Trappers 2: The truth

Chapter 27

Maria POV

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So we finally know what has been bothering KJ all this time. He didn't have what he needed and that was a mother. I knew Asiaa was a bitch but really? She beat up on a kid because she couldn't have her way? What the fuck? Swear to god I hate bitches like that. If she didn't want him she should've wrapped up. There are plenty of measures she could've taken instead of keeping a child she obviously didn't want to deal with.

Before I got in the water Santi said KJ wanted me to be his mommy too. The way Asiaa has him scared I'm not surprised he hasn't asked sooner. I honestly would go to hell and back for all of them. KJ is as just as much as mines as Santi and Harmony. I didn't birth him but they're all my babies. I know Kyng is happy about all of us being one big happy family.

"This a set up isn't it? Y'all tryna kill me!" Drew is so stupid.

"Nigga you ain't even worth the energy," Tanisha said. She's so mean. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Right now we're setting up a little camp fire on the beach. The guys brought food and all to put on sticks. The kids are excited. "This is going to be so much fun."

"This shit for white people," Drew said. "We're going to get mauled by a koala bear."

"Bitch what?" we all fell out laughing. Tanisha looked so irritated with him. "Nigga koala bears aren't in the Caribbean."

"Those big ass bears everywhere. The shit with the brown fur and stuff."

"Nigga are you talking about a brown bear?" I just can't with these two. "Drew take a walk. Don't say nothing just walk that way."

"Nope. I'm going this way." He walked the opposite way she was pointing. I swear these two having kids will be the funniest thing ever. We spent the better half of the night joking, roasting weenies, and making S'mores. It wasn't before long the kids were tuckered out. "I like this man. We should make this an annual thing. Get away for a little while. Completely cut-hell no! Never mind we ain't doing it."

"The hell is wrong with you now?" Tanisha side eyed him.

"This the perfect place to get rid of a nigga like me. Y'all think y'all slick. Fuck y'all we ain't doing it!"

"Shut the hell up before we really abandon your ass," I shook my head. "No matter how much you irk my nerves I wouldn't abandon you if my life depended on it. I may hurt you, even shoot you. Never abandon."

"Really?" Drew isn't very serious but when he is you know it's big.

"Yeah? What's wrong with you?"

He was quiet for a minute. "Imma be real with y'all. I have abandonment issues. When I was like five my mom and pops took off on me and my older brother. We had to stay with my grandmamma. Right before I met Dallas and started making money my granny and brother passed away. I guess I've grown up with this little fear at the back of my head one day all of you would leave me too."

"Awe damn man, why you ain't never told us?" Box asked.

Drew shrugged. "Certain things you try to forget. Certain things you want to keep to yourself. But I love y'all motherfuckers so I told you my deep dark secret."

"Well," Box said. "If we're sharing secrets. When I was young my parents left me in the house by myself for hours. Next day police knocking on my door telling me my parents swerved off the road and died on impact with a suitcase full of money. I don't know what they were planning and why they didn't want me. I guess we're somewhat the same Drew. Because of what they did to me I vowed I would stay by my kid no matter what. I don't want them growing up feeling what I'm feeling for my parents." Sophia rubbed his arm.

"I never knew who my parents were," Tyson said. "I grew up jumping from foster parent to foster parent. I got tired of it so I ran away. Linked up with Dallas and got my money up. Been living off myself for a long time."

"My parents aren't my real parents," Kiya said. "I was placed in their care after my parents caught the bad end of a policeman's gun. They're really Christian and don't approve of the relationship I have with Tyson or you guys. They cut me off soon after they found out I was pregnant."

"My dad was heavy on the Jack Daniels," Speed said. "Got so messed up he mistaken my mom for a punching bag. She tried leaving but then he'd go after me. It was by the grace of god he got drunk and picked a fight with some young niggas."

"I never knew my dad," Tanisha said. "He left when I was real young. My mom was a bitch. Kicked me out because she had perverted boyfriends. I met Darren and he helped me out. But he was so possessive. Got crazy on me so I had to leave. He always said, 'you're mine Tanisha. If you ever leave me I'll kill you'."

"Sounds like him," I said. "Darren belonged in a looney bin. One minute he was cool and the next he was somebody else. I'm convinced he had split personality disorder."

"I think he did. I looked up some of the pill bottles he had hidden away and one of them was for personality disorder. When I realized how crazy he really was I left and never looked back."

"That's crazy. So the nigga who was with you," Kyng pointed at me, "been fucking with you," he pointed at Tanisha, "while raping her?" he pointed at Selena.

"You were raped?" Tanisha and Kiya were the only ones who didn't know.

"Repeatedly." We all just stared at each other. "If y'all fucked the same dude, doesn't that mean y'all fucked each other?"

"Girl shut the hell up," I laughed. Of course Selena turns it into a joke. "I guess it's my turn to spill some secrets. I know you all are more than a little curious about Marcus and everything I went through."

"What? No we weren't. Didn't even cross our minds."

"Tanisha you're a terrible liar," I chuckled. I looked at Chance and he smiled and nodded. "Marcus was chronically depressed. Had been for many years. He hid how he really felt behind a mask. We didn't get along at first. I don't think anyone I dated I liked in the beginning." I chuckled. "We didn't get along because...he saw past my mask. He saw the hurt I had been carrying for years. To this day I remember what he said that made everything crack. 'You don't have to be afraid to remove the mask. If you want to cry, then cry. If you want to scream, then scream. You're not as alone as you think you are'. And you know what I did? I cried. I cried for every pain I felt. I cried for the loss of my mother, for the pain of living with Sharon, the kidnappings, the rapes, losing my father, trusting the wrong person, loving the wrong person, being too blind to see the bad, every instance where I had to hide my tears I let them all out. And he just sat there and held me quietly."

"So that special bond you two had," Chance said leaning back. "The bond nobody else could create. Was a bond created out of the pains you both went through?"

I nodded. "I finally met someone who understood what I felt. Understood the anguish I carried with me. I never thought me of all people would get that. And honestly, at the point in time, that's what I really needed. We had a bond that I couldn't find with anyone else. I know Chase and Chance knew I was hiding. They knew me since I was a kid. It wasn't that I didn't trust any of you it was more-"

"You didn't think we'd understand," Tyson said. "It's cool. We get it. You needed someone who was in the trenches with you in order for you to come out yourself. You were afraid to do it alone. I can understand that."

"I'm glad you opened up," Kyng hugged me. "I just want to say thank you Maria. For everything you've done for me, this gang, our children, and everything you were planning to do for my pops."

"Wait what?"

"Apparently, my old man has been alive all these years. But Darren's punk ass old man set him up with the Cartel so he had to leave home to protect us. Maria had been meeting with them to come up with the money so my old man can come home."

I smiled. "It was mostly for Mama Tonya but I guess you're welcome." I chuckled as he pushed me. "I guess we are officially family. Family holding onto each other's secrets."

"Best family ever." We pulled each other in a hug. "But Carmela doesn't need to be out here. See y'all." We grabbed the kids and began packing it up.