Love Journey

26. The Bust

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Troy Stevens

My mother decides she's going to wake me up early because Sam and I woke her up in the middle of the night, I'm staring at my plate of eyes and toast and just to get the fork to my mouth is taking more energy than I thought it would,

"TROY STOP PLAYING WITH YUH FOOD!" she shouts when she's a few feet from me,

"How did you even hear us?" I slowly say as I squint,

"I didn't, I get up to get some water and I saw her on your back leaving so I wait til yuh come back" she smiles happily at me.

Sam. Just something about her, I still miss my father, I still miss Tiff, but with Sam I feel like I don't have to be always sad.

I leave home quickly and make my way to school, as I'm walking to go get the van when Auntie Va pulls up next to me,

"Get in!" she simply says and I do as she says,

"Thanks" putting on my seat belt. We drive quietly, Why is she even out here? She lives in St.Lucy,

"So Troy, how's your lovely mother?" she queries but I know she really doesn't care,

"She's fine" I say, Auntie Va would make anyone believe my mother did her something but she never did her anything as far as I remember. Auntie Va just wants to be a bitch to everyone for no reason,

"Saw you got a little friend" she says raising an eyebrow at me,

"Huh?,

"Come on Troy everyone knows you and Samantha been something for years even as children" I look at her confusingly, "What? They didn't tell you how much you liked her?" I remember they mentioned something about that but I didn't really think about it. I shake my head and she chuckles,

"Just like Stacey keeping secrets from everyone surprised your father married her lying ass" she hisses, I breathe heavily as I try to relax but I can't, I can't sit here and let her disrespect my mother like that even if she is a demon who fucks with people's lives,

"Listen Ava I don't know who the fuck stuck a stick up your rasshole ass but you need to stop talking shit bout my mother" she looks at me in awe slowly down enough for me to get out the car. Luckily for me we are close to school and I just walk the rest, I really wanted to tell her more than I did. She is the reason I hated coming back here, the woman acted like everyone is the enemy, but now that I think about it that's similar to how I acted when they died. I enter the building quickly and get the in the elevator when she messages me.

I'm still livid, but once I'm talking to her I'll be fine, until I get home and my mother goes off on me for what I said.

Sam😈😻: You ok? Yuh look pissed

Troy🙄: You saw me? Where you?

Sam😈😻: Downstairs in Denise car

Troy🙄: Come meet me?

Sam😈😻: Why?

I can hear the sass in her message, I know we're "friends" but I know we both know it's more,

Troy🙄: I wanna check on my patient 😏

I stand outside the elevator on the third floor waiting on her response,

Sam😈😻: Fine since I like playing patient.

I get in the elevator and make my way down to see her,

Unknown: You think you gonna get away with talking to me like that?

Unknown: You playing with fire