The Price To Pay

Chapter 9

The room was spinning. And i was getting dizzy. What was that? I asked myself. Obviously Rosco had taken a dose of the powder as well because he layed across the couch, motionless. "The hell wrong with him?" asked Greyson as he stepped in the room. "I don't know, he sniffed up this," I began, holding up the pan that contained the white, powder lines. "And he just zoned out." Greyson unexpectedly laughed. "He ain't zoned out, he high" High "You mean this was drugs?" I asked looking at the pan. "Yeah why, you didn't sniff that shit did you?" He asked.
     "A little, why, what's wrong?"  "That's Rosco's Rave as he likes to call it. He gets high off it. It's his medicine. Who told you sniff that anyway, how you get it?" "He just gave it to me"  I said innocently. "A little advice, don't take a damn thing unless you know what the hell it is" Greyson said. He scooped up the powder with a discarded piece of paper. "You need to get out of here. Now" he said sternly. "But-" "Get your things and I'll drop your ass off somewhere, but you gotta get out of here." Just then, Rosco begin to move, then his eyes opened, more bloodshot than before. He mumbled under his breath. Then he saw me and smiled. "You ready to go home, baby?" I just stared at him. He got up and grabbed my hand. "Let's go"
     Me and Rosco drove to a more fancier house. One with a lit pool and everything. But, like Greyson's house, there were women there. "Having a party?" I asked with a smirk. "Sorta" he said with a half smile. He walked through the front door, hand intwined with mine. He banged. "Open this damn door" he screamed.
       The door flew open, just as he ordered. "I'm sorry daddy" said one of the female guest in the house. Daddy? Who's daddy? I thought to myself. "ALRIGHT Y'ALL LISTEN UP, GATHER 'ROUND!" he yelled. His voice echoed through the whole house. THIS HERE BE RAVEN, AND SHE'S A NEW MEMBER OF THE ROSCO FAMILY, SO IF ANY ONE OF Y'ALL BITCHES HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER, AND I HERE ABOUT IT, YOU GONNA ANSWER TO ME. GOT THAT? there was complete silence. I SAID, YOU GOT THAT? "Yes daddy" the girls said at once. Why are these girls calling him "daddy"  "And you," Rosco began, looking at me. "go upstairs and change." All the girls were dressed the same. Red and gold leather outfits. Small, golden, metallic shorts, with a red and gold leather shirt. "Nicki," Rosco called to one of the girls. A tall, simple figured, girl approached. She was beautiful, what was she doing here? "Yes daddy?" she said with a simple voice. "Go get Rave her uniform, sweetheart," She turned to leave and Rosco slapped his hand across her ass. I stared. What the hell was happening?
     Nicki appointed me to a door, looked at me up and down, and handed me a red and gold outfit. She went to leave, but she turned around. "Don't think your special. He announces all his hoes like that." And walked down the steps.
     Hoes. The hell are you talking about. I'm his girlfriend. Not his hoe. I tried on the red and gold uniform. I had admit, it hugged the hell out of me, but it made me feel like a woman. And that's the feeling I was trying to get for a long time. A feeling that Mom would never let me have. Mom, It's been days since I've talked to her. Oh, she'll be fine. After all that she did to me. She'll live.