Dance For You Exotic and Jacquees (Coming Soon)

Shattered

Exotic Miami FL (Six months earlier)

I was riding down the road in my 2014 Charger nodding my head to Yo Gotti's Fuck you song. I was on a natural high after leaving dance practice. I was actually a dance instructor. I had just turned 21 a couple a weeks ago and I was so proud of my accomplishments. My mother was proud as well. I had learned everything from her. Dancing was her passion just as it was mines. I couldn't wait to get home to tell my mom about practice. I was five minutes from my house when my phone went off indicating I had an incoming text. I waited until I got in my driveway before I opened it. I was not about to end up in no damn ditch for a text. I looked down at my phone opening it and it was from Andreyah. She actually went by Andie.

*AndieBaby* I miss you boo. When you bringing yo ass to Atlanta??

I had to admit that I did miss Andie and I missed Sharee as well. They both moved to the A during our senior year in high school because their parents actually worked in the same business and got a better job opportunity. I really did miss my main bitches, and I was gonna have to get my ass down there soon.

*ExoticDreams* Aww boo I miss yo ass too. I tell ya what I will be down in a couple of weeks.

*AndieBaby* Okay sexy mama. I can't wait and I know Sharee can't either.

*ExoticDreams* Aight hold it down love ya chica'

*AndieBaby* Love ya too. XoXo

I pulled my five feet one inch frame from my car. I had my long kind of thick hair in its curly state pulled back in a ponytail. I rubbed my finger across the tiny nose stud that I had gotten a few weeks ago upon my 21st birthday. I stuck my key in the lock and pushed the door open. I was just about to yell out mom when I heard all this shouting coming from upstairs. I looked perplexed for a few minutes trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I slowly made my way upstairs and the shouting got louder. I heard my mom's boyfriend Monte' yelling and accusing her of all kinds of bogus bullshit. She had been dating him for over a year and I remember how my mom would be down sometimes because he was always putting down her passion for dance. Monte' had major trust issues as well as insecurities. I got closer to the door and as soon as I pushed it open, gunshots rang out. I stood there frozen as my mom fell to the floor and just as I was about to run over to her Monte' took the gun and blew his own brains out right in front of me.

I ran to my mother and right before she took her last breath she said, "I am sorry. I love you Exotic."

I screamed and cried holding my mother's dead and cold body, while rocking about forth. Apparently my neighbors had heard because they came barging in the house and made their way upstairs to the horrid seen in my mother's room.

"Oh dear God!" Mrs. Adams said.

"Paul call 911! She yelled to her husband.

Minutes later the police and the forensics bombarded the room. One of the officers pulled me away from the scene asking me was it anybody I needed to call.  I didn't answer. I couldn't answer. I was numb I couldn't feel anything and I actually didn't won't to feel anything.

Mrs. Adams had called my Aunt Shanique. A few minutes later my aunt walked in looking all around because no one gave her the specifics over the phone. She saw me and walked over.

"Exotic honey what's going on. I had these people calling me telling me that I needed to come over right away."

I still wasn't able to speak I was in a daze. I kept replaying what happened over in my mind as if it all was a bad dream, but I knew that it was very real. It was my real life nightmare that would hunt me forever.

Mr. and Mrs. Adams walked over to my aunt with sympathetic eyes that were on the brink of tears at any moment.

"What happened?" I heard my aunt ask.

Paul and Sandra looked at each other.

"Honey you may want to sit down."

"NO I DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?"

Just as they were about to open their mouth to tell her, two black body bags were being brought downstairs on stretchers. It was like time froze and everything was in slow motion.

My aunt started backing away because she already knew that her sister was in one of those body bags. "NOOOOOOO!  she screamed falling down on her knees sobbing. I looked over and went to her holding her as she held me with my heart shattered in a million pieces.

Six hours later

I had to go to the police station and tell them what happened. That was the hardest thing for me to do. When my aunt found out that I witnessed it she cried and cried because she knew I would never be able to erase that image from my memory. Once we got back from the police station my phone was ringing off the hook, but I just didn't feel like talking to no one. Aunt Shanique ended up contacting Andie and Sharee without going in to detail. She told them that they needed to get here and fast.

"Exotic sweetie, I am so sorry you had to go through this." I told my sister that she should have gotten out of that but she just wouldn't listen. Dammit she would still be here if she had listened!"

Exotic looked at her aunt and said the last thing that she thought she would ever say.

"Aunt Shanique if dancing being my mom's passion is what got her killed then I just lost my passion. What I saw and the reason behind it shattered me and the dreams I had....