"Jhenè"! My brother Twon ran into the back room crying with blood stained in his shirt. He had blood dripping from his hands onto my Persian rug. As I walked out my kitchen I could see him hiding the gun behind my tan surround couch. I dropped my towel on the table that I was using to dry my hands off. "Jhenè"! Twon yelled to the top of his lungs.
"Twon look I'm right here"! I yelled back. He ran up to me falling to his knees. "Jhenè im so sorry.. I didn't mean to" he cried as his grip got tighter and tighter around my waist.
"Twon what are you talking about"? I curiously asked. I could feel his grip loosening up. He looked down at his hands as they started to tremble. "He, he was running towards me with a knife. I panicked and shot him and the chest. I watched as his body hit the ground so I walked over to see was he still breathing and as I got on my knees kneeling down to see if he was breathing he leaned up and I panicked and shot him two times in the chest and once in his forehead".
He stood up slowly and walked over to me "Jhenè I'm sorry I killed him". I shook my head because I was frustrated and disappointed. "Twon you promised me you'll give up on this life style. Why did you break that promise"? I could see that he was more disappointed in himself than I was. "I'm sorry Jhenè just help me this once and I promise I will never disappoint you again.. I will do my best Jhenè"!
"Twon go get cleaned up and keep the noise down my son is sleep". He nodded his head as he rushed into my bathroom. I walked upstairs to check on my son I could see he was still sound asleep. As I sat there looking at him I could see how grateful I was just to have him. He was gonna be even more grateful for having me as his mother.
He was the reason I changed and that will remain as I continue to grow. I walked over and kissed his cheek and slowly walked out of the bedroom. I walked downstairs and sat in the living room waiting on Twon to come out the bathroom.
Within waiting downstairs for twenty minutes I could hear Twon footsteps coming downstairs. I felt my anger rising so I just took a deep breath. I looked up at Twon as he came out the bathroom. "So what exactly happened"? I asked as I clenched my hands together and leaned forward in the chair. He sat down next to me "Jhenè I know you're mad and you have every reason to be mad. I fucked up big time, but if you have a person running up to you with a butchers knife then you will probably do the same". I looked up at him "who did you kill"?
He dropped his head and mumble. "I can't hear you". I said raising my voice. "Victor"! Twon raised his voice back. I looked at him "Twon I thought you said you was done with this life". He looked up sadly "I know what I said Jhenè and I meant that and I still do"! I nodded my head.
"Well if you want my help you must change this lifestyle really soon or one day your kids will wake up and they won't have a father". Tears began to fill his eyes he pulled my hand and hugged my neck. I hugged him back "Twon promise me".
"I promise"! I kissed his cheek as we released each other. He looked at me and gave me a lift grin. I gave him the same and stood up cutting out the lights. "Twon we must get some sleep.. we have a big day ahead of us".
