Mine Games (Urban Fiction)

Chapter Nineteen

"Hey" Chanel greeted her father, who was sitting at the booth already. He looked up from the menu and made eye contact with her. He quickly stood up and hugged his daughter, whom he hasn't seen in four years.

"Hey sweetheart" he smiled.

Chanel hugged her father and took a step back taking a good look at him. His black Afro that she used to pick out and braid when she was young was cut down to a buzz cut. His skinny body gain some meat specially in his stomach. "I see the alcohol caught up to you" she said making him laugh.

"Yeah but this is all home cooked food you know how your grandma is" he told her patting his belly making her laugh this time as they sat in the booth.

"Grandma still the same huh? I should give her a visit"

"You look good how is everything?" He compliment his only daughter.

"It's good just been working-"

"At that salon uh Beyond and Above right?"

"Beauty and Beyond" she chuckled.

"Hello welcome to Red Lobster my name is Jess can I start you off with a drink?" The waitress said placing down small plates and biscuits in the middle of the table.

"Sure I'll have uh Coke"

"I'll just have some cranberry juice please" Chanel told her. The waitress wrote in her notepad before nodding her head and walking away.

"How is Santana doing?"

"She doing fine she's about to graduate college soon"

"That's good maybe next time we meet up she can join us"

"She actually might like that" Chanel smiled taking a look at the menu. Since she been pregnant she been eating everything insight. Just looking at the pictures of shrimp, crab legs and deserts made her mouth water.

"And Trae?" She heard him ask catching her attention. "How's is he doing? I see he couldn't be here today"

She peeked her eyes over the menu taking a look at him before going back. "Yeah he had something to take care of but he's good"

"Still doing the same thing he was doing when I met him huh?"

Instead of answering, she continued to look in the menu ignoring him. Ever since she introduced Trae to her father they did not get along. When Trae found out about her father beating on her he went to face him and they got into a physical altercation.

Thinking about the past, Chanel placed the menu down and looked around the restaurant before feeling something coming up from her stomach. "Excuse me" she quickly said before standing up and rapidly running to the bathroom. The second she made it through the doors she threw up in the sink.

"Thank god nobody was in here" she whispered to herself grabbing tissue nearby. She ran some cold water and splash her face to cool her nerves down. Once she felt calm enough to face her father again she open the door and walked out.

"Sorry about that" she said clearing her throat before taking her seat.

"You pregnant?" He questioned.