From Product to Professional |COMPLETED|

Phase 1: Zac

Zac finished cooking and then he made their plates! They sat down but he couldn't stop looking at Fatima!

Fatima, "Zac what is it?"

Zac, "I'm supposed to talk to you, looking and smelling like that?"

Fatima, "Uhh yes! I always look and smell good!"

Zac, "Now that I can agree on!"

Fatima, "Boy eat your damn food!"

They ate and when they finished they washed dishes together and cleaned the kitchen! They walked into the living room and sat on the couch!

Fatima, "Zac whenever you're ready you can start talking!"

Zac took a deep breath and closed his eyes!

Flashback

My mom was getting ready to leave with Jeremiah! She wouldn't tell me where and it was the first time she had actually left me alone! I was terrified! I was only 3 years old and I wanted to go but she wasn't having that!

Gladys, "Jeremiah come on it's time to go baby!"

Zac, "Mommy Can I come?"

Gladys, "Motherfucker didn't I tell you to stop calling me that!"

Zac, "but I want to come mommy"! *grabbing her leg*

Gladys, "Nigga MOVE! *pushing Zac and kicking him* I am not your mommy and I don't want your ass! You can't go anywhere with me and don't ask again!"

Jeremiah, "Cry baby! Cry baby!" *punching Zac in the stomach*

I tried to get up off the floor but the pain was excruciating! I hadn't eaten in weeks! My dad had left and according to her he refused to take me with him because his NEW FAMILY needed him more!

Zac, "But mommy WAIT!"

Gladys beating him with a boom stick, "DIDN'T I TELL YOUR ASS TO STOP CALLING ME MOMMY! I DO NOT WANT YOUR ASS! YOU AINT SHIT LIKE YOUR DADDY! ALWAYS WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!"

I was crying and hysterical! She grabbed Jeremiah by the hand and took him out the door! I laid in the same spot on the floor for what seemed like months! I was cold, alone, and afraid! THREE WEEKS LATER she returned!

Gladys, "Jeremiah go take a bath honey I just cut the power back on! The chicken will be ready by the time you get out!"

Jeremiah, "Okay Mommy!"

I wanted to know why she always allowed Jeremiah to call her mommy and not me! Why she fed him daily but not me! He was always dressed and my clothes were too big, shoes too small, and she never once bathed me!

Zac, "Mommy can I have some chicken?"

Gladys, "NIGGA GET OUT MY DAMN FACE! I JUST GOT HERE AND YOU'RE ALREADY ASKING FOR SOMETHING!"

Zac, "But mommy I'm hungry!"

She threw hot grease at me and it got on my arm! I cried and screamed but she didn't care! I just wanted something to eat! I just wanted to be loved by her and I wanted the same treatment she gave to Jeremiah! I decided to go bathe! I had no choice but to bath in the water Jeremiah had just used because I didn't know how to turn on the faucet! When I got in the tub I was so happy playing with my some rocks I picked up outside! Jeremiah came into the bathroom and pushed my head under the water! I didn't know any better and I was struggling but before I actually stopped breathing he pulled me up!

Jeremiah, "That's why mommy doesn't love you because you're a bitch ass nigga!"

He ran out the bathroom and I cried my eyes out! He went to tell Gladys, I was playing in the tub and she whooped my ass with an extension cord! I was hurting so bad! I would've done anything to be removed from that situation! I felt alone, abandoned and hurt by people who were supposed to love me! If she knew, she wasn't going to give me the proper attention and care she should've aborted me or gave me up for adoption! She was selfish! Always have been and always will be! She only cares about herself, Jeremiah, money and finding her next fix! She poisons everything she touches and I'm so glad you got Giovani! I'm also glad that you let me be apart of his life T! He deserves to be happy, loved and cared for! He deserves everything I didn't receive as a child!

Fatima, "Zac you do know you're worthy of love right? Don't you know you're more than enough!"

Zac, "Sometimes I still second guess myself like I'm that same child I was back then! I kept running until I couldn't run anymore! I changed because of my trauma and turned into someone that some people feared and others hated! That's not the lifestyle I wanted for myself but I fell victim to my circumstances!"

Fatima, "Zac what would you tell that little 3 year old boy?"

Zac, "You are someone and no matter what pains were inflicted on you, someone somewhere loves the hell out of you!"

Fatima, "Now, hug him and make sure that he knows that!"

Zac hugged hisself and looked up at T, "Maybe you should've been a trauma counselor!"

Fatima, "Nah that's too deep for me but I love my job! I'm going to go check on Giovani! I'll be right back!"
Fatima walked upstairs to check on Giovani then she slipped into her office to make Zac a certificate! She printed it and walked back downstairs and handed it to him!

Fatima, "You deserve this! You took another necessary step to better yourself as a man and despite how others may feel about you! You are enough!"

Zac took the certificate and wiped his face, "Is it okay if I stay over to help with Giovani?"

Fatima, "Sure! Take any room you'd like! I'm beat! I'm going straight to bed! Good Night Mr. Taylor!"

Zac, "Goodnight Ms. Wilson!"