“Hey daddy,” Liana said brightly as she kissed Alex on the cheek. He was flipping through the channels as his little Mexican bitch, as Liana called her, was in the kitchen fixing him lunch. “what’s up?”
“Hey baby girl. I’m just being lazy today.” He shrugged as he sat up on the couch and let Liana sit down. “Where’s the family?” he asked just as Chris and Maurice ran in the house. “Oh…” he laughed.
“Maurice, give me my fucking money!” Chris shouted as Maurice cuddled up next to Liana.
“Stop yelling at him like that.” Liana smirked, rubbing his hair. “What money any way?”
“I was getting out the car and dropped my wallet and all my shit fell out and ya thieving ass son took my shit.” Chris said as he squint his eyes at Maurice.
“Finders, keepers sucka.” Maurice said, sticking his tongue out. Chris raised his eyebrows before he grabbed Maurice’s legs and pulled him off the couch and was holding him upside down. “Stop!” he shouted, laughing as his face turned red.
“Nah sucka,” Chris mumbled, patting his pockets until he found his money and dropped Maurice back on the couch. “take something else from me and watch I beat your ass.”
“Shut the heck up!”
“Oh word?” Chris asked, stepping to Maurice and Liana laughed, pushing him away.
“Leave my baby alone.” Chris rolled his eyes and sat on the arm of the couch. Maurice smirked and stood up on the couch and jumped on Chris back. Chris grabbed him and threw him on the other couch that was facing them and Maurice laughed out loud and threw a pillow at Chris face and ran in the kitchen as Chris chased him. “Be careful with him Christopher!” Liana shouted, quickly standing up.
“Calm down Li.” Alex laughed, shaking his head. “He’s a boy.”
“He’s still fragile though.” She frowned a little when she heard Maurice scream. She ran through the kitchen and out to the back yard and saw Maurice running across the clear pool cover. “No, no, no Maurice get off that before you fall in!”
“Liana, chill out.” Chris called out from across the yard. “He ain’t gonna fall.”
“Chris, I’m not fucking talking to you!” she spat, crossing her arms. “Now, mommy said get off Maurice and I’m not gonna say it again.”
“Yes mommy.” Maurice pouted, walking off slowly until he was on the grass.
“Stop being a mean ass Li.” Chris mumbled, picking Maurice up and walking passed her, back in the house.
“Whatever.” She mumbled, turning on her heels and walking back in the house. “Dad, we’re leaving.” She said once she was back in the living room.
“But we just got here.” Chris said, tilting his head to the side.
“Shut the fuck up, Christopher! Speak when you’re fucking spoken to!” she snapped again, her face turning slightly red. “Again, dad, we’re leaving.”
The room got quiet as they all looked away from Liana. Alex finally cleared his throat and nodded. “Okay princess, I’ll see you later.” Liana nodded and snatched Maurice from Chris before leaving out. Just as Chris was about to get up, Alex grabbed his arm. “What’s up with her?”
“I don’t fucking know,” Chris sighed, shaking his head. “she be having hella mood swings.”
Alex frowned a little, shaking his head. “Well, I’ll see you.”
“Mhm…” Chris got up and left out. He got in the car quietly and Liana sucked her teeth and drove off.
~
“Oh gosssssh,” Liana groaned as she lifted her head up from the table. She was at Madison’s house with a few of her friends. At first, they were just chillin and then one of Madison’s friends pulled out the baggies with the coke and as soon as they placed the various white lines on the glass coffee table, it was a wrap. “I haven’t done this in a minute.” She giggled, wiping her nose as she felt the effects.
“I could give you a sample for free, Li.” Madison said, smirking.
“I can’t keep it in the house, if Chris or TJ finds it, that’s my ass.” She shook her head, checking her phone and seeing all her missed calls and noting that she’d been there for three hours. “Speaking of, I should get going.” She started to get up but Ashley, Madison’s friend, pulled her back down.
“One more hit baby girl.” She smiled; winking and Liana blushed and nodded.
“Okay, one more, then I gotta bounce.” They all nodded and Liana put her nose on the line, holding one nostril as she sniffed up the coke with the other.
~
“I think she’s dead…” someone mumbled, poking Liana.
“Shut up nigga, she ain’t dead.” Liana groaned, rolling over and blinking her eyes repeatedly. “About time.” TJ said, smacking her butt playfully. “Get up Li, put on some clothes.”
She quickly pushed up from the couch, realizing that she was only dressed in her bra and panties and their friend, Antonio, was right besides TJ, smirking at her. “Oh fuck,” she mumbled, grabbing a pillow to cover her up and she ran upstairs. Chris was sitting up in bed, watching whatever Maurice was flipping to.
“Mommy!” Maurice shouted, jumping off the bed to hug Liana. “Ew, why you naked mommy?”
“I’m not naked.” She mumbled, running her fingers through her wild hair.
“Yo, what time you get in last night?”
“I don’t know but I was only at Madison’s house.”
“You just better be fucking that bitch for you to be at her house all night and ignore my fucking phone calls.” He spat, glaring at her.
“I’m sorry, Chris. I lost track of time baby, it won’t happen again.”
Chris rolled his eyes and looked her up and down. “And where the hell is your clothes? Ain’t TJ downstairs?”
“Yes, but he didn’t see me…” she lied, crossing her arms. “Can I get in the shower now?”
“Whatever Liana.” Chris sighed, sitting back against the bed. Liana sighed, going in the bathroom and closing the door softly. She looked at herself in the mirror and took in her red eyes and nose and thanked God that Chris didn’t notice.
When she got out the shower, she was wrapped in a towel and she went back in the bedroom and saw Chris sitting on the edge of the bed. “What’s wrong?”
“I thought you said TJ didn’t fucking see you…” Chris spat, standing from the bed and slowly walking towards her. “And Ant was down there?!”
“Chris,” she started, backing up the closer he got. “it’s not that big of a de—” his back hand connecting with the side of her face cut her off as the sound echoed through the quiet room. Before she could gather herself, she felt another smack that made her stumble and smack the wall. She tasted the blood from her lip as she squeezed her eyes shut as she tried hard not to break down and cry.
He gripped her up next, slapping her again twice and slamming her up against the wall by her neck. “I told you about fucking lying to me, Li. Didn’t I?” she nodded her head hard as her bottom lip trembled and she quickly wiped at her tears. “Do that shit again and I swear to God, you’ll regret it.” She nodded again and he let her go and watched as she collapsed to the floor.
Chris rolled his eyes and left out the room, slamming the door shut and Liana hugged her knees to her chest and put her head down as she began to cry softly.
