Staying Strong (Hood Story)

Chapter 16

Tonio

I Jumped Up Putting On My Clothes And I Slid Down The Stair Rail Going Outside Getting In The Car . I Started The Engine Speeding Down The Street I Can't Let Her Leave . I Was Driving When I Seen Her Car Smoking Upside Down And A 18 Wheeler Had Hit It I Jumped Out The Car And Started Running To Hers . Her Body Was Upside Down And She Wasn't Saying Anything I Opened The Door And It Took Me A While To Get It Open The Gas Started Squirting Out I Snatched Her Seat Belt Pulling Her Out Then The Car Exploded I Covered Her Body "Baby Wake Up" I Said Tears Started To Flow Down My Face She Started Shaking And Gasping For Air , I Picked Her Up Running Back To My Gar And Taking Her To The Hospital , I Arrived In 10 Minutes . They Carried Her In A Stretcher And I Sat Down Burying My Face In My Hands , I Ain't Cried In A Long Time I Sat Their All Night For About 5 Hours , And I'm Still Sitting Here , People Have Came And Went , Right Now I'm Just Fumbling With My Phone Thinking About How This Happened . It's All My Fault I Shouldn't Have Cheated And She'll Still Be With Me

Jayda Simiana Griffin

I Stood Up "Shes On Lots Of IV Due To The Heart Attack She's In And Out Of Sleep" She Said "Room 335" She Said Walking Off

I Stood Infront Of The Door Thinking About What I Should Say Or Do , But I Just Opened The Door Walking In She Was Hooked On A Lot Of IV's For-real She Lifted Her Head A But Wincing "Get Out " She Said . "I'm Sorry Baby , I Really Am" I Said Looking Into Her Eyes "You Almost Killed Me , The Fuck Sorry Going To Do , Its Not Going To Repair My Miscarriage , I Hate You " She Cried I Started Crying A Little Harder "Baby I'm Sorry I Promise I Am " I Said She Still Cried And Fell Asleep In My Arms I Sat In The Chair And Looked At Her Then Police Busted In "Antonio Jerome Nelson , You Getting Arrested" He Said "Shhh" Jayda Said They Hand Cuffed Me But This Not The First Time , But I Wanted To Be With Jayda

Jayda

After The Car Accident , I Really Don't Knkw How I'm Supposed To Feel , The Man I Love Just Cheated On Me , Doctor Said I Had A Miscarriage .... I Lost My Baby , I Shouldnt Have Got In The Car , I Feel So Stupid ,

2 Days Later

Doctors Let Me Out And I'm On The Way To The a police Station By The Way I Took The Bus Back To Tonio House To Get Another Car . When I Walked Inside The Police Station The Police At The Desk Looked At Me , He Had A File In His Hand I Looked Down , "I'm Coming To See Antonio Jerome Nelson " I Said They Rolled Their Eyes And I Rolled Mines Back And Followed Him To Another Office , "He Has A Bond Of 3,500$" The Lady Said I Reached In My Purse Pulling Out The Cash She Looked Up At Me "I Knew The Bond Already" I Said Looking At Her Upside Her Head She Smiled And Nodded I Sat Out In The Waiting Room Forever , Then I Seen Them Bring In Trina And Kiane I Looked At Them Kiane Mouthed Out Bail Me I Nodded Then Tonio Came Out And Walked Towards Me Reaching For A Hug I Just Turned Around And Walked Out Getting Inside The Car . He Got In "What's Wrong" He Asked I Looked At Him And Slapped Him "The Fuck You Mean 'What's Wrong?' I Lost MyChild , Because Your Stupid Ass Cheated " I Said "No You Lost That Child Because You Started Driving , While You Were Crying " He Said Holding His Cheek Tears Rolled Down My Cheek "You Were The Reason , But You Know What , Since I'm The Reason For Our Child Gone , I'll Walk Bitch Ass " I Said Opening The Door He Grabbed For My Arm And I Jumped Back In Climbing On HimLaying His Chair Back And Started Beating His Ass He Tried To Hold My Arms But I'll Knee Him So He'll Let Me Go "Stop Damn Jayda" He Yelled I Mushed His Face Then Got Out The Car Walking , I Don't Wanna Be Bothered I Wiped The Rest Of My Tears And Journeyed Down The Street I Walked Into The McDonalds Ordered A Drink And Laid My Head In My Arms And Cried It Feels Like I'm The Reason For My child Being Dead , I Feel Stupid I Cried Myself To Sleep Until The Manager Woke Me Up "Mam Were Closing" He Said "thank You" I Said Getting Up throwing Away My Drink and Going To The Bus Stop I Stood There Until The Bus Came And I got On And Sighed "Can I See Her ?" I Asked The Lady She Smiled "Yea She A Bad Mama , But I Love Her" She Said Handing Her To Me When I Touched Her A Sparkle Lit in her Brown Eyes And She Smiled Showing Her Gums I Smiled And Handed Her Back , Because My Stop Was Here . I Got Off The Bus And Walked Up To My Apartment Door Reaching For The Spare Key Under The Door Mat That Tonio Would Use To Get In , But He Don't Need It No More I Walked In , And Every Thing Looked The Way I Left It . I Turned On My Surround System And Hold Me By Janine And The Mixtape Came On
Baby don't let me down Got a lot goin' on right now And I need you to hold me Need you to hold me Baby don't let me down Got a lot goin' on right now And I need you beside me Need you beside me And when it gets cold And I'm feelin' kinda lonely I'm hopin' that you Gonna put a cover on me When it gets cold And I'm feelin' kinda lonely I'm hopin' that you Gonna put a cover on...me Baby if I break down Will you catch my tears
Before they hit the ground? The ground Baby if I open my mouth And let my darkest memories come out I need you to stick around Need you to stick around