Exiled

Nazeer 26

My mom's anger seemed to be beyond words, she was so pissed that she was smiling.... my dad wasn't making it any better by standing there with a little smirk on his face like he was trying his hardest to antagonize her. My mom stood there fuming, my dad was looking a little arrogant, and my stepdad was looking a little nervous, like he was regretting his decision; without another word my dad walked into the dining room and I followed behind him closely..... he sat at the head of the table, grabbed the bottle of bourbon and made himself a drink. Lucci seemed to be trying his hardest to undress my dad with his eyes and I swear I wanted to push his face into his pasta; my mom and stepdad walking into the dining room and my mom sat across the table from my dad while my stepdad sat next to Lucci. We all sat at the table awkwardly ever few seconds my mom's eyes would drift towards a large knife that sat in the middle of the table; my dad ate with a smile on his face apparently enjoying the homemade lasagna that my stepdad had made.

"Neji, why are you in my house....." My mom said finally breaking the silence. "I told you when I left yo ass not to ever come back here, I told you when left yo ass I never wanted you to see you again, and I told you I never wanted you around my son again." My mom said heatedly.

"Nazeer is my son as well... and there is not a force on heaven, hell, or earth that will keep me from my son as long as there is breath in my body. Now to answer your first question as to why I'm here, your husband invited me so that WE could explain to OUR son why our marriage didn't work; Nazeer is a grown man now.... I feel like he has every right to know so either you can start or I can since I'm sure we have two different stories." My dad said pouring himself another drink.

"The marriage ended because you cheated on me with that fa... with my assistant Andre....." My mom said with venom in her voice.

"Nah.... that's not how it went down and you know it; our problems started way before then... I would say about three to four years before I actually cheated, so why don't you start from the beginning and tell your side? I mean you know I tried everything in my power to get you to talk to me but it seems like the harder I tried the more distant you became. So it's time to act like adults and put everything out there on the table." My dad said and for a second I thought my mom was going to throw her glass at him.

"Because I didn't love you..... in fact, I was almost certain that I hated you. You were always undermining me, if I told Nazeer no he'd just stroll his little big headed ass over to you knowing that you would say yes. Wait, wait timeout.... before I go any further, why didn't you ever tell me you liked men?" My mom asked and I turned to my dad and waited for his answer.

"To be honest it's because it was none of your business, I never once cheated on you... I never once looked at a dude and thought about stepping out on you, in fact the entire time we were together from the first date until I found out you were cheating on me with MULTIPLE GUYS including my best friend by the way, you were the only person who held my heart.... and for the record I'm bisexual I like both when we were together I was attracted to one person and one person only and that was you." My dad said shrugging. "But just outta curiosity how many dudes did you cheat on me with? 1? 2? 5? 10? 20? In the 50's?"

"Don't worry about it, now back to why we didn't work out..... I was tired of you thinking that you were the MAN of the house when I made all the money and......" My mom said and my dad started laughing.

"You made about twenty thousand more than me..... and let's be serious here, you were intimidated by me and my drive, you hated that I was about to blow up with my real estate plan and you wanted to be the breadwinner.... you loved waving the fact that you made more money than me in my face and just the very thought of me making more than you stung. But baby, I'm not no weak ass dude I'm going to make my money regardless and to be honest it seemed like the more successful I became the more you grew to hate me." My dad said.

"You know what? I'm over this stupid ass conversation..... it's obvious that you're trying to turn my son against me, got him out here thinking that he's grown and shyt..... but you know what Nazeer? Since you wanna be grown, be grown then.... you got two weeks to be out of my house." My mom said getting up from the table and storming off.

"Naz you don't gotta go anywhere.... let me talk to her and hopefully, she'll calm down." My stepdad said getting up and chasing after my mom while I sat there stunned.

"Nazeer I......" Lucci said but I wasn't trying to hear anything he had to say I just got up and walked upstairs to grab my stuff for the funeral tomorrow. When I got back downstairs my dad tossed me the keys to his car and walked out the door, I stood there wondered if whenever I came back here if I would still be welcomed.

"I'm going to need for you to drive because that shyt was a little more potent than I expected." My dad said smirking. "Don't worry about your mom.... she's a little dramatic."

"What was your first encounter with a dude like?" I asked as we walked out to the car.

"Life-changing..... you know I went to Morehouse and when I was like a junior or a sophomore I don't remember which one there was this FINE ass little freshmen that stepped on to campus; his ass was ridiculous and he had this air about him that was..... anyways, being in a frat I saw some things that had me a little curious so one night at this party I figured what the hell..... I stepped to the dude and after conversing for about an hour we dipped and that little dude turned me the fuck out, I wonder what happened to him? But to this day I've been chasing that high he gave me but it always seemed just outta reach." My dad said shaking his head. "But you know if your mom kicks you out I got you covered, I always have a backup plan and I knew it was only a matter of time before either you wanted to leave or she kicked you out."

"I still got questions.... like I heard your side but she really didn't answer any of my questions, I guess I'll have to talk to her when she calms down sometime next year." I said and my dad chuckled.

"Yeah she has a mean streak to her but underneath a diamond-hard exterior, there's a metal wall, beyond that metal wall is a brick house, but once you get through all that she's really sweet." My dad said but I found it hard to believe, I mean she had her moments but most of her time was spent criticizing me for every little thing..... We got to my dad's house where De'Vaugh and Dex were waiting; seeing De'Vaugh I didn't know how to feel because I knew he was just as clueless as I was about Lucci's transgressions but still.......

"I didn't fuck him......" De'Vaugh said after my dad had went to his room and Dex went to go meet up with his girl or something. "We talked and he apologized..... we did kiss a little but then I stopped because I felt guilty as fuck, like I was messing around with my cousin's dude."

"I don't want him you can have him......" I said shaking my head because I was seriously over Lucci.

"Nah I'm good..... I don't like being played and Lucci knows how to manipulate me, I'm sure it's the same with you so I think it's best if I remove myself from the situation before I get caught in his web all over again." De'Vaugh said.

"You still love him?" I asked and De'Vaugh shrugged.

"I think..... yeah I do, Lucci was the first dude I gave my heart to and I can't just turn off those feelings. Maybe I just need to get back on my 'playboy' shyt and fuck with multiple people with no commitment just to keep my mind off of Lucci, but I gotta go meet up with The Triad in Greece but it's only for a few days then I gotta come back and get things ready for this party we're throwing... so I might need your help." De'Vaugh said smirking.

"Aight but I need your help with something as well..... since you got a lot of connections I need your assistance with some entertainment for our Verse Vacation." I said looking at De'Vaugh who seemed really interested in the details of the Verse Vacation.... I had a lot going on; the funeral, going to Ohio in a couple days, planning for the Verse Vacation, helping De'Vaugh with his party, possibly being kicked out of my house, not to mention everything going on with Lucci.... I just wanted to have a good summer but given how it started off I knew it was most likely going to get a lot crazier.............................

****** QUESTIONS ******

1) Who should get the next two chapters; Quran, Semaj, De'Vaugh, August, or Jerell?