Living The Life

Chapter 1

I stared in the mirror and examined my bruised face. For the second week in the row Damon came home drunk and beat me. "I'm not putting up with this no more, I swear this the last time!" I whispered and burst out crying. "Mommy are you okay?" Serenity asked peeking her little head in my personal bathroom. I quickly wiped my face and smiled. "I'm fine baby" I lied knowing on the inside I was slowly crumbling. I turned around and examined Serenity. Her curly hair was all over her head and her big beautiful hazel eyes mirrored mine. She has Damon's chocolate brown skin and full lips. "Where's daddy?" Serenity asked pouting. "He'll be back baby he's at work" I mumbled walking past her and out the room.

I was cooking breakfast when Damon decided to stumble back in the house. He came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "I'm sorry" he whispered kissing my neck. A line I was so tired of hearing. "Let me go Damon" I whispered back. He let me go and walked off. "Remember that Simone!" he yelled sounding agitated. Mahogany walked in the kitchen and reached for me. "Up momma" she said. Damon walked back in the kitchen holding Serenity. "Come here daddy baby, daddy a pick you up" Damon said reaching for Mahogany. She ran into his arms and he put Serenity down in a chair. I made everyone a plate and went upstairs to take a shower.

10 minutes into my shower I felt Damon push up against me. I turned around and faced him. "You still mad?" he asked me. I shook my head no and let the tears fall. "You said last time you wouldn't do it any more" I whined. "And I'm not" he said kissing my lips. My body gave in and I kissed him back. "Why you always doing me wrong Money?" I asked calling him by his street name. "Shhhh" Damon whispered in my ear picking me up. I wrapped my legs around his torso and pulled him closer. "Daddy!" Serenity yelled bursting in the bathroom. Good thing our shower door wasn't see through! "What daddy tell you about knocking before you come in Ren?" Damon said putting me down and turning the shower off. We both wrapped our towels around ourselves and stepped out the walk-in shower. "But auntie Riah downstairs bleeding!" Serenity yelled crying. Me and Damon both ran downstairs. 'Lord please not my sister' I silently prayed.

My 16 year old sister Jayriah laid balled up on the floor barely conscious. Damon picked her up. I grabbed a blanket and he laid her on top of it on the couch. "Riah baby girl what happened?" Damon asked. "Raped me" Jayriah whispered. "Who raped you Rie?" I screamed. I kneeled next to her and pulled her close to me. She started crying and covered her face obviously embarrassed. "Shhh, who did this to you baby girl?" Damon asked soothing her. "Byron!" Jayriah cried out. My blood started boiling. "Take her to the hospital!" I called behind me as I went upstairs. I threw my curly hair in a ponytail and threw on a Nike sweat suit with some blue and yellow Nike running shoes. Damon came in the room just as I was getting ready to walk out the door. "Where you going?" Damon asked. "To kill Byron" I mumbled grabbing my metal baseball bat my father gave me on my 8th Birthday. Damon grabbed me and held me, I struggled to get free until I just broke back down and cried in his arms. "You g-g-got get h-her to the h-h-hospital" I stuttered in between sobs. "My sister gone with her already, you need to calm down and go up there with them. Let me let the guys handle this bae" Damon said rocking me. "What about the girls?" I asked. "They left with Tasha, my mom gone meet them at the hospital and take them home with her. Just go get Jayrian and go to the hospital. Let me handle this!" Damon said getting dressed. I finally agreed and left to go find Jayriah's twin Jayrian. On the way I called my mom.

Mom- "What?"

Me- "You let that trifling bastard touch my baby sister! You're a sorry excuse for a mother!"

Mom- "The little bitch threw herself at my husband! That's why I beat her ass and threw her ass out!"

Me- "I hope you rot in the pits of hell where you belong, you worthless piece of shit! Wait until I tell our father I hope he beats the shit out of you like he used too!"

I hung up and the tears started flowing. It didn't take long to find Jayrian. He was laid up with a little Mexican girl 24/7 and when I knocked on the door he answered. "What you doing here sis, and why you been crying? You heard from Jayriah, I can feel something wrong" Jayrian said all in one breath. I burst out crying. "Mone where my twin? Whats wrong with my baby?" Jayrian asked getting worked up. "Byron raped her" I choked out. Jayrian's whole demeanor changed, hate flashed through his eyes. "Take me to my baby" Jayrian spat walking past me straight to the car. Little did Byron know a war had begun and the price on his head had just gone up!