Chapter 18

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by Uzique

by Uzique

Broken

"Things just don't break people break them."

~Unknown

Eli Pov

I watched Robert rub his face in frustration as I tried to call Ziara for like the 100th time. Nobody stresses me out more then she does. "Ziara I don't even care if you don't talk to me at least send something to let me know your okay." I was leaving a message on her voicemail, another attempt at reaching her.

I didn't know what was worse Ziara being pissed at me or her disappearing on everyone. Either way it goes it's part of my fault. "So you and my daughter are a thing?" Robert interrupted my thoughts. Purposely I avoided the whole talk with him about me having feelings for Ziara. Sighing I looked at him from across the room at his stern face. "Robert man I didn't plan on falling for her, It just happened. Honestly none of that matters now because she don't want my ass anymore." I knew Ziara didn't want to be with me after all the shit that just went down.

What the hell did I look like falling in love with someone in the first place? If the old me could stand in front of me right now I would've been stopped myself.

How does one stop them-self from something they couldn't control in the first place?

"Let me tell you something son", he walked towards me looked me dead in my eyes to make sure I was listening. "Your human and it only takes for that special someone to come knock your little prideful ass down. The question is Eli what you gone do about it? You just gone give up, it's that what we doing now? You need to wake ta fuck up and stop being a little bitch by hiding all your feelings under the carpet and tell her how you really feel inside." He put his hands on my shoulder squeezing them a little tightly.

"One day your going to regret not going after the one you love because you feel it's to fucking hard to get them back." His head went down as he took his own statement personal.

"I was no were near the best father. I regret not fighting hard to not only get her mama back but to be in my daughters life. You think you got it hard?" He started laughing in my face. "Boy she literally hates my guts because I haven't been there for her like a father should. Don't make the same mistakes I did." With that he left out the room leaving me to my own thoughts. I knew he was right and I also knew I needed to find Ziara before anything happened to her. I began contacting people and thinking of places she might be, sending people to those areas.

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Ziara Pov

I looked up at the driver shocked to see my mama. "What the fuck mama!" I looked at her confused. She began talking as she sped, "first of all watch yo damn mouth talking to me. Second of all yo ass is in danger the hell wrong with you walking around like you not a target?Huh! Look at me when I'm talking to you!" She hollered. I looked at her through the mirror and then it hit me. "Mama is it true that you put a restraining order on daddy?" I had to know because if so my whole life story was a lie. She took a breathe than through the mirror I could see a frown spreading on her face. "Yes but it's because of what he was involved with. I know I wasn't the best mother either. I didn't know anything but the streets like yo daddy. I thought after he cheated it was best to just cut him off entirely and tried to make something of myself, which failed tremendously. Listen I don't have time to explain everything your father called me and told me about you being in danger." I was about to ask her how he got her number.

"Don't yo ass go asking me more questions right now damn. Now yo daddy found out who's over all of this and of course it's his damn fault!" She spat like something sour was in her throat. "Listen Robert told Eli to steal this piece of paper that supposedly has access codes to his safes, but instead it had something else on it."

I realized what she was talking about because that was one of the assignments Eli gave me. "Mama the men after us name isn't Alexander right?" I asked a bit nervous. "Yes he goes by the name X tho, but there's more I did a little looking into some things myself and found out who y'all little snitches are. I tried to call your father but for some reason he ain't picking up." Worry soon became my existence as I thought about Eli.

What got me was that all of this over a damn piece of paper? "That little fake cousin of Eli's ain't no saint. Her and Collin are working with each other telling all y'all business to Randy, who gets back to X."

"Listen Ziara that piece of paper you stole for Eli has hidden numbers on it that opens a case that inside stores a deadly bomb that can kill off a whole community." Nothing but seriousness was on her face.

That doesn't make since what does a bomb have to do with anything dealing with drugs and money?

Also I had to call Eli immediately to warn him about his cousin I knew that bitch was fishy the moment I laid eyes on her. I was about to take out my phone to call when the car began to spin out of whack, hit by a huge impact of a black truck. "Shittttt!" My mama screamed trying to put the car back on track. I didn't have my seatbelt on so I fell to the floor of the car hitting my head on the seat in the process.

Even though the car was still spinning out of control we were hit again this time making us going completely off road tumbling and tossing down the short hill.

I was screaming on the top of my lungs until I hit my head again this time way harder than before. My body was thrown in all different directions. The car finally stopped landing on its back. Everything was going out of focus until darkness overcame me.

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