I wake up in the middle of the night. I don't know what wakes me up. Something about Ma Zoe is not sitting right with me. She was killing my grandfather and I had to find out why.
"I think I should tell Grandmother what he said about her. He's dangerous..."
It must be 4:00am. The walls in the living room are clear and I can hear arguing going on in Amethyst's bedroom. At first I'm not sure who she's talking to but as I walk closer to the door I see Rahmell's shadow. He is standing there by the lamp looking down at her. There is a clear distinction in his eyes.
"Don't," Rahmell states.
"Why the hell not?"
"Lately your grandmother has been locking people up for strange reasons. He's your brother," Rahmell states.
She only has one brother. They are discussing me. I press myself against the shadows of the dark hallway. I don't mean to spy but I have no choice.
"Did you hear him last night with these conspiracy theories?" Amethyst states, "I don't trust him."
"He just wants the best. He just wants your sisters out of prison."
Amethyst sighs at that moment, "Sometimes I think he resents me for some reason. Gem gives me these weird looks. He still hasn't even congratulated me about being pregnant. He seems spiteful and evil."
I roll my eyes. I'm not surprised when Rahmell starts laughing at Amethyst. It's hard to take this girl serious. Spiteful and evil? She was going to those sort of lengths because I hadn't congratulated her.
"I'm sorry."
"Why are you laughing. I'm serious."
"You're being dramatic. Gem is your brother and he's my best friend. He's happy about this baby. He's going to have his first nephew or niece. This whole thing about your grandmother...I think he's just paranoid. There's a lot of stuff going on politically that we don't understand yet. Gem is just nervous. I know him. He'll get out of it."
There's silence.
She sighs a little bit, "Are you sure?"
"Of course."
"But what if he doesn't?" Amethyst asks Rahmell.
I turn the corner and look through the corner of my eye. Amethyst has a serious look on her face. This girl was really thinking that I was the dangerous one. Meanwhile I literally told her last night that our grandmother was doing some backhanded shit. But I'm the one who was causing trouble? I've never been extremely close to Amethyst but my chest burns. I feel a sense of betrayal.
Was this girl trying to turn my best friend against me?
"Amethyst..." Rahmell states.
I can't tell how serious he is being. He grabs on Amethyst. I watch as he pulls her into his broad chest and holds her. He has the type of body that looks like it protects. Rahmell has that strong nature about him. I could see why his sperm was so valuable. I could see why he was such an asset.
I could see why Amethyst was so in love.
"I overheard my sister Diamond talking to a friend of ours. She was telling him how she hoped that things worked out between you and my brother."
Sounds like Diamond.
I stare at Rahmell at that moment. He looks like he's lost in the moment. He wasn't expecting Amethyst to come out and say something like that. Hell I'm not expecting her to come out and say something like that either.
