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"This better not be no conversation about you tellin' me that you and Audriana have a baby on the way, Angel." My mama said as soon as we sat down at the kitchen table.
I had been naggin' ha' 'bout wantin' to talk to ha' 'bout somethin' all mornin' and of course that's the first thing that pop in ha' head. Lil' do she know, Dri ain't even lettin' a nigga dig into ha' like that.
Not yet.
I really just wanted to talk to ha' 'bout Dri. Shit really been botherin' me lately and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. One way or anotha'.
"Na, ma. It ain't nothin' like that." I shook my head. "It's a lot mo' serious than that in my opinion."
She sipped her coffee. "What is it? What's going on? You okay?"
"Yea, I'm good mama. Shi- somethin' really just been botherin' me lately and I wanna know if if I should step in or just leave it alone."
She nodded her head so I continued. "Aight. So you know 'bout that whole hotel situation shit that happened, right? Well, that day when we was at the beach to celebrate Dri pops, Amere overheard a conva'sation between Mrs. I and Trini. Basically, they was sayin' somethin' about Dri's brotha's doin' that to ha'."
"Her brothers? I didn't know Audri had brothers."
"Yea, neitha' did we'. Crazy thing is though, I'on think she know eitha'."
"So when they said her brothers did that to her... they mean what happened at the hotel?"
I nodded slowly. "That's what we was thankin'. Part of me wanna talk to ha' 'bout it, but then part of me don't 'cause I hope it ain't no messed up junk like that goin' on."
"I don't know, Deondre." My mama sighed, callin' me by my middle name. "That's a hard one, but I think you should stay out of this one. If she doesn't know and they won't tell her, it's probably for a reason that's nobody's business but theirs."
She was prolly right, but that wasn't the advice I wanted to hea'. "Aight, ma. I'a stay outta it."
"Good. Now your dad is going down to set up for work in a minute. Aren't you going with him?"
"Na. Not today."
She stood up from ha' chair. "Okay, well I'ma go down there and give him his breakfast. Just know you're doing the right thing by not poking your head in, okay?"
"Aight."
Befo' I could get wrapped up in my thoughts as my mama walked away, my phone vibrates against the table. It was Dri.
