Reckless

Epic 100

I haven't bitten my nails since I was a kid, it was an old habit that I used to do whenever I was nervous or anxious and it usually happened when I was scared to face my parents. As I followed the familiar route to their house, I started biting my nails wondering just how bad the damage was, and even though I was a few blocks away I could see the smoke still billowing from the direction where I knew my parent's house was located. When I finally turned onto their street the first person I noticed was my dad, he was pacing around and I could tell from his body language that he was pissed, I parked a short distance away and slowly got out, all the fears I felt were pushed to the side... there were people out and the last thing I wanted to show was fear and weakness. I approached the smoldering ruins of my childhood home and all the fear turned into rage as I realized there was nothing left. My dad turned at the sound of my approach and waved me off, at first I was confused but then I realized he was pointing me in the direction of my mom... Honestly, I'd much rather face him than look my mom in the eyes, but I walked over to her and Jordan who was dozing off, and waited... She looked broken and that shyt killed me.

"I'll talk to the insurance and have them take care of everything, I'll have it rebuilt from the ground up... It'll be better than ever.... I promise." I said, but she had this far-away look in her eyes... My mom had been through a lot, enough and I knew she just wanted peace.

"Epic, I don't care about the material shyt... It's the memories that I have of this place that I...." I could tell she was close to tears by the way her voice cracked and I couldn't take it, thankfully, Jordan chose that moment to fully wake up and start twisting and turning in her arms. "Boy, what is your fuss about?" She asked but her question was answered as Legend approached the scene, Jordan was trying to get to his other uncle.

"Hey mom..." Legend said kissing her on the cheek, I noticed his jaw was a little swollen but one look told me he wasn't about to go into details. "Mom, do you mind if I borrow Epic, for a sec?" Legend asked and my mom shrugged before walking off with Jordan.

"You know... it is for your sake that I haven't put a bullet in Renee's head... But you need to control your baby mom...." I said quietly.

"It was Qwantay... my 'baby mom' just so happens to have that nigga in custody.... You should be thanking her because we're about to be rid of one of our issues... But I didn't want to discuss that, look I gotta hella properties Mom and Dad can have one of them, whichever one they want... I think you or Icon should handle the interior... I mean it's the least y'all can do." Legend said and I could tell he was a little annoyed.

"What happened to your jaw?" I asked.

"What happened last night?" Legend countered. "I should probably let you know... Murda is..... you might wanna keep your dudes away from him because right now......." Legend said and I smirked, it was about time he stopped being soft... maybe in his rage he'd take out some of Renee's men.

"Last night was a warning... Renee has been playing in my face for the longest and I needed to remind her just who in the fuck I was.... But I do appreciate her handling Qwantay, but that's you and Icon's problem to deal with... I have other shyt to deal with... Look I'm on a tight schedule so let me know when you get them moved in and I'll take care of the rest.... Excuse me." I said walking over to my dad who was walking around the ruins of our family home.

"I worked too damn hard for this shyt...." He said quietly and I nodded in agreement. "These little games... I just....." Yeah, he was pissed.... but I hope he wasn't blaming me. "I heard about Preacher... he was a good dude." My dad said and I didn't want to think about it, but I needed to know..... "You don't think I'm still plugged in? I still have connections... We'll talk later, right now I just need to..... Give my love to Tion when you get down there." My dad said and I was wondering how he knew but he walked off before I could ask.....