Deception 3

Chapter 3: I'm Back

"Paige? Why are you there?". "Oh, hey Zenia. How are you?". "Bitch put him on the phone". "Oh! ok". Why is Paige there again? He said he was done helping her. "Zenia? What's up?". "Why is she there? I thought you said you're not helping her anymore". "Look, Zee, I can't talk right now. I'll call you tomorrow".

He hung up after that. I'm over all of this. I was ready for Ken's birthday and college to come. The next day, I went to see my father. I was able to do it without Officer Watson having to pull some strings. "Hey dad. How are you?". "I'm better now that you're here. What about you?". "I'm pulling through". "What's going on with you?".

I didn't know if I should tell him about my dating problems. What dad wants to hear about his daughter's relationships? "Nothing really. I've been staying with Ryan for the past three months". "Oh that's nice. I want to see him". "Well, I'll talk to him about that". "Did you ever find out about your mother's killer?"

I didn't think he'll bring that up. It makes me angry thinking about what went down that night. Why would he do that to my mother? "Yeah, Angela told me. It came with a story and why. Would you like to tell me your version?". "Well what did she tell you?"

"Basically that you two were sleeping around and tried to have a baby. But she never did. My mom had me and that's when she got crazy. She felt that she was supposed to have me but you gave my mom a baby instead. Apparently she tied her up to the bed and set the house on fire. And you stood there and watched".

"No, I loved your mom more than anything. I tried stopping her, and so did officer Watson".

"You know, before I knew about my father, I could make him into anything I wanted. I figured maybe a doctor, basketball player, or even a lawyer. But after meeting you, all my dreams went out the window. I never thought my dad would be a drug dealer or jail bird. And I never thought he'd be such a liar".

I got up and left. He called my name and told me to come back so I can talk to him. I'll talk to him next time when I bring Ryan. I took the bus back home and took a nap. When I woke up, I had six missed calls from Kendra. I called her back to see if she was ok.

"What's wrong?". "Girl why Deandre at the mall with some girl". "Kendra, he's irrelevant. We broke up, he can do that". "No girl. He don't need to be moving on. Who he think he is? I'm gonna say something". "Ken no! We're not together. I'm dating Tre and he's dating whoever. So, let it go". "Fine. But if I catch them again, I'm going to say something".

Ken should get over that. I'm done with Deandre. What we had was barely even special. It's over. Trevor finally called me and we talked about the situation. Apparently Paige will be there until we leave for college. We started talking about different things after that. I was too excited for Kendra's birthday. When her birthday came, lots of people showed up, including her mother. 

"God, thank you again Ryan for letting me have my party here," Kendra said. "No problem. You're like family now Ken". "Oh don't say that. You too cute to be related to me. Plus the thoughts of what I want to do to you would be considered incest". 

"Ok, I'm gonna go check on the cake". "Yeah, you do that before I rape your sexy ass". "Kendra, you need help," I told her. She did. She was too crazy. Her boyfriend had finally arrived outside and we went to see him. I didn't know her boyfriend had a car.

"Ok, Zenia this is...". "Ty!?" I interrupted her. "Zee!". We started to hug after that. "You two know each other," Ken asked. "Yeah, we met way back in second grade. That was until she moved her seventh grade year. Wow it's been years". "I know right. I didn't know you were dating my best friend". "I didn't know she was your best friend. Whenever she said Zenia I never thought it was you". 

Tyler and I knew each other for a long time. When I moved, we promised to keep in contact, but then I lost his number around the beginning of high school. "C'mon I'll show you around," I said to Ty. We walked around the house just talking about our childhood. I could tell Ken was getting slightly annoyed.

"So how is the relationship with my best friend?". "It's amazing. I think I love this girl. I mean she's intelligent, she's pretty, sex is amazing. I don't know what else to say". "Aw, that's cute. Well Ken I think you found a keeper!". I was happy that Ken found someone that will settle her down. Their relationship was amazing. I wish mine was like that with Tre. Speaking of Tre, he was just pulling up in front of the house.

I introduced Tre and Ty to each other. There we were, Tre, Ty, Ken, and me talking in front of the house. It was great to be surrounded by some amazing people I can call my friends. Ty was telling us about how he was going out of state for college. It was sad because Ken and Ty will be separated. Soon after about an hour talking with each other, some guy in a chrysler pulled up in front of the house.

The windows on the car were tinted, so we couldn't see who it was. We all questioned about the car while it sat there for twenty minutes. After that, it drove off. It was really weird because the car literally sat there. No one got out of the car or anything. We just continued on to the party.

We went back inside and danced with all the other people. I haven't been this happy in a long time. The doorbell rung and I went to get it. When I opened it, it was Devyn, my brother's girlfriend. "Why are all these people in my house?". "It's for my friend's birthday". "Um, did I say you can have a party? No honey". I walked away and started dancing again. I didn't have time for her bullshit.

Soon, her and Ryan went upstairs and started arguing. She's annoying. I ignored all of the negative energy to have a good time. It's been a while since I've been this happy. Trevor and I danced together throughout most of the party while Ty and Ken did the same. The doorbell rung again so I went to go answer it.

"Hold on, someone's at the door babe". I went to open the door and it was some man. "Um, can I help you?". "Yeah, I'm looking for Kendra Brookes. Is she here?". "Do she know you?". "She should". "I guess, c'mon on in". I closed the door behind him and led him to the living room where most of the people were dancing. "Hey Ken! Some man is here to see you".

She stopped from dancing and looked up to see who it was. Her face was as if she had seen a ghost. I've never seen Kendra like that before. It was like she didn't know whether to run or hide. "Ken! Ken! Who is this," I asked her. She responded slowly. "Zee...That's...that's my father"...