Moving On Is Hard [Trilogy]

The Day After

::Tallia::

Yesterday, was boring and irritating as fuck! When his family saw me, all they kept asking about was somebody named ‘Tiana,’ I was pissed the hell off. He was flirting too hard, and he has a fucking girlfriend that shit ain’t cool. Mix that with the fact that I didn’t wanna be there, and you get an angry Tallia, so before I went off on anybody, I left. Where the hell is Tiana, anyway? If his family preferred her, why wasn’t she there? Let’s get one thing straight, I’m not jealous of her, it was just curiosity, I mean he offered to take me out and everything, and during the few minutes we weren’t around his extended family, he was flirting like hell. I hope he ain’t cheating on his girl, because I’m not the one to help. He never answered any questions about Tiana’s whereabouts, so that’s why I’m so clueless. Anyway, I left and came straight back here to finish watching movies and other random crap. Mrs. Peterkin dropped Monique off after everything, but I was sleep, and this morning Monique told me she wanted to talk to me about yesterday, so I’m glad I was sleep, because I was not up for that conversation.

I’m in my last class of the day, waiting on 2:00, since we never talk about anything important the last 10 minutes of class. I have nothing to do after school, but I just don’t wanna sit in here and listen to random conversation topics. I don’t understand why this man won’t just let us outta class 10 minutes early, most people walk out anyway, but I don’t since sometimes he will mention something worth listening to. Finally! I grabbed my stuff, and walked out the classroom. All I have to do now is go pick Monique up from school, we don’t live in the same district as her school anymore, so she may have to transfer before this semester is over, since I’m her legal guardian now. I’ll try to see if she can just finish out her last year at the school she’s at now, since she uses our grandmother’s address. We (Michelle included) stayed with our grandmother for a brief period of time, while Michelle & Tramell went through some things. We stayed out of our grandmother’s way, and Michelle said she wanted nothing to do with us, which is why we aren’t close to her. Anyway, I might just take a quick nap, before I make my way to Monique’s school.

“About yesterday, I’m so…” Monique started as she got into the car, but I cut her off. “Don’t worry about it, I’m over it.” “Ok, well… I did manage to find out who that girl was they kept asking about” she informed me, as much as I wanted to know who she was, at this moment I could really care less. “Ok.” “She was Issa’s girlfriend, 2 years ago she went missing, and they didn’t find her until like 5 months later, and after being in a coma for 4 months, she passed away” she informed me. Damn… But that explains why Issa seemed so distant and hurt, and why his personality changed in recent days, maybe he’s just now starting to get over it. “Don’t tell him I said anything, Agyei said he was trying to put it behind him, so just wait and see if he tells you.” “Yeah ok… Look, you know you gon have to transfer at some point, right?” “Yeah, but can I just finish out my 8th grade year at my current school?” “Yeah, I don’t have a problem with that” I told her as we pulled into our apartment complex. When we got inside, I went in the kitchen to figure out what we were gonna eat tonight, and to find something to eat for now.

::Issa::

Yesterday did not go how I envisioned it. I mean I knew my family had grown an attachment to Tiana, but I thought they had at least seen the news to know what had happened, her case made national news. I tried to apologize to Tallia, but by the time I caught up to her, she was pulling off. I had to clear everything up, and explain what’d happened to Tiana to my family, and by the time I got done with that, it was time to go to the airport. When we landed in Cali and got the rental car, I headed straight to Ricki’s place, since her mom had given me the address. Isa was sleep by the time we got to Ricki’s house, but when some dude opened the door, she woke up and gripped onto my shirt even tighter. He asked who I was and what I wanted, and after Isa’s reaction to his voice, I just told him I had the wrong apartment, and walked off. Isa has a bruise on her back, and when I asked her what happened she told me she was running and then she fell, but that answer never sat right with me, and after that interaction with ol boy, I knew he was the reason behind that. If I find out for sure he’s been putting his hands on my child, I need to be able to control my actions, because if I don’t; I will end up in jail, and Isa may just end up with Ricki, and that’s not about to happen.

We’re on our way to Ricki’s mama house since she wanted to see Isa, we didn’t make it over there yesterday due to all the drama. Isa is in the backseat watching some Minnie Mouse movie she begged me to get when were at WalMart. I glanced back once we pulled up to a red light, and she was knocked out! I swear if she ain’t talking my head off, or watching Mickey/Minnie mouse, she’s sleep. I shook my head and continued to drive to Ms. Jiles’ house. I pulled Isa out the car, once we got there, and went and knocked on the door. “Aw she’s sleep” Ms. Jiles said once she opened the door. “Yeah. I know I’m not your favorite person, but can I come in and talked to you about Ricki?” I asked, and I guess she saw the concern written across my face because she let me in, and led me to the living room, where I laid Isa down on the couch and sat next to her. “What’s going on?” “When is the last time you’ve spoken to Ricki?” I may not agree with her all the time, but I am concerned about her safety, for Isa’s sake. “Uh… about a month ago, why?” “Did she mention having a boyfriend?” I hope I don’t sound jealous, because I’m not. “No, come on Issa, just tell me” she was starting to panic. “Ok, yesterday Isa and I flew out to Cali to surprise Ricki. When we got to her apartment, Isa was sleep, but a dude answered her door, and when he spoke, Isa woke up, and gripped onto my shirt. But when Isa came down here, 2 weeks ago, I noticed a bruise on her back, and when I asked her about it, she said she fell because she was running around, but that answer hasn’t been sitting right with me” I told her, and noticed her eyes welling up with tears. “Oh God! Do you think he’s abusing her and Isa?” “I hope not, but all signs are pointing to it.” “Is the bruise still on her back?” “No, but I did take a picture, because I was planning on asking Ricki about this in person” I told her pulling out my phone. When I showed her the picture, anger flashed in her eyes quickly. “That’s a handprint” she said and walked off. A few minutes later, I heard her yelling into the phone, probably talking to her daughter. Isa woke up due to the yelling, and crawled into my lap, so I cradled her, as she just stared into space, unable to go back to sleep. “Daddy, my belly belly hungry” she spoke after a while. “Ok, we’ll go in just a few minutes, but daddy has a question” I said once I started to hear Ms. Jiles walk back. “What?” “Does mommy’s friend hit you?” she dropped her head. “No” she whispered out. “It’s ok, you can tell me anything.” “He said don’t tell.” “Wh-what???” Ms. Jiles said still holding the phone to her ear “Issa let me see that picture again” she finished, and I unlocked my phone, to reveal the picture of Isa’s back, she showed it to Isa. “Who did this to you?” “Mommy’s friend” Isa explained. “Ricki, I’m so tired of these lies. If you wanna get beat…” that was all I heard before she disappeared down the hall, I guess Ricki tried to put the blame on me, but I wouldn’t dream of putting my hands on my child hard enough to leave a bruise, sure in the long run she may need to be disciplined, but I’m not about to leave any bruises, and I’m not about to discipline her now, she doesn’t need it, the worst thing she does is talk. “Isa, stay right here, I’m gonna let Nona know we’re about to leave, ok?” She calls Ricki’s mom ‘Nona’ for some reason {AN: I’m not sure if she does for real} and she didn’t need to hear what was being said. “We’re about to head out, Isa’s getting hungry” I told her once I saw her. “Can you just bring her back in about an hour, I really wanna spend some time with her?” “Yeah, sure… we’ll see you then.” She nodded, and I went back to get Isa, and we went to Chuck E. Cheese’s to kill time, and so she could eat and play.

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eh... i guess... anyway, hoped you liked it better than I did

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