Hysteria (studxstud)

17. Daddykins

JAY's POV

"Mom, what's wrong." I walked in to see my mom holding a paper and crying. I hated when she cried.

"All I ever wanted was peace from that miserable man that is your father and I finally got it." She handed me the paper she had been holding onto.

Paternity test- James Healy is the father of Darian Healy

I placed the paper on the centerpiece and walked away to my room. My mind has been at war ever since I found out that dad was accusing mom of some weird shit. I even started doubting my own brother, I loved him regardless. James was a shitface and there's no doubt about it. I picked up the phone to call Juliette because I was on the verge of tears and I didn't want to break down.

"You have reached the voicemail box of..."
Great! Her voicemail, just what I needed. I could call Cris but I know she has a doctor's appointment today. So I walked back into the living room to talk to my mom about everything but not before sending a text to Julio to come get me when she leaves work.
"Mom, why now? Why did you decide that you wanted to do the test now?"
"Peace my child, my mother always tell me that without peace the mind will forever be unstable pastures." She grabbed my hands and pulled me in for a hug.
"I love you mom"
"I love you too Jay."
"Are you gonna talk to James about it?"
"Soon enough, I need to calm down first because if I don't I might just walk over the Atlantic and give him a piece of my mind."
" A swear yuh never cease to amaze me." I said to her while cracking up.
"You is an egg?"
"Alright now mummy, boo that boring. You know you is a one hit wonder."
"Like unuh nowadays artists them weh nuh stop pressure mi ears." She continued to curse about how good music was in her days while she walked off into the kitchen to start cooking. I shook my head and walked off to my room for the second time this evening to give Cris a call.
"Hey ma," Cris answered on the second ring.
"Hey, you good? I got news."
"I could be better but I ain't complaining. What's the news?"
"Moms did a paternity test and we found out that James is the father."
"Dawg, no one says paternity tf?" She said laughing into the receiver.
"Fuckhead a really that alone you hear?"
"No but one thing at a time my child."
"Stop mocking my mom."
"Whatever, gotta go! Nurse is walking in but we can def talk later babe."
"Later bae"

After she hung up, I looked at the time and started laughing at what Cris said. She's right, no one really uses the term paternity here. Usually it's just DNA and if you've watched a few plays you would know that to us that means, Daddy Not Available. I literally cracked up. Dari walked into my room a few seconds later asking me to help him out with his homework. I took him to the dining table and assisted him there. I was listening to him read but I zoned out and started to think about some shit from high school.

*Flashback*

"Heeyy daddy" Cris loves to play around so she called me that in front of some boys that were hanging out in front of our school, she usually comes out here to look trouble since her mom would come pick us up occasionally. They busted out laughing and started calling us names.
"Hear this to bomboclaat" one of the boys shouted out.
"Daddy? Me sure she cya breed nothing."
"Dawg, yuh nuh see a two battyman that. The both a them a the man."
"So wait! How that work out?"
"First ma hear bout 2 butch ina one relationship still."

"I guess it's true that birds of a feather flock together, obviously the whole a unuh fuck man." Cris retorted trying to jeer them on. We were in our school uniforms and we weren't supposed to be in any conflicts that degrades the school's image.