Chapter Twenty Nine- Forgiveness and Addiction

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JADES POINT OF VIEW

I had Don find out where my pops lays his head so I could pay him a quick visit. No I wasn't going to kill him but I needed to know what was going on and I needed my closure.

I observed the huge house in front of me before lightly knocking and stepping back to wait. A couple minutes later a teenage girl came to the door and looked me over with a shocked facial expression and she bit her lower lip.

"Can I help you?" She asked blushing and tried to fix her messy bun causing me to roll my eyes and lean against the door frame.

"I want to speak with Jaheim Scott, is he here?" I asked and she frowned and told me to wait a moment before disappearing inside the house. When she walked away some lil nigga who looked her age came to the door and side eyed me.

"What the fuck you want with my pops?" He asked crossing his arms and I smirked and shook my head. I hope this pussy ass nigga ain't suppose to be my brother.

"I ain't come her for your ass so get up at my face lil homie and respect your elders" I told him as my dad came to the door looking fearful. He quickly stepped outside and closed the door as I looked him over.

He looked practically the same minus the gray hair. It's kinda ironic that O and I inspired to be like him but it turns out he was a cop all along so in reality all of this could of been avoided if he would of just came clean from he beginning.

"I know your mad at me but please don't take this out on my family, they don't know about any of this and I'd like to keep it that way"he said glancing at the front door and I smacked my teeth and sat down on one of the chairs he had on his porch.

"I ain't come her for all that nigga, I really could give a fuck less about you or your lil family, I came for answers and to hear more about this police investigation" I said looking straight ahead.

"Just because I wasn't in your life doesn't mean I wasn't checking up on you. Every time you and your brother were arrested I knew about it and tried the best I could to get you out of trouble. A day doesn't go by that I don't think about you or Ohaji and I know what I did was wrong or maybe the fact that you both won't ever forgive me, but son from the bottom of my heart I'm so sorry for all the pain I caused the both of you. How's your mother?" He asked and I raised an eyebrow.

"She's six feet under. Died of a drug overdose in rehab" I shrugged not even thinking about. I'd cried enough tears over her and I can't bring back the dead so whats the point?

"I-I'm so sorry to hear that, she was the first woman I'd ever fell in love with" he said with a small smile to cover up the obvious tears forming in his eyes.

"I thought you said your punk ass was married?" I said and he chuckled and got comfortable on the front porch and down next to me.

"My wife Denise was some girl I was dating who got pregnant with your older brother Alex and I was forced to marry her by my mother and father because it was the Christian thing to do. About five years later I was working as a police officer and I was only twenty four and because I was young and fresh cut they assigned my partner David and I to go undercover. I became really good friends with Victor right away he said it was something about me he trusted and knew I wouldn't betray him he also introduced me to your mother who was a college girl at the time" he said and my eyes grew wide.

"Continue please" I tell him as I leaned back and he smiled as he reminisced.

"I remember seeing her and falling in love without having a conversation. So after a couple of weeks of perusing her I took her out and we ended up having sex resulting in Ohaji's birth. At that time I had three kids with my wife and I started spending less and less time with her to be with you guys. Your mom didn't know nobody but Victor not even David did and then when she got pregnant with you I was so deep into the drug game I started to forget I was even a cop. I was killing people and becoming ruthless. Then when David found out he gave me a choice, either I let everything go and walk away or he'd tell my wife and I'd loose my job. Son I know it was wrong but I didn't have a choice and on top of that I couldn't bring myself to turn in Victor. I never meant to get so attached to you and Ohaji but I did" he sniffled as he turned his head and I spotted my brother and I's name on his neck.

"It's alright bruh, you did what you had to do,I ain't mad at ya" I said patting his back and he chuckled again as he wiped the fresh tears.

"Whats so funny?" I asked as he gave me another smile and nudged me with his shoulder..

"I got any grand kids?" He asked and I nodded pulling out my phone and flipping through pictures showing him Cal,Tristan and Alijah.

"I got two and O got one" I shrugged and he started at all the pictures and frowned a little bit before handing the phone back to me.

"I know you say you forgive me but that still doesn't make what I did right, I have to think about it all the time" he said rubbing his eyes and I sighed.

"Just tell me whats going on with this case being built against my team and I" I said changing the subject and he snapped out of it almost like he'd forgotten.

"The whole police department is being paid by Will to take you out. He can't do it by force so I assume your to powerful and the only way to stop you is if your behind bars. A couple of cops got killed a few months ago and if they link you to that they'll give you life or try and give you the death penalty" my father said and I shook my head,

I knew Ohaji must of done something, this had his name written all over it. I told his dumb ass to stop all that cop killing and now he got us caught up in this shit.

"This is how I support my family bruh, I ain't going nowhere" I stated firmly and he looked at me like I was crazy.

"Jade I don't want to see you or your brother end up behind bars or dead, all I'm asking is for your to relocate until shit blows over, get a honest job" he said touching my shoulder and I began laughing.

"Nigga I'm a ex con, don't nobody wanna higher my ass. Just let me handle this shit I know what I'm doing" I shrugged standing up and walking away.

Truth be told I had a plan, I just wasn't sure it'd work but I hoped it did.

IVORY'S POINT OF VIEW

The day I came home from the hospital I wanted to relax with my baby but I was forced to sit through an important meeting. I leaned on Jade as he talked and glanced down at my daughter who slept on O's shirtless chest peacefully.

"There's a lot going on right now so out of Don,O and Silas I'm giving you the option to leave and get out of town like that nigga said" Jade said glancing at everyone. I started to get really confused considering he'd never said anything to me about this.

"Fuck all of that, I'm not a punk and I'm not leaving we built this shit with the help of Rico and to just leave would be like him dying in vain. If this drug business falls I'm going down with it and I have nothing else to say" O said calmly as her rubbed Alijah's back.

"We have this conversation every other week, we not leaving you behind bruh,it's just going to happen. We all family and our main priority is keeping this family safe" Don said and I smiled.

"Ohaji can I please have my baby, you've had her since I've been home and I want to bond with her" I tell him and he gave me a mean look.

"No she likes being with her uncle, this my baby" O said kissing her hand as she slept and I rolled my eyes. I didn't go through all that pain giving birth for them to hog my daughter. I gave Jade a pouty look and he laughed.

My attention went to Silas as he rubbed his chin and stood up. Everyone in the room looked at him and he cleared his throat.

"I wanna leave, I don't want to do it anymore and if you all go to prison or get killed somebody has to be here for all these kids y'all having" Silas said giving a bittersweet smile as my eyes grew wide.

"I want you to be your own man and I respect you for making this decision, be your own man and go back to school I don't care if it's online bruh just do it" Jade said standing up and dapping him up.

I had to fan my eyes to keep them from getting watery. I never thing I'd see the day Silas gave up drug dealing and I'm so proud of my baby.

"Dada?" Calvin said waddling over to O who was still laying on the ground rubbing Alijah's back. He made Calvin sit and he put Alijah in his arms while he held her head to keep it supported and Cal's eyes lit up.

"This your baby cousin, you gone have to look after her when she get older. I want y'all to be close, can you did that?" O asked and Calvin didn't answer he simply kissed her forehead causing everyone to laugh.

O took her from him and laid her back on his chest as he relaxed back on the carpet. She was so tiny and cute and I didn't want her to ever get bigger.

"Cover my baby up bruh she a newborn and she only in a onesie" Jade complain and Ohaji smacked his teeth.

"She fine stop being so annoying, I'm shirtless so she's just taking in my body heat dumb ass" O replied.

Jade turned his attention to me and kissed my shoulder before nodding towards the kitchen. I quickly got up and followed him wondering what was going on. I hated being in the dark about a lot of things.

"I want you to relocate to Atlanta with the baby and Silas, I'll eventually join y'all out there when stuff is secure here and Will is out of the picture permanently" Jade said and I quickly shook my head no and looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Were a family I'm not leaving you here so you can get killed and Alijah won't have a father" I snapped and he looked at me for awhile.

"I don't think I gave you a choice. Your going to do what I told you to do and not question me on it, understand?" He asked raising his voice a little and I wiped a few tears before they could fall and nodded my head.

Jade kissed my forehead before walking away from me leaving me to recollect myself. As I followed back into the living room I made a deep eye contact with Don but it only lasted a second before I took my seat on the couch again.

I took the baby from Ohaji and he looked at me and told me I had five minutes with her before he took her back and I rolled my eyes.

"I love you" I smiled kissing her cheek. She wasn't as light as she was when she was born, her color had come in like I knew it would and she was a tan color.

I knew by her first birthday she'd be a Carmel skin tone like Tristan was. I watched Alijah suck on her pacifier and thought about what it would be like to start over in Atlanta. I wouldn't always have to worry about watching my back and it'd be a better environment to raise my daughter.

"Can you promise me something Jade?" I asked and everyone glanced over at me. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer.

"Yeah, what is it?" Jade asked.

"Promise me you'll marry me and you won't cheat anymore, since you'll be here a lot and I'll be in a different state" I frowned and his eyes grew wide.

"It's not like your leaving the state right now, only If things get to hot and the police start knocking, we might not have to even move" he said nervously and I squinted my eyes at him.

"So you don't want to marry me?" I asked and everyone started laughing while he moved around nervously.

"You know what,she seems tired let me go put her in her crib" Jade said as he pulled Alijah from my arms and walked her into the back room.

I rolled my eyes and sighed, every time I bring up marriage he always wants to be a dick and change the subject. I glanced over at Don as he continued to watch me and looked away awkwardly, what the hell is his problem.

"I need to holla at you for a second" he said standing and stretching as he held his hand out for me. Silas and O looked at him weirdly but I took it anyway and followed him out the front door of my condo.

DON'S POINT OF VIEW

"What did you need to talk to me about?" Ivory asked looking at me concerned and I sighed looking past her for a moment. I didn't know how I was going to tell her this but I knew I had to and I had to explain everything I was told.

When I had gone to talk to Will it was just him and I and he confirmed what I've known since day 1. He probably thought by telling me he was my father I'd go to his side but nah my loyalty stays with my brothers.

I didn't really say anything I just reached into my pocket and handed her a baby picture of I and our parents. That should explain it all but Ivory is a lil slow so she might have to process it for awhile.

"When I was 3 years old, Will did a bad drug deal and I got taken by these Jamaicans he was doing dirty business with and the original plan was to kill me but the leader got attached to me and he kept me and raised me as if I was his own. I guess the reason you were treated the way you were treated was because of me being gone and him hoping to have another boy to make his pain hurt less. This doesn't make how he treated you okay but maybe you understand a little better" I explain as she slowly looked up at me.

"H-how long have you known?" She asked and I smirked and took the baby picture from her hands as she continued to look at me shocked.

"I've known for awhile now, I just was never sure on how and when I should approach you, I was ten when all of this was explained to me and the guy who raised me gave me the choice to go back but I didn't want to. He was all I'd ever known and I just didn't want to go back to my family because they didn't try hard enough to get me back" I shrug and she covered her mouth and walked closer to me.

"Can I hug you? Or is that weird?" She asked and I laughed and pulled her into a hug wrapping my arms around her tightly.

"You know it's kinda weird how all this turned out. We may not know each other that well but were family and were on the same side. Don't let Will get to you because he's manipulative and he's good at playing with peoples emotions, why you think he didn't care when ma was killed? She didn't mean anything to him and neither did we" I tell her and she nodded and hugged me tighter.

"Don this is crazy, like really crazy" Ivory said with a laugh and I chuckled along with her.

"My real name is Donald by the way and my middle name is Ivory" I laughed and she looked up at me with wide eyes.

"Oh my god I was named after you?" She asked and I nodded my head as we made our way back in side.

Jade looked at me weirdly as he pulled Ivory on his lap and I sighed and took my seat where I was sitting before and O looked at me weirdly.

"What was y'all talking about?" O asked taking a hit from the blunt he was holding. He passed it to Jade after.

"Just personal stuff bruh don't worry about it" I tell him and he squinted his eyes at me. When I reached for the blunt Jade passed it off to Silas and eyed me.

"You really think I'm trying to holler at Ivory? She's actually my sister" I finally tell them and Silas smacked his teeth.

"She's actually my sister, so get out of here with all that I'm her only brother" Silas said and I reached in my pocket and passed him the baby picture and he got mad.

Everyone took turns passing the picture around in disbelief. When O finally gave the picture back he had an unreadable facial expression.

"That's what Will wanted to talk to you about?" He asked and I nodded my head.

"I've known since I was ten but never really cared about any of that. He wanted me to join up with him and betray y'all but you know I don't get down like that I've always been loyal and you know that" I tell them and he smiled before dapping me up.

"You served a year in jail for me, you've always had my trust just don't let that nigga put fake shirt in your ear" Jade said and I nodded.

"Aww Silas I still love you your still my baby, come here" Ivory said and Silas walked over and she pulled him into a hug causing me to roll my eyes,this nigga is such a cry baby it ain't even that serious.

Silas glared at me as he hugged Ivory and made gun gestures as I flicked him off. I mouthed "May the best brother win" to him and his eyes grew wide.

"The next time you guys go and take out one of my fathers trap houses I want to go, I'm tired of not doing anything, I want to do this" Ivory said and everyone shrugged.

OHAJI'S POINT OF VIEW

I woke up he next morning and something ain't feel right. I threw he covers off of me and looked down at my boxers because my dick felt sore as fuck.

I went into the bathroom and when I started to pee and I swear to god I started crying and grabbed onto the wall to keep from falling.

"Bruh what the fuck is this shit" I yelled as I groaned and pulled on my boxers. I walked back into the bedroom and picked up my phone and made a doctors appointment real quick. I tried to think about the last person I fucked and couldn't even remember.

I looked towards the doorway and Jasmine was standing there laughing at me. She came into the room and closed the door taking a seat on my bed.

"So I'm guessing one of them hoes your fucking done gave your ass something right?" She asked and I glared at her.

"Look I I ain't got time for you to make fun of me alright, so go away with that shit" I groaned pulling on my pants and she continued to laugh.

"You need to quit before one of these hoes affect your ass with that HIV or herpes" Jasmine said and I pushed passed her as I pulled on my shirt and grabbed my keys. Fuck all hat shit I ain't getting HIV I usually always strap up.

I rode up to a nearby clinic and demanded to see a doctor and the made me pee in a cup. The nurse who took the cup from me gave me a wink and I smiled at her, if I didn't have an STD she could get it.

"How long before I find out what I have?" I asked the doctor as he flipped through his clipboard.

"Thirty minutes but I want to talk to you and ask a few questions" he said and I sighed and real ex back on the bed.

"Ask away doc, I'll try and be honest" I shrug and he chuckled as he wrote something's down.

"How often do you have sexual intercourse?" He asked and I started laughing.

"That's easy I have sex everyday, I actually had somebody coming over later that is until I found about this situation" I say and his eyes grew wide as he looked at me like I was crazy.

"Have you ever though about having therapy? I'd classify you as a sex addict Mr. Scott" he said and I frowned.

"I just like to fuck and that makes me a sex addict?" I asked and he nodded his head yes. I sighed and rubbed my temple.

The rest of the waiting time was spent with him telling me about alternative instead of just sleeping around.

"Bad news is you have Chlamydia the good news is it can be cured, I'll go write you up a prescription but remember what I said and slow down or you'll catch something we can't cure" he said

A few minutes later he gave me medication and said I was good to go. I took one of the pills and popped it into my mouth before putting the rest of he medication in my glove compartment and headed to Ivory and Jades place. I needed to vent really badly .

When I got there Jade was feeding Alijah a bottle and Ivory was brushing her teeth. I quickly walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind me and she looked at me oddly for a second before spitting out the tooth paste.

"I have chlamydia" I whispered and she started laughing hysterically at me causing

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