Lost In Paradise(EDITING)

4. Wrong

Look at you. Do you even know what's true? You know you're wrong. So fuckin wrong -Tinashe

Monica

It was going on 11:30 and I was just getting off work. I was exhausted but, I knew I needed to cook for Paradise

My phone started ringing before I could pull up in my driveway.

"Hello?" It was my mom.
"Monica you need to come to Miami Valley Hospital right now!" My mom screamed into the phone.

"What happened?!" I said frantically as I pulled out the driveway and started speeding down the street.
"Its Paradise. She called me crying hysterically saying Michael raped her." My mother cried into the phone and my heart dropped to my stomach.

"Okay mom I'm on my way." I said before hanging up. Tears were streaming down my face as I made my way to the hospital.

Once I got there I went straight to the receptionist. "I'm here for Paradise Brown, I'm her mother. The lady typed something into the computer before speaking.
"She's on the 2nd floor, room 103."
"Thank you so much." I ran as fast as I could to the elevator.

Once I made it to the 2nd floor I went to search for her room. When I found it, guilt started to build inside of me.I pushed open the door to see Paradise laying in the bed with a pain look on her face.

"I made my way inside and sat in the chair that was on the side of the bed.

"Baby I'm so sorry you had to go through this." I cried into my hands because this was all my fault. I had failed as a mother.

Paradise didn't even look at me. She turned to the other side and started crying sliently.

An older white man came into the room with a chart in his hands.
"Hello, I'm Dr.Webb. You must be her mother?"
"Yes I am" I said while wiping my face.

"Well we did examine her and there was indeed signs of forced entry. We found sperm around the area and it came back to be Micheal Sanchez and a Warrant has been issued for his arrest."
"Okay." That was the only thing I could say.

"Mrs.Brown, your daughter told the police that this man has been touching her for over a year. Did you know anything about this?"

I looked at my daughter who was still facing the other way and back to the doctor.

"No" I said knowing damn well I was lying.

"Mhm." He said as if he knew I was lying.

"I will be back to check on her in the morning." And with that he walked out the room.

I looked down to the ground in shame. How could a mother put her child in harms way? I was the worst excuse for a mother and I knew it.

"You bitch!" My mother yelled when she came into the room. She grabbed me by my arm and pulled me out the room.

She pinned me up against the wall I looked at me with so much hate.

"How could you allow a fucking pervert into your home and molest your daughter for a year?!" I shook my head as tears were streaming down my face.

"I'm so sorry but he told me that if I didn't let him do it, he would allow the people who killed Damon to finish the job."
As soon as those words left my mouth she slapped me and I deserved that.

"As a mother, you are suppose to protect your child no matter what. Instead you put yours right in harms way! Do you understand how much emotional damage you have caused her?!" I couldn't take it anymore, I broke down right there in the hallway. I was wrong and now I have to face the consequences.

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean for this to happen. I'm a horrible mother!" I cried into my hands.

"I'm getting custody of my grand baby since you can't do your job as mother." She shook her head and walked back into Paradise's room.

I sat there feeling like shit. I allowed my child do get hurt in my own home and did nothing about it .

I was wrong.

Josh

I sat at my desk as I watched the news. My eyes damn near popped out my head when I saw Michael's face on the news as a female reporter spoke.

"Micheal Sanchez is wanted on several counts of rape of a minor."

I turned the tv off after hearing that.

"That nigga nasty as fuck." I shooked my head as I looked at the picture of me and Damon. The guilt started to build in as i thought about all the good times we had together.

"Daddy I can't go to sleep." I heard my 11 year old son say as he crept in my office. Khalil was my life, I will do everything for that Lil nigga.

"All be in there shortly ok?". "Ok daddy" and with that he walked out of my office.

I continued to think about my best friend. Its been fours years since he was killed and I actually missed him but I wouldn't dare show my face to his family after what I have done.

I was wrong for what I had done to him but it was either him or my son.

It is what it is.

Not really feeling this chapter but next one will be better!!!!

Monica is in the MM

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