Mah'Lissa 3

CHAPTER 5

We came out into the hallway to look ourselves over in the mirror and give each other the yay or nay for certain dresses that looked good or didn't. I love having girl time with her and catching up on life even. I also loved having her as a sister in law.

I'm the only child my parents had and I always wanted a sibling but they never gave me one. Mah'Leek and Mah'Lissas bond was unbreakable and that's something I would never come in between.

"Ouch!" I heard Mah'Lissa say in the next room while trying on another dress.

"You okay sissy?" I asked her

"Yea boo, I'm fine, It's just this belly getting in the way of things." She responded with laughter.

I laughed back and said "Yes tell me all about it now because when me and your big head brother decide to have our child it won't all be a surprise to me."

"Ouch!" I heard Mah'Lissa say again. It kind of worried me that she was in so much pain from trying on a dress and being a nurse I wanted to make sure she was okay and maybe find out where the pain was coming from. I hoped it wasn't the baby being I know what she went through before. I walked out my dressing room and pushed the door open into hers but I was surprised at what I saw.

Her back was towards me and l saw she was covered in blue and black bruises. She turned around in shock trying to cover herself up but it was too late I already seen enough.

I closed and locked the door behind me and walked over towards her because she slid down on the floor and started to cry. I held her for a while and told her to let it out.

Rocking her in my arms back and forth she told me everything that she's been really going through. I couldn't believe the things she was saying about Derrick.

He carried himself so well and respectful and I would have never thought he was such a monster. I wiped her face dry of the tears and snot. No woman deserves to be hit on or beaten.

"You know we gonna have to tell Mah'Leek right?"

"NO,NO.. PLEASE NO!" She begged.

"No Mah'Lissa, Enough is enough!.. I don't care if you get mad at me but I'm calling." I said with a stern face pulling my cell phone out and calling Mah'Leeks phone.

"Hey wassup babe, Y'all finished?" Mah'Leek asked.

"Baby I need you to come over to the dressing room in the female department."

"You want me to hit it real quick?" He laughed.

"No Mah'Leek, It's more serious than that, Just come over quick and leave that jerk Derrick there!.. Okay?... I'm in room 11." I said to him and hung up the phone.

Mah'Leek:

Lane' just called me telling me to meet her in the dressing room. The first thing that came to my mind was that she was horny and she wanted to get it poppin in the dressing rooms, But then she called Derrick a jerk and told me to hurry up which confused me.

"Ayo bro!... I'ma be right back iight?.. I'm heading to the bathroom." I told Derrick.

Looking through the racks of clothes he nodded he head and I made my way to the female department.

"I'm sorry sir but you are not allowed in the females dressing area." A old small little mall clerk said to me but I didn't listen. Instead I just walked right passed her looking around for room 11 as she called security on her little wall phone.

I knocked on the door and Lane' stuck her head out looking around to see who I was with. I told her I left Derrick on the other side of the mall and asked her why she was acting so crazy. She opened the door to let me in and I seen my sister was on the floor in the corner crying. I walked over to her and knelt down in front of her.

"Awe Missy , What wrong?.... Is it the dresses? ... Are they not fitting you right?" I asked in a calming voice.

She didn't say nothing. She just continue to cry and rock back and forth and look at the ground. I looked at Lane' for answers and pointed to Mah'lissa and mouthed (What happened?)

Lane' walked over to me with tears in her eyes too then pulled the jacket off of Mah'Lissas arms revealing nothing but ugly marks, cuts and bruises. When I saw that on my sisters body I punched the wall out of anger and when I did that Mah'Lissa flinched like she was scared.

I started to tear up because I didn't mean to frighten her and seeing her like that hurt me. Lane' told me everything that Mah'Lissa told her. I felt like I was a bad big brother because I should have noticed the signs.

I held and kissed Mah'Lissa and told her that everything is going to be okay and how I was gonna handle Derrick. She started screaming out loud when I said that which caused a scene so that's when security bussed in.

Derrick:

Mah'Leek was taking awfully long in the bathroom and I started to feel a vibe like something wasn't right. I thought about Mah'Lissa and wondered what she was doing. I hope she ain't gossiping about what goes on in our house! My thoughts got the best of me, So I left the mens department and made my way over to the females department.

When I got there I seen 4 security guards trying to hold Mah'Leek who was screaming and tussling with them to get loose. I thought maybe he and Lane' got into it and he had to be escorted out; But I was wrong because when he made eye contact with me he started screaming.

"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU NIGGA!.. THAT'S MY WORD!.. YOU A DEAD MAN!"

I kinda got scared so I ran out the mall to the parking lot. Thank God that those guards were holding him back because the look in his eyes changed. He looked looked like a raging bull and I was a red cape.

I knew I should have stopped hitting on Mah'Lissa a long time ago but I couldn't. There was something about having control that made me feel good about myself and I didn't hear her mouth accusing me of always cheating.

I feel bad now and Mah'Leek wants my head. I can't stay here no more. So I drove home and packed a few of my clothes and headed over to this other girl house back in New York City. Yea I been cheating, But y'all already knew that!