𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣' | 𝙃𝙇𝙏 𝙎𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡

𝟎:𝟔𝟗

-The following week
-Milan POV

I grabbed my keys, my purse, and my suitcase full of the little stuff I did bring with me to Danae's and was bout a walk out the door. "Can't believe you really finna leave me already." Nae said with her fake pouty face on.

"I know, but I'm trying to be the bigger person and mend every relationship with each of my family members, because each one of em broken in someway."

"Ooo look at you, growing up and shit."
I rolled my eyes & chuckled at her, "goofy ass. God forbid it doesn't go well though. Then ima be homeless again."

"No, then you'll be right back over here. Duh."
"Yeah, I guess. Pray for me. Lord knows ima need it..."

"Tuh girl call me a prayer warrior cuz I'm already knowing."
I shook my head, "you so stupid, but I gotta head out. I love youu."

"I love you! Text me when you there safe."
"Of course." I walked out with my bags in my hands, open my car door and put them in the back. I opened the front door, got in & drove off.

I don't even get nervous over shit for real, but this has to work. I be talking allat rahrah stuff but I know my soft ass needs my family. I'm already falling apart and it's only been like a full week.

Could be hormones too.
Ye.
Ima blame it on that.

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I pulled up to the crib and got out to get my bags. The front door open and Mekai walked and gave me a long hug. I was mad surprised actually.

"Damn missed me already?" I said
He smacked his teeth and grabbed my bags from me, "don't gas that big ass head up."
"Boy fuck you."

We walked inside and I sat my stuff down in the living room. I've only been gone for a week but it did not even feel like home in here. Like I'm not even exaggerating, I felt like a stranger.

"You good?" Mekai said with a worried look and his face. I snapped back into reality, "yeah I'm straight. Where everybody?"

"Maleah out with her friend & mom is in the kitchen. You gon say sumn?"

"I have to?" I said, knowing I didn't want to at all.
"stop being a pussy. go."

he walked toward the kitchen and I followed behind him. My mom looked at me and gave me a weird smile. Like she was happy but she wasn't ? Ion know.

"Hey..." I said
"Hey Milan.. uh how've you been?"

"bad. You?"
Mekai gently shoved me with his elbow, "what? I'm not finna lie to her." I said.

And I wasn't about to neither. We tryna build trust in this family, right?

"And you shouldn't. Im doing good. You hungry?"
"No, I'm fine. Where is dad? Isn't he supposed to be here for this bonding thing?"

"He's with his fiancé. Per usual. They'll be here soon." Mekai said. "I forgot he even had one— fiancé ?? I was gone for a week, the hell?"

"Just as shocked as you are, he asked ha at the beginning of the week."

"And what you mean "they'll" ? She coming too?"
"She go everywhere he go. Like a fucking
puppy. Annoying ass."

"She not even family, this is for family..."
"Tuh, she definitely family to him. Especially since they kid."

I can't even lie, times like this are when I wish my mom and him were together still cuz who tf is this girl he tryna marry? Barely even know her.

"He drunk. Ain't no way. Anyways, can I put my stuff in my room?" I said.

Mekai and my mom looked away awkwardly. I raised my eyebrow, "why y'all do that?"

"Mom turned ya room into a guest bedroom."
"I was gone for a WEEK. Damn! You couldn't wait!"

"I thought you were gonna be gone for a while."
"Meaning you had no intent on fixing this— ah lemme guess, it was dad who told you to get in touch with me."

"Yes, but I was the one to go through with it."
"I mean I would hope so. He didn't do anything."

"Please don't cut him no slack. Ya father has done a lot of shit."

"Done. Past tense. This is about you."
She took a deep breath in, "you know ... I don't even wanna argue, so per usual ima let you have ya way."

"Per usual?!" I busted out laughing, "you're funny..."
Mekai groaned, "can y'all please chill out? Damn. All this petty shit like y'all lifelong enemies or sumn. This is ya mother, and this is your daughter, why the fuck are y'all arguing like this?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed, knowing he was right, "Aight. Ima chill." I walked to the living room and sat down on the couch, waiting until my dad came so we could all try ... talking for the most part.

He showed up an hour later with his fIAnCé. I got up and gave him a hug but just gave her a smile, because again, who even is she ? Like .... yeah

We all sat down in the living room. My mom sat in her chair, my dad and his girl sat on the couch on the left side and Mekai and I sat on the other one.

It was indeed awkward.
I swore we were supposed to do this with a therapist.
Mfs so cheap.
Cuz Lord knows we need it.

"Okay.... So... now that everyone is here let's start by just expressing .... Feelings." My mom said.

She wanna be Dr. Phil so bad because what ??
"Wanna elaborate on that?" Mekai said.
"Well first with Milan, what do you think we can make work in this house to make you wanna stay?"

"A two parent home ...." I mumbled. I was just playing but of course ms. big head got mad. "Can't have that when your father and I are married."

At that point I was just tryna piss her off, I gotta grow up, "Yall not married, yet. That could fall through."

"Milan." My dad said while giving me "that look"
"Im just saying- sorry! Anyways, i just think we need to rebuild .... OUR family. That's all."

Mekai chuckled, already knowing what I was hinting at. "Yeah... I agree, we can still do co-parenting like we been have, Milan. We don't have to be together to rebuild nothing." My mom said.

I shrugged, "you asked me what I wanted."
"Well you can't have everything." My dad fiancé said.

I was trying so hard to be sweet with shorty, but sometimes some mfs need to be silenced.

"Who the fuck are you even ?? Like no disrespect, ion even know your name. We met what? Once ma. Chillat."

"Your father's wife. Pregnant wife to be exact ."
"Milan come on now you bein an ass right now chill out." My dad said.

I smacked my teeth, "I ain't even say shit to her. Tell your pregnant FIANCÉ to stop talkin to me. I came here to talk to my family. You are not that."

"We are family. I'm having your brother."
"Then he's my family... girl. Stop tryna ease your way in this. We do not know you."

Mekai was weak asf next to me. I ain't even mean to make a scene, but she was somewhere nobody wanted her. Like you're not even family ...

My dad gave me the stern ass look again, I hate when he do that bs, "She's gon be yo family. Stop acting out."

"no she's not, but okay."
"This. Right here. This is why yall family is so messy right now. Y'all don't know how to cooperate." She said.

Kai and I looked at each other then looked back at her cuz who ? what ?
"I feel as if people who aren't apart of this family, shouldn't have any opinions. Simple." I said.

"Just calling it how I see it."
"And so am I. Mind your business. Don't even know why you're here."

"Because your father needed extra support from me, knowing your mother couldn't handle you by herself. Prolly why you turned out.... The way you did."

"The way I did ? Bitch you're literally ugly. Fuck you. Ion got shit to say. You're just ugly. I turned out fine. Im a teenager, obviously I'm still gon make mistakes. You're like 56 and you're still ugly. Fuck up."

Mekai was still weak asab next to me and I had to hide my laugh cuz he really had me bouta scream. Like I came here to be serious and talk to my family.

But ofc it doesn't go my way.

"Can y'all please.... This was supposed to be family, Antwan, no disrespect to her but she doesn't have no place here & the bitch- girl, is lucky ion get disrespectful for attacking my parenting skills." My mom said. I could tell she was pissy af and honestly ion even blame her cuz wtf ?

"I wasn't coming for your parenting skills, more so your child."

"Saying I couldn't handle ha by myself when half the time I was raising MY children it was by myself. Fuck is you talking about?"

"it wasn't by ya self, London." My dad said.

I was already knowing where this was going.
"Not by myself?  You faked ya death, yeah, I bet ya fiancé didn't know that, that's 6 years of our kids lives already, then you were in and out scared to be a father and choosing when you wanted to be a daddy, so that's up to what like... 14? So if we're being honest, that's only 4 years you were actually in their life? So like the fuck I said, it was by myself."

"Faked ya death?..." I said. Mekai was just about as confused as me. "Shit." My mom said, "forget it. it's nothing."

"Somebody faking their death is nothing? Especially for 6 years? Why the hell we just now finding out about this?"

"It's nothing, Milan. Drop it. Actually, drop all this. Shit is not working." She got up and just walked upstairs and left.

Girl wtf ??
my dad was stuck. not saying nothing either.

"So yall just gon not speak ? After saying some important shit like that?"

"Ya mom said drop it so drop it." My dad said
"Drop you faking your DEATH ? This why you was being a deadbeat? You was recovering or sumn shit?"

"Milan, the conversation is over. Like I said, drop it." He got up, grabbed ole for hand and they left.

"What the fuck just happened?" Mekai said, looking astonished.

"I'm just as lost as you ..."

I didn't even wanna go talk to my mom cuz I knew she'd be on one, but I'm also curious so I want to?

Who tf fakes their death and for what? Like what could really be your reasoning for missing out on 6 years of ya life unless somebody was tryna kill you already?

& ik my dad was in shit but I know it couldn't have been no shit like that. Ain't no way.