The Truth Hurts

Desirae: Secrets Revealed

Monday
12:15 PM

"You're lying!" I said to Imani. She called me asking if she could come over and that she would order pizza and buffalo wings. She just wanted to talk to me about some things to get it off her chest. Right now, she had just got through telling me that her mother told her that she was pregnant with Roy's father's child. I know that was hard to understand but that's the best way to explain it. All I know is, that was so wrong and I felt horribly bad for Imani.

"It's true." She said while dipping a buffalo wing in some ranch sauce

"Why would she do something like that?" I asked. I was really curious because who in their right mind would do that to their daughter?

"Does Roy know about this?"

"I don't think he does."

"Are you gonna tell him?" I asked while wiping my hands off with a napkin.

"That's his Dad's job to tell him." Imani said while folding her arms.

"You're right"

"But tell me about you. What problems do you have right now?" My problem wasn't as near as bad as her problems.

"Well, Jalen has been acting very weird. Like I learned a few days ago that his mom was getting married, but I didn't learn it from him"

Imani raised an eyebrow "Who did you learn it from then?"

"My mom. So, I put him on FaceTime and asked him why he didn't tell me himself then that's when he started looking very sad and stuff. I asked him what was wrong and he was about to tell me until his mom's fiance called him. By then, he looked very irritated and annoyed"

"Really?" Imani asked while sucking on a chicken bone

"Yes! Then he came into the camera and made Jalen introduce us to each other. His name is Malcolm or something. Then the man himself told me that Jalen would be back and that he needed him for something."

"That was rude!"

"I know right! And his name was Mark! Yea, Mark."

"So you think Mark got something to do with Jalen acting the way he's been acting?"

"Yes! Because now ever since that happened, everytime I call him he seems so upset and I hate that."

Just then, my phone started ringing. I looked and saw that it was Jalen calling! My baby!

"Hello? Jalen?" I couldn't hear anything. All I heard was background noise that sounded like muffled yelling or something like that. I don't even know. I hung up and texted him instead

Me
Baby you alright?

I waited a few minutes and he texted me back. Whew!

Jalen
Yea I'm alright babe, I just pocket dialed you

"Is everything okay?"

"Yea, he just said he pocket dialed me" I said as I finished the last slice of pizza

"I'm still hungry" Imani said out of nowhere

"I'll order another pizza if you want." I was still hungry too, "And some cheesy bread this time"

"Okay that's cool." She nodded

Imani
12:30 PM
"

Is it alright if I tell you some of my secrets? They been in my head for awhile think they're gonna weight me down"

After Desirae offered to order another pizza, I had got up to go wash my hands. I was still very hurt by what my mom told me of course. I just can't believe her at all. How could she do that? Didn't she think about how that was gonna make me feel? Did she care? She just doesn't know how that made me feel.