Seal III:The Legacy Continues

~Never Told~

-Brandon-

It's your time B she said pushing me out into the back yard with Aracely. Jay! Nope she said shutting the door and locking it. Talk to your daughter Brandon and don't come in till you do! I was nervous as hell to finally talk to Aracely about everything that happened but seeing as how she knows that I am her father now I need to explain to her that I always wanted to be a part of her life.

Hey! Hi Dad! Dad! Yeah you are my father right she said smiling at me. That I am, I know you have questions. To many to count, but the one thing I want to know is how come you never told me yourself? I won't put it all on your mom because I could have fought harder to see you and Laylah especially when I lived in the same town. I just didn't know how to be a father and do the things that fathers do. You were there for Charli though. Barely, and the only reason I was, is because your aunt was kicking my ass on the regular, I mean every single day.

I want you to know that I do love you and I never stopped, I just couldn't be with your mother. I understand she's a handful. Not only that we just weren't on the same page, I was young and wild I already had a son and she was clingy and wanted me to be by her side every minute of the day and I couldn't do that. I guess by me not being able to do that she thought I couldn't be a father you, which was wrong. When I was younger I used to always tell Vi how she was so lucky to have an uncle like you cause you were always there and doing stuff for us. I use to wish that you were my dad, who knew all the time you actually were. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to jeopardize losing you, the only time I could see you is when you were over their house. You played along so you could watch me grow up.

Exactly! Did you know she was hitting me? At first I didn't until the time that you decided to stay at their house a whole week without telling her. I remember that I thought she was going to kill me that night for embarrassing her, but instead she just sent me to my room. I didn't get grounded or anything. You know why right. No, why! Because I intervened when I found out she was hitting you. Something in me clicked, I thought to myself I may not get to see her, but I'll be damned if I am going to let her get abused. Jay told her off and then I caught up to her afterwards and had a talk with her. I told her she was to keep her hands off of you or I'd expose that I was your father to Roman.

Roman doesn't know you're my father? No and if he ever found out well they'd more than one problem. Why! Roman and I use to be cool till I met her, we were kicking it doing our thing and he tried to holler at he she turned him down so many times it was ridiculous. When she got pregnant with you I'd just gotten back from Florida. I wasn't thinking anything of the two of being together, it just happened. I also didn't know that she was with Roman at the time either. Long story short him and I had a disagreement about something that resulted in us not getting along. If yall don't get along why is he raising both of your daughters as his own? Now that is a question for you to ask your mom. I would have thought she told him by now but I guess she didn't.

-Cely-

Where do we go from here I mean I am 18 now and I don't think you owe me child support do you. Owe you child support I've mailed checks to you and Laylah ever since both of you could talk. Wait what are you saying? I am saying you should have gotten money, I put myself on child support to take care of you and her. We never got any money or cards or anything like that. Only what auntie would buy for us and we barely got that. Aracely you are 18 now so whatever you do with this information is your business, but I will tell you this I did send money to make sure you were taken care of. I don't know what she did with it but I sent it and I am still sending money for Lailah.

Lailah does she know? I seriously doubt she does, if she wouldn't let me see you, you really think she'd let me see Lailah? Dad she's...she's what he said looking at me? Sexually active! He looked at me for a moment it was like a cold stare. With who! Some boy, I've told her so many times that she needs to protect herself, but she don't listen and mama don't act like she care. Roman know! Roman don't even know how to wipe his own ass what makes you think he cares about what she's doing. I don't even know what to say.