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December 27th
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I snatched Eastons phone up quick as he slept beside me. I used his thumb to open it up and slowly put down the brightness and went straight to his messages. Me and him were slowly driving our love out the door well only mine's because I believed he's been using me for sexual purposes of his but he played it off well.

I swipe through each messages he tried to hide them with new ones and fake "boy" names. I've been cheated on plenty of times in which I knew the whole setup and the games they play. This one name stood out to me though.

"Erika" I repeated to myself.

Erika was around us a lot but she did have weird intentions with him. She would always be so hugged up on him and held his hand sometimes I brushed it away because she was pregnant and was a close friend as he told me but she had the baby two months ago and he would leave to go to her plenty of nights.

My heart pounded through my chest felt like as if it was about to rip out of me. I could feel the tears rushing through my eyes but I tried as hard to keep them back.

"He wouldn't cheat on me.." I closed my eyes as a tear came out. "He said he wouldn't." I constantly repeated those words in my head. I opened my back up and pressed on the name.

"I can't believe our baby is here Easton when are you coming home?!" I read her text messages. "His baby?" I thought to myself and everything clicked.

He goes to her house every night to see "his" baby that's why she was acting so close to him. It all made sense now every single little thing. The ring on her finger symbolizes his marriage to her. His babymother was as well apart of it too that's why she kept getting angry when I stepped in the picture.

"Your a sick ass human being East." I whispered to him snatching off the bracelet he gave me.

I took my phone off the nightstand and went straight to Herbo's phone number. I didn't think he would pick up because of the time it was but we weren't typically on good terms as of right now and it was my fault but he was slowly letting me make up for it.

"Why you calling me so late mook." His raspy voice creeped through the phone. I slid on my sweats and a tee and quietly tip toed out the room. It was fuck Easton because I was tired but later on he was going to get his Karma's worth. "Please come pick me up Herb it's urgent." I said.

He hunged up the phone as I crept down on the porch shivering as the wind blew hard of cold air. I put my head in my legs letting all the tears I held in come out.

The pain finally hit me and all the angered rushed through my head telling me to go back in and kill him but I couldn't because of his kids and he was a good father but he wasn't a good person. I knew I was going hate him soon but right now it just hurt. I didn't think he was going do me like Rico did but it's fine I'm just not good for anybody.

Herb sped down the street in his black camero bumping his music loudly through the quiet streets of Florida. I picked up my bag and slouched wiping away my tears and went over to his car.

Herb got out the car and went over to my side unlocking and opening the door. He always did this for me and I genuinely appreciated how good of a man he was even though he was dealing with deeper issues within himself.

"You good mook?" Herb finally hopped on his side. I looked away from him and nodded softly so he couldn't see my puffed up face and tears. "Not talking tonight y'all must've got in another argument huh." He said.

It felt like we got in another argument but it wasn't I guess you could call it a silent break up before the rude awakening happens. I knew I didn't want to hurt Easton as I said before but I just wanted him to feel the pain he put on me.

"Hope he realize what he just loss"

...

"Aunties baby! You so cute blu-Blu yes you are mhm." I bounced Blu on my leg snatching her little cheeks. Micah was finally back in classes and we promised that we would help with her and the baby as we could while Corbyn was at work.

"I think she ready for my titties now." Micah said picking up blu sitting her on her legs while she had her text book on the side of her. "I don't know how you multitask girl it seem like a lot with her." I said to her.

"It is but throughout time it's not that bad luckily I only have a year of college left since it's only two years." She said.

I wasn't upset that Micah had a baby so young because I knew Corbyn had her in good hands I do wish she waited a bit till after college. I guess it's just that we look at her as a little sister even though she's much more mature than us she's still our little baby. We were all 21 while Micah was 19 and now that Eve's pregnant with twins it felt like I was the only one left out or maybe it was just simply meant to be this way.

"Yeah...." I sighed deleting every single picture that Me and Easton had took together. It felt like I was repeating these steps so many times and I'm just tired of it. Micah noticed my drowsiness and put her books down. "What's wrong sis?" She asked. I shook my head away. "It's nothing I'm cool." I said to her softly as a slight crack entered in my voice.

"Dylan don't play with me what happened last night?" Micah scooted over to my side as she took a glimpse at my phone. "You deleting pictures for what? Y'all broke up or something!?" Micah asked.

"He's a sick ass bitch." I shut my phone off to get the pictures of him out of my head. "A real cheating son of a bitch and I hope his "lil" wife strangles his ass." I stood up and started to rant.

Micah our down Blu in her rocker and grabbed her keys off the counter. "So we beating his ass or what?" Micah slid on her flip flops and through her hair in a ponytail. As much as I wanted to go with her and do it I just couldn't right now.

"Not today Micah especially when you have to watch Blu." I looked over at her cooeing in her rocker. I didn't feel like messing with him it just made me think about him more. "Well make sure you block his ass, hire some shooters on standby and give that nigga his karma." Micah threw her flops off and plopped back on the couch.

"Herb's here now so I'll see you and pumpkin later ok be safe babes." I stood up giving them both a kiss on the cheek and grabbed my bags to head out. "Ok take care of yourself Dyl I know how you are with breakups don't dwell to hard on this." Micah said.

I took her advice and planted in my head and gave her last small smile before I left out the door. Herb had his music loud as always while he threw his blunt out the window.

"You don't have to be a litterer Herb." I yelled walking towards the car.

"And you don't gotta be no damn Karen now getcho lil ass in this whip." Herb continued to throw out his weed while I put my bags in the back seat. I noticed all the duffle bags he had on the floor I didn't want to think he was interested in that but i could be wrong. "What's with all that shit on the floor?" I asked him.

"Money." He said quietly eyeing the streets around him. He did that weird thing if he thought something suspicious was going on. "So you doing that stuff now or when was you going tell me that you was affiliating yourself with drug business." I tapped my nails on the window as I stared at him.

"Dyl ion do that dumb shit but my brother do and I promised I would watch it for him while he handle a few things." He said slowly brushing his hand against the wheel.

"How much he want you to hold?" I asked him. He looked at me crazy as if I was asking too many questions when I was just simply curious. "You acting a lil sus right now and in Chicago we would just say you tweaking right now." He said.

Herb was from Chicago and you could tell by his aggressive demeanor and that he barely used Florida slang. He always hung around dope dealers big ones as well and a few people that were big in the music industry but they were never from here.

"I ain't goin snitch Herb I'm too innocent to get caught up in that mess with y'all I was just curious." I looked out the window as we passed through some hoods. Me and Micah grew up in the hood together when we were younger and the line "snitches get stitches" was really true if you lived over there. I don't have much family out here left that I know of they all either passed or died due to gun violence. My parents adopted me but they were "old" so they passed away a long time ago. I've been alone all my life.

"It's 300k in both of them bags he told me." Herb shrugged as he noticed I wasn't paying attention anymore. I was looking at where I grew up at it was all burned down as of now but it used to be some dingy old apartments there, kids playing outside, crackheads walking around, and too many gunshots firing at night.  "What ya looking at Mook?" Herb asked.

"That's my old neighborhood." I pointed it out for him to look at. He glanced back at me and slowly held out his hand. "We ain't much different Mook I grew up in the hood too it was probably much dangerous in Chi but I could tell it hurt ya soul a bit."  He said to me.

"It doesn't hurt as much now but just seeing it reminds me of how much time and people I've lost throughout the years..I only got myself left." I said.

"Only me"

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To be continued...

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