Homecoming Pt. 3

Zyshaun 26

Dinner had taken a turn for the worse and honestly I was loving it, there was something about Granny Goodness that rubbed me the wrong way and I was just waiting for the inevitable explosion from Khalil who sat there quietly.... but I knew exactly how close he was to shutting this entire thing down. I focused back on Mama Angela and watched the show with a smirk of amusement on my face.

"Let's go down the list of things my son has accomplished; he has a Master's in Criminal Justice, a Bachelor's in Political Science, he's been getting nothing short of a 4.0 since started getting GPA's, he's married to one of the sexiest men I've ever laid eyes on and in six shorts years he's already proved to me that he's a better parent than you and I just met you about an hour ago. So you can say what you want about who he chooses to love but what you're not going to do is say I raised him wrong, because at least he's not bat shyt crazy like Kadeem....." Mama Angela said, and Liberty from the corner said 'preach'.

"I don't care about none of that MY bible says in Leviticus 18:22 'You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.' So obviously you raised your child to be a sinner...... but why am I even speaking to you, my problem is with him..." She said pointing at me, before I could reply Mama Angela cut me off.

"The bible also says in Leviticus 19:19 'You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.' Now seeing as how your wig is half Cherokee and half horse, you are going against the word by mixing two different fabrics. And don't try to change the subject you come for mine and you get dealt with." Mama Angela said.

"I came here to speak to my grandchildren not to argue with the Whore of Babylon. Khalil, Camden, Devin may I speak with the three of you in private?" Granny asked and everyone looked at Khalil, Devin, Cam who looked at each other.

"Nah I'm coo..... it was nice to meet you but you've disrespected too many people that I love and the way I see it is there's nothing for us to talk about." Devin said before turning to Khalil who rested his chin on his folded hands.

"I'm going to have to decline as well, the reason I invited you here was to see if you were just like Kadeem and Sa'vion and from what I can tell you're the reason they act the way they do...... I wish you the best but I don't want anything to do with The Cunningham's...... the fact that you came into my house and disrespected my husband, brothers, mother in law, sister in law, tells me everything I need to know so if you could kindly leave my house that would be amazing."  Khalil said before turning to Cam.

"Camden get me the hell outta here." Granny said standing up, but Cam just sat there for a second before finally speaking.

"Grandma you told me you wanted to work through things with Khalil and Devin, and that you wanted to reconnect with them..... and I was dumb enough to believe you........ so I'm going to take you to the hotel and after that please don't call me anymore." Cam said and Liberty started clapping while Granny stood there with a look of someone who was trying to swallow a rat......

"Oh don't worry about me, trust me y'all don't have to worry about me trying to contact of y'all ever again....." She said storming out the house.

"Well that was entertaining." I said pouring another glass of wine, but I noticed the look on Cam's face and he looked devastated about what had just happened. We spent the rest of dinner pretty much discussing what happened and Mama Angela was ready to fight, which I found to be hilarious I started to go in the kitchen when a text came through my phone.

WORK 4: WYD?

I could help but smile this dude just made me happy as fuck, so I quickly text him back letting him know I was with Khalil but I'd be free a little later tonight. Just as I was finishing my text, when Mama Angela crept up behind me.

"How are you feeling Ma? I thought for a second you were about to come across the table on her, I am surprised Khalil or Marcus didn't say too much." I said looking at her.

"They didn't say anything because I told them not to, I told them if she came at them wrong to let me handle it. I was told to respect my elders but I'm too damn old to hold my tongue for anyone." She said looking at me. "So who is this person that got you in here smiling like a schoolboy?" I swear she was the only person who could get away with asking me something like that.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but I do need a favor." I said smiling at her. "I need you to watch Saint for a couple days, I gotta fly out to New York and I really don't wanna leave him by his self. Trinity is staying with his mom so you'll only have to deal with Saint and Noah." I asked pleading with my eyes.

"Okay but you already know how I get down, the second he steps outta line...." She didn't have to finish because I knew she didn't play and Saint knew it as well. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked back into the dining room mostly everyone was still there except for Khalil, Cam and Devin they must've been doing their brotherly thing.......

"Ayy Marcus I'm about to head out, Saint's staying here a couple days." I said grabbing my jacket, Marcus just nodded and went back to talking to Liberty and from what I gathered the hot topic was Cam..... I was going to have to pray for him because Liberty looked pissed. As I was walking out to my car when Marcus stopped me.

"Zyshaun I need to ask you something what do you know about Yuri? He said you recommended me and I need to know what I'm getting into before I agree to work with him..... if I'm even going to do it." Marcus said and I stood there thinking.

"You didn't know what you were getting into when you agreed to marry Khalil, that turned out okay...... but listen I wouldn't have sent him to you if I thought he was guilty, he's a good kid that's in a bad situation." I said quietly, Marcus looked at me as if he was reading my thoughts before finally looking away. "Okay, if you talk to Khalil before I do tell him I'm going to fuck him up for leaving this house." Marcus said and I got confused for a second.

"I thought they were inside." I said looking at him as my phone vibrated in my pocket.

"No they left to make sure nothing happened to the old lady......" Marcus said rolling his eyes.

"Aight well if I hear from him I'll let him know, but I gotta get going tell Saint to behave or I'll fuck him up." I said getting inside my car and answering my phone. "I'm on my way just chill." I said smiling in spite of myself.

"Aight nigga hurry up." Yuri said and I hung up this dude was something else. I raced through the city and pulled up to Yuri's house, I got out the car and walked up the stairs opening the door just as he was about to open it.

"I told you about leaving that door unlocked......" I said looking at him and trying to keep from getting hard, he wore a black ------- and some sweatpants the hung right below his ass. "I walked up behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Don't act like you don't hear me talking to you." I said kissing the back of his head.

"I heard you but you and I know I'm probably not going to listen..... so how was dinner?" He asked and I noticed the hard edge to his voice.

"Come on Yuri don't act like that those are my brothers and you gotta respect that." I said grabbing his hand as he tried to walk away.

"I do respect that Zy..... but them niggas don't like me, Cam and Devin both and quite frankly the feeling is mutual." Yuri said grabbing a bottle of Hennessy and walking into the living room.

"Yuri it's not that they don't like you, it's just that they don't know you... they don't see all the good in you that I do. Maybe if you stopped trying to be a hard ass all the time you might actually make some friends down here." I said walking over to him.

"Aight man but I didn't invite you over here to get a sentimental, are you going to drink or nah?" Yuri asked passing me a glass. I took the glass from him, finished it in one gulp then climb on top of him.

"What did I tell you about being a hard ass?" I asked kissing him. "Because no matter how tough you think you are I'm tougher." I said letting him pull my shirt off. Yuri smirked and I smiled down at him, we started kissing and I stopped to turn my phone off I didn't want anyone distracting me from the person I loved............................