"Home of Everything"

Nayeli
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I know this negro did not just introduce himself to my parents. I thought to myself as I watched Reese start talking up a storm. He was nothing but disrespectful and ignorant towards me but he was acting like he was a gentleman for my parents.

"Mom you don't need to know him." I said trying to shove Reese away.

"You just up and moved out into the home of some man I never met. I don't even know you anymore" my mother chided making me feel like shit. I hated that things were going sour between us but I wasn't going to succumb to her rules.

"Miss I can assure you that my brother is a gentleman. Think of your daughter as an in home nanny. She cares for my niece while my brother runs his business" Reese replied making me give him a "yous a damn lie" face.

"And what kind of business might this be?" She crossed her arms cutting her eyes at me.

"We both co-own a club and we invest our money into other businesses throughout the community. We're just some brothers trying to succeed in white america"

No this nigga didn't.

"I hear that young man" my dad chimed nodding his head in approval.

If only they knew.

"Nayeli I want to talk to you" my dad said as he walked off to the side.

"Yes" I groaned already knowing where this conversation was going.

"You and this boy"

"Dad it's completely professional, I watch his four year old daughter and he pays me. Mom was making a big deal out of nothing"

"She's your mother, we've experienced life at your age. We want to make sure you don't make the mistakes we did"

"Dad I'm going to make mistakes, it's inevitable but you guys can't keep sheltering me. I'll never learn to be on my own"

"I just know how these young boys can be, they only want one thing"

"And I don't want to be anyone's baby mama, dad I'm a big girl. I can handle myself just fine, you raised me well" I assures him. He gave me a look before nodding and walking back over to my mom. My dad was always the gentle and understanding one. My mom was more aggressive and would give you an ass whooping in a second.

"Hey mama, hey daddy, why is all our stuff outside?" Joie asked walking up with her book bag on her back.

"We're leaving" my mom responded.

"Where are we going to go and how we going to get there with all of this?" Joie pressed. She wasn't asking dumb questions because we didn't have a lot of items per se but with no car and nowhere to put them, it was something to wonder about.

"We're taking the car" my mother said dangling a pair of keys in the air.

"Mom as those her keys?" I asked shocked. I didn't know where that lady had disappeared to but I knew all hell would break loose if she saw my mom taking her car.

"Whose money helped pay for her house and her cars? My name is on the title too, I own this shit" my mom said unlocking the car door. She began packing the car with Reeses' help and soon everything was piled in the car.

"Where's Joel?" My mother asked as she got in the driver seat. My dad wasn't able to drive since head had brain surgery. A little over six months ago my dad began having seizures out of nowhere. He was driving home from work the first time he got a seizure, he ended up getting into a accident.thank God he survived because the car was crushed. We found out a few months ago that he had a brain tumor which was causing the seizures. He had his procedure a few weeks ago and he was healing well.

"He's with Carlos" I spoke quickly naming one of his best friends since elementary school.

"Let me call him. We're going to stay at a hotel until we can figure things out" she said before starting the car up. I gave Joie a small smile and hugged her as she got in the packed up backseat. I had to go apartment hunting and find a place for us. I knew I couldn't tell my mother because she would protest against it. Once I bought it she would have no choice but to accept.

"I have class later but text the address of the hotel you're staying at" I explained before getting into Reese's car. He didn't if make sure I had closed the door and buckled up before pulling out of the driveway.

"Your people's crazy" he stated before pulling a cigarette out and a lighter.

"Oh hell nah nigga you ain't smoking that shit" I said scrunched up my face. I could never understand why people smoked cigarettes. It's stinks, and it stinks up everything around you including your breath.

"You can get the fuck out of my car"

"Why you always gotta act like a fucking douche bag?" I rolled my eyes leaning back in the seat.

"You in my shit, if you don't like what I do in my shit then get out" he said putting an extra emphasis on his words.

"You--"

"If you say some slick shit then I'm letting you walk and you know when I say Ima do some shit, I'll do it" he warned stopping me before I even started.

"Fine" I closed my mouth not wanting him to put me in the trunk or some shit again. I'll just wait until we're around Marcellus then I'll talk my shit.

"Try some shit when we're around Marcellus and I'ma fuck you up" he said looking at me while licking his lips. I made a face feeling like he meant that in more ways than one. This was that shit that Marcellus was talking about.

"Go your ass somewhere, always acting like you bout that life"

"I am that life" he smirked. I didn't bother saying anything else. I just turned on the radio and tuned him out as we drove back to the house. I didn't know how things were going to go with Joel but I wanted to get him far away from this shit.

We arrived at the house after what felt like an eternity of driving. I hopped out of the car happy to be out since Reese drives like he was the only one on the road. We almost crashed twice and I was holding onto the handle for dear life. All he did was laugh and say but did you die though?

"Stop bitching" he mumbled before he locked the car door and followed behind me to the front door. I turned my head and noticed him shamelessly staring at my butt. I put my hands behind me in a way that shielded my behind from his view.

"Ain't much to see anyways" he shrugged unlocking the front. I gave him a look wondering why he didn't use these keys before.

"Nigga when the fuck did you get keys to my house" Marcellus said running down the steps.

"When I went to copy your key" Reese said tossing some keys to Marcellus.

"Neli!" I heard the voice of Asia squeal before I seen her. She came running and jumped on me. She hugged me tightly as I rocked her from side to side.

"Hey sweetie" I smiled trying to put her down but she just continued latching onto me. I walked over to Marcellus causing Asia to cling on tighter to me.

"I don't want to be near Daddy" she whispered. I saw the look on Marcellus' face when she said that and it broke my heart. Asia witnessed Marcellus putting his hands on me and now she was scared of him. I decided I wasn't going to stay mad at him about it because of how the situation looked. I probably would've reacted the same way but he didn't make sure that Asia wasn't around.

"Asia get down!" he ordered making her flinch. She slowly let go of me and ran upstairs to her room.

"Fuck your biscuit head ass yell at her for?" Reese asked.

"I don't care how she feeling, she ain't gon start disrespecting me"

"Yeah make her afraid of you, real smart" I said before pushing past him and going up the stairs in the direction that Asia went. I didn't make it far before I was yanked back into Marcellus' chest.

"You ain't her mother, don't tell me how to handle my child" he said before releasing me.

"I know I'm not her mother and I don't try to be"

"Yo chill out, ya'll arguing about nothing. Marcellus if you would've chosen a better baby mom, she wouldn't even need to be babysitting Asia. And if he want to act like Joe Jackson with his kid then that ain't your business." Reese caught himself trying to keep the peace.

"Man shut the fuck up" Marcellus and I both spoke at the same time. We stared at a each other for a moment then broke out in laughter.

"I still can't stand you, where's my brother?" I asked looking around the house noticing it was cleaned and there was no sign of those guys who were here earlier.

"He's out doing runs"

"I told you I didn't want my brother doing that shit"

"He's grown, if he want to live this life then who am I to stop him" he shrugged.

"He's going to be somebody, he's gonna make it out of this bubble that everyone tries to put black men in. I'm not trying to offend you but I don't want my brother aspiring to be some kingpin"

"He gon make his own decision regardless" he said making me shake my head.

"And your gonna encourage it even though you know I don't want him in that shit, man fuck you Marcellus" I couldn't help what I was saying. I was mad as hell right now, I was only sticking around here because of Asia. Lord knows his unstable ass can't raise a child properly.

"Fuck you too" he spat.

"I could've killed your brother instead" he stated.

"If this is the life he wants to live, I guess that something that's gon happen anyways" I said sarcastically before leaving. I went upstairs to Asia room and saw that she was playing with her dolls. Her idea of playing was taking markers and drawing on their faces.

"Are you leaving Neli?" she asked sadly.

"Why you ask that boop?"

"I heard daddy talk to Rhy, he said you might not come back. Did I do sumpthing?" she pouted making my heart ache.

"No sweetie you didn't do anything"

"Is it cause of Daddy, I know he didn't mean it. He did that to mommy before" she revealed. I frowned not liking that she was witnessing things like that as if it was normal. A lot of young girls grow up seeing that and end up in abusive relationships when they grow up.

"I'm not going anywhere and what your daddy did was wrong but I forgive him since he promised not to do it again. Are you still mad at him?"

"No, I didn't want you to leave"

"You're my cheetah sister, I'm not going nowhere" I tickled her making her laugh and run from me. Asia had forced me to watch Cheetah Girls a million and one times with her because she loved it. I missed old shows like That's So Raven that had real material in it to teach these young girls something.

I had spent the rest of the day playing with Asia until it was time for me to go to class. Class had went by quickly since there wasn't much for us to do. Midterms were coming up so I had to study long and hard.

I was relieved when I got back to the house and Asia was asleep. She could be a handful when Marcellus left her with me. I ate and took a shower to get ready for bed. Stepping out of the shower, I wiped off the foggy mirror and fluffed my wet hair. I loved having thick hair but styling it was a hassle.

I grabbed some cocoa butter and moisturized my skin before walking out the bathroom. My soul almost left my body when I saw Reese sitting on my bed. Snatching up my towel, I attempted to cover myself as quickly as possible.

"Get out!" I shouted picking up a bottle of lotion, throwing it at his head. He dipped it and rolled over on my bed.

"Damn I ain't know you was looking like that under them clothes" he smirked. I quickly grabbed clothes and went back into the bathroom to get dressed. When I was finished, I stepped back into the room and saw that he was still there laying on his back,  scrolling on his phone.

My face instantly got red because I was nervous to be around him. I was embarrassed that he had seen me naked.

"Damn got you blushing and shit"

"You ever heard of knocking?" I crossed my arms.

"You ever heard of locking your door, I knocked and you ain't answer so I let myself in" he stated as if that was the most logical answer.

"What did you want anyways?" I huffed already annoyed with his presence. The quicker he said whatever he had to say, the quicker he could get could leave.

"Come here" he said grabbing my wrist. He slowly pulled me in front of him and said something that almost made me smack the dog shit out of him.

"What the hell did you just ask me?" I asked making sure I heard him clearly.

"She this fine chocolate girl, she's on her way to my house, she's down with it"

"Get the fuck out" I said holding the room door open.

"So that's a no to the threesome" he said making me slam the room door in his face. I liked his ass better when he barely spoke to me.

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