after i knew markus was off of my porch step i asked everybody to leave and i was currently in my room staring at the ceiling.
i didn't want to but i made gazzy leave too.
'i luv your girl' blasted through my headphones and i did a little dance while i way laying down.
i closed my eyes and tried not to let the tears slip from out my eyes. the music wasn't stopping the bad memories from invading my mind.
markus didn't used to be horrible and abusing. he was the sweetest thing ever in the first few months of our relationship. but then he started kicking it with some bad people and doing hard drugs.
i remember one time he took me to busch gardens, and we just had the best day ever.
i heard light tapping on my door and quickly wiped my face, sitting up.
"yeah?"
my mom peeked her head in my door and smiled at me.
"hey pook. i was go- what's the matter?" she asked coming to sit next to me. i sighed. she's been absent for so long so she probably never noticed. i should tell her.
"it's a long story, you sure you wanna know?" she laughed and nodded her head, getting a pillow and sitting in front of me.
"okay so there's this boy markus. we went out for awhile.. and he was just so nice and sweet. like he would compliment me and be nice to me and jus it was great. but then he started drifting off into a bad crowd and just dropped that old cute behavior and he got horrible. he turned into the most mean toxic person i'd ever met but i wanted to give him a chance you know? cause i loved him and i wanted to have hope. but it just continued to get worse and he's hit me and tell me i wasn't shit and cheat on me.. and i could never pick up the courage and leave him until gazzy stepped up one day.. and they fought. and markus pulled a gun on him, but then nick and stokely took care of it. and markus hasn't bugged e ince, until this morning. he came to the door and asked if we could talk." i said slowly, rubbing my eyes.
the expression on my moms face was unreadable.
"he.. hit you?" i nodded. she bit the inside of her cheek and pulled me into a tight hug, and i returned it. i could feel her crying so i rubbed her back.
"shh. it's okay. all that's over now. i finally have you here ow, and gazzy.. he.. loves me." i said with hesitation. i didn't really know if he loved me fully but i just wanted to make my mom feel better about the situation.
she let go of me and sniffed and then smiled at me.
"i actually have something to tell you too." i scrunched up my face
"what..?" i asked cautiously. she held up one finger and pressed something on her phone and then handed it to me.
she was calling someone so i put the phone up to my ear and waited for whoever it was to answer.
i heard a shuffle and bit my cheek.
"uh.. hello?"
the line was silent for a second but ten i heard a chuckle.
"hey little sister."
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my breath hitched and i felt the tears com back.
"keem?" (short for a'keem)
"yeah it's me. what's going on wit'cho lil bad ass?" i heard someone yell at him about language and i laughed.
"alot. i haven't seen you in so long.." i said, and now it sounded clear that i was crying.
"baby girl don't cry. it's okay ima see you soon." i smiled and looked at me mom and she was smiling too.
"okay. i love you. miss you." i said wiping my eyes for the millionth time today.
"i miss you too. did yo momma tell you yet?" i scrunched up my face and glanced at her.
"about what?"
"okay so she didn't tell you yet." he chuckled. i rolled my eyes.
"ma what didn't you tell me?" i asked loudly so they could both hear me.
"put him on speaker." i did as she said and listened.
"a'keem, can you hear me boy?"
"yes ma'am." he said respectfully. he was always respectful to my mom, even though that wasn't his momma. we had the same dad, just different moms.
"okay. imani, as a mother i noticed you've been closing yourself off. even when i wasn't osber i noticed and i thought, since you and keem have been through it all together, i'd have him come live with us, since he reached out to me about his parents kicking him out. and we go to pick him up from the airport tomorrow. even though i wanted it to be a surprise" she said the last part right into the phone. i was smiling so had my face could fall off.
keem was my everything. he was my bestfriend and my brother. i trusted him more than i trusted leslie and gazzy.
we got separated about ten years ago since he had to move and his mom cut him off from me since we caused so much trouble together.
i never mentioned him to anybody because it would've just made me more depressed about the situation.
but now he's gonna be living with us and i'm so much happier than i've been in awhile.
he's only 17 now i think. and i'm not sure if he finished school or not. i hope he didn't so we can go to school together though.
"thank you so much." i hugged her super tight and i was crying AgAiN.
"mhm. you know i love y'all both." she said keem aid yeah and i nodded.
"okay i'll see y'all tomorrow. i gotta finish packing. love y'all"
"love you too." we said in unison and he hung up.
i jumped up of my bed and started running around and squealing. i was finally gonna see my best friend again and nothing was gonna mess that up for me. not markus, not gazzy, nobody.
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i'm excited to show y'all the next chapter so ima finish it early and post it tonight cause yeah.
but hope you guys liked it. i feel like all my chapters in all my books are super bad lately ):
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-ayla <3
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