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Chapter 5

March 5th 1988 (2:20 pm)

"That seems unlikely but we'll do what we can." The police officer said quickly walking out of the door.

Marvin made sure the police was gone before confronting his wife. "Do you really believe she's somewhere off with Michael Jackson?" He asked her amused by her stupidity.

Patricia rolled her eyes. "I don't think so, but right now I'm just trying to find Mariah." She replied, sitting down on they're couch. "By the way Morgan and Alison are coming over in 10 minutes."

Marvin stopped what he was doing and looked at her. "Really? Your inviting a drug addict and that violent son of a bitch who hit me in my own house?"

Patricia immediately came to Morgans defense. "That was 3 years ago and  Morgan only beat the shit out of you because you had Mariah in a chokehold for getting some water out of the faucet without asking, he warned you to stop but you didn't and so he protected his baby sister as he should've!" She retorted.

He rolled his eyes. "Your always so defensive over those demonic children."

Patricia immediately shot up from the couch angrily. "What do you have against them? What is it about them that has you so upset? Morgan is a 26 year old man trying in life that stays out of trouble and has respect for his elders when they have respect for him, Mariah is beautiful, talented and such a sweetheart who tries to treat everyone kindly." Patricia turned her head down sadly when thinking about Alison. "And Alison... well she tries..."

Marvin bursted out laughing dramatically and looked up at Patricia. "What hold on... did you just call Mariah beautiful?" He asked bitting back laughter.

"That Child is not good looking in the slightest and she's not talented, she'll never amount to a thing." He continued.

He could see the rage building up in Patricia's eyes. He wasn't saying all this stuff because he believed it but simply just to get under Patricia's skin, he wasn't violent with Patricia as often as he was with Mariah because Mariah was easily manipulated but always tried to stay calm and that's what made him mad so he'd put his hands on her but Pat would react to him and get angry and that's all he wanted, a reaction and she gave it to him.

"If Mariah's so damn unattractive then why have you tried to ra-" She quickly stopped herself not wanted to think about it so changed what she was going to say. "If Mariah's so unattractive like you claim then why is she over there with Michael Jackson? Like Jada said,"

Marvin rolled his eyes as he always did when someone made a point. "That didn't happen, they are all just feeding into Mariahs delusion! Why in the hell would she of all people get picked up by the biggest superstar in the world?" He retorted becoming angry himself.

"Well what about your children? They may live with they're mother now but they used to bully Mariah to the point where she'd run to me crying her eyes out! For years they'd make her think they were some how superior to her when in reality they have nothing on her!" Patricia yelled back completely changing the subject.

"Look Violet, Hazel, Trudy and Shirley only did that to her because she was an idiot!"

"Oh please, Mariah always stayed to herself and they'd just start attacking her out of no where and then when Mariah finally had enough of it and beat they're little asses so bad to the point where they're mother took them away Mariah was all of a sudden the bad guy!"

The bickering continued for a while until Alison and Morgan walked into the small home. "Knock much?" Marvin complained.

"Yo my mother pays the rent here." Morgan reminded him.

Patricia noticed that Alison looked significantly different then how she did the last time she'd seen her. The last time Alison was all drugged out but this time she had a bright glow on her face though she was wearing an upset expression.

"Look somebody better find my baby sister, I know there's been some animosity in the past but I still love Mariah to death and i can't imagine life without her." Alison said getting straight to the point.

"Have you guys gotten any information?" Morgan asked concerned.

"Allegedly she's with Michael
Jackson-" Marvin was quickly interrupted by Morgan. "I didn't ask you I was asking my mother."

"Well Jada said that one of Michael Jackson's bodyguards grabbed Mariah from the audience and when they were trying to find her the only response they got was 'she's on a date with Michael'." Patricia explained.

"And you're not freaking out about this?" Alison deadpanned. "I get that it's Michael Jackson but Mariah is 17 years old and that man is nearly 30!"

"Well to be fair Mariah's only 18-"

"I don't give a fuck mom! The point is she's not 18 right now and that she was pretty much kidnapped!" Alison exclaimed.

"I wouldn't say it's kidnap I mean you do know how much Mariah loves Michael Jackson-"

"Oh my fucking god!" Alison screamed getting more and more frustrated by the second. "You people are a bunch of psychos! You're daughter who's a minor is out somewhere possibly screwing some pop star!"

"Mariah's a virgin and shes not like that." Patricia muttered.

"That's the same thing you guys thought about me, low and behold I was 15 and pregnant!" Alison yelled. "And I know her scared ass was a virgin before she left but when she comes back her untapped ass might've been tapped."

A disgusted expression grew on Morgan's face. "I really don't want to hear this conversation, just the thought of Mariah doing that type of stuff makes me want to hurl."

"Wow, I guess I'm the only one who truly cares about Mariah!" Alison yelled and snatched her car keys off the coffee table. "I'm telling all the news outlets and all the tabloids, I'm going to find my baby sister!"