Object of Desire [Editing]

Chapter 36

Remy A. Taylor

I woke up in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV.

"Oh thank GOD." I heard Dayvid's voice next to me as he wrapped me in a hug.

"What happened?"

"Girl you passed out. The doctor said it was from dehydration and your blood pressure was low 'cause you hadn't eaten."

"Remy you can't just be not eating." Bahja scolded me and I nodded.

"Where's Natalia?"

"She went to go pick up Justin and sneak you some McDonald's 'cause Lord fucking knows hospital food is nasty as hell." Dayvid shivered in disgust making me laugh weakly.

I guess with everything going on I'd simply forgotten to eat since we left Louisiana.

"I called August and left some messages he didn't answer." Bahja spoke up and I rolled my eyes.

Don't get me wrong I hoped he was safe but I'm still upset with him from this morning.

Then my dad walked in and my entire mood changed.

"Hi." Was the best he could come up with.

"Get out." I said.

"Remy, please, we have to talk."

"I don't even know who you are, so you shouldn't be in here." I turned in the bed and faced away from him.

"Mr. Taylor, with all due respect, get the fuck out." Dayvid spoke up and shortly after I heard his footsteps retreating.

"The nerve of that guy." Bahja said and that made me laugh.

The door opened once again. Natalia's little boy, Justin, waddled in and she followed close behind holding a fast food bag. She dropped it beside me, hugging me as best she could in the bed before sitting down.

My phone began to ring beside me on the table and it was Aug.

I answered, "Hello?"

"Why you not at the house baybeh?" He inquired.

"If you would check your messages you would know I'm in the hospital. Where are you?" I asked him.

"Get ya friends to bring you to Quincy's place. And hurry up."

He sounded worried and hung up before I had a chance to answer him.

"Dayvid can you ask the doctor when I can leave?"

"No ma'am she brought you this food, you eat first then we'll try to leave." Bahja said.

"But Aug..."

"But Augusta my ass, you're in here because you're not eating. Your health is more important than anything he's saying so eat." Dayvid took Bahja's side and I groaned before starting to eat.

After I finished the doctor had to come back and check on me, before bringing me papers to sign, and then I was allowed to leave.

We rode in Bahja's car and I gave her directions to Quincy's home.

The yard was filled with cars almost impossible to find a place and park but Bae did it.

The four of us, including a sleeping Justin, made our way to the entrance.

"Stop. We need to search you." A man I'd never seen before was guarding the door.

"What the fuck? Dude you better get out my way." I attempted to walk past him and he grabbed my arm aggressively, going to shove me back.

"The fuck yo prollem is?" August spoke from behind the man and he let me go.

"Just taking security precautions."

"Don't be all fuckin' rough with my woman I told yo ass she was comin'." August pulled me gently to him.

"Well I didn't know she was bringing her whole damn family, too, my bad." I couldn't see his eyes behind the thick shades but I'm pretty sure he rolled them.

August waved him off before guiding me into the house and my friends followed close behind.

It looked like Quincy was throwing a party seeing as people were popping bottles and rap music played softly from the stereos.

I left my friends behind, following Aug upstairs and into what I'm guessing was Quincy's office, since he sat in a big rolling chair behind a desk.

Niko and Sean were there as well.

"Have a seat Rem." Sean said and I did as told, looking up at the three friends, worried about what they were going to tell me.

"So.... Miles is dead."

My heart dropped. Not out of sadness, or even relief. Maybe shock. Miles was slightly twisted but he was my friend at one point.

Then again, an enemy of Aug's is an enemy of Remy's.

"Congratulations?"

"But listen baybeh..." Aug spoke up.

"Him and your mom were messing around. She's my aunt-in-law and she had MJ kill my father to get closer to his money. They were tryna kill me next." Quincy laughed but I was frozen in my seat.

Miles and my mom? I thought back on how badly I'd treated my father when he'd come to see me when I should have been consoling him.

My mom was a lot of things and one of those things is manipulative. She'd probably threatened him if he didn't go along with her plan to disown me.

"Okay so all of this means what? Where's my mom? Did ya'll lock her up or something?" I was still trying to figure out why they needed to talk to me so privately.

"She was shot, Re. In the back. We took her to our personal doctor because das yo mama, y'know? But if she dies, I won't feel an ounce of sympathy." Quincy spoke.

After everything she'd put me through I couldn't even force myself to cry.

The phone on Quincy's desk rang and he answered.

"Yeah.... Oh really?.....Damn....Okay, thank you."

When he hung up everyone in the room had eyes on him, ready to hear what he had to say.

"Well congratulations Remy. Your mother is alive but the doctor said it's looking like she'll be paralyzed from the waist down."

My heart dropped. Not out of sadness but pity for my mother. I knew she would hate paralysis and would wish she was dead.

"Take me home, August."

Authors Note

This took as long as it did because I was busy all last week with school and shopping. And my birthday is today. Another update is coming sooner, if God allows it. Until then enjoy this one. This boring one.