Ravens pov
"But anyways uhh yeah Taylor was pregnant we went to prom and graduated all that good stuff then we decided to both go to schools in the city so we could have support for Raven but still get an education
But one day after the summer I was at school and your momma was still pregnant so she took our old beat up Cadillac to go to the corner store to pick up some pickles and cotton candy and at that point she was showing
Not huge but she did have a tiny baby bump because your mom was very skinny back in the day but she had ran into Jamal your dad and he seen her belly giving her the whole that was supposed to be my baby speech just laying it on her thick but she told him
She was married in which we were our parents made us get eloped as soon as they found out but we didn't mind we were in love so I thought but Jamal was upset but he just decided to deal with it but he asked your mom could they still be friends again to which she agreed
Then came home to tell me in which I got a little upset at first but initially let it go after a while because she was my wife and carrying my baby but everything started to hit the fan after Raven was born
Everything was fine for the first couple days but that postpartum started to whoop her ass so she constantly started arguments,would fight me about everything,and just wasn't happy
Due to her not being happy she started to go out more leaving me,my sisters,and my momma with Raven and I was of course upset but cheating would be the last thing on my mind because she told me she was going to hang out with her best friend Porsha
Until one day I went to school,had early morning practice,and just got off work I was exhausted I just wanted to come home to my baby and my wife but to my dismay
I heard bumping and thumping up the stairs so I went up there to see what was going on to see her in the bed with your dad and I was to tired and drained to be upset so I just started packing my shit
So I could stay with my mom for a couple days so I could cool down because I was on fire I wanted to fight I wanted to cry and scream I wanted to act out of character but had to realize that's not me anymore
But your mom hopped out of bed trying to stop me from grabbing my thing screaming and crying to me not to leave her but I wasn't listening just trying to drown her out and get my things but that's when she started to hit me and go crazy
Throwing shit telling me I'm the reason she cheated and it was just so much but finally I grabbed her and pushed her on the bed to get her away from me and when I looked up everything went black because your dad shot me in the chest
And luckily for me the bullet hit my lung and not my heart but yeah I was in the hospital for a couple months,I lost my scholarship,and even got back into selling drugs at one point
Because I felt like I had nothing to loose y'all's mom was keeping Raven from me and I felt that she was the only thing I had left to live for but then a couple months later your mom popped up at my house one day crying
Stomach as big as can be clearly pregnant and I didn't know why I hated her for what she did to me but to make a long story short of that she said she was pregnant with my baby and that Jamal kicked her out
To which I looked at her crazy because she looked about 7 months pregnant and I was in the hospital for about 5 but she explained to me that you were conceived before she started cheating to which I still didn't believe her but
I let her stay with me anyway so I could see my daughter but she convinced me one day to go to a doctors appointment with her to which I asked the doctor some questions about the exact day the baby was conceived and all that
And the time period was about right and I thought you were mine so I took care of you for about 2 years of your life until your daddy came back in the picture and your momma cheated again and I found out you weren't mine so yeah that's basically the whole story"
I could tell Raya was shocked but didn't know what to say "you too care of me for two years before my daddy came back" he nodded "in my defense you both look like your moms when y'all were first born so I really couldn't tell
But I didn't care either I just know I had two people to live for until your dad came to my house one day as a man apologizing for shooting me saying that your mom told him I was abusive and crazy
And that's why he shot me thinking I was gonna hurt her then told me that he got her pregnant right after the six week healing process so that made me ask your mom for a dna test on both of you just to make sure you were both mine and
When I got the test results back only Raven was mine so I filed for full custody of Raven without your mom knowing until she was severed papers at work we then went to court I showed the judge all
My hospital papers,old messages,and even current scratches and bruises from your moms anger to which I was provided full parental custody until Taylor went back to court when Raven was five"
