A Thug Series : Life And Possesion

Tre And Shardae

                         Shardae

"You Not Shit But A Little Ass Boy. You Get On My Ever Lasting Nerve. I Should Have Never Accepted Your Fake Ass Proposal! Fuck You And This Wedding Ring!"

"Oh Is That How You Feel? You Don't Want To Be My Wife?"

"Okay Wait. You Came Here Today And Every Other Day For The Past Few Weeks To Fix Your Friendship And Marriage. If You Sit Here At Each Session And Through Words Of Anger At Eachother Nothing Will Get Resolved And All This Time Will Be Wasted. Shall We Start With The Good Today? Jessica,  What Are Some Positive Characteristics That You Love About Your Husband Rick?"

That's Right. I Own My Own Practice.  I'm A Marriage Counselor.  It May Be Hard To Understand How Someone Who Isn't Married Could Fix A Broken One But It's Easy If You Know Just How Hard It Is To Want Something That Is Broken To Be Fixed. Me And Tre Had Our Ups And Our Downs But I Love That Man To Death And He's Not Going Anywhere. I'm 28 Years Old Now. I Don't Have Time For Games And Finally Tre Has Realized He Doesn't Either. As Of Now, Me And Tre Are Good. We Have A Healthy Relationship These Days And He's Much More Respectful To Me Than He Was Years Ago. He Is Also An Amazing Father To Tre'Shawn.  Don't Even Let Me Get Started On How Much He Spoils Nila And Lena. No, The Girls Are Not Twins. Tre'Shawn Is Now Ten Years Old And Had Grown Into A Respectable Young Boy. Nila Is Eight Years Old While My Youngest Baby, Lena, Is Four Years Old. I Love My Family And Things Are Finally On A Peaceful Note. I Just Hope It Stays That Way.

                              Tre

"No Sha'Niya. I Cannot Get Her This. Its Too Plain. I Need Something Extravagant. Something That Says 'My Man Works TWO Jobs' !" I Told My Sister. We Had Been In This Jewelry Store For Almost An Hour And I Had Yet To Find The Perfect 'Im Proud Of You' Gift For My Lady.

Years Ago I Put Shardae Through Hell And She Stayed. When She Told Me She Was Pregnant I Couldn't Believe It. Then We Went To The Doctors Appointment.  After Many Trips To The Doctor And A Hell Of A Lot More Visits To Fast Food Places, Nila Was Born. I Spoil My Little Princess To Death. She Had Me Wrapped Around Her Little Finger And She Knew It. A Few Years Later We Were Settled In Atlanta, Away From New Orleans And All The Bullshit That Came With It. We Also Had Lena. That's My Baby Right Their. Shardae Had Her Own Marriage Counsel Practice While I Was The Business Owner Of A Few Restaurants. Can You Believe It? A Man Like Me. A Troubled Man Like Me. 28 Years Old And Owning Businesses.

Aunt Layla Pasted Away 4 Years Ago From A Heart Attack. Apparently She Hadn't Been Taking Care Of Her Self Like She Said. Another One Of My Many Mistakes Were Not Looking Out For Her More Closely. She Was An Angel In Disguise But I'm Glad She's Not In Such A Cold World Anymore.  Although If She Was, I'd Waste No Time Showing Her That I Appreciate Everything She Had Taught Me And That I Respect Her Even More For Putting Up With A Hard Headed Boy Like Myself Years Ago.

"What Are You Looking For Boy? You Working My Nerves And I Still Have To Go And Get The Twins And JJ From Adrienne's."

"How About A Yellow Diamond?" I Suggested. The Yellow Diamond Was Beautiful And Symbolic.  We Were Finally Happy And Shardae Seemed To Be More Convivial And Jubilant. We Have A Friendship And Then A Relationship. I Would Love For Her To Be My Wife But I'm Not So Sure If She's Ready Yet. This Ring Is A Promise Ring. Nothing More Nor Nothing Less Than What We're Ready For At The Moment.

"Yellow? That's Unique. Why That Color?" The Clerk Asked.

Ear Hustling Ass Broads.

Ole Lady Was Basically Eye Fucking Me In Front Of Everybody Including My Sister. I Felt Highly Violated. I Know I Look Good But Shorty Was Disrespectful. She Didn't Know Who Sha'Niya Was To Me But Still Had The Audacity To Let Her Eyes Roam Every Inch Of My Face And Body. Sha'Niya Didn't Take To Kindly To This. She Never Did Sit Ambivalently. She May Be Emotional But My Sister Checked Anything That Seemed Wearisome. Girls Were To Brazen And Most Of Them Were Not Even 21 Yet.

"Because He Loves His Girlfriend That's Why. " Niya Said Calmly. Miss Brazen Also Known As Lisa Rolled Her Eyes And Walked Away Before Sending A New Employee Over That Wasn't As Pretentious As She Was.

"I'm Veronica And Ill Assist You Today. I Heard That You Wanted To See The Yellow Diamonds?"

"Yes. Thank You."

"Oh Your Welcome. Ill Be Right Back With The Yellow Diamonds In Just A Sec. Feel Free To Check Out The Rings In The Blue Casing. They're On Sale And The Cutest Daughter Rings Came In Today. " Veronica Said Walking Towards The Back Where I'm Guessing All The Rings Or Diamonds Were Being Held.

"We Will. Thank You." She Casted A Smile Before Disappearing Behind The Employees Only Door.

"I Don't Like That Other Bitch." Niya Told Me Before Walking Towards The Blue Casings.

"You Know That Shit Ain't Cute."

"What?"

"All That Cussing. Shardae Don't Even Cuss. "

"Oh The Lies. I Don't Cuss To Be Cute And She May Not Cuss Around You But She Cusses Around Her Sisters. "

"Whatever Man Its Still Not Cute. You Shouldn't Do It."

"I Shouldn't But You Can?"

"I'm A Man. It's Different."

"I Really Hate Double Standards."

"Well." I Replied Before Earning A Glare From Her.

I Laughed And Spotted A Green Princess Cut Ring. It Was Nice But I Was Only Here To Buy Shardae A Gift. My Daughters Already Had Their Jewelry That I Gave Them When They Weren't Even Out And Thought About Yet.

"C'mon She's Coming Back."

Me And Sha'Niya Went Back To Where We Stood Before And Eyed The Different Tints Of Yellow Diamond Rings.

"These Are Amazing."

"Not Many People Think To Buy Yellow Engagement Rings."

"This Is A Promise Ring. A Promise To Soon Get Her Something Bigger For An Engagement. Can I See This One." I Asked.

The Ring Was A Deep Yellow With More Regular Diamonds Going Down The Sides.

"I Want This One. Can You Engrave T&S On The Inside?"

"Sure Can But It Will Be Pricey."

"Price Doesn't Matter When It Comes To My Lady."

"That Is So Sweet. I Hope Someday I Could Have A Relationship Like You And Your...  Girlfriend."

"No. Don't Rush It. I Put My Girl Threw A Lot Of Bull Ma. You Don't Want To Be Like Us. You Should Wait It Out And Find Someone That Appreciates And Respects You. You Look About What, Late Teens?"

"Ill Be 22 In About Two Weeks."

"Yeah. Don't Rush It. Let It Come To You. It'll Be Much More Worth It. Your Still Young. Aren't You In College?"

"No.  I Don't Have The Money To Put Myself Through College."

"God Gon Grant You A Blessing Soon Ma."

"I Hope. Ill Get This Put In The Computer For You. It Should Be Ready In 48 Hours."

"Thank You."

"Your Welcome. Thanks For Shopping At Brown And Co."

"No Problem I Said Before Leaving Out Of The Store And Following Sha'Niya To Her Car. Her, Maine, And The Kids Were Only Visiting But Something Seemed Off.

"So How Are You And My Brother?"
She Sighed Before Kind Of Laughing.

"We're Fine. I Should Get Going. Shardae Is Going To Love That Ring. Its Beautiful."

"Thank You. We'll See You At Dinner Tonight Right?"

"Yeah. We'll Be There. See You Later."

"Alright Niya." I Hugged Her Before Walking To My Car. Something Was Definitely Going On With Them. They'll Get Through It. They Always Did. I Needed To Get Home To My Family. I Missed Them Already And I Hadn't Been Gone For Even Four Hours.