Against All Odds

Chapter 4 Deadly Decisions

"Mom are we there yet," my baby brother Joe asked?

"No sweetie, just sit back and relax, we will be there soon enough, please rest your nerves.

I know you cannot wait to give your big sister a hug."

My mom Stacy was a very sweet, and very beautiful lady.

But you could easily tell by the look on her face,that she was on the brink of going crazy.

My Dad Steve was just shell shocked about the entire situation.

He could not believe that his beautiful baby girl was disturbingly violated.

"I am going to kill those bastards, every last one of them I swear!

I cannot believe my baby went through all of that and daddy was not there!"

"Steve calm down everything is going to be okay."

"Mom, why is Jessica still at the hospital, has her cold gone away?"

"No hunny, not yet."

My parents lied and told Joe I was sick.

"I cannot wait to see David again, me and him are going to toss around the pig skin."

"Baby, David will not be there okay."

"But why not mom, David is great."

With her voice cracking, and tears running down her soft cheeks, my dad stopped her before she had a chance to speak.

" Just sit back champ, and enjoy the ride."

My dad looked over at my mom's saddened face, and knew that she was dying inside.

He took one arm from the wheel, and threw it around my mom, and told her, "Baby you are right, we have to stay strong."

My brother sat in the back just clueless as could be, all he knew was that he could not wait to see me.

With my mom's emotions finally under control just a little, my dad screamed ,"Who wants McDonald's ice cream?"

Of course Joe nearly jumped through the car roof, as any seven year old would do.

"meeeeeee!"

"Okay son let's make your wish come true, but first I need to stop by the ATM and grab some cash."

"Aww okay, just hurry up dad."

"Steve this is not a good area, and we should not be stopping by the ATM this late."

"Baby it will only take a second, okay."

My dad pulls up to the ATM, and parks the car in a empty parking lot.

"Hurry up Steve, I have a really bad feeling."

My Dad reaches the machine and begins to enter his pin, then all of a sudden some loud rap music begins.

Two black guys pull up in a all black truck, they parked beside our car and began to fuss.

"Nigga lebron not better Jordan."

My mom immediately locked the doors, and my dad turned around to see what was all of the noise.

"Nigga yes he is, let's ask this man right here."

My dad pockets the cash as the two men make their way near.

"Excuse me sir, but can you please tell this fool that MJ is the greatest."

"I would not know, I have not kept up with sports lately."

"Oh okay, I understand, but my man, that is a nice chevy, where did you get those rims?"

"They came with the car, and thank you so much."

My dad makes his way to the car,then bang!

"Nigga this a stick up!"

A shot was launched off into the air, and my mother and brother began to scream.

One of the guys grabbed my Dad, and took him to the machine.

The other guy raced to our car flashing a pistol.

"Bitch open this door, or I promise I will kill you!"

"Leave them alone!"yelled out my dad.

"Man shut the fuck up, just empty that account or your whole family is fucked."

With no other choice at hand, my dad did exactly what the man said.

The other guy was in the car with my mom, pointing the gun at her head.

"Stop it, stop it, leave my mom alone!" Joe demanded the guy.

"Hey little man, do you want to see your mom die?"

My dad heard those words spoke and lost his mind.

He punched the robber outside of the car and reached for his nine.

A struggle began and shots ranged off, until one man was left dead, bleeding on the sidewalk.