The Jungle

Chapter 4

Brooklyn POV

Omg! I started squealing a little bit while pulling into traffic. Did I just meet a guy?

Im a little taken aback because men don't really pay attention to me they just see the clothes and automatically think I'm a drug addict or a bum.

But he looked passed all that and talked to me directly with eye to eye contact. I felt something there. My stomach is doing cartwheels right now. He is so dreamy he was dressed in a plain white shirt, with a purple varsity thrown over it, he had on some ripped jeans and all white Nikes.

When he was smiling at me it made me blush like crazy. I'm surprised a stranger can give me such a reaction hopefully I did the right thing giving him that note instead of my email.

I pulled up to my uncle Lenny's house and didn't see his car anywhere so I got out of my car, looked under his plant for the spare key he leaves but didn't see it... hmm that's weird.

I walk around back and pull up one of the windows and climb in when I'm suddenly pushed head first into the window by a powerful force.

My head hits the floor hard but my hands broke some of the fall.

When I turn around I see it's none other than Battle Moore or as I prefer to call him... sperm donor.

I see nothing has changed he's still skinny but it looks like he got smaller. His skin that was once silky and beautiful brown is now ashy and dirty. He once had vibrant green eyes until moms shot one of them now he wears this ugly ass patch. That one eye was filled with so much hatred, that the color red almost seemed normal. I see he still wears his favorite calon... liquor & weed.

He just stares at me with a cold disgusted expression one filled with regret like he's looking at garbage on the side of the street.

I stare right back at him

"Wtf do you want?! Why are you here?"

"Lil Girl watch your self" he says as he walks into my uncles living room.

"Man I know you ain't seen me since I was 16 when yo bitch ass left me to die when your brothers tried to kill me but ain't nobody little no more I'm grown no thanks to you"

"I don't even know what you talking bout you caused that on yourself"

"I CAUSED THAT!!! So I went to them and told them to touch me here, hit me here, rub me here, choke me her" I said pointing to the different areas of my scars...

Silence

"Man leave I don't even understand why you here"

"You better stop talking to me like that before I hit yo mistake ass"

Tears start streaming down my face

"Yea I know the only person that actually loves me got 15 years because of you so I know I'm a mistake; now get df out my uncle shit"

"Aye shut up with that crying crap but I only came to tell you that I spoke with your mom's and she said if I ain't come look for you she was gone tell Rico where I'm at" he pulls an envelope from his pocket "here she gave me this letter to give you"

I snatch it out his hand and he was out the way he came in.

I lock all the doors, went to the bathroom and took a shower. Finishing my hygiene, I got dressed and drove to a subway.

Pulling up to a subway I took the paper out the envelope and began reading.

-Hey baby let me start off by saying I'm sorry. If I had known getting them rapists would've meant never seeing you again I would've done things differently so we still could be together. This prison life is not for ya momma I been going to the ministry meetings and I've been getting closer to God. Baby I have no idea where you are and hopefully this gets to you in time for me to say something wonderful will be coming your way I swear I can really feel you these days and I know your depressed I want you to think about the good times before things got crazy I want you to pray; ask God to open your soul because I know you question everyone that walks your way. Baby doll, with happiness there is sunshine but with sunshine always comes a hurricane so be prepared for a overwhelming battle for your happiness. Know your happiness is yours... Nobody else's, I love you my darling I'll try and reach out to you as much as I can I love you so much toots.
Sincerely Mom-