Youngblood

Chapter 30

It was now a year later….

Traci

            I was across the street at Rachel’s house hanging out with her and the kids.  “So, he’s mad at you because you won’t quit?”  I asked.  We were in her playroom s***h gym.  “Yes.  He was like ‘What’s the point of you working?  Everything you want or need you got.”  “Well, Rachel, we said the same thing.”  “I know.  And what did I tell y’all?”  “It’s a mental thing?”  “Not just that, I don’t like to depend on other people for their money.” 

            I stopped pedaling on the bike as she kept going.  “So that’s when he got pissed off isn’t it?”  “Yes.”  I shook my head.  “I was being honest.”  “Rachel, you get he’s trying to make you his wife, right?”  “What?  No, he’s not.” I laughed.  “Yes, he is.  And you can’t have that mentality being someone’s wife.”  “Cameron does not want to marry me.”  She said as Kenny walked into the room.

            He looked from Rachel to me, then to Cameron as he entered.  “What happened?”  He asked.  “DADDY!”  Kelis screamed running into his arms.  “Hey, baby.”  I smiled watching him hug and kiss her.  “Where’s Ty.?”  “Sleep.”  “Maryah?”  “Sleep.”  “She still sick?”  Cameron asked.  “Yep.” Rachel said dryly making us laugh.  “I missed you too baby.”  He said walking out the room. 

I looked at Rachel as she got off the bike annoyed.  I shook my head at her as I laughed again.  “You are a mess.”  I said following her to the chair as Kenny played around with Kelis.

  “Hi Cam.”  Maryah said weakly from the baby monitor.  “Hey, Princess.”  We heard Cameron say making me smile.  “You not feeling any better?”  He asked as we listened away.

  “I know you don’t want to, but you need to keep drinking.”  “My belly full.  Mommy keeps making me drink.  She gives me nasty juice.”  We laughed.  “He really loves her.” I said smiling at her.  “Yes, he does.”  “I have to pee.”  Maryah said.  “Okay.”

A few seconds later we saw Cameron carrying Maryah to the bathroom.  “You two are something else.”  Kenny said watching us.  “Shut up and mind your business.”  I playfully snapped making him laugh. 

“RACHEL!”  Cameron called making us jump up.  Rachel and I walked to the bathroom as he wiped Maryah’s face as she sat in the tub.  She had chunks all over her clothes.  “Ew!”  “Yep, have fun.”  “No wait, take her clothes.”  Rachel said stopping him in the doorway.  “Need help?”  I asked looking at her clothes.

 “You know if she sees throw up, she’ll throw up, right?”  I asked Cam.  “Yes.  I found that out the hard way.”  He said as Rachel handed him Maryah’s clothes as she began her bath.  I dumped the bubbles in the water as Rachel helped her brush her teeth.  “Mommy can you get in with me?”  “Of course.”  She removed her clothes and got in the tub with her. I stepped out closing the door behind me.

 I went and changed Tyrel. Kenny was playing with Kelis in the playroom.

  When I was done, I laid him back down and he was sound asleep.  I walked in the hall to see Cameron sitting outside the bathroom door on the floor.  As I got closer to him, I heard Rachel and Maryah singing and laughing.

Cameron

            I was trying my hardest not to laugh.  “Mommy, that’s not how you suppose to sing it.  Sing it right.”  Maryah said as Traci sat next to me.  “Okay, but you have to sing with me.  Up here trying to put me on the spot.”  They laughed.  “You’ll always be my baby.”  She sung.  Much better, I thought listening to her beautiful voice.  “You want to marry her, don’t you?”  Traci asked as I smiled at her.  “Yes, I do.”  She nodded her head.  “Then tell her.”  “I’ve been trying.”  “No, just come out and tell her.  That way, there’s no misunderstanding.”  I nodded my head.

            About two hours later I found myself sitting in my room, on the phone with Detective Stadden.  “I tracked down a family member of Kierah Washington.  She gave me the name of Ryah’s other gang members.  She also mentioned Ryah had two boys.  Identical twins.”    Okay, getting closer, I thought.  “I’m trying to track down some more leads.  It seems like every time I get close to another lead it just disappears.”  “What do you mean?”  I asked sitting on the bed.  “Someone doesn’t want her found.  Everything I get comes up empty.  I actually lucked up with Kierah’s mom.  She just got out of rehab.”  “I thought you were working alone on this one.”  “Cam., I am for the most part.  Some things I need certain people for, but I’m very discrete and the people I go to I trust with my life, Cam.”  I rubbed my forehead as I let out a breath of frustration.  “Look, Stadden, I feel all of that, but I can guarantee you, one of those people you going to selling you out.  Nine times out of ten money trumps loyalty.”  “Cam., its not like I have a choice.  I can’t access that stuff myself.  I have no jurisdiction there.”  “Yes, you do.  You have me.  I have a little pull in a few places.  Let me know what you need, and I’ll get it.  I know who to go to.”  He laughed.  “Why do you trust your go to man more than mine?”  He asked as I stared in my wallet at my picture of Shaniyah with Tasha and Mom.  “If they cross me, they lose their life, as you already know.”  “You’re right.  I’ll get back to you in about an hour.”   “Good work.  Keep me posted.”  We hung up. 

I remember Kierah, I thought laying back on the bed. I remember Shaniyah use to tell me how she and Kierah would get into it over Mario.  Okay, now we’re getting somewhere.

Kenny

            About an hour later I was back in California.   I had just got to Mario’s house.  I walked in to see Derrick sitting on the couch, with Jeremy.  “So, what happened?”  “Kierah’s mom.  Apparently, he got to her before we did.  She gave him the names of her gang.  She said she also told him about Robi and Roni.”  “s**t!  Did she give him their names?!”  “No, she didn’t know their names.”  Jeremy said.  “Okay, think who else can he get to?”  “We already called Jerry.  He’s already working on making them ghosts.”  “Look, we can’t afford to let something like this happen again.”  “I know man, but that one came out of nowhere.”

            “How is she?”  Jeremy asked making me look at him.  “Happy.”  “And little Ms. Ryah?”  I laughed.  “She’s good.  She sick right now. But good.” 

I felt bad because they never officially met Maryah.  She was the last piece of Mario and the boys they had.  They used to talk on the phone with her and Rachel, but since the Detective had been snooping, they had to stop.  And I know they missed her.  She’s our sister.  “When this is over, I’ll bring her back out here.”  “YOU REALLY THINK THIS WILL BE OVER?!  WE’VE KILLED PEOPLE TO KEEP HER SAFE!  WHEN EXACTLY IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE OVER?!” Jeremy snapped.   “I don’t know, but just hang in there.”  “All I’m saying is I miss my sister man.”  “Me too.” Derrick put in.

            “I know you do.  She misses you too.”  “We know what’s at stake here.  We know we can’t have contact with her.”  “But we still miss her.”

  What can I do to make this up to you? I thought as I looked around at them.  Dammit Mario, I need you here right now.  s**t getting way out of hand.  Nobody had a grip on this stuff the way you did.

  “Our end is handled.  We got y’all no matter what.”  I nodded my head.  “Mario could deal with this s**t a hell of a lot better than I could.”  We laughed.  “Yes, he could.  I swear you came in this b***h like you was ready to stroke out.”  Jeremy said as we laughed again.  “Mario would have just bust a cap in someone’s ass and called it a day.”  Derrick put in.  We laughed again.

 The more we talked about him the more we felt him there with us.

Melina

            I was lying in my bed cuddling with Helena as we laughed and played around.  “You really want me to cook you some eggs?”  I asked her as she leaned into me and kissed me again.  “Yes please.”  “But it’s like three in the afternoon.” “You know you can eat eggs any time of the day, right?”  I couldn’t help but laugh again as she kissed my neck. 

I was so in love with this woman and I didn’t care who knew. Not even my husband.  I had let her move into my house into the guest bedroom where we both slept together.  I was seriously considering leaving my husband for her.  He was so jealous of her he began drinking heavily to cope with the situation.   Malik didn’t seem to care at all.  If his mom was happy, he was okay. 

I walked into the kitchen to prepare my love her requested meal when I saw Thaddeus sitting at the table.  He looked at me as I glanced at his empty liquor bottle.  “Where’s your w***e?”  He asked staggering to his feet.  “Why?”  I looked behind me at Helena as she stood behind me.  “Do you need me to show you how to be a man?  I’ll start with showing you how to kiss your wife.”  I smiled as she pulled me, so my butt was in her hips.  She leaned in and kissed my soul making me fein for her.

 We looked at Thaddeus as he stood up.  He stared at us long and hard before he walked out the kitchen.  We looked at each other and smiled.  “You need some hot tea.”  Helena said sitting me at the table.  I watched her make my tea as my mind wondered where Thaddeus was going and how long would it take him to leave and never come back.  I looked in the living room as he sat on the couch watching me.  That’s when I felt Helen under the table between my legs.

 I gasped into my hot cup of tea in front of me as I enjoyed her finger gently sliding inside of me.  I looked up at Thaddeus in the living room as she held her finger there.  He stared at me wondering what the hell was wrong with me.

 That’s when Marquan walked into the kitchen.  “Hey sis.”  He said walking to the refrigerator as Helena’s cool tongue lashed at my insides.  I couldn’t speak because she had me at her mercy.  All I could do was give half a wave and raise my tea to my face.  Oh, my God!  I thought fidgeting in my seat.  I was trying to fight her pleasurable tongue discretely which was not at all easy.  That’s when she threw my legs over her shoulder and held them as she reached my core.  “Are you okay?”  Marquan asked sitting across from me.  I nodded my head as I felt my eyes crossing.  I sat my tea down and looked away.  “What the hell is wrong with you?”  He asked as I buried my face in the palms of my hands and flooded Helena’s sinful mouth with all my sins.  I wrapped my legs tightly around her neck to stop her, but it didn’t.  I felt her hands under my ass squeezing the remaining juice out of me as she continued to drink from my fountain. 

That’s when the room began to flash lightning.  I looked at Marquan as he snapped another picture of me.  “Nasty ass, I was trying to eat my bagel and you want to get your freak on at the table.”  “Quan, please,” I couldn’t help but grip the table as Helena devoured my words out of me.  I sat there unable to move or speak making Marquan snapped another picture. I closed my eyes trying to breathe as my body convulsed against her dexterous tongue.  “Facebook.”  I heard Quan say as she finally released me.  I collapsed back in my chair sucking down air and trying to get my body to stop shivering. 

I noticed Marquan was squirming around and trying to push away from the table.  I stared at him as his mouth dropped open and his phone fell from his hand to the table.  I watched his eyes roll in the back of his head as he held onto the table for dear life.  I couldn’t help but laugh as drool escaped his open mouth into his lap.  I picked up his phone and began snapping pictures of my convulsing brother.   He fell backwards in the chair sucking down air as I smiled at him.  I glanced at Helena as she took her seat next to me wiping her mouth.  “f*******: selfie?”  She asked making me laugh.  “f**k both of you.”  He panted staggering to his feet and hurrying out the kitchen making us laugh.

 I glanced at Thaddeus who was watching us in disbelief.  He shook his head and walked out the front door. I leaned into Helena as we strolled through the photos in the phone as I hoped and prayed my husband had left for good.

            I spent the rest of the day hanging out with Helena and Malik until he went to bed. Marquan and Kishawn were gone doing whatever those two do.  We somehow managed to fall asleep.  I awakened to Helena crawling on top of me.  I couldn’t help but smile as she yanked my panties off.  “You’re going to kill me.”  I moaned as I opened my eyes.

 I discovered Thaddeus leaning over me.  Before I could do anything, he shoved his erection inside of me making me scream out in pain.  He held my throat to the bed choking me as I tried to push him away.  “You are my wife!”  He growled in my ear as he pounded all his frustration inside of me.  “I can’t breathe!”  I managed trying to pry his hand from my throat.  “I love you to death!  Do you hear me?”  He asked making me stop and look at him.  “You are my wife!  Not hers!”  

I glanced beside me at Helena who was lying there watching us.  I noticed her mouth was duck taped.  It was too dark in the room to see the rest of her body which I figured was tied up.  I looked at her bloody noses as her tears mixed with the blood as she laid there watching my husband unleash his anger inside of me.  He collapsed on top of me trying to catch his breath.

 I pushed him off me and sat up.  I looked at him as he stared at me.  That’s when I took the opportunity to slap him with every ounce of anger I felt.  I jumped up and took the tape off Helena’s mouth making Thaddeus jump to his feet. 

“WHAT THE f**k ARE YOU DOING?!”  He yelled pushing me into the wall.  I pushed him back away from me and slapped him again.  “YOU STUPID f**k!  WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?  WHY WOULD YOU HURT THE ONE PERSON THAT CAN SATISFY ME?”  “YOU ARE MY WIFE!  NOT HERS!”  “NO!  NOT ANYMORE!  YOU AND I ARE DONE!”  I rushed to Helena to untie her.

 I had gotten her hands free when I heard a gun click behind me making me freeze.  I looked at Helena who was frozen with fear as she stared over my shoulder.  “Thaddeus, I swear to you, if you have a gun pointed at me right now, there is no coming back from this.  You and I will never be the same again.” 

I slowly turned around to face him and the gun he was pointing at us.  “You have not touch me in a year now.  You’ve been cheating on me with her.  You and I will never be the same ever again.”  I watched him step towards us.  “Since you haven’t been f*****g me, I am seriously horny.”  He stood over us pointing his gun at us.

 He looked at Helena as he dropped his jeans.  “Get to work.”  She looked at me as I looked at her.  She forced a smile.  She leaned in and kissed me as if she were saying good-bye to me.  “I’m sorry things had to end this way.”  She said running her hand over my thigh as she sat up on her knees.  I watched her lean into Thaddeus’s erection planting gentle kisses down his core making him gasp.  I watched her powerful lips wrestle his ego.  After about a minute she won. 

He snatched her by the hair and held her as he sprayed the evidence of her victory all over her face.  That’s when he pushed me on my back and threw her between my legs and he forced himself in her from behind making her whimper out in pain.  He pulled her hair making her sit up on her elbows and he grunted and moaned inside her.  I watched her painfilled face as her tears washed away the blood and his juices.  She tried to force a smile as he pulled her hair more and pounded her even harder.  That’s when I leaned into her and attempted to kiss her pain away.

 “It’s almost over.”  I whispered as she cried out in pain making him pound her so hard, she would have flown[rw1]  into me if he weren’t pulling her hair.  He let go of her hair and held her throat as he banged the last of his anger out inside of her

I watched all the veins in his face bulged out as he released himself.  I looked back at Helena who was staring at me.  I leaned down and kissed her blue lips making him release her.  She collapsed in my lap staring straight ahead.

 I felt my tears overflowing on her blue face.  I tried to wipe them off her as fast as they fell but it was no use. I sat there holding her lifeless body letting my emotions burst out of my eyes.  I glanced at Thaddeus who was standing over me watching me.  He read my sadness which he soon wore over his penitence. 

“Look at what you made me do.”  He said quietly.  I couldn’t help but look at him in disbelief. “You are my wife and my wife only.  I will never share you with another lover.”  I watched him pull his pants up and walk out the room.  I sat there trying to process his words.

  I looked down at my fresh breath of cool air on a hot sunny day as she continued laying there lifelessly.  I gently closed her eyes returning me to my prison of depression and misery.