"Mariah get up" I said shaking her. "Im up" she said sittin up. "Here" I said handing her the ib profen and water. "Thanks ma" she said taking them. "Come on Let's go downstairs and eat" I said and she got up and followed me. When I got down there my dad was already dressed, my dad stayed fresh. "Hey Daddy" I said and he hugged me. "Wassup Ca....." he said before staring behind me , I turned around and he was staring at Mariah and her mouth was hung wide open. "Mariah?" He asked and she nodded. "Yo. Come ere man" he said and she walked to him and he hugged her and I looked in his eyes and he looked like he was about to cry. "Hi uncle christian . I missed you, all these Years I been thinking about you and uncle Jawan" she said and he nodded. "I missed you too man. I been tryna get in touch with yo moms for a minute but I never could. Wassup? You good?" He asked. "Y'all know eachother?" I asked. "Yeah her dad was uncle nezz. The one I told you about. The one that passed" he said and my eyes got big. "I didn't know you was the mariah he was talkin about." I yelled. "Yeah I am" she said smiling. "This is dumb tight" I said. Ciara walked back into the kitchen and mariah looked at her. "Aunt cici?!" She yelled and Ciara looked at her and tilted her head. "I knew it. I knew it" she said jumping up and down. She ran over to mariah and hugged her. "We missed you" Ciara said. "Miss you guys too" she said. "Your so beautiful. Nezz woulda started a war if he seen how you've grown" Ciara said and my dad nodded. "Hell yeah. My boy woulda never let you out the house" he said laughing and staring at mariah. "Damn. This just made my day so much better. I swear I was just talkin bout you to Jawan the other day. We had a big ass argument over you. We was arguing about who nezz said was yo god dad. But it don't matter Cause all the niggas we grew up with looked After you so we was all like uncle's " he said lookin down. I know my dad misses uncle nezz. Before he go to bed every night he make sure he say a prayer and he said he Send it to uncle nezz. "Where ya moms at now?" He asked and mariah pushed her hair behind her ear. "She's dead" she said rockin back and forth on her foot. "Damn" my dad mumbled. "Who you stay wit?" He asked. "Myself. I got my own money , i been on my own ever since i was 14 cause my mom couldn't take care of me nomore so I start doin my own thing" she said. "Whatchu do?" He asked. "We both know" she said and my dad shook his head. "Nah i dont" he said. She did a hand signal: balls up fist , blows throught it , make the money sign and does the make it rain sign. "Ohhhh word?" He asked and she nodded. "Yup . Ain't too many objects when you coming from the projects" she said and my dad nodded. "You right about that" he said. "Check this out pops. Guess who she dates" I said and he mugged her. "You dating now too? I swear nezz woulda kicked yo ass" my dad said. "Really" Ciara said agreeing with him. "She dates DeQuan" I said and my dad nodded. "Coo with me. He the only one of Q kids who got sense. I Thank God it aint Tre, Q or James" he said laughing. "Me too uncle Christian. Q is special" she said. "Special as hell" he said. "You got money?" He asked and she ran upstairs. A few seconds later she came back with her purse. I watched her pull 10 stacks out her purse. "That answer yo question" she asked and he dapped her up. "Ball out then. Just be safe out here" he said and she nodded. We ate and then we headed back upstairs. I checked my phone and I had a text from J. "Be back in town later. With my pops and james. Be by to get you later" he said and I didn't even reply back.
