Redemption

Chapter 15

JAZMINE'S POV
"I mean I wouldn't say he was doing too much, but he definitely overstepped." Then again yo ass trippin." TaeTae said defending August.

"How. I just feel like he's forcing it."

"Jaz, you asked for space and he gave it. You got 3 days off of work PAID! At that." TaeTae continued to justify her argument.

"Idk Jazzy, the way you've been running around trying to secure this spot for the shop, I'd say you deserve the 3 days off." Kyah intercepted

"You acting like that man wanted you to lay up with him for 3 days straight. He saw you was tired and got you some rest. That's it, that's all. Period." Said TaeTae

"Man whatever, we'll just agree to disagree. I'm going to work tomorrow!" I scoffed.

"Yeah, now your just being dumb. Sit your ass home, get some rest. Matter fact let's go to Philly for the weekend." Kyah suggested. "My baby misses his daddy and so do I." She smirked.

"Girl you betta den me. I couldn't leave my nigga for a whole year."

"Jaz was more important at the moment. If you not really down for my girl then say that." Kyah spat at TaeTae playfully.

"Girl bye . Everybody know im ten toes down  for this hoe. She pointed at me."

"Uh hello. Right here guys. And how did i even get to the middle of this." I barged in between them.

"If i had a nigga, he coming with me."

"If you wouldn't trust yo man den just say that boo. Damn" Kyah said emphasizing the damnnn. I could tell she was starting to get frustrated with the conversation.  "I trust Nick, and he don't got no time to be in bitches face while in med school.

"I know that's right grl, you better know ya man." Tae snaps and pops her tongue. And we all chuckled. She always knows how to dig herself out of thee hole she makes to get us upset.  "But seriously, we going or not?" She asked as both of their heads turned to me.

"What you looking at me for?" I squeaked. Kyah walks up towards me and caresses my arm.
"I know you haven't seen mama in a while, in person. We dint wanna make you uncomfortable by going. And plus i really really want some of her Key lime Pie.

"Me and mommy are good guys. It's just Kaitlyn that im worried about." I bit my lip at the memory of my sister saying that she wished Dev had killed me, for dad being in Jail.

"She'll come around. Maybe this could be the chance for you two to talk." Tae tae followed, as she too walked towards me.

"okay fine." Kyah squealed excitedly, and ran to her room, it wasn't even 30 seconds before she was on the phone with Nick.

AUGUST'S POV

"Everything we been through, and you laid up with this nigga ma. Are you serious!" I scold as I open my door to see my mother and her baby father on my couch.

"Watch your tone with me I'm still your mother!" She yelled back.

"Fuck you still standing here for. Get out my shit. I turned to him.

"Watch who you talking to bwoy"!

"ANTHONY!"

"NO MA! I've watched this man beat on you till you were black and blue. I watched this man starve me and my fucking brothers. Shit ain't cool..." she put her head down in shame. But I continued

"And wasn't you just here the other day trying to reason with me about my dad." Both of their heads shoot up and they look at each other..

"Matter fact both of y'all need to leave. And mama I love you. Very much but don't think you gon come up in my house doing shit like this." I pointed to the door and watched as they left locking the door behind them.

I felt a migraine coming on, so I just headed to my room and got in the shower.

After 30 minutes I got out and seen I had 10 missed calls from an unknown number. Although it was weird I left it and didn't pay it no mind. I got dressed and headed laid in my bed. Jaz crossed my mind so I decided to call her.......

"Hello" she said in groggy like tone.

"You sleeping ma? It's like 2 in the afternoon?" I asked and chuckled.

"I was taking a nap, not too much."

"Okay baybeh, and oh about the other night I'm sor—"

"Hey, it's okay. You don't have to apologize, you were doing something nice and considerate for me and I over reacted. I'm sorry.

"Apology accepted baybeh. So we good?"

"For now, yeah" she laughed.

"Oh you got jokes. We'll see how funny your are soon. Come over."

"I can't, me and the girls are in Philly."

"Mmm, okay. So how long you gonna be gone I miss you mama." I can hear her blushing through the phone.

"We're just here for the weekend, so we should be back by Monday. And —-... Okay mommy, I'm coming" I heard her shout in the background.

"My mom needs me, I'll call you back in a lil bit. And I miss you too. Bye." She said and hung up the phone.  Noe that I know we're good, I could finally get some rest. I turned over in the bed and as soon as I curled my arm up on my pillow somebody rang my doorbell.

"Man who is it?" I barked at my phone through the ring app.

"Uncle Augyyyyy"   I heard my niece Kaylin,  and jumped out of bed to open the door for her.

"Hi pumpkinnn!" I scooped her up and noticed she was sniffling.

"What's wrong, why you cryin baybeh?

"Be- because- daddy's being a meanie." She rubbed her eyes to wipe her tears.

"He's being mean to you. I'm gonna beat him up!" I nudged and ticked her. But she didn't laugh.

"No to mommy. She was crying, a a a and bwleeding. I sthaid dada stop, dada stop and he shut the dwoor" she said as she rein acted her role.

"Okay, done worry uncle Aug will fix it, for now let's got get a nap I'm tired."

"Me too" she shook her head and I took her up to her room and put her on the bed to sleep.