Perfectly, Imperfect

23.

"You and Logan play nice!" Tamar yelled to Kenny Jr. as he ran after Logan. He caught him, pulling him by his collar and jumped on him. The boys tumbled around on the ground laughing as they wrestled.

Tamar went back into the house. Keisha peeped through her hiding spot in the bushes and watched the kids closely.

"You want to see something cool?" Logan asked his cousin. "Okay." Logan headed over to some flowers in the backyard. "There's the biggest ant pile in here!" Logan exclaimed.

The trees in the woods began to move and a curious Kenny instantly started walking towards it.

"Cousin, mommy says that place is bad." Logan replied trying to stop Kenny Jr. from going but, it was too late. He already had seen something and was eager to find out what it was. Kenny Jr. walked into the woods leaving Logan behind.

Kenny Jr. looked around and kept walking. A stick behind him cracked and he turned around to see a girl. Before Kenny Jr. knew it his left foot went up and kicked her right in her knee.

"Ahhhhh you little brat!" Kenny Jr. ran out of the woods. By the time he got out of the woods Logan had already got his parents, aunt and uncle.

"Baby don't you ever wonder off like that again." Toni yelled wrapping his small body into her arms. Kenny ran past them into the woods.
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Keisha leaned up against a tree trying to get the feeling back in her leg. She couldn't believe someone that small could kick so hard. A guy ran past her with a gun in his hand. He turned around and Keisha knew she was a goner. After all she had been through she couldn't believe this was how she was going to die.

"Keisha?" She opened her eyes to see her father. Tears quickly poured down her face as he hugged her. "I can't believe it. Your mother is going to be so happy to see you, everyone is."

Kenny slowly emerged with Keisha making Tamar, Vince and Toni gasp. Keisha walked over to Toni who was still holding Kenny Jr. Everyone watched closely waiting to see the interaction between the two.

Kenny Jr. turned around and kicked Keisha again. He ran off with Logan in fear of his life.

"Ahhh!" Keisha yelled grabbing her knee. "

"Sorry about that he has to warm up to you. He's your little brother by the way." Toni explained as she hugged Keisha tightly.

"Toni get off of her and let her hug her favorite person!" Tamar yelled making Toni pull from her daughter. Keisha turned to Kenny and hugged him immediately.

"Poor child is delusional." Tamar whispered to Vince. Vince elbowed Tamar quickly. "Tamar how about we go find the boys and give these three a moment."

Tears flowed and many questions were unanswered. After Keisha cries drowned out her words they stopped attempting to know anything.
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"Hey I'm Keisha your big sister."

Kenny Jr. looked Keisha up and down and looked at his parents. "She's kidding right?"

"It's something in y'all DNA because every child y'all create be so bad." Toni turned to Tamar slowly, "Shut up Tamar."

"Shut don't go up!" Logan chimed in. Tamar proudly smiled at Logan as he smiled back at her.

Everyone went their own way and settled in for the night. After all these years Toni finally had a goodnights sleep. However, Kenny couldn't seem to fall asleep at all. He decided to get up because he didn't want to wake Toni with all his tossing and turning.

Kenny walked downstairs to see Keisha sitting on the counter drinking some milk.

"Mind if I join you?" Keisha smiled as she got another glass out for her father. "Of course you can join me."

Kenny and Keisha sat in the kitchen talking for hours. The sun peeked underneath the closed kitchen blinds as they continued to chat.

"You two are you early. What's up?" Toni asked walking in. "Well actually we haven't been to sleep, we've been up talking." Kenny replied as Keisha just walked away not saying anything to her mother.