Latrice's Story

chapter 20

NELSON'S PASSIONS ALL BOILED TO THE TOP WHEN HE SAW LATRICE. HE SAW HIS BABE. THE ONE HE PROTECTED AND TOOK IN WHEN SHE HAD NO PLACE TO LIVE. HIS INSECURITIES KEPT HIM FROM SHOWING HIS HAPPINESS TO SEE HER INSTEAD HE WAS ENRAGED. ALL HE COULD THINK ABOUT IS HOW "SHE DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT, AND SHE DIDN'T TELL ME WHERE SHE WAS AND SHE HUNG THE PHONE UP ON ME AND SHE JUMPED ON MY MOTHER...I LOVE HER BUT SHE CAN'T TREAT ME LIKE THIS. I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO HAVE HER AND I GOTTA SHOW HER THAT SHE CAN'T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE THIS" NELSON WAS ONE BIG BALL OF INSECURE RAGE. HE WAS SO GLAD TO KNOW HE HAD FOUND HIS WOMAN, THAT WHEN HE REACHED HER HE HIT HER SO HARD; HE KNOCKED HER INTO A STREET LIGHT POLE!!! LATRICE FELL TO THE GROUND. BY THIS TIME JAMIE AND HER ROOMMATE WERE LEAVING THE HOUSE. THEY HEARD NELSON SCREAMING AT LATRICE AS SHE WAS LYING DAZED ON THE GROUND. "I DON'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE!!! WHEN I ASK YOU WHERE YOU ARE YOU BETTER TELL ME!!! HOW THE HELL YOU GON JUMP ON MY MOTHER. I TOOK CARE OF YOU WHEN YOU HAD NO PLACE TO STAY....LATRICE...LATRICE" NELSON REALIZES THAT LATRICE IS SO DAZED SHE CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT HE IS SAYING. BY THIS TIME JAMIE AND HER ROOMMATE HAD MADE IT DOWN THE STREET AND PULLED NELSON BACK. "DID YOU HIT HER" JAMIE SAID. "GIRL IS YOU ALL RIGHT" JAMIE'S ROOMMATE SAID AS SHE HELPED LATRICE OFF THE GROUND. "THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS JAMIE" NELSON SAID. "IT IS MY BUSINESS, THAT MY GIRL" SAID JAMIE. "WELL SHE'S MY WOMAN, AND YOU WEREN'T SAYING THAT YESTERDAY WHEN YOU AND DIAMOND WERE...." NELSON STOPPED IN MID SENTENCE AND CAUGHT HIMSELF. JAMIE LOOKED AT NELSON AND THEY BOTH LOOKED AT LATRICE TO SEE IF SHE CAUGHT ON TO WHAT NELSON WAS ABOUT TO SAY. "BABY I'M SORRY COME ON... LET ME TAKE YOU HOME" SAID NELSON. NELSON, WITH HIS ARMS WRAPPED AROUND LATRICE, HELPS HER TO THE CAR. "ARE YOU GONE BE ALRIGHT LATRICE?" JAMIE ASKED. LATRICE TURNS HER HEAD SLIGHTLY AND NODS, "YES" NELSON HELPS LATRICE INTO THE CAR. "BABE I'M SORRY...I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ME I JUST SNAPPED. BABE DOESN'T EVER MAKE ME HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN...I LOVE YOU" NELSON AN LATRICE GET IN THE CAR AND BEGIN DRIVING TO NELSON'S HOUSE. NELSON'S MOTHER HAVING NO IDEAL LATRICE IS COMING BACK, IS AT HOME COUNTING THEIR DRUG MONEY AND HIDING HER NEW STASH....TO BE CONTINUED