Retributed

Chapter 4

Retributed: Chapter 4

~Trey P.O.V.~

I still can't get over how much Ivanna and LJ have changed since last seeing them. I remember when all Ivanna wanted to wear were those big frilly dresses and wanted glitter dusted on her hair. Now she's got a different taste for style and acts all grown up... damn. LJ looks a lot like me, almost as if we were twins who were just born too many years apart but he was funny and always busy with that phone.

For the most part, Ivanna stayed in my room and we just talked. She filled me in on most of what has been happening and like I figured, there wasn't much. Aside from DeShawn and Lolo's news, everyone else must have been the same. She never brought up Breezy though and I never asked for her to but of course I was curious to know what he had been up to.

Much like was said yesterday, we were all out to breakfast. Dad, Mom, DeShawn, Ty, Ivanna, LJ and I, yet Ty and DeShawn hadn't shown up yet but they agreed to it. Dad and I didn't say much to each other but the feelings were good, I just knew his disappointment in me was still there. Mom of course was too happy to have me back home, she's expressed plenty that she never wants me up and leaving again and how worried she was about me.

"LJ don't touch anything." Mom threatened when LJ tried to touch the syrup bottle just off to the side of the table. "I mean it, you keep your hands crossed on the table or on your phone till your food arrives."

"I just wanted to see the bottle, damn." He said. "By the way tonight I'm going to the movies with Mercedes. Movie's at seven twenty so I wanna be there by seven so she and I can walk around town a bit."

"I don't know." Mom began.

"Let him go, he's gonna sneak out if you say no." Dad said still not caring as he was too focused on scanning the menu he held out in front of him. "Curfew is midnight, if you're not home by then don't come home at all 'cause I'm not comin' down to let your ass in."

"Fine by me-"

"Lexis, you know he's not gonna come home."

"What's the problem there?" He asked which got me to laugh. "Said the same thing to the other three and they're fine."

"The other three were at least semi normal-"

"Just DeShawn. Trey was Trey and Ty was too calm to spark a reaction." Speaking of the devil, in came Ty and when he caught a sight of me, his face lit up with surprise. "That's the most I've seen that kid react in all these years, Nelle Bells." Dad said as I stood up from my seat and pulled Ty in for a hug.

"What's good, Ty?" I asked as we took our seats next to each other, well first he went and gave Mom and Ivanna a hug then took his seat.

"Truffles has been up visiting but today she's heading back down to Palm Springs." He said.

"She's up? Why didn't you bring her to dinner last night?" Ivanna asked. She was sitting in between Dad and I. Mom on Dad's other side and LJ between her and DeShawn's seat when he gets here. "I haven't seen her in a long time."

"It was a personal visit but next time she comes up she'll be around longer." I gave a shake of my head with a laugh I kept trying to conceal. "Nigga shut up, I know someone who's been dying to see you though." He slipped that last part in a quieter tone so it was just me who heard it. "Glad you're back, I was starting to think you may have died or something."

"Nah, I'm too good for these streets to catch me slippin'." I said with the usual amount of cockiness in my voice. "I was just enjoying the time on my own. Ice's trap is hands down my favorite out of the three."