Saving Keyanah 🥀

CHAPTER 02

KEYANAH'S POV ☆

"Whoa so you're telling me that YOUR momma started out on perks,THEN benzos,THEN upgraded to CRACK?!"

"Yep"
"Wasn't even the good kind,its some cheap shit mixed with rat poison "

We both laughed with food in our mouths,it was the morning after Jae had picked us up from the bus stop and took us to his place.

I was just filling him in on some tea and how I ended up where I was .Even though that shit wasn't funny I could laugh with Jae cause we was close like that and so in touch with each others struggles - even after so long

"Right so after the funeral me and Beatrice moved back to My daddy's Mom's house cause she wasn't really taking that shit well you know? I'm taking about she quit her job and cut off everybody.
Then Beatrice started acting funny and bringing niggas to the house ,like that's so disrespectful especially seeing that my daddy wasn't even rotting in his grave yet and cause she had just had my sister.

Like she moved on SO quick! Initially we were supposed to be up there for like 4 months but we ended up staying for 2 years cause grandma wasn't really trusting Beatrice with us cause one of her boyfriends got her into drugs ....ok first it was pills, then benzos, then the BIG C .Like she was slangin' and swipin' all the time ."

" Damn ...I'm sorry you was seeing all this and dealing with it alone like , after the whole mess with your daddy she should've been there for you...."

He had a strange helpless emotion on his face,like he wanted to just make everything alright...

"Yea it's okay..I'm out of that now,I just had to finish high-school and get the rights to my sister

Anyway so my granny was really pissed off about the whole drug thing and asked her to go to rehab while it was still manageable, I mean she didn't resist she actually went to get help Jae but I just... I just don't know what got into her.
After going to rehab she came back home and everything seemed okay,she looked like she was ready for us to come back here and my granny had started trusting her again with like money and stuff

Until she did her BIG ONE!"

I said while nonchalantly clapping my hands and laughing
Yk how we black folks do it when the tea is HOT?

"Lemme guess...she whopped your granny and sent her to a nursing home?"

We both laughed.

"Boy no, she did WAY worse
So not only did she steal half of my granny's ss savings ,she put the house up for sale after messing with the documents

-luckily somebody we knew alerted my grandma and she got lawyers to get the house papers fixed and Beatrice got her ass jail time for fraud ,but it was nothing just a 3000$ fine and 5months of time

So while she was in the jail she got somewhat clean and when she came out she got herself into rehab again"

"Mmh mmh!at this point I don't know if I should be shocked or SHOCKED cause she was never that type,I mean I always thought your mama was like miss Holy or something, all this talking has me wanting a drink"
Jae said as he was walking to the kitchen to fix us something to drink

"So when she came back from rehab AGAIN my granny didn't want nothing to do with her for real,so after a few months of living rough my granny decided to let her back in
Wrong move
She came in there and not only got my granny arrested for "kidnapping" us she also sold some of my granny's furniture and used the money to move us back here

Now luckily grandma didn't get charges or anything cause she had some of the neighbors come down to the station and explain the situation with proof ,but she got home to missing furniture and her grandkids gone. "

"I swear them cops are useless, cause what you mean you arrested an old lady cause a crackhead accused her of kidnapping??"

"Right" we both said while sipping on Vodka mixed with apple juice. Not my best drink but eyy....

"So when we got back here ...or there since we in a different city now,things just hit rock bottom
She started bringing weird men home and selling everything, like most of my dads shit is gone bro...all that shit he worked hard for just got sold for drugs...

Anyway I hadn't lost contact with my granny and I called her that day and told her what was up , she been supporting me since then
Like sending us money to get stuff and paying for my schooling and medical bills

She helped with getting guardianship for Kayla since I had turned 19.Until recently she fell ill and her job started paying her less since she wasn't working her usual shifts..."

"I'm just mad I didn't know about any of this for real, I would've made up an excuse at school and came back here sooner...it's really weird how your own mother would do such
How did yall end up at the bus stop tho?..." He replied

"Well I guess that's how life goes ...shit she even lost the right to call herself my mother , I DO NOT want anything to do with her no more

So after my granny situation she couldn't send us as much money as she used to , so I used the rest to pay for school and Kayla's daycare. Yesterday I was hoping I could get to some shelters and then find a job somewhere by the end of the week

But clearly the universe had other plans"

We both chuckled

"Right,and yall gonna stay here until we figure something out, I can't let my own stay in the streets when I got enough to share" He said while finishing off the rest of his drink

"Yeah...thanks again Jae
Enough of the pity party tho..."
I said while wiping my tears.

This man had me smiling while crying, I'm just proud of where his at knowing where his come from and what his been through...

"...So tell me about you
How'd you get here?"

"Well after me and my brother moved in with family,they had us finish school and go to college
My uncle owns a construction company and his wife is into Corporate law, so they kind of mentored us until we graduated early this year , I did Corporate law in college as my major ,my little brother did Forensics and the youngest is still finishing high-school
After that my uncle had me working at one of his projects and I earned a little money there...it's what got me this place and my first car

"Ok ,ok Mr graduate "I said while we both laughed
"But for real tho I'm proud of you,you really stuck up for yourself Jae

Your grandmother would be so proud..."

He pulled me into a hug

"Thank you..."

The hug got interrupted by Kayla crying upstairs, waking up from her sleep,I then stood up to go and get her

"Seems like someone's awake"Jae said while reaching his arms out for Kayla

"We should go get yall a few things for yall stay here , I mean shit I barely cook so aint no food in here...my treat?"

"Sure lemme go get changed real quick" I replied

We then went to the mall and got food,toiletries and a few clothes since we barely got any from home...

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