Two Faces One Escape (Re-editing)

Chapter Eighteen

Omari Sha'Jai Perez
18 years old
Jacksonville, Florida 📍
The next week
(Excuse any spelling mistakes)

"Sorry I couldn't make it to your game son." The boy nods while his father and uncle fix the bumper on his car. He wasn't angry nor upset. He was just disappointed but he also knew he was a busy man. "It's cool-" The older woman closed her screen door before crossing her arms.

"Mhmm, can't answer the phone though." The older man smirks while looking at the woman who had her hand on her wide hips. He licks his lips with an undeniable cocky grin before seeing her roll her eyes. "Don't mess my baby car up Carlos. I don't play that with you." He chuckles with a slight wink causing her to suck her teeth. He was still just as smooth as he was when they first met. "Still being petty, huh?" She chuckles softly with a slight eye roll seeing him smile obliviously. He always thought she was just funny and full of humor. That's why he loves her.

"Still think you Mexican, huh?" His smiles quickly drops seeing her giggle loudly at her own joke. Till this day he couldn't admit he was black. He took her to his country when they came up and all she saw was people her skin color. Dark skin. On the same island of those who had darker skin. In her opinion it was all the same: He would never disrespect her in any way or her culture either though. He just thought it was very different.

"I'm not black, I'm Hispanic. Dominican people are Spanish." She looks seeing his eye twitch in annoyance just like her first born does. They looked just a like. Carlos used to have long hair just like Mari before he cut it. Rocking braids and twist just like his son back in the 2000s. He still looked good, no wrinkles in sight. Still tall and handsome just as ever. Just more tattoos and grey spots to show evidence he was getting older. He was very fine.

"Mhmmm, whatever nigga. Hey Cruz!" The other man waves politely while she took a look at the man who couldn't stop looking at her. She looked really good. Her hair was straightened down to her upper back. Her darkskin shining peacefully. Gold jewelry to accentuate her skin. She looked so beautiful to him, just like she did years ago. He could tell she lost a bit of weight but he still liked her curves. "Lemme take you out?" She rolls her eyes before walking back into the small family home causing his mouth to drop in shock. He turns to his son seeing him shrug his shoulders with a chuckle.

"You see how she do me? I'm weighing her down, you think?" Mari nods with a head nod and thumbs up causing him to nod in agreement. "You lying?" Mari nods again with his head down while the older man laughs. He missed his family.

"So who's this girl, son?" He snatches the blunt from his son seeing him scrunch his face up distastefully at him. He chuckles taking a long pull seeing him roll his eyes. "I'll snatch em' out. Keep playing with me but who is she?" Mari smiles with a long peaceful smile while his father watches. He knew that look. He was hooked! Whoever she was had him smiling like a Cheshire Cat. "And how you gon' snatch out the one thing that got me pulling girls?" His father chuckles before handing him back the tiny stick.

"Mhmm, what she look like?" Mari pulls out his phone going to the photo album he had with just her pictures. Showing him the picture, his father nods in approval. "Damn Carlos 2.0." Mari chuckles seeing him nod slowly. "Yeah, I like her."

"So what you wanna do son, is roll your hips like in a figure eight slowly in-"

"Boy! Don't tell me my son that!" He quickly looks away from her gaze while Mari was a blushing mess. He couldn't believe how they got here. Why they got here. "You want some to eat, ugly?" His face quickly turned up in rebuttal while she laughed at how his lips were twisted as if he smelled something bad. "I ain't ugly. You wouldn't have had two cases of me if I was ugly. Mhmm, came back for seconds and almost a third. On Valentine's Day." She looks at him with her eyes squinted seeing him smirk showing his deep dimples. He was so fine. "Whatever, come on."
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"Dad, my girlfriend was like-"

"Boy! You don't have no girlfriend at eight years old." His father chuckles seeing him turn his head to her then back to him quickly with his head of curls bouncing. "Leave my son alone. He can have him a girlfriend. Both of them using their good genes from me." She scoffs seeing him still doing that same damn smirk. She wanted to slap it off. Or see it as she had her legs wrapped around his waist while he taunted her with his antics of stirring her insides. Clearing her throat she looks seeing him lick his lips while she tried to contain herself.

"Ew." Mari whispers softly to himself seeing the looks between the two while Lou was totally oblivious to the situation. "I actually have three. Pretty girl's cousin, Ashley ummm no I got rid of her, uhh I don't know I just got two more." She gasps seeing him shrug his tiny shoulders while his father gave him a high five of approval.

"That's what I'm talking about son! Now having one is good but you gotta find out what you like. You only young once-"

"And he gonna get his ass jumped just like you did too." His smile quickly drops while everyone laughed in either complete shock or just plain laughter. She giggles seeing him shoot a bird at her with an obvious eye roll.

"And who you had to call to help get five of them bitches off you. Child! One was pepper spraying his ass!" They all laugh while he sat back crossing his arms. It wasn't funny to him. She started shaking like roach trying to escape a can of RAID while he sucked his teeth. "Whatever, it ain't that funny-"

"I don't think I want three anymore, I don't want my eyes to hurt." His mother nods while he ate his pasta. "Good, now pick one and stay there."

"Get out and go home Los. I ain't playing with you tonight either, I got work in the mo'ning." He shakes his head while she crosses her arms in her pink leopard nightgown he actually bought for her. "I wanna stay tonight." She rolls her eyes before nodding at him.

"Okay, but if you come in my room imma have yo' ass shaking just like ole' girl did with that pepper spray on yo' ass. Burning yo' ass up." She smirks seeing him roll his pretty green eyes and suck his teeth. He knew she would never let that slide. He just liked seeing her laughing and smiling once again after he fucked it up. He admits he was wrong and that even if he couldn't hold her like he used to, he just wanted to see her smile.

"Yeah yeah, I'm gonna take a shower in your bathroom." She turns to stop him seeing him quickly run up the stairs. "I'm tired of his ass."
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"I'm finna come over there." She giggles seeing him cover his ears with a loud gag. He looked so disappointed at the loud noise and that made her laugh. "Why-"

"I think they fucking. Ewwww, bruh. Uht uht." She giggles seeing him quickly get up to grab his backpack and stuff clothes in there. "I'm bringing Lou." She nods while she watches him go into the boy room who slept tiredly with his mouth wide open. He shakes his head before quietly closing the door. "I'll open the door."
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"I missed you so much." She giggles feeling his kisses disperse to her neck and chest. She could never get enough of his kisses. "I miss you too boo." He nods before putting his arms under her legs and picking her up. She gasps while he walks up the stairs to her room. She couldn't believe this. He was so small yet strong. She liked it though.

Rubbing his scalp gently, he burrows his arms under her legs while he sat his back to her chest. She laid back against her headboard while they watched the television. "We going to church tomorrow with my grandparents. You wanna come-"

"Yeah." She smiles kissing his head while he breathed slowly. He felt so at peace with her. He just wanted this to last forever. It would hurt him to not see this flourish.