And Then There Was Indigo

Part 9

Indigo banged on Treasures door after two days of skipping work and being emotionally wounded. Trey opened the door and walked to the couch. Indigo shut the door.

Trey had a blunt hanging from his lip and was counting money with his basketball shorts on and no shirt but with various chains on.

"Where were you..." Indigo asked quietly.

"When?"

"Two days ago....when you wanted me to set Antho up? Did you forget?"

"I was here fuck you mean?"

Indigo got enraged as she remembered what Anthony did to her. Tears rolled down her face and she balled up her fist.

"You told me to lure him to my house! That nigga fucking...." Indigo paused as she cried. She didn't know if she called it rape or not since she lured Antho to her apartment with the intent to help Treasure rob him. And in Indigos ignorant mind, she believed rapist only raped people they didn't know and since she knew Antho she didn't call it rape; her parents never taught her about rapes and bad touches. However, indigo knew what Anthony did to her was wrong.

"You don't know what the fuck he did to me!"

"But that's your friend though right?" Treasure said sarcastically.

"Bullshit! Did you know he was gonna do this to me? You're so full of shit!" Indigo cried loudly. She was felt super betrayed by Anthony and Treasure. Indigo was so blindly enraged that she picked up Treasures lamp and threw it against the wall.

She walked out of his house but felt all of her hair go into a fist and her Head yanked back. The grab was so forceful she fell backwards as she was dragged back into the house by her hair. Treasure slammed the door then used both of his hands to choke Indigo.

"Calm yo mufuckin ass down! You then lost yo natural ass mind bitch!" Treasure started. He squeezed tight as Indigo gasped wildly and had tears falling from her eyes. He then let go. Her body slid to the floor as she gasped for her and touched her red neck.

"I ain't have shit to do with shit. You was protecting the nigga so I left him alone.''

Indigo didn't hear anything. She just got up from the ground and stormed out of Treasure's house.

Two weeks later

"You been hella quiet lately" Mani said as her and Indigo sat across from each other at an Italian restaurant. Mani decided to treat Indigo since Indigo had become very quiet and distant from the world lately. Mani thought lowkey it was still over the situation with her running her mouth.

"I'm just chillin." Indigo said. She felt ashamed for what Anthony did to her. She instantly caught the same aftermath emotions a lot of rape victims get; she felt like it was her fault. She blamed it on her being promiscuous, wearing revealing clothes, luring him to her house in the first place, and laughing when Anthony flirt with her.

"I...I was watching this lil shit on dateline and...this lady was saying her brothers friend raped her. What's your definition of rape because I think she was lying."
Mani explained that no means no simple. She also said that most people who are raped know their rapist. Indigo gulped.
"But she was a lil escort hoe." Indigo said using raunchy words to hide her pain.
"Doesn't fucking matter that's what niggas don't get. You can be the nastiest pinky pornstar slut hoe but the moment you resist and say no...then that's that. Fuck what you wear, you can be laying next to the nugga butt ass naked, you could've been rubbing his dick, that doesn't give tha nigga the right to run up in you. The only thing that causes rape is rapist and from anybody it's wrong." She started, "nobody deserves that period. I use to argue with niggas all the time about that."

Indigo quickly talked about dateline but Mani's words marinated. Indigo was In need of some hard drugs. Mani analyzed Indigo and saw pain all in her body language and face. She couldn't help but to keep asking indigo what was wrong.

"Did Trey bitch ass do something to you?"

"No...." Indigo said barely eating. Mani noticed Indigo didn't eat much and she was always up early. She had dark circles around her eyes and she didn't make much eye contact.

"What's wrong then? You ain't been yourself for a minute you barely been going to work and you don't leave the crib..."

"It's nothing... so let's move on."

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Three weeks later

Trey had just went MIA, he wasn't even living in his house anymore. Mani told Indigo and indigo felt crushed. She felt so hurt by Trey and never in a million years did she think he would have her in this position.

She grabbed her razor from the bathroom cabinet. She stared at the metal blade as goosebumps rose on her skin. With her shaky hands she dragged it along her forearm as her eyes rolled in the back of her head and as the blood dripped on the white bathroom floor. All she kept remembering was Anthony on top of her and the feel of Trey snatching her hair and choking her up. She loved him but there was no love in his eyes.

''Hey Indi hurry up so I can get ready!'' Mani said banging on the closed door.

''G-Give me five more.'' Indigo said as she held her leaking arm as tears rolled down her cheeks. She looked at the bloody blade and was gonna do it again.

She contacted Dino, a local drug dealer she met through Mani. She bought xannies, Molly, weed and even a little coke. She even went as far as digging deep in her purse for dirty quarters to support her habit.
Just like many other men, Dino thought Indigo was gorgeous. He waited outside in his black chevy tahoe for her. She got in the car and was greeted by his gucci cologne.

"So you wanna go out to eat or something tonight ma?" He asked licking his lips looking at her.
"Nah I just want my shit and to go." Indigo replied looking down.

"You wanna pop one with me?"
Indigo shrugged her shoulders and sat next to Dino who was a certified chocolate sexy hood nigga. He didn't sag his jeans but his ice and his Ebonics proved it just enough.

"You know If you become my girl you ain't gotta pop no Pills and you ain't even gotta work real shit."

Indigo swallowed her pill and laughed.
"What's so funny ma? I'm dead ass."

She looked into his eyes and started rubbing his knee. When her high consumed her, Dino was inside of her juices in his backseat rocking her high ass cradle. He wanted to get to know Indigo just like Ro, but at this point Indigo didn't know herself. When they were done he walked her to her door.

''You gone call me?'' He asked.

Indigo started laughing uncontrollably for no reason at all.

''Aye ma you sloppy.'' Dino said turned off by looking at her so high and out of it.

''Nigga you sloppy bye!'' she said still laughing so hard tears rolled out of her eyes.

She hid all of her drugs from Mani because she knew she would have something to say. As Indigo swallowed her second xanny on the bathroom floor and sniffed her first line....she was never the same.