Obsessed

Chapter 2

Nya

~ 1 week Later ~

"I thought you were gonna have Ava for her birthday?" I said, doing my makeup. My brother sighed and sucked his teeth. "Man, don't even get me started. I'm so tight right now." He tells me. "Oh boy. What happened?" I say.
I'm Nya Valentina Velez. I'm 23 years old and I live in LA with my best friend, Camilla. Originally, we're from Jersey but we've been living here in California for a few months. Me? I'm from the Bronx. My mother picked my siblings up and moved us out to Jersey when I was real young. So I spent the rest of my childhood out in Jersey.
"Krystal got me fucked up. She knew I wanted to be with Ava for her birthday, bro. She's so fucking evil!" My older brother fumed. My brother was pissed and I could hear it all in his voice. There was only one person who could make him this angry. "Calm down, Justin. Tell me what's going on."
Krystal was my brothers baby mama. She and my brother met in high school and been dating on and off ever since. They now have a 3 year old daughter named Ava. That little girl is my pride and joy, but I cannot deal with Krystal. I get that she was in love with my brother but the bitch was toxic. They both were toxic. And they didn't need to be in a relationship.
"Aight so boom, me and Krystal made arrangements for me to have Ava this weekend. Tell me why I get to Krystal's crib and there's nobody there. Mind you, Krystal lives a half hour away. I haven't seen my daughter in 3 weeks, bro. I'm going crazy." Justin tells me. I could hear my brothers voice shake. Like, he was about to cry. My brother was a lot of things but one thing he wasn't was a deadbeat. Justin was a good father and always made sure my niece had everything she needed and more.
"Damn, I'm sorry Justin. That doesn't make any sense." I said. I really didn't know what else to say. My brother was hurting because he hadn't seen Ava in a long time. Krystal was literally keeping my niece from her own father simply because she was a miserable ass bitch. She refused to accept the fact that Justin didn't wanna be in a relationship with her anymore. She didn't realize that she wasn't only hurting Justin, but she was also hurting her own child. Like I said, miserable.
Now, Justin was in tears. "I swear to God if she wasn't my baby mama I would've been got her jumped." He sniffed. This was one of those moments where I wish I could be there to comfort my brother. "Man, I wish I was back home right now." I said. "I just wanna see my daughter, Ny." Justin tells me. "I know you do, Justin. I know." I say.
"What's the matter?" Camilla asked. I watched the lady who was doing my pedicure. "Justin called me earlier. It's Avas birthday today and Krystal won't let him see her." I said. "Not even on her birthday? That's disgusting." Camilla says. "Girl, I know! He sounded so upset. You know how much he loves Ava. He hasn't seen her in like 3 weeks." I tell my best friend. "Are you serious?" Camilla asked me. I nodded my head. "I'm deadass. I hate that I'm so far away from home when he's going through this. I mean, yeah we been knew Krystal was a bitch. Pero like, she's od with it at this point. Justin was on the phone crying to me. He don't cry!" I said. "He wants to see his daughter, Ny. He's hurting." Milla told me.
I had 2 brothers back home. There was my oldest brother, Justin. He had just turned 30. I was the second oldest. He was a tattoo artist. My brother Justin was a pretty boy back in high school. He played mad females. I loved him but he was a fuckboy. And if we're being completely honest, meeting Krystal was his karma. The day he met her, he met his match. She was a whole different breed. Next, we have my little brother Juju. His name was Adrien but everybody called him Juju. Don't ask me why or where it came from cause I don't know. He was 16. Juju was the exact opposite of Justin. He was charming, and respectful towards women. My brother Adrien was 6'6 and he played basketball, football, and he ran track.
"I know, Milla. I love my niece. She's my pride and joy. But I can't be in the same room as her mother. Nope. That bitch is a bird." I said to my best friend. Camilla laughed. "We been knew." She says. We both laughed together.
After we got our nails done, Camilla and I got some Mexican food. No, not no Taco Bell. Real authentic, Mexican food. One of the main reasons I was so excited about moving to California was for the food. Jersey had some bomb food, don't get me wrong. However, it never hurt to try something new.
"Who was that on the phone?" Milla asked. "This girl named Elena. She hit me up on my hair page and she lives in Cali. She's been looking for somebody to do her hair for her baby shower." I explained. "Ooh, look at you getting some business." My bestie says. I laughed. "You stupid." I said.
I've been doing hair since I was about 13 years old. My mom taught me a few things, but I was basically self taught. It was my dream to have my own hair salon one day. That would be dope. I wanted to be the next Arrogant Tae.
"Hello?" I said into the phone. "Yo, I'm livid right now!" My brother Justin says. I sat up in my bed and checked the time. It was 2 am here. "Justin, you know it's 2 am here, right?" I said. "I'm sorry, sis. It's 11 pm in Jersey. Krystal took Ava to Philly with her new nigga and I needed to talk to somebody." My brother tells me. At this point, I was wide awake. "What?!" I said.
Justin and I had a dope bond. We were like best friends. He told me everything and I told him everything as well. We were always honest with each other. My brother always told me that he felt like he couldn't talk to anybody else when it came to his mental health and Krystal. So of course I was there for him.
"Yeah, I had to find out through Instagram. Not a phone call, text, nothing!" My brother says. I rubbed my temples. This was stressing me out and this wasn't even my situation. "Are you serious?" I said. "I'm deadass. I wanna drive up there and get my daughter. I don't even know this nigga and I don't want him around Ava." Justin tells me. "Justin, please don't do anything stupid. Drive to Philly and get ya daughter. But please, don't get into any trouble." I pleaded.
See, my brother and his baby mama have been in trouble with the law before. Krystal tried to take Ava away for good. She lied and called the police saying that my brother put his hands on her. My brother would never put his hands on a female, but I wouldn't mind putting the paws on that bitch.