Shawn is a rookie cop trying to prove himself. He takes case after case but is neglecting his family in the process. Him and his girlfriend get into this huge argument because he's taken yet another case. This time he has to leave home for a while...
I picked up the letter and read it slowly. I read the first few lines over and over again. I can't believe this. "DAD!" I yelled walking to his room. "DAD WHAT IS THIS?!" "King why are you yelling? What's wrong?" "Papa knew! He knew and you didn't listen to him!" "Whoa slow down. What are you-" "That lady! She she she had my mama and me taken!" I threw the folder at him. "Why would she do that?!" He grabbed the folder, "King what are you doing with this? You're not supposed to go through my stuff-" "Answer me!" I said with my fist clinched. "Yo calm down!" He sighed, "Go to your room and calm down." "I'm calling my mama."
Beyoncé POV
"Mommy, can I stay up with you and TT Solo?" "Kenzie your eyes are closing." I said laughing at her trying to fight her sleep. "Booo. You're no fun mommy." "Go get in the bed. I'll be up there in a minute." "When y'all leaving?" "Tomorrow afternoon. We'll go see Marquis in the morning and then head back." "You want me to stop by?" "No. He knows that they have school Tuesday so they need to be back early Monday night." "I really miss y'all being close." "I told you to move to California." "And I told you unless I'm being offered the same plus even more benefits then I'll stay in Florida." "Why not just open up your own law firm?" "That's a lot of work. Plus I'd need lawyers." "What about Ingrid?" "Two lawyers? We'd need at least five." "I guess." "Beyoncé go get your child." my mama said walking past the living room. "Why?" "She's in there jumping on the bed singing 'No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed'. Every time 'one falls off', she flops down." "Well she should be done right?" "I'm assuming she started from 100 because last I heard it was 79 monkeys in that bed." "Oh your child is fighting SLEEP sleep." Solange said laughing. "Oh hush. I'll get her mama." "SEVENTY SIX MONKEYS JUMPING ON-" "McKenzie!" "Huh? Oh hi mommy." she smiled. "Where did you get that candy?" "Papa gave it to me! I caught him sneaking some and he gave me some to keep quiet. So don't tell anybody." she said with her finger to her lips. "I can't believe he's still doing that." I said shaking my head. "Doing what?" she asked still jumping on the bed. "Come here and give me that candy." she bounced over to me. "Papa is not supposed to have candy and neither are you after 10pm." "Can I stay up with you please, please, pleasssseee?" I sighed, "Come on. But when we go to sleep, you are too." "Yay!!" she ran out the room. "Oh my dad's going to pay for this."
I felt my arm being lifted and then a small body close to me. I knew exactly what this was. "Mommy my tummy hurts." "You think you can go to the hospital with me later on." "No, it hurts too much." she whined. "Let's go." I picked her up and went straight to my parent's room. I knew my mom was up getting ready for church. I dropped her in the bed with my dad and began to walk out. "Beyoncé why did you bring her in here?" I heard my mom ask. "Daddy is the reason she has a stomach ache so he's going to deal with her. I'm going back to sleep for a little bit." I went back to my room and decided to call my older babies. I called and tried to FaceTime them but I got no answer from King's phone. So I called Shawn. "Yo." "Where's the kids? They not answering my phone calls." "I had to take King's phone last night. He was acting up last night." "Oh?" "Yeah, uhm we we're coming back tomorrow morning. I need to talk to you about something." "About what?" "I'll tell you tomorrow." "Well alright. Kiss my babies for me. Bye." I might as well get up now since sleep has left my eyes. I put on a purple jogging suit and went to wake Solange up. "Give me ten minutes then I'll be ready to go." "Okay, meet me in the car."
"TT!" Kenzie said reaching for Rasheeda. "Hey Kenzie! How was your trip?" "Good. But I don't feel well." she pouted. She glanced at me, "Your dad did that." "Oh wow. He still bribing kids with candy cause he wants to sneak some." she laughed. "Where's my Laiya?" "With her dad. He's dropping her off later. But let's go. I need to stop by the store really quick." When we got there I followed Rasheeda to her office and laid Kenzie down and rubbed her tummy. "I just need to sign these and I'll be done." *knock knock* "Hey Rasheeda, there's a customer that wants to talk to you." "Me?" "Yeah she came yesterday but you weren't here." Josh said. "Which one is she?" she said looking at her cameras. "That one." "Okay, here I come." "You got people looking for you?" She waved me off, "Girl hush. She probably wants a custom piece or something. I'll be back." "Mommy can I play a game on your phone?" I handed her my phone and leaned back to close my eyes. A few minutes later I heard the door open. "Beyoncé." "Hm?" "Get up, forreal." I opened my eyes and she looked pissed. "What's wrong?" "Come with me. Josh is going to keep an eye on her." "Okay. Mommy will be right. Don't move from this couch." "Got it." she said never looking up from Candy Crush. I followed her out the office and out the store. She was walking fast as hell and I'm still a little tired from the flight. We ended up in the food court walking towards some lady and her employee, Parker I think. "So this what we doing?" she asked. "Rasheeda I-" "You what? It's been how long? And you can't tell me that her working at my store was a fucking coincidence." "Whoa, what's going on?" I cut in. "This woman is claiming to be Robert's baby mama." I looked between everybody, "Robert our brother? How when-" "It happened right before he passed." the lady said. "Parker, how old are you?" I asked. She looked down, "Eighteen." "That don't mean nothing. Nope, nope, nope. Fuck!" Rasheeda screamed. Parker jumped a little, "I'm sorry." "Rasheeda is it a possibility? I was young but she does favor mama a little bit." I said after a while. "I remember her but but it can't be." she said shakily. "Rhonda why would you keep her from us?" "Rasheeda we were young and all in mourning. I didn't find out until later that summer. My parents sent me to live with my aunt out here and I lost all touch with everyone." "But I've had this store for a while. So why when you found out that I was here did you wait until now?" "Parker started to ask questions and I didn't have all the answers. I did know about the store but I wasn't sure it was you. When I found out it was you, I told her. She told me she wanted to meet you and I said I would bring her to meet you. Then she called me and said she had a job at your store and I just knew you would be able to tell." "Obviously not. And you." She looked at Parker, "You knew and you lied to my face for months." "I was scared." She took a deep breath, "Well you're fired." "What?!" "Rasheeda." I said. "Come on she's just a kid." "She's eighteen. She can find another job." "I need this job. Please." "If you're really our niece, then you can't work for me. I don't hire family. After the DNA test, because we'll be taking one today, you need to find another job." Rasheeda got up to leave. "I have a son." she blurted out.
"I know you fucking lying. You serious? Owe!" Solange said holding her lip. "Watch your mouth on the Lord's Day." my mama said. "Isn't everyday a day that the Lord has made?" "Solange don't play with me right now." "Yes, I'm waiting in the waiting room for them to finish up." "Does she look like him?" "Mama she looks like you and him mixed together. Rasheeda is just mad because of how close they were and she feels like she's always had a part of him but she missed out on the chance to be apart of her life." "And she has a kid?" Solange said. "Yes, he's the cutest. Just look at him."
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"Awwww what's his name again?" "Carlos." "His daddy Spanish?" "I guess. I don't know all that." "Wow. I'm a great grandma." "Yeah ma, well we don't kn-" "That's your brother's big head. Rasheeda is just going to have to be there now. Beyoncé y'all be there for them." I looked up and they were coming back, "Well?" "She's a Knowles." Rasheeda said with tears in her eyes. "Ma you were right." I smiled, "You've got two more to spoil." "You called mama?" "Yes, and Solange." I turned the camera. "Rasheeda stop crying. We know now so all we can do is be there for them. I know it hurts but you be there for them like your brother would want." my mama said. "Yes ma'am." she said taking a deep breath. "I will." "Hi baby." my mama said acknowledging Parker. "I'm your grandma." "And I'm your other TT even though we're probably a few years a part." "Hello. I'm Parker and this is my son Carlos." "Yeah mama said he has Robert's big head." Solange said making Parker smile. "We'll call you later to set up a date for you and daddy to come up." "Okay, we love y'all." I hung up and we talked a little more before we went our separate ways.
We pulled up and Laiya got out her dad's car and ran to give Kenzie a hug. "Hey TT!" "Hey my Laiya." I smiled. "I'll take her bag." Rasheeda had already went inside. "She good?" "I'll let her tell you later." "Alright, bye Laiya." "Bye daddy." "Y'all go inside to your room." "Okay!" they said going inside. I put Laiya's bag down and went to Rasheeda's room. I saw her cuddled up to her pillows just staring off into space. "You good?" "No." she said quickly. "I don't know. It's just a lot to take in. I lost my twin years ago and I thought I would never have a piece of him ever again. And for the past few months I've had a piece of him working in my shop. Did I really push him so far back that I didn't even recognize his own child?" "I know y'all were the closest for obvious reasons but you couldn't have known. And that's okay. We know for sure she's his and like mama said all we can do is be there for her and the baby now." My phone rang, "He-" "Beyoncé where you at?" I looked at the phone, "You want to try that again?" "Hello Beyoncé dearest. Where art thou whereabouts?" "Better. I'm with my sister. You said y'all were coming tomorrow." "Change of plans. We're outside your house. Can you come home, we need to talk." "Okay, give me thirty minutes." I hung up. "I'll call you later. Shawn is at my house saying we need to talk." "Okay, go ahead. Tell Laiya to come in here."
I changed the name of the book because I think this title is more fitting.
