My story starts off how you'd expect, with a girl..... she was everything southern belle should be; well mannered, highly educated, soft-spoken, can shade you so subtly that you wouldn't realize you were shaded until three days later, the perfect daughter. Then we age seventeen she hit her rebellious stage and stumble across the wrong side of the tracks where she met two men.... the first was a hood nigga through and through, tatted from his neck to his ankles, always had a gun on him, smooth with his words, dabbled in the street pharmaceutical business, a convicted felon..... the other man was just as hood but he hid it well, he could be a doctor or a killer and that was apart of his appeal, unlike the other man he was smarter with his moves, more lowkey and didn't draw attention to himself. They were boys, best friends but they both had their eyes on the same woman; the time in between doesn't really matter all you need to know is the girl choose the hood dude and ended up pregnant with a boy, and the hood dude well he was murdered....
The woman found comfort in the arms of his best friend producing another son, the best friend loved both boys and for a time they were all happy, but the woman loved the street life she couldn't see the ambition in the man who wanted to give her the world. The man wanted to move to Seattle, start a business..... he couldn't stand living in Georgia because he felt trapped, so he tried and tried and tried to convince the woman to pack up their sons and move with him. She refused, the youngest son didn't want to leave his father's side, the oldest was devoted his mother elected to stay with her; so the man moved to Seattle, worked his ass off day and night.... then 10 17 18 43 65 13. The man hit the lotto and his life changed, he invested in multiple businesses. Don't get it twisted the man still messed around in the streets but he was smarter than most teaching his son everything making sure that he understood the importance of financial responsibility.
When the man died he left his beloved sons everything, even though the older son had his own thing going on down in Atlanta and he felt some resentment towards the man for leaving him with a mother who was more worried about her next fix than raising him. It wasn't until the woman died that the two sons came together and began to rebuild their relationship and just as they were getting back on the right track................
"You have a collect call from an inmate at the Fulton County Correctional Facility....." I didn't need to hear the rest because I already knew who it was. "Preme.... Thanks, man, I owe you for getting me outta here and since I was getting out tomorrow I was wondering if my little brother would be here to welcome me home." My big brother Sebastian asked.
"Nah I can't make it tomorrow Bash..... I got a lot of shyt I'm dealing with and tomorrow is too soon, but I'll try to make it down there some time later next week. So what's the deal with that woman?" I asked knowing the story behind why my brother got locked up in the first place.
"It's going to get handled.... I underestimated her once before but I won't make that same mistake twice. But I'll hit you up later, oh and one more thing what did I tell you about calling me Bash?" He asked and I could tell he was smiling.
"And what's my response every time you say that?" I asked knowing this was usually how we ended conversations.
"That's because your ass couldn't say my name for shyt when you were younger, I swear that lisp was something crazy but I'll hit you up later little bro, love you man." Sebastian said hanging up after I replied with the same.
"Sorry about that Mauricio, but you know how shyt goes...." I said walking into the living room where my guest of honor was sitting. "But uhh..... should I feel bad about helping you skip school?" I asked as I looked at the clock and saw that it was only one in the afternoon.
"My last few classes are electives so I'm not really missing too much, besides I really don't give a fuck about school." Mauricio said getting up and walking around the living room. "So what made you decide to call me anyways? I mean you had to know that I was in school so what was on your mind when you made that call?" He asked turning and looking at me.
"School's not that bad.... I actually learned some invaluable things during my in college." I said looking at him pacing around the living room, Mauricio stopped and looked at me as if he didn't believe me. "Why do you look so surprised that I have a college degree? My dad didn't play that missing school shyt, he was always on my case preaching about education, his ass had me going the extra mile to make sure I wasn't one of these street niggas who didn't know the difference between a checking and savings account."
"Yet here you are contributing in my delinquency." Mauricio said smiling and I shrugged, I guess he had a point but the way I see it was I was teaching him something more valuable than what he could learn in school. "You seem really close to your dad." Mauricio said quietly and I was taken back to the first night we spent together and he told me about the issues he had with his pops.
"Have you thought about what I said? About talking to your pops, I know the hate you have for him runs deep and what he did to you and your bro was foul as fuck but you won't be able let go of this hatred and open yourself up to love until you actually talk to him." I said looking at him.
"Why does it concern you?" Mauricio asked harshly and I could see him getting pissed but that anger didn't frighten me, I got up and walked over to him standing eye to eye with him letting him see that I wasn't about to back down because he added a little bass in his voice.
"Because I know you'll never truly open yourself up to love until you face the first person that ever broke your heart. I know it's not going to be easy but it's something you need to do." I said looking into his eyes.
"Can you take me back to school please?" Mauricio asked and I nodded. I threw some clothes on and drove Mauricio back to his school, but even then I could tell that Mauricio didn't want to get out the car.
"Look I'm not trying to get you to see your dad because I think it's going to hurt you, I just feel like by you talking to him it'll make you stronger for facing him. You don't have to forgive, but you do need to understand." I said looking at him. "I got my own reasons for wanting you to talk to him but I'll save the reason for another day." I said smirking.
"Nigga you can't just drop some shyt like that and think I'm not going to want to know the answer, so you might as well tell me now or I'm going to start over-thinking shyt and that's not good for you." Mauricio said looking at me.
"Aight, the truth of the matter is.... the reason I want you to speak to your dad is because I love hard and if me and you take things to the next level I don't want anything holding you back from giving me the same love I'm giving you. Selfish, I know but it's also kinda selfless when you think about it..... there's another reason, right now we're in the 'friend stage' of our relationship, and I'm always with my friends and you need this." I said honestly.
"I'll think about, thinking about it... just make sure your ass is ready for Friday so you can meet my other bro." Mauricio said getting out the car.
"Damn no kiss goodbye?" I asked half-jokingly, half-serious.
"Nigga I don't know what you do but I don't kiss my friends." Mauricio said throwing my words back in my face, he nodded once then walked off not realizing how much that shyt turned me on because that showed me he was quick on his toes and he was going to make getting with him a challenge. I didn't have anything else planned for the day so I was probably about to head home when I got a call from my right-hand man Taryl.
"Ayy we got a situation.... that nigga Raynard is short again and from what I've been hearing he's been telling people that he was shorting you on purpose and you haven't done shyt about it." Taryl said and I shook my head, I guess I wasn't going home since I was about to have to handle this little dude personally...........................
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