Sinner's Heist

"33

"Dang, you must had to boo boo. I gotta go!" Hayden exclaimed to him as he rushed past, into the bathroom and shut the door. Gyro looked back and grinned slightly, wanting to laugh. He made his way back to the front of the house, seeing Tatiana back to doing Pooh's hair and Amos placing catfish fillets into the sizzling grease, flour covering his fingertips. "You good?" Amos asked once getting a glimpse of him. He nodded, clenching his jaw and put his hands inside his pockets.

"Yeah, I'm straight. Need some help?" Amos disagreed and head nodded towards the table.

"Nah bra', I'm good. You can go 'head and sit down. I gotcha." It didn't seem right to just sit around fresh out of jail. He couldn't bring himself to do it so he washed his hands and decided to help anyway. He pulled ten plates from the dish rack alongside the sink and begin spreading noodles and spaghetti topping on top of each. He had to place the plates all over the counters for each to fit. Once every one of them had the same amount of spaghetti, leaving the pot empty, he grabbed some small tongs and placed a corn on the cob on every one. As he placed it on one, he noticed a picture above him. On the picture was Bebe, Dyce, Pooh, Tyre and Rodrick smiling into the picture while Pooh and Bebe made duck lips and Dyce threw up the peace sign. He looked at it a while longer, still holding the corn in the tongs above the plate.

He felt Amos presence and saw a piece of fish drop into the plate. It took him out his trance as he finally sat the corn down too. "What's going on with you man? You still blaming yoself for that shit?" Amos caught on, leaning up against the counter as he glanced to the side at him.

"Damn Am', how can't I? I fucked up. I took our nigga from us. Lil' man Dyce from them over some dumb shit, I can't forgive myself for that. He was a fuckin' child, like what kinda' nigga does that type shit?" He spat, letting the tongs fall into the sink and rattle as he was done using them. He paced in the small space he was in and gripped his Afro with one of his hands. He stopped and blew out a breath, throwing his head back.

"Yo' intent wasn't fo' nobody to get hurt. That blood guilt ain't fa' yo' heart to hold, Gy. We all tryna' find a way past it." Amos said, looking at him for a moment before grabbing a few plates and calling out the kids name, handing them a plate one by one. "Y'all don't forget to thank Tat, aight?" He was sure to give all glory to her as Gyro was still settled in his thoughts. He squeezed his eyes closed and shook it off as he started handing out the plates too.

"Thank you." One of the girls said with a smile as she looked up at him. " You're welcome, pretty girl." He smiled back and nodded as he gave out the last few. Amos soon sat Pooh and Tatiana's by them as she was finishing up with the last braid on her head with beads on the side to decorate it. They thanked him as he sat at the table and bowed his hands above his plate, soon starting to eat.

Just as Gyro grabbed his plate and was fixing to eat, Tatiana blurted out, "Aye, y'all get one for moma? I almost forgot." They had too forgot about their unresponsive mother in the back and they had not made an extra plate for her, now having no more food left. Amos slurped his noodles into his mouth and widened his eyes. "It's okay if you didn't, I could make some more." Gyro looked at his plate he hadn't touched yet.

"Nah, it's all good. Here's one for her." He responded, not bothering to say it was his.

"If it was yours Gy, don't worry about it. I can make some mo' fo'real. Gone and eat. I know they 'ain't feed you shit in that pig pen." He disagreed.

"She in the room in the back to the right?"

"Yeah." Amos answered before Tatiana could argue him down about it again. He wasn't that hungry anyway. He footed his way back there and knocked softly. He opened the door and noticed her sitting up, zoned out as the tv played at low volume on a soap opera. He cracked the door before placing the nearby stool in front of her. He'd heard about her conditions, but he hadn't known she was this far gone. As stated earlier, he wasn't as close to the family as the other two, so he hardly ever saw them or knew much about them besides small facts that most of the whole nosey block knew.