Always Loved You

14) Family

*2 months later*

Dominique Thomas

I'm at work doing a shoot when a teenager walks in with a peice of paper just standing there distracting me.

"Guys let's take 5, get touched up. Your doing great" I said and they sat down.

I put my camera down and walked over.

"Hey, what's up. This is a private shoot." I said confused

"Is Dominique Thomas here" She asked and I nodded

"Yeah, I'm her what's up" I said and she scratched her head.

"I think your my aunt. My father is your brother and his father is your father" she said and I frowned

"Ok, here we go. My father left before I was born, i don't have siblings. I'd need some type of DNA test to prove it. Call this number in an hour" I said about to walk away.

"I don't need it, you did a ancestry thing a few years back and I did one recently and we matched. You also matched under my dad as half siblings" she said giving me a paper. It was the ancestry thing.

"Ok, what am I supposed to say? Your father got to grow up with 2 parents and my mom struggled in West Philly until I got us out. Kid, you don't get it. It's a privilege to be where I am right now and I just don't wanna deal with the drama" I said and she sighed

"What if I told you my grandfather was in jail for 23 years. Your 25 right? He has one picture with you and you look about 1 or 2" she said showing a picture on her phone and it was me as a baby.

"Come on, sit right here. I have to finish this shoot and we can go to my grandma. She's all knowing basically" I said and she sat down on her phone.

I finished my shook up and sent everything to my boss. I went on my lunch break driving to my grandmas church.

I stopped at McDonald's first to get something to eat.

"You want something" I asked and she shook her head

"Vegan, can I have a sweet tea though" she asked and I nodded

I ordered my food and her sweet tea and headed to the church. When we got there we got out and I locked the car.

I walked inside the church cause prayer was going on until Bible study starts and the pantry is going on downstairs.

"Is it a good time to say I'm not very religious. Like I believe theirs a god, but I don't like church" she said and I shook my head

"Everyone goes through their doughts about God. Plus the church isn't ganna get you in. It's believing." I said going downstairs seeing my grandma reading her Bible and when she looked up she smiled.

"Nique Nique, to what do I owe the pleasure. I got Rashod down here to help since you said you where booked all day" she said and I smiled

"Yeah, I am. I'm on my hour break. Grandma, what do you know about my dad" I asked and she sighed

"A bunch, why you asking" she asked sitting back down.

"Cause, I'm his granddaughter and his sob is my father. I'm Phoenix" she said and grandma looked up.

"Austin? what he's about 28 now" she said and I frowned

"Why didn't I know I had a brother" I asked and she sighed

"And a sister, their twins. Dallas. They where about 5 the last time I saw them." She said and I shook my head.

"So my dad was in jail and nobody wanted to tell me. I thought he just left" I said and she nodded