Rich to Ghetto?

6 months 200 hours

"Malik Maddox Carter please rise" this is the moment where all truth comes out this is the moment we find out if the man i love will be set free or go to jail, my heart feels like theres chains around it. "You are found guilty of assault and are sentences to 6 months in the State Penitentiary and 200hours of community services upon departure of the facility" my heart feels like its ruptured. Not only have both my parents been locked up but now the guy i love, could this week get any worse? Maliks shoulders slump as the judge dismisses the court. As the officers takes Malik out the court room i lip "I love you" he just looks the other way. i look at mrs. D who is standing next to me in tears as well. i hug her tightly.  

When we get home that night everything is abnormally quiet nobody talks at dinner, and for the first time since living with the carters i see Deandre dump his dinner in the trash and dismiss dinner when everyone still has food on their plates. I stand up and clear off my plate, as we all do our chores in silence im holding back my tears, he may be my boyfriend but Malik is there family has been for the past 17 years. Part of me cant help but think his sentencing was to harsh. When we finish our chores we all go to our rooms no basketball or movies tonight

***Maliks point of view***

Exiting the courtroom i look into Brileys watery blue eyes i can see the pain held within them, but she got me into this mess, i see her lips moving forming the words "I love you" i cant look any longer, i must look away. I look straight forward as the cops taking me out the court house. i look up at the cop all to familiar cop car.

Arriving at the Jail i look around, im only 17 i dont belong here, it was a simple school fight how could this be happening to me. Why? ive never been in trouble witht the law before, how could they punish me so harshly. Fuck the American Government, i dont belong here this is a place for people who commit serious crimes, all i did was get in a fight. "Malik Carter, your cell is E103- 2nd level security." i shake my head there treating me like im actually dangerous. I change into the orange jump suit they give me and make my way to my cell when i walk in there my roommates gone. So i make my bed and lay down. 

When the security guard comes to my cell he announces its time for dinner, i walk with my head down and get to the mess hall. Getting my food the man serving me locks eyes with me "Malik Carter?" my head snaps up "how do you know my name" i look into the eyes of the stranger who seems oddly familiar ive seen his face somewhere before. "You're fathers Deandre Carter?" i swallow hard "Whats it to you old man" i take my tray and make my way to an empty spot and being eating the horrible food. When i get back to the cell, i see the stranger from the kitchen sitting there writing. i climb on my bed trying not to make noise. The stranger looks at me "Malik" i take a deep breath, what the fuck does this man want with me. i dont say anything "I'm Brileys dad" i hear the stranger say. I sit straight up "What did you just say" the mans extremely pale and takes a hard swallow "I'm Briley Collins Father, your dad Deandre Carter, he has custody of my princess" for some reason i feel anger overflow my body "You've got to be fucking kidding me, Brileys parents are just getting a divorce" the stranger shakes his head "My name is Maxwell, and sadly im not kidding you Malik, we never wanted Briley to find out what happened, but both her mother and i are in jail for at least the next 25 years" i shake my head slightly allowing the man to continue "I got charged with credit card scam..and umm..capital murder" Everything's starting to piece together now, the court doesn't take a 16 year old out of there parents custody from a divorce. Unable to speak i just look at the stranger who i find out is Brileys father, i think back to the picture on her night stand and remember the mans face and its the man im sharing a cell with. "Aren't you going to say anything?" i shake my head "You disgust me" Brileys dads begins to pace "haha well i mean we are both in here so you must of done something to...Oh shit what did i get my daughter into" i cut him off " Your daughter is fine, better then she could have been with a murder father" the mans face turns cold " Why are you here Malik?" i shake my head not wanting to tell him he doesnt deserve and explanation hes the reasons Brileys life is falling apart. "I got in a fight protecting your daughter" i say without thinking the mans face changes in the matter of seconds from cold to worry "is she okay?" i laugh at the strangers questions, as if i would ever let something happen to Briley i lov..i just couldnt let anything happen to her not again. Then a guard walks bye "enough chatter ladies its time for bed"