All Grown Up (Sequel To WDE)

28.

"Naomi?" Dad asks.

"Relax, we forced her to tell us. I doubt it matters now," Abraham says.

I stay quiet. My play aunt set us up. She's the real reason I'm going to die. Well, without her, they wouldn't know where we lived or any of that. No wonder she was hardly around. I can't believe this. I look at my dad. He looks so defeated and broken. He's a shell of his old self. I was sooo out of line. I could never make it up to him.

"Any last words, Zeus?" Aamir says to me.

I chew on my tongue, then close my eyes. I'm about to meet my maker any second now. What have I done with life besides complain? Nothing. At least whatever is on the other side, my dad will be there besides me. He always was.

"No!" Adam yells. As I open my eyes, I see him place himself in front of me. "You can't do this! "

"Says who? " Abraham asks.

"This isn't the way of Allah."

"Neither is being gay, so here we are. Get the fuck out of I'm the way."

Adam turns to me. "Zeus. My time is up. You know I'd love to be at your side forever. I love you."

"What are you saying?"

He smiles weakly. "I know we could probably never be together, but if this love only exists in my dreams, don't want me up. I'll be living you always,  just know that."

"Why are you quoting RnB?"

He turns back to Abraham. "You can't touch him!"

Abraham aims then squeezes the trigger. Adam catches the bullet and falls down. The blood covers me and Ares. I hold him in my arms as my dad runs. "Adam!"

"Zeus ... you know we wouldn't work. Maybe in another lifetime, I could love you like you need to be loved."

I start tearing up. "Adam!"

"Shh...I told you I'd always protect you, Zeus. Haha, maybe I'm your guardian angel." He cups my cheek as the blood pours out of his chest. "I love you. Thank you."

He closes his eyes and I rock back and forth. "Adam!" That's all I could say. I'm.... I'm at a loss for words right now. I wipe his blood off my lips, trying to close his bullet wound. I hear sickening suckling sounds and I know his lungs will collapse. I cry out in agony. This mind numbing pain, this shut down, aching in your heart pain that takes the air out of your lungs in hopes of transferring it into your love takes over me. I drop to my knees. Adam slowly begins to leave me and takes my soul with him. My sobs racks my body, reminding me of each painful breath I take. My eyes sting with salt water. I open my mouth to yell, but sound can not find my throat. I hug him close to me. My best friend , my protection is ...

I growl. I glare up and watch Ares struggling with Aamir. I get up and charge at them. I swing, connecting my fist to Aamir's face. I punch again in his stomach. He swings back, but I twist and break his arm. I throw him off, grabbing his pocket knife. Dad dodges Abraham's bullets until he runs out, and he snatches the gun away. He pistol whips Abraham, and I join to help tag team . I punch and swing, sometimes with accuracy. Abraham kicks Dad in the chest, then back hands me as I check on him.

"You can't take me out!" Abraham yells.

The henchmen fall in, but someone sounds off a gun. "Enough!" A chorus of voices say. I look up and see Bambi,  Maya, Cashmere, and Neveah.

"We're sick of your shit," Maya adds.

Abraham laughs. "A bunch of women? That's your best defense?"

The women cock their guns and shoot the men like a more diverse group of sexy, bad ass Charlie's Angels. I help my dad up and he takes the knife to stab Abraham. I grab him, then Ares stabs him. "Let's go!" I yell.

Dad trails back to get the bag of money. "Adonis would kill me if I didn't being back this show money! "

As I follow him, I stop at Bambi.

"We're free now," she says, smiling. "Thank you."

"Bambi ... You could always come back to America with me. You don't have to stay here."

"Mmm...nah. I'm going to help women here. I'm doing this for me. You have to go back home and live your life."

"I thought you loved me."

"I do. Maybe some day it'll be if was meant to,, but right now , you have other things to worry about. Don't worry about me, I'm grown. Thank you for everything , Zeus."

"Thank you." I kiss her cheek, leaving her behind .

-

"Really? You were in love with two people?" Amber asks.

"A boy?" Aj asks.

"A proposal?" Dad asks.

"Leave him alone, I'm sure he had a long flight back. You need your rest,  Z," Adonis rubs my back. I hug her, feeling like a kid again in her small rolls. "I missed you so much, Mom."

Shocked, she hugs me back after mouthing something to my father. I hug them all.

"Oh , Ares. There's something that came in the mail while you were gone, " Adonis says.

I grab it to hand to him. "A DNA test?"

"Yeah ... " he clears his throat. "It's for you."

"Aren't you going to open it?" I ask.

"I don't need a letter to tell me you're my son."

"Hmm... I'll open it." I rip the top fold off and grab the letter inside. I gulp, looking around the room. I open the letter, reading the information.

"Well?" Ares says.

"99.99%."

Relief washes over him as he grabs the letter. He hugs me closely. "I promised you I'd never leave."

"I promise you I won't either."

"Pinky swear?" He mimics my kid voice while holding out his little finger.

"Pinky swear. I'll be around as long as wildflowers exist."

Author's Note : Whoot! Whoot! After a year, this story is finally completed! 💙 Thank you guys so much for everything and allowing me to take this story in a different direction than the first. I'm not the type to draw a story out over a hundred chapters so I saw this was a good stopping point in their life. What did you think about the characters? I'll be going be to college soon so I won't have much time to write. I decided to finish this story before I delve into anything else. Thank you