Irritated To The Point Of Destruction

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Ashanti

I am sleep with Marquez holding me in his arms, this week has been fun with us staying with Mommy to keep her company since Papi is in locked up, not a day goes by that I don't think about Papi, I haven't seen him when I was little but my brothers would tell me stories sometimes about Papi, it made me laugh because I would picture myself in the stories and I would ask myself what would Papi do if I would have done that? If Papi was here, would he say about me when I was stripping for money? I know Papi would be mad at me, he would want me to go to school so I can be something of myself like a nurse, doctor, maybe own my own boutique shop or something, I chose my life to strip when I was younger but I'm not going back to that life anymore, I'm going to be working at babe's restaurant tomorrow. Bae says that he wants me to wait until the baby is here to work, I refused to be broke so I told him that I'm working tomorrow. I had to make him indulge of letting me work so we can have the money to be financially stable, I wake up thirsty in the morning for some water, I go downstairs to the kitchen, I open the refrigerator door with fruit punch looking at me as I look the Tropical Punch man. I take the fruit punch out of the fridge then close the door, my mom Pat's her head, I jump like a rabbit has seen a fox ready to pounce to it. Mommy smiles at me then says "It's okay Mija, it's Mama, sorry to scare you my love. I couldn't go to sleep because I was thinking about your papa. You okay Mija?" Mommy put her hands on my face as she see a tear fall down my eye, I didn't notice it until Mommy wiped the tear away. "I was thinking about Papi too, all of the stories that Quan, and Jimmie would tell me about Papi made me laugh but I've always wanted to see him in person to hug him" I told her honestly. "Me too mija, but we just have to stay strong for him, and keep praying for him Mija. You thirsty?" she ask me, I nod yes, Mommy smiles at me then we hug for a long time. Mommy is a hugger when it comes to greeting someone or when they are sad, she's been like that for the longest, she makes me a Arnold Palmer with fruit punch, I look at the clock, it's seven o'clock in the morning, breakfast time. "Mija, have you ever figure out then for the baby I it's a boy or girl?" Mommy pulls her hair to the side of her ear. "No, still thinking about it though. I hope it's a girl, we have so many men in our family and it would be nice to have another woman in the family. Kennontae wishes he has a sister too so he can play with her" I laugh then take a sip of my Arnold Palmer. "Well Mija I hope it's a girl too, Your brothers have big ass heads when I pushed them out but, you had a pecan head that was so pretty that I could hold so lovely" Mommy looks at me and we laugh, "I don't have a pecan head, my head is normal" I laugh some more with Mommy. I love laughing and having a good time with Mommy because it makes us forget about our worries about Papi, I know he can handle himself from the picture I have seen of him, he is tall, a little muscular, and he look like a wrestler on TV that would body slammed someone into a table. I've watched wrestling when I was a little girl with my brothers making me interested with the female wrestlers, me being the only little girl in the house of brothers made me strong than I was because they would turn me from a girly girl to a tomboy then I got older to stay as a tomboy. My brothers would always teach me fighting moves that would help me in a fight either guy or girl.

Mommy and I made breakfast for this morning since we are up, Mommy have me stuck on this Arnold Palmer drink that I have my tongue trapped with the flavor. I think Mommy is low key bartender with her drinks because she mix Orange juice with a little Apple juice, Red rum, and Red Bull. "Mommy, what do you do for work?" I look at drink her drink. "I'm a hair stylist at a hair salon" she do a salsa dance while drinking her drink, her ass mixing drinks together like she know what she doing. "I use to be a bartender when I met your papi, his drink of poison is sex on the beach on the rocks, mine is Long Island Ice Tea when I want to drink, but I love to mix my drinks so I can have exotic flavors to hit my taste buds" Mommy make the monkey bread which she makes hella good when it hits your spot, mommy love making breakfast that's why I think she should make a breakfast in bed hotel. Mommy never drinks rum unless she is happy about something but whatever it is, I'm happy with her. We eat breakfast in the morning which is always good then I hear a knock on the door, Mommy walks to the door to see two police officers standing in front of her door, now what the hell is the police here for? I hope it's not about Marquez killing Kennontae because really don't know shit about it. Lord please help me get out of this situation, lord, I am too young to go to jail, I don't want to leave my child behind because I've changed my life, I promise to go to church lord please keep us covered, in Jesus name, Amen. I had to say a prayer before anything happens.