Richard(Rich)
I swallowed hard as I sat with my mom at a restaurant we've been going to since I was a kid.
"Remember, keep your calm baby," she said rubbing my hand making me shake my head.
"How am I suppose to keep my calm with a man I've never met before?" I asked rhetorically. I scratched the back of my head before I heard the door's wind chime.
"There he is," my mom mumbled angrily.
I shook my head as I watched the man walk over to us & in all honesty, I wanted to run out, I wanted to throw up, I wanted to go crazy. I look exactly like him.
"Hi Yolanda," he said.
"Richard," my mom said sipping from her glass.
He looked at me & cocked his head to the side making me do the same. Do niggas wanna get down? He sat directly in front of me & I felt a lump form in my throat.
"Look, let's not make things more awkward than what it has to be. I'm here because I want to be in both of your lives," he said making me suck my teeth.
"Oh sweetie I don't need you in my life. But this young man right here? He does.. this young man that you abandoned before I gave birth to him, this young man that's passionate about football just like his no good ass daddy, this young man that knows how to treat women good at the age of 15 going on 16. This young man that hates sleeping in the dark because I kept him in the light with me since I hated being in the dark! I hated being in the dark because the last time I was in the dark, my husband packed his things & left!" My mom yelled earning stares from other people.
I touched her shoulder & watched her began to tear up which made me furious. Nobody hurts my momma & when I say nobody, that's exactly what I meant.
"I got it ma.. what do you want from me?" I asked finally looking at him.
"Richard there's some things you need to know about this woman that happens to be your mother," he started.
"Ain't shit you can tell me about my momma that I don't already know," I said defensively.
"Watch your mouth baby," she said.
"Really? Did you know your mother cheated on me? Since we're being honest here, tell our boy why I really left Yolanda. Tell him I left because you didn't know who his daddy really was!" He said making me look at my mom.
"Please tell me this clown is lying," I said to her.
"Oh I'm the clown? I did everything for your mother literally EVERYTHING! I gave up my life & dreams just to make sure she lived comfortably when all I got in return were pictures, phone calls, & lies that crushed my heart in one," he continued shocking me.
"Oh bullshit Richard! I was unhappy yet you didn't care! You wouldn't touch me, listen to me, spend time with me, NOTHING! Yeah I had a husband physically, but what about mentally? I was woman enough to let you know everything & you took the initiative to leave after I had already told you he was possibly yours. You could've stuck around until the DNA papers came back, but you chose to run off like the little bitch that you are. Your bitterness towards me was taken out on our SON for the past 15 years! He shouldn't have to suffer because we didn't work out you pathetic bastard!"
