Protect Me

Like mama chapter 44

----Authors POV-----

Elizabeth had convinced Keam to go the hospital to check on Kia meanwhile Kia had checked out and was leaving town for good. Kia had had enough her body, mind, and love had been destroyed. She walked to the store to stay until morning.

--- Kia POV ---

I walked into Quick stop to freshen up because all I had on was a hospital gown. I brought some tshirts and sweats and walked to the bathroom. I sat in the bathroom and cried; I cried because I was scared I cried because of my brother, my child, my mother, I cried because I was at the verge of giving up, I sat at the sink and thought about my mother. Maybe if I stopped crying and smoke and drink my life away I wouldn't be affected as much, I walked out the bathroom and walked over to the liquor section.

"Can I see some ID ?" The cashier asked.

I looked down and noticed I didn't have my ID I didn't have anything.

I sorry sir I don-"

"Its on the house," he said sliding me the drink as I paid him, and left.

I took the bottle and walked down the road until I came to a park. I walked up to the slide and went to the tunnel. I drunk myself until I couldn't tolerate any more.

Unknown POV

That bitch took away my perfect life and payback is something else. I came all the way to Detroit to make sure she got what was coming. I didn't know the first step to finding her so I called up my people and apparently that bitch was In a relationship with Michael. Already ? yea she a hoe.

Keam POV

I went to the hospital and my sister was gone she had checked herself out.

"Nigga open up !!" I yelled beating on michaels door.

"Man what ?" he said with pure hatred.

"Look I came for my sister."

"I see 3 things wrong with this picture. 1 you out your mind, you don't think you've done enough 2 nigga she at the hospital and 3 please man we can strap up and right now and go with it !" He said with a serious face.

"Look man I'm sorry and Kia checked out the hospital, oh and by the way we can go at it later but right now help me find her."

Authors POV

It had been 6 hours and Keam and Michael had been driving nonstop looking for Kia. Kia woke up with the biggest headache of her life she couldn't stand the pain. She walked to the bus stop as fast as she could but to someone else It looked as though she was crawling across the street. Kia sat on the bench with her head in her hands she didn't even noticed she had company.

Kia POV

I couldn't shake the headache it was too much.

"So you've been drinking huh ?"

I looked up and say a man sitting on my right he looked as though he hasn't washed in weeks and smelled like it to.

"Yea I have the biggest headache."

"I have something that can fix that, got $5?"

I handed him the money and he gave me a pill and something wrapped in white paper.

"Take this," he said handing me the pill. " And then snort this," he said opening the white roll.

I looked at him and hesitated, but then I remembered mama taking the pills and buying this powder when she had lost a man or needed to get her mind off her life, it made her feel better. I tilted my head back and took the pill then he started demonstrating how to snort the powder up.

Keam POV

"Hey Michael is that her?"

"Yes the fuck is she doing ?" he asked stopping the car immediately.

I walked over to her and this bomb and immediately knew wgat she ws foing. my sister was turning into my mother. I was so pissed at the guy, bc I knew he gave it to her id seen him around my hot spots begging for heroin or crack

"Kia what the fuck are you thinking?" Michael asked knocking the substance out her hand. the bomb tried to run off but I knocked him down and went to work on him.

"Nooo stop he was helping me!!' she screamed.

"Helping you, Kia how is this helping you?" I asked picking up the rolley. "This, this is killing you."

"Killing me? you're killing me, you basically fed me to the dogs I hate you !"

That hurted more than anything I've ever heard outta everything I imagined her saying to me this was never one of them. I felt my eyes become glossy a nigga was Finna shed one. "I deserve that but Kia let me explain I'm sorry," I said walking to her. I wanted so bad just to touch her and tell her I love her and I'm sorry. I wanted to hold and protect her from men like me.

"Get away from me," she said slapping me in the face.

I took the lick and went to embrace her. I held her like it was my last as she beat me in my back crying out for help, but I knew she was blowing off steam.
"I hate you ! how could you hurt me ? Why me? I've been hurt so many times couldn't you see that in my eyes ? I thought you would protect me from this stuff from guys like you !! You hurt me, you took the only hope I had left of any guy saving me. You don't love me nobody loves me, you should have just finished me off !" she said crying on my shoulder slowing her licks down.

"Hush Ki I love you I love you to the moon and back."

"No you don't you didnt love me you called me names and let them guys hurt me. I needed you to protect me for the pain, from the live I was living, from the people hurting me. You didn't you just watched. This whole time I waited to see you again because I needed to feel safe now that I've seen you I know I won't ever be safe, I'm just like mama !! she screamed melting out my hands like ice and into the ground crying.

"Kia look baby, I love you I never stopped loving you, I guess when I was keeping you I tried so hard to hide my thuggish ways, because back then it was only a way to take care of you but then you left and a thug is who I became, I wish I could change it. And Kia when you left so did my emotions you were my everything it was like I woke up one day and you were gone, i missed you," I said kneeling down kissing her head.

"I hate you," she cried out in between sobs.

"Kia I promise I won't let any harm come your way, I messed up yes I know, I have to live with that guilt everyday, just please trust me, and if by any chance I can't prevent the harm I pray God covers you until I can."

I watched as Kia laid on the ground and lifted up her Tshirt. I couldn't take it any longer I cried it hurted me to see my sister covered in scars almost every inch of her body, and I could see the new ones I had made.

"Protect me ? how about protecting me from you," she said trying to get up. I grabbed her I just pulled her in my lap. "I'm sorry Ki believe me."

She just stared as I cried... minutes had past and I watched as she slowly put her thumb in her mouth and closed her eyes. I laughed as I reminisced about our childhood days.

I kissed her cheeked,"closet buddies," I whispered in her ear. I looked at Michael, "man let's go home," I said getting up with my sister in my arms.