Cell 88 [Book 1] || 88 Chances [Book 2]

Chapter 3

Dominique Taylor
Av. Anita Garibaldi
January 1st, 2019
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

"CALL HER!" Zendaya snapped at me. I sighed & dialed the number.

"Hello?" I heard her sweet voice through the phone. I broke down.

"Mama!!" I cried.

"Dominique?" Her voice sang with joy. "Why are you crying baby?"

"I'm sorry mommy!" I cried harder. "Eu sinto muito. Eu sinto muito. Sinto tanta falta sua!" {I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. I miss you so much!} I rambled.

"Woah woah woah!!" She kinda laughed. "English baby. What are you saying?"

"I miss you so much...." I repeated.

"I miss you too." She said, putting a smile on my face & joy in my heart.

It brings me joy that my mother is happy to hear from me. Honestly I thought she would hang up on me. The last time we talked, we got into a huge argument about my job. She didn't like that idea of me working in a jail. She said that I was stupid & idiotic to think that any women would survive in a jail house with thousands of men trying to get at me & touch me every chance they got. But in all reality, the only men that's ever touched me in there was Daniel.

"BABE!!" I heard Daniel yell as he walked in.

"Nego, se você não calar a boca." {Negro, if you don't shut the hell up.} I snapped, turning towards him. "As meninas estão tomando suas sestas." {The girls are taking their naps.}

"Minha culpa, pouco mamãe..." {My bad, lil mama..} He chuckled. I rolled my eyes & went back to the phone. I felt him kiss my head.

"Mommy, I'll call you later tonight before I put the girls to bed."

"Okay baby." She said. "I love you sweetheart, don't you ever forget that." I smiled.

"I love you too." I hung up, clenching the phone into my chest.

It feels good to talk to my mom, after five years. I really missed her.

"So who was you on the phone with?" I heard Daniel said as I walked into our bathroom to join him in the shower. I stepped in the shower.

"My mommy..." I told him. He pulled me into him.

"You have one of those?" He rose his eyebrow at me. I giggled & playfully hit him.

"Just because I haven't talk to the women in almost five years, doesn't mean that she doesn't exist."

"What happened?" He asked.

"She didn't agree with the life choices I made."

"So you stop talkin to her?" I looked away. "Look at me." He gently turned my face to look at him. "You stupid as shit for pushin yo moms away like that....and for five damn years?" He chuckled. "Atleast you have a mom that loves you. My folks don't give two shits bout me, them fucks are only here because of Laurel and Nyasia. They'on give a fuck bout me....they never did." I shocked his cheek.

"You know that's not true.." I spoke softly. "Your family loves you so much. They may be afraid of you, but they don't hate you.....they can't hate you." I blinked away my tears. "I deeply regret shutting my mom out like I did, but she wouldn't've understood." I spoke. He wiped away my tears. "When I first saw you, I felt something different....there was something different about you."

"Love." He chuckled.

"Yeah..." I smiled. "But I thought it was crazy at the time.....and the more I stayed, the more I realized that those feelings weren't going anywhere. I still have those feelings to this day." I told him. "The way you look at me....through me, it gives me chills. The way you hold me, makes me feel safe. The way you love me hard....." I looked down & blushed. "It lets me know through any and everything that you'll always be by my side, that you'll love me forever.....hell we'll maybe even grow old together." I looked up at him. "I love you Daniel." I softly pecked his lips. "I only pushed her away because she was getting in the way of my happiness, and I'll be damned if I ever let anyone take that from me.....including my mother." He smiled.

"So you loved me all these years?" He smirked. I playfully rolled my eyes & stepped out the shower. He yanked me back into him. "Quem disse que você poderia sair?" {Who said you could leave?} The depth in his voice caused me to become moist & a moan to slip.

"Mmm.."

Zendaya Coleman
Av. Anita Garibaldi
January 1st, 2019
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil

"He is your brother, Vanessa!" I snapped. She sighed.

Vanessa refused to stay at Dominique & Daniel's home, so she's staying at mine. I honestly don't see what the big damn deal is.. Daniel made a mistake.....multiple times, but he made a mistake. If what he's done makes him happy or whatever, then so be it. Of course he's crazy, we all are but to what extent? I know that she's afraid of him, but is hating him really helping the situation?

"How will I know that he won't kill me too?" She spat. I groaned, pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Seu idiota..." {You dumbass...} I sighed. "Why in the hell would he kill his own flesh and blood?!" I yelled at her. "Why in the hell would he kill the people he loved most? Especially his mother and sisters?" She looked away. "Vanessa, don't be stupid. That man loves you. He only pushes you all away because you people insisted on hating him for the mistakes he's made. He's only human, no one is perfect." I got up & patted her leg. "I'm having Brunch with Dominique in a little bit. You're free to join us if you want." I walked upstairs to take a quick shower.

I can't believe them.....any of them. How can they be stupid enough to believe some dumb shit like that? Why would Daniel want to kill his family!?