Mentality.

Chapter 38 - Set It Off. [Part 1.]

Rayan helped Chresanto up onto his feet then hugged him as hard as he could. Soon, everyone walked up and hugged in a big circle. They were all a huge family again. Mrs. Miner and Mrs. Lacey stood back and clapped in celebration of the meeting. After everyone got done hugging, Chresanto walked up to Mrs. Miner and hugged her and Mrs. Lacey as well. He couldn't help but to cry from seeing the only friends that he's ever had. Chresanto turned to everyone and sighed in relief as everyone sat around in shock and awe.

"Damn, Chres!" Craig barked in a joking tone. "You gone pull a drive by on your family?"

"How'd you get here?" Jacob gasped.

"I'm sorry, y'all. I ain't think that it was y'all!" Chresanto smiled as he ran by the bus door. "Hey, i'ma go grab Romelo real quick. Iight?"

"Alright!" Everyone cheered.

As Chresanto left out of the trailer for a second, Mrs. Miner folded her arms and looked at Zonnique.

"Are you gonna tell him about his son?" Mrs. Miner asked.

"Oh my god. I'm so nervous." Zonnique gasped as she fanned herself and took a deep breath. "I don't know how he's gonna react."

Chresanto stepped back into the trailer seconds later, holding Romelo's sleeping body over his shoulder. He laid him down onto the loft couch, then smiled as he looked at everyone.

"How are y'all?" Chresanto sighed as he sat down. "I missed y'all! And how'd y'all bail out?"

"We broke out like thugs." Craig nodded as he looked at Zonnique.

Zonnique froze as everyone shifted her eyes onto her. She glanced down at her son as she held him on her shoulders. She sighed then looked at Chresanto.

"Chres, I have someone important to meet." Zonnique smiled as she handed her son to him.

Chresanto took the baby and glanced at him, then looked back at Zonnique.

"Is this your son?" Chresanto asked.

"Yes."

"What's his name?"

"Chres. Chres Jr." Zonnique said. "He's your son, too."

Chresanto froze. His eyes widened as he looked at the new born baby. The baby's eyes were wide open as he slobbed and bobbled his small head all over the room. Chresanto stared at his baby for almost a full 60 seconds, then cradled him in his arms. He took a bottle that Zonnique had made and placed the bottle into his mouth, watching him peacefully eat. Chresanto smiled and kept his eyes on his newborn son. Almost as if he already knew him.

"I have another son.." Chresanto whispered in awe as he glanced down at him. "When did....when did you find out that you were-"

"Three months before we got caught at the nursing home." Zonnique said. "Before the incident with........"

"Abby. Yeah." Chresanto said in a low tone.

"I know that you miss her." Mrs. Miner smiled.

"Look at my keychain." Chresanto smiled as he inched his chin near his neck, trying not to stop feeding his son. "It's on my neck."

Everyone inched a little closer to his neck and noticed that it was a gold chain with a small golden heart on it. Zonnique opened the heart, and it was 2 pictures on each side. One was a picture of him and Romelo on the left side, and a picture of him and Abby on the right. The keychain was an indication of the people he loved the most. Abby never left his mind, even on the day that she died.