Islan-Dise

Surrender

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10 months later
Islan
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Pea wanted the room close to me and Tre. I was kind of against it because how we got down but hell, she know what's up. We all took turns helping move her stuff into her room. Because I have been working for a year. I have a home for her and I'm able to get her to school and feed her. The court ruled she could live with me.

"Tre, you got anymore tissue?" Pea wipes her eyes.

"Yes, hold on sis." He leaves out the room.

She lays in the bed. "My own room."

"It all yours." I lay beside her.

"You did it." She starts crying again and so do I.

"Told you I was not restin till you was back with me."

"Here you go." Tre hands her the tissue and lays on the other side of her.

"Thank you. I just can't believe this. I keep thinking something will go wrong."

"Um permanently your guardian. You neva going anywhere else."

She smiles. "Ebony and Egypt gonna be sad."

I sigh. "We working on them next. It's not as easy but it's not impossible. A couple years ago I felt that way. But not nie."

"Noting is impossible. We at least have a court order that Islan gets them every other weekend and all holidays and summer break. We're getting somewhere."

"Where's Boon?"

"Work. He works almost everyday. Says he likes stayin busy." I sit up. "You need to know he ain't been himself. He quiet and standoffish. He be doing his own thing."

"He still checks in with me."

"He do the same with me. But he mostly work and stay gone." I stand up.

"You wanna help me with dinner?" Tre asks her.

"Na baby. I don't really care to cook. I'm gonna shower and start in this school project."

Tre smiles. "So happy you here." He kissed her for and I help him off the bed.

He goes comes into the our room with me. I take a deep breath. "Come here." I walk over to him and hi hugs me. "I know this the best feeling."

"We so close to havin them all here."

"As we speak it's happening." He rubs my back.

"Yeah. That's how imma start seein it. I always lived the, hope fah the best, expect the worst life."

"Well, let's do away with that. We rocking with positivity in this house."

"My mama may have to come here fah two weeks. They are renovating the place she at. It's that or I put her in a hotel. They shit too expensive."

"I heard you briefly mention it. My thing is, I'm not having her be disrespectful towards you. Im all for helping and welcoming her but you are mine. Your happiness is above anyone's comfortability."