Dad, me, Zi, and Dakarai were in my room playing the game all day.

I looked at Dakarai and Zi.

Dakarai: We were. You can look at the game logs. We have all been playing since like 9 this morning.

I nod.

Me: Okay. So, Bri, Jabari, Kasim, Amai, and Kali. That leaves y'all. What y'all been doing all day?

Brianna: We were in my room watching movies.

Me: All of y'all were?

Brianna: Yes sir.

I nodded.

Me: Zion, Mimi, and Dakarai, y'all can go back to doing what y'all were doing.

They got up and went back upstairs and I looked at the rest of my kids. I'm pretty sure one of them did it, if not all of them.

Me: So, whose idea was it?

They all looked everywhere but me. Okay, they not gonna talk while we all sitting here. I need to separate them all.

Me: Go upstairs to y'all rooms.

They all got up and ran upstairs. Kali is probably gone be the one to tell first. I head upstairs to her room. As I'm passing by Bri's door, I hear them in there talking.

Jabari: He knows that we did it that's why he sent us upstairs.

Bri: No, he can't know. He was downstairs with Kali when we did it. There's no way.

Amai: I don't know. I think he knows too.

Kasim: I'm with Bri. I don't think he knows. He might suspect us but he doesn't know.

I stand outside the door listening for a minute. I hear footsteps heading towards the door. I step back and lean against the wall. Kasim opens the door and his whole face dropped.

Kasim: Dad...

Me: Go back in the room. Let's talk.

He stepped back in the room and sat down.

Me: So, go ahead and explain to me what I don't know.

No one said anything. Everybody sitting here with the same look on their faces. They know they're in trouble, but they not talking.

Me: Okay, how about this. Y'all can either tell me the truth about who put the nair in the shampoo and itching powder in the clothes or y'all can get y'all ass whooped. Y'all choice. And ya got about 10 seconds to make y'all choice.

They all looked at each other and then me.

Me: 5...4...3...2...

Kasim: Dad, we did it. We put that stuff in the shampoo and the powder in her clothes.

Me: Why?

Amai: Because we don't like her.

Me: And why is that? Can any of y'all give me a specific reason as to why y'all don't like her? Did she do something, say something? What is it? Cause I'm not understanding.

Once again, all I'm hearing is silence. No one is saying anything.

Me: All Ciara has done is be nice and try to build a relationship with all of y'all. Am I right?

They nodded.

Me: So y'all have absolutely no reason to want to do something that could possibly harm her. That nair in her shampoo could have made her hair fall out if she didn't realize something wasn't right with it and washed it out before it could do any real damage. Let's be real, she didn't deserve that. Did y'all think about how it would make her feel? What if it was reversed and she did that to y'all? Y'all would be mad, right? Probably confused too cause that shit just makes no sense. I just wanna know whose idea it was to do this in the first place.

Bri: It was my idea to put the nair in her shampoo.

Jabari: And it was mine to put the itching powder in her clothes and shoes.

Amai: I was with Bri and we put that stuff in her shampoo.

Kasim: And I was with Jabari.

I looked at Kali.

Me: And what was your part in this?

Kali: I distracted you to keep you from going upstairs.

I shook my head. These damn kids. I can't with them.

Bri: Dad we're sorry.

Me: I'm not the one y'all need to be apologizing to.

Kasim: Is Ciara downstairs?

Me: She is.

They all got up and started heading downstairs. I followed behind them.

Jabari: Ciara, it was us who put the nair in your shampoo and itching powder in your clothes. We're really sorry for doing that.

Bri: And we're sorry for the way we been treating you since you've been here. You were always nice to us and we were disrespectful and mean to you the whole time.

Ciara smiled. She looked at me and then back at them.

Ciara: I accept y'all apology. And I get it. When my dad first brought his wife around, me and my sister hated her. We went a little bit more extreme than y'all and poured bleach on her clothes and cut up her wigs.

Bri laughed.

Bri: Wait, you actually did that?

Ciara: I did. I felt really bad after though because all she wanted to do was make my dad happy. And when we actually gave her a chance, we saw that she really loved him and us too. She is one of my best friends now.

Amai: Could you forgive us for what we did?

Ciara: I do forgive y'all.

Jabari: Dad we're sorry for what we did and lying to you when you asked about it the first time.

Me: I forgive y'all.

The kids crowded me and Ciara in a hug.

Me: Y'all still grounded though. Get all of your electronics and put them on my dresser then go to y'all rooms.

They all went up to do what I said.

Ciara and I sat down on the couch.

Me: That went well.

Ciara: It did. I'm happy with how it turned out.

Me: I'm sorry again for what happened.

Ciara: Babe don't be. Me and my sister were ruthless. They just put itching powder in my clothes. They could have bleached them or did much worse.

Me: I love you.

Ciara: I love you more.

I leaned over and kissed her. I'm going to marry her.
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