Mistakes

Normal. Not Normal.

I remember the day I lost both my parents. Every single moment. That morning I woke up to my parents arguing. Nothing unusual about that instead of Dea waking me up Pop did. He was screaming, "Baby I only love you. I just can't help it. My heart only belongs to you." I waited to hear her usual response, ok but I can't take it I'm gonna leave you one day. Instead Dea said, "I catch you again you're dead to me and dead to Jay." After that I heard her head to the kitchen and Pop walked in my room and I laid with my eyes closed like I was sleep. Normal.

"Jay time to get this day started boy. Just cause it's Saturday don't mean you waste it with your eyes closed." Normal. "Jay boy I want you to understand when you get older that women can be a blessing or a curse. You gonna fall hard for a girl one day and you will see the blessing first hand. Ain't nothing like a good woman that gives her all to you. But the curse is a bad woman. They don't care and they never will. You're heart can belong to another and they won't give a damn in the slightest cause all they want is some good dick. They are a temptation few men are able to resist let along strong enough to deny giving them what they want. Even knowing it's wrong. My daddy told me this and now I'm telling you...Every man falls I love with the woman he can't have because of his own mistakes. Depending on the woman sometimes you can get her back. Sometimes you have to watch her die slowly cause you killing her like a cancer on her soul. Now let's eat we need our strength for the day ahead."

Dea made a big breakfast, pancakes, eggs, grits, biscuits, ham, bacon and sausage. Can't eat none of that to this day, I'm good with oatmeal and toast, thank you very much. As I dug in Dea told me to get dressed I need to go make groceries since I loved to eat them all. Normal. Mind you Dea was 5'3" built like a brickhouse and scared every inch of my 6'1" growing 16 year old cornerback frame to death so I was upstairs quick. By time I got downstairs I heard Barry singing and Pop accompanying him. Normal. Dea was laughing and as I walked in the kitchen Pop was dipping her. Watching my folks slow drag on a Saturday morning was normal. Not normal was Dea coming out the dip saying, "by time I'm back that problem needs to be solved Jayson."

"Jay bring them muscles, I need you to charm the check out girl some my coupons expired."

"Yes ma'am, Kei-Kei should be working I got it." Normal typical shopping trip to the grocery. I smiled at Keionna and complemented her cheer skills at the game. She giggled and misscanned items all the while blushing and talking about my pick 6. Dea walked out the store shaking her head and saying, "Just like your Daddy, smile make a girl go dumb and in heat at the same time. Hope she don't lose her job didn't scan none of my meat." Normal so fucking normal. Driving home we idly chatted about the upcoming homecoming game, the posters she was making for it and if I thought I was going to be homecoming king. Normal.

Pulled up to the house and handed her the eggs and bread and raced up the stairs to open the door for her. Normal. Opening the door and hearing Kei-Kei's mother's voice screaming Jayson in the way that signals that sweet release. Not normal in the slightest way. My feet moved forward trying stop my mother from coming up the stairs but she ducked and moved like Emmett Smith at a Superbowl game. She ran pass me to the kitchen. I saw Pop with big Kei bent over the table eyes closed grinding out his own release. Chanting this the last time hear me. Andrea don't deserve this at all.

Three shots.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

Pop hit the floor. Big Kei face half missing. Back of Dea head gone. Not NORMAL.

Silence. Straight silence.

Mrs. Thompson called the police cause she heard the shots and when she came outside she noticed me taking the groceries in a trail of blood going back and forth to the house. Not normal. I was doing my normal Saturday thing though putting Dea groceries up. The police came as I was putting the milk in the fridge.

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