Chapter 7Late Spring 2002
Mike and Toya dropped TreShawn off at my place, so I could take him to go visit my brother Luke for Tre’s 3rd birthday. Even though my mom and brother were in prison, they both had a great relationship with my son. Their relationship was better than I had with my own child. Luke would draw TreShawn pictures and send money to Mike to help with some of TreShawn’s expenses. My mom called TreShawn twice a week, wrote him poems, and send him money as well. Toya would throw it in my face all the time that my mom was a better parent to Tre than I was.
I took a deep breath as I pulled into SCI Rockview for Men. Luke was my protector growing up; we were three years apart, but he was like another father to me. Luke was a splitting image of our father; dark curly hair, gr
