The Saint & The Sinner

CHAPTER 33

Malaysia

"What ?! I never knew that." Kai was just now noticing my first name is Armani's middle name. Weird but what a coincidence; maybe we were meant to be best friends, and the most crazy part is our birth marks are both on the same place. Our inner right thighs have this tear drop lookin birthmarks.

     "Yea lol. Armani and I were going to name our daughters after one another's middle names, but my daughter would just have my name even though it's Armani's." He nodded, and rubbed my foot. Here we are again, cooped up in his house due to him persuading me to skip school with him, with the help of Chick-fil-a he promised me. For some strange reason we just both started talking about babies and baby names. I don't have baby fever, and neither does he, but we just brought it to one another's attention.

     "I gotta name my daughter Princess, and then her middle name can be whatever you decide. So it would be like Princess Layja or some shit. But my son, that's a little me, so he gotta be a junior off tops." I folded my arms and pouted.

     "Wait, because he would be a little me too Kai." He laughed and nodded kissing my foot.

     "I know baby, but I'm saying, he a boy so he'll be a little me, with a little of you in him you know. Them Princess would be a little you with a little of me." I nodded understanding where he was coming from and popped a waffle fry from Chick-fil-a in my mouth, moaning as I tasted the goodness of their creation.

     "You're such a fat ass you know that." I nodded smiling. "Would I have to buy you a years worth of Chick-fil-a just for you to stay at my house for a year ?" Here he goes again, trying to get me to move in with him. I completely sat up and slowly lifted my foot out of his hand sitting crisscross applesauce in the middle of the bed.

     "No dummy. I can come over whenever I want. Why are you trying to bribe me to stay here with you for a whole year ?" He laughed and scooted closer to me, laying his head in my lap as I opened them.

     "Baby you know I been trying to get you to come stay with me for the past two week now. I know you're close to your mom, but baby you're grown and so is your mom. You gone leave the house sooner or later, and like you just told me, you can come over whenever, you can go visit ya parents whenever. I just really want you here, you really make a nigga day when you with me. I ain't got nobody but Angelo, and you."

     "Mani too." I stated.

     "My fault, Mani big head ass too, but at the end of the day, I don't wanna come home to a empty ass house. I wanna come home to my girl, shower, eat yo cookin, and lay up under you, but of course after our rounds." I laughed hysterically, because he thought he was slick, tryna slide that in there. "Let's just try it out, and if it doesn't work or you get home sick, you can go back. I promise." I sighed taking a deep breath.

     "It's not that I don't want to come live with you, because trust me, I wouldn't want it any other way, but my mom Kai, she needs me badly. I would literally pack all my shit in a heartbeat and leave, but I just can not. A few minutes away from her kills me, because I worry about her." I was now in tears pouring out the pain in my heart. He sat up, and looked at my face. His face softened, and he held me. He held me so tightly that neither of us wanted to let go. I was crying uncontrollably, until my cries turned into sobs, and my sobs turned into silence. We were both staring one another in the eye, enjoying the silence, but also trying to find a way to break it.

     "My father some times puts his hands on my mother. He drinks heavily, blacks out at the most random moments, walks around without speaking, yells at her for no reason, and when we approach him about it he claims he doesn't remember anything. I want to leave that house, because the longer I'm there the more I die in the inside; I'm falling apart, but what will my mom do without me ? She can not stand up to him on her lonely." I finally stated breaking the silence. He's the first person I've ever told this to, not even Armani knows about this and she's my best friend.

     He sat there pondering and I'm not sure if he's trying to process what I just told him, although, it isn't that hard to understand. he clapped his hands together, and jumped up standing on the bed scaring me. He had a smile on his face, and I just laughed at his goofy ass. He always makes me happy, even when I'm at my lowest moments.

     "Get down here ! What are you doing goofy ?" I laughed grabbing his hand pulling him back down. He grabbed my face kissing my lips repeatedly.

     "Baby ! Baby ! I got a idea, I swear you gone love it !" He was so hype, like a kid with a bad sugar rush.

     "What is it Kaiiiii ?" I was dying to know. His happiness was making me so eager to know.

     "Babe. My family's vacation house; your mom can stay there. It's just a few miles away from here and it's not secluded. She'll be able to meet new people and get out or stay home and not worry about your father. I'll even give you a key so you could visit her and we can stay a night with her if you want to. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a 2 car garage, so if he were to ever drive by, he wouldn't see her car or anything. He'll never guess she'll be there Laysia. It's safer than her living in that house and you stressing over the worst. It's perfect." This guy blows my mind everyday with his craziness that just drives me as crazy as he is.

     "You would do that for my mother ? Kai, you're really the best. This means a lot to me, and I know it would mean the world to her. I don't know what to say or do right now babe. This is shocking and amazing. I'm ecstatic right now for real !" I screamed in excitement. I hugged him, and jumped on him sending kisses all over his lovely face.

     "Just say you will move in with me baby. That's all you have to say and do." I smiled and kissed his lips.

     "Yes Kai, but as soon as my mom is out of there, the sooner I am too." He nodded and handed me my phone.

     "Call her right now and tell her to pack her stuff. As much as she wants, it doesn't matter. I'll have DeAngelo and some U-Haul guys help us tomorrow. Tell Armani too, so she could help you with your stuff mainly though." I nodded, and dialed them both quickly. Life was about to change for the better and I have been waiting for these days to get better.

Kai

     Seeing her pain, her hurt, her worried, her cries, it all made me hurt to see her hurt. One of my goals is to forever keep her happy, so I had to think on my toes and fast, and BOOM ! I remembered the family's vacation house. It'll be a great spot until she finds out what she wants to do with her life, or she can stay there however long she pleases. I would want the same for my fam. I ain't have no clue she was going through this and I know this isn't something she just opens up to people to, but if she were to say something sooner, we could have been had this handled. One thing I can say is her pops is gonna get his. Karma is a bitch and it's gonna come for him harder and faster than he thinks. NEVER PUT YOUR HANDS ON A WOMAN ! Now tomorrow everyone will be onto better things, and I'm ready for it.