Excuse any mistakes
Devina Amala Valentine-
"what girl my show on" my mama said to me.
"I was just tryna tell you that I won't be home til late tonight-" i said as she cut me off. "And where in the fuck you think you're going ?" she said in a petty tone that was uncalled for.
"Out with my friends" i said in a dry voice rolling my eyes getting annoyed.
"What friends ? you talking about those fast ass hoes you call yourself tryna be just like?"
"First, i'm not trying to be like anybody. Second, they not fast or hoes"
"watch your mouth, and i don't know why you tryna lie. Wasn't it just last month ya lil friend Marjani got caught up at her mama house with that lil boy chris.. Ms Jackie grandson"
"that's not my business mama i don't know what-"
"save that shit for ya daddy side of the family you can't lie to me I was your age before." she said turning her tv up.
"okay well i'm finna leave bye" i said lowly.
"you ain't going no damn where but to that kitchen that needs to be cleaned the fuck, just making moves around this bitch like you grown" she shouted.
"I already cleaned the kit-"
"well clean the bathroom, Y'all's and Ours yo mama said you ain't going nowhere now shut the fuck up and get to scrubbing" Michael said in a loud tone leading my older sister Ahja to come to my rescue.. as always
"Nigga you ain't our daddy the fuck" she said.
"But i pay the bills in this bitch like I am, aint y'all daddy dead bitch?" he said. I immediately felt my heart break in my chest. He's said awful things to me and my siblings but never this.
That pain suddenly turned into rage. I felt myself black out.
"Vina wake up"
"Get yo ass up vi we gotta go" I hear my sisters voice as i slowly began to open my eyes.
"huh, w-what happened" I said rubbing my head from the throbbing pain coming from it.
"i'll explain later but Rome on his way to come get us"
"for what, why does my head hurt so bad" I said as i got up slowly making the pain worse but in my whole body. I looked at Ahja's face and saw a blacked eye with a couple scratches.
"Again?" I said hoping it all was a dream.
"yeah again, but this time we leaving for good, we gone be straight I promise" she said.
We heard a horn beep coming from outside noticing that it was our brothers truck. "Y'all asses still here ? better get gone before i whoop y'all ass again" Michael said.
"You ain't gone do a bitch ass thing" Rome said walking in the door, behind him was a boy that looked to be around his age with brownskin and tattoos.
"look baby, yo stupid ass son and his friend tryna be captain save a hoe" michael laughed as well as my mother... or should i say birth giver.
"come on" ahj said under her voice picking up garbage bags full of our clothes. I picked up some bags myself and was out the door.
"what happened this time" Rome said.
"man lemme tell you"
We got in the car and they started talking, the boy who was with us sat in the front seat on his phone. Not even paying attention to anything Rome and Ahj were saying.
Suddenly I wasn't either. I was in my own thoughts , my own world at this point. My mama wasn't always like this. She was a good mom but then the love of her life died.
My father died when I was 13. This Woman had 4 kids by him. Nadir, Roman , Ahja and me. you would think being a single parent of 4 kids would make you love them more and be more protective over them. But no.
The hate she had from my dad passing, began to come to us, like we ever did something. She hated us, neglected us, let her boyfriends abuse us as she would sit back and laugh.
Nadir and Rome were 17 and 16 when our dad died, they were able to get away but the streets was the escape, Nadir was already in at the age of 15 he knew people that would take care of him and Rome but one day the wrong play was for the wrong person.
Nadir got sentenced to 12 years in the county jail for 2nd degree murder 8 months after he left home. leaving Rome, Ahja and I alone.
Rome was okay tho, he wasn't in to deep until about 2 years ago, he's most definitely playing the protective big brother role to me and the rest of our siblings. By rest i mean the 3 younger siblings I have.
Subria, Kobe, and Denver. My mama has 7 kids 4 baby daddies. And she be tryna call my friends fast.
"Girl what the fuck wrong wit yo ears, nigga i said is you hungry" Rome looked back at me.
"huh oh shit no i'm good" I said.
"man you straight?"
"i'm good"
