I'll say this... them little niggas were some straight pussies, my initial plan was to press down on them and force them to give me my son's shyt back but Luka had other ideas; he knew how little niggas like them thought and told me the best way to hurt them. Their moms were more than happy to handle their sons, one of the moms even went as far as to grab a broom and beat his ass over the shyt he had done, once I had gotten most of my shyt back I decided to go check on my own parents since it had been a while since I seen them. Pulling up to their house I felt uneasy, something just felt off... maybe it had something to do with everything that had gone wrong today but I just couldn't shake the feeling I had in my gut. I got out the car and walked up the driveway, everything seemed calm but still..... as I approached the door my dad stepped outside obviously surprised to see me and his face gave everything away. They were up to something and I wasn't sure exactly what yet but I was about to find out, I nodded to my dad as I walked into the house and kept walking until I entered the dining room where my mom was sitting across from someone who definitely shouldn't be here.
"..... I was just going over there to speak with him, I just needed closure you know and that rabid animal attacked me. No warning, no provocation, no anything... Duron tried to stop him but he punched Duron in the face and when the baby started crying Elijah told him he was going to beat him.... I really care for Duron and I don't wanna see him in an abusive relationship." Marquel said dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief.
"I would be completely validated in whoopin your ass, you know that right?" I asked causing both him and my mom to jump. "Like forreal ma' you really got this nigga over here and you're really sitting there listening to his lies?" I asked getting heated.
"So you've never snuck him into my house? You've never had sex with him in my garage? You've never taken him on any trips?" My mom asked looking into my eyes, now it depends on what you count as a trip? Does taking him to the next city for some weed count? Or does taking him to Cincinnati and fuckin him in a janky hotel count.... but those were all years ago and I never paid more than $300.... DJ spends that on his snack cabinet so to me those weren't trips.
"All due respect ma... what me and him did was none of your business, it's between me, him, and Elijah.... who knows all that by the way and we're trying to move past it. My question to you is why is he here in the first place? Elijah never hit me and he's NEVER harmed DJ." I said hating that Marquel was smart enough to sprinkle a few lies in there with the truth to make it more believable.
"Duron, what happened to your hand?" My mom asked and it was still swollen from my altercation with them little niggas earlier but to her, given what Marquel just told her I could see how it looks.
"You know what, I'm just going to go because if I stay here I'm going to beat his niggas ass." I said starting to walk out.
"Duron sit your ass down....." My mom said and I knew it was serious because she rarely cussed and when she did she had to be really upset. But I was pissed too.... and if I stayed in this house I was going to jail. "Duron.... you owe me an explanation, I wanna know for what reason would this young man have to lie on you and Elijah..... Elijah whom I've never liked has always come off as shady to me and I only tolerate him because of you. Now if your dumbass wants to stay in an abusive relationship, I can yell until I'm blue in the face but you gotta wanna leave on your own, I can't force you. BUT I will know tolerate him putting his hands on my grandchildren, that's where I draw the line."
"Regardless of how you feel ma.... Elijah isn't anything you think he is; he's the most caring, forgiving, loving person I've ever met. DJ loves him, De'Vaughn will cry if Elijah isn't the first person he sees when he wakes up, even De'Veon looks up to him.... so no matter what this snake is whispering in your ear, no matter what preconceived notions you have about Elijah we're together and we're going to be together 'as long as we both shall live'." I said walking out the house and almost running into my dad. "You believe that nigga too don't you?" I asked and his eyes gave away his answer.
"Well, son... he makes a pretty compelling case and I......" Before my dad could finish I walked off, I never disrespected my parents but they have both lost their fuckin minds. I couldn't go home because I was so damn pissed so I went to the one person who'd give it to me straight and walk me through this. When he opened his door the first thing he did was hand me a drink.
"Damn that nigga is crazy as fuck.... I tried to warn you about fuckin with that nigga but you didn't wanna listen to me." Mateo said and I really didn't remember it happening that way but I wasn't going to argue with this nigga while I was pissed. "You know you gotta tell Elijah right? I mean he at least needs a heads up because this is going to come up eventually and the last thing you want is for him to get caught off guard."
"True, I'll tell him when I get home but after the day I've had I need someone neutral to tell me how I should handle this situation. You've know my parents since we were kids, you were there for my entire relationship with Elijah; the meeting, the love, the breakup, the reconciliation, and you knew about my fling with Marquel... so if you were in this situation how would you handle it?" I asked.
"You want the PC answer or the hood answer?" Mateo asked and I shrugged. "Aight the PC answer would be for you to sit them all down like adults and have them talk it out, sure it'll be intense but in the end it could work out for the best and at the very least you'll know where everybody stands. Now the hood answer would be for you to let Elijah whoop Marquel's ass, sure it would give his story more credibility but if Elijah beats his ass bad enough then Marquel won't be saying shyt. As for your parents, I say you cut them off completely.... let them know that you don't want their toxic way of thinking around your kids and you don't want them poisoning the kids against Elijah."
"They're still my parents Mateo... I can't just cut them off just like that." I said quietly.
"Duron you made a choice to better yourself for Elijah, you stopped fuckin around and started cutting out all the toxic people in your life.... except two. I love your parents, they kept a nigga fed when moms didn't have any food in the house and they were always there to give me advice.... but they are bougie as fuck and refuse to see Elijah for who he is and not where he came from. You need to decide if you want to live under their constant scrutiny or have a happy life with Elijah." Mateo said, I sat there thinking about everything he said and he made some good points but this was something I'd have to figure out on my own.
I got back home and Elijah was in the kitchen with DJ cooking, they both looked so happy that I couldn't bare to tell Elijah what happened.... but Mateo was right I had made a decision once I got Elijah back that I was going to be honest with him, so that meant telling him everything that had happened.
"De'Veon come watch this food.... Elijah come with me on out back." I said reaching for his hand and leading him out to the back patio. "Aight so here's the deal, I wanna be honest with you and not keep secrets. After I found the dudes who broke in I went to my parent's house and....." I told Elijah everything from the second I walked in up until I got home and for the longest time he just sat there quietly.
"Thank you for telling me.... but I'm not about to stress myself out over your parent's opinion of me or the lies some hoe tells.... I am going to beat his ass the next time I see him but I'm not going to actively try to find him. I have way more important things to worry about but thank you for telling me and dinner will be ready in a few." Elijah said getting up and walking back inside. I knew he was pissed, I could read that nigga like a book but he wasn't going to show DJ that he was mad and that made me love him even more and it made me want to protect what we were building. So I walked upstairs and went inside my closet, it was big enough where even if someone was trying to listen they wouldn't hear anything, I pulled out my phone and made a quick phone call.
"Emmanuel.... I need your help, call Luka and meet me at Mateo's house." I said knowing that he more so than anyone would be down for what I was about to do and Mateo and Luka would be down for anything........................
****** QUESTIONS ******
1) Who should get the next two chapters; Elijah or Luka?
