Kamiya
I walked inside the house holding Nick. Cameron had Nia and she was sleeping. When we got inside I saw Jamila sitting in the couch watching SpongeBob.
Nick started to make noise and Jamila turned. She saw the kids and made a confused face.
"Who babies?" She said
"These are our siblings." I said walking to the couch.
"Pam kids?" She asked
"Yep." I said
"What's wrong with her?" She asked
"She's dying." I said
Jamila gasps and covered her mouth.
"Oh my god how? What happened?" She asked
"I'm guess AIDS since her husband died of it." I said
"How can you be so calm? Our mother is dying and you're acting like your okay with it. Your so damn heartless." She said
"Look I feel bad that she's dying but she's put me though a lot. Me and you both have been though so much because of her. Ain't no way in hell she'll receive sympathy from me." I said
"She's still your mother Kamiya." She said
"Did you know that when I was 9 she almost let a man rape me?" I asked
"What? You never told me that." She said
"She left me outside because I was acting up in school. I was to stay out there in the cold for 15 minutes as a punishment. When the time was almost up she walked downstairs and waited until the time was done. During that time a grown ass man decided to try to talk to me. He gripped my ass and she just watched. I heard her timer dinged and she came to get me." I said
"I don't understand. What wouldn't you tell anyone about this? I didn't know she was like that." Jamila said
"She never did anything to you because I wouldn't let her. She tried to beat you and I stopped her and took it for you. She tried to leaving you outside when you were 6 and I didn't let her. She almost threw a frying pan at you but I caught it before it touched you." I said
"That's why you had that knot in your forehead." She said
I nodded
"Miya I'm sorry you just don't act like anything happened."'she said
"I hate what happen and I hate to bring it up now let's move on." I said wiping the light tear from my face.
"Okay what are their names?" She asked
"Nia and Nick." I said
"Are they staying here?" She asked
"Nope she left up a house about a block from here so we're going to go there." I said
"What? Why?" Cameron asked
I turned to him.
"I don't wanna put all my stress on you." I said
"I already told you that I would help you." He said
"I know but Nick is like 6 months and I don't want him waking you up in the middle of the night. Plus I need to start on my own somewhere." I said
"Why now? You can't wait until you're 40 to move out?" He asked
"Baby it just a block from here. You can walk there." I said
"That's not the same as walking upstairs to you." He said
"You'll be okay and you can come over whenever you want." I said
