Step brother [A Prodigy Short Story] *completed*

got cho ass

"He thought that he was just going to get away with murdering my sister? Having everyone think im going crazy? He has a another thing coming."

I rocked back and forth in a fetal position with tears streaming down my face. I'd been at my dad's house for two whole days just sitting in the room Miya killed herself in. I couldn't manage to pull myself together because I was so mad at the world. How could the people closest to me think that I'm crazy for blowing up the way I did? I didn't know but they were going to change their minds once I showed them this video.

I sat up and rubbed my hands through my frizzy, wild hair then proceeded to the bathroom. It'd been the first time in two days that I actually had to use the bathroom. 

Once I was finished, I decided to look at myself  in the mirror. I flinched at my reflection once i saw how raw my face was from wiping tears and how puffy my eyes were. It was time for me to get home to my family and and expose Craig once and for all.

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I plugged my phone up once i got in my car and sat there for a minute to let it power on so I could check my messages. I had numerous amounts of calls from Santo, and everyone one else except Craig of course. I smacked my teeth and began to pull out of the driveway and headed towards home.

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It was 12 in the afternoon and a Thursday so luckily for me, Santo was at work and the kids were at school. I wouldn't want them to see me like this so I was thankful that I picked the right time to return home. 

I walked upstairs and pulled out a plain, black fitted long sleeve shirt, some red skinny's, my all black air ma 95's, along with some underwear and a new bra then headed to the bathroom.

I filled the tub up with water as hot as i could stand it and sunk deep down into it as i allowed myself to relax. I let my head rest on the back of the tub and closed my eyes, finally getting a little bit of rest. I no longer had any worries about exposing Craig and that soothing thought allowed me to fall asleep for over two hours in the tub which caused me to wake up in freezing cold water. I jumped up and snapped back to reality. I looked around a bit before slightly laughing at myself for falling asleep and began to let my old water out and cut the shower on.

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I got out of the shower and got dressed, throwing on a little make up to give myself a little bit of the color that drained away from me then i straightened my hair. It was going on 3 which meant that the kids and Santo would be arriving shortly so I needed to hurry and hook the camera up to the tv.

As soon as I got done hooking it up, I heard the door unlock. Cordell came in first and I watched as he took his shoes off and slung his backpack to the floor. He turned his head a bit to scratch his head and his eyes fell right on me.

"Mommy!"

He yelled as he ran up to me hugging me tight. I hugged him back, giving his face a million kisses. Lil Santo was next. Tears came to my eyes because he looked so much like Miya but still had many of Roc's features as well. I wont lie, at first it was hard to accept him considering the fact that he was conceived from my husband fuckin my little sister behind my back but nothing could change the love i had for this little boy. My Leia[lay-uh] bug was next. Although she and Cj had different mothers, they looked like twins and we often got that question when we were in public. I wouldn't dare say that they were technically cousins and brother and sister who were 2 months apart so i kept it as a simple, no.

Roc, on the other hand, proceeded to the kitchen to fix the kids snacks. That was usually my duty but I guess he stopped depending on me after i went AWOL for two days. Once he was done, he went right upstairs without even trying to talk to me. I followed him upstairs and watched his every move. 

"What do you want, Phyllicia?"

He said as he began to change into more comfortable clothes. His voice was emotionless and i knew then i'd fucked up but i had a great reason.

"I know you're mad Roc but I-"

"You damn right i'm mad! You pulling all this crazy shit! First you blame Craig for killing Miya knowing she killed herself then you go missing for two days leaving me with three kids and let's not forget you're 7 months pregnant with our 4th and you think i'm supposed to be happy?"

As much as I wanted to get mad, I didn't because I knew this video was enough to prove all of my wrongs, right and the last thing i needed was to meltdown again.

"Look I lost it for the past two days once I discovered something about Miya's death and I was wrong for not coming back but Chresanto i need you to be here for me this one last time. If it doesn't give you enough clarity for my actions then ill admit myself into a home. So just please take the kids to my dad's house and have the crew over here kidless at 5 o'clock."

He exhaled deeply, letting me know that he was going to participate. I smiled lightly to myself and looked to the sky.

"I got cha back Miya."

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5 o'clock came and everyone was there, looking like they were ready to leave. Craig looked unphased but little did he know, his life as he knew it was officially over.

"Does this look familiar to you, Craig?"

I asked him holding up the camera. He shifted in his seat a bit and a could see beads of sweat forming on his forehead but he managed to keep his composure.

"That's Miya's camera right? What does that have to do with anything?"

"It has everything to do with this!" I said getting a bit upset. "Now, the both of us know what's on this camera but i'm going to give you the chance to tell everyone before i show them."

He didn't answer but I could see Keke getting frustrated.

"Look Ci, could you just hang it up already? You've made yourself look crazy enough if you just quit then we could all forget about it."

My first instinct was to jump on her but this video was the ultimate defense. In return I cut the tv on and pressed play on the camera.