"Fuck em' niggas, what I got's to lose?"
-PartyNextDoor
Asia
"I just wanna apologize for not being there for this long."
After King-- I mean my dad, brought me to his office, he embraced me in a long hug before speaking.
"It's fine. Nick told me what happened. At least I know you were looking but the police probably could've helped you guys." He stared at his desk for a while before talking again.
"It ain't okay. That bitch took my child from me and its her fault I'm just now meeting you. All that stuff that I missed out on cannot be done again. My youngest child had to sit there for fifteen years and deal with a drug attic that had the fucking audacity to claim you as her daughter. That's some fucked up shit and I'm getting more and more pissed about it all over again.
"She knew what the fuck she was doing when she took you. We couldn't get the police involved because of the drugs... Dammit!"
The bass in his voice made me jump in my seat. But, I mean I kinda understand his pain...
Kinda.
He got up and started to pace the floors covered in white carpet. He looked REALLY mad and I didn't know what to do so I got up and hugged him as tight as I could. I tried to hold it in but I couldn't. I started bawling tears into his shirt. He hugged me back and started crying too.
Man, this is a new feeling. Its probably the only feeling of genuine love I have had in my life. Maybe it's because it's from the man that I didn't even know existed until a few hours ago.
I don't know what it was , but I loved this feeling of something I have never gotten. To say I felt complete was an understatement. It felt like more than that. It was new.
I was still crying when I felt myself being picked up and my dad sat down with me in his arms. He pulled me closer to him and started to rub comforting circles in my back.
King put his head on mine and I could feel the tears dropping on my head. I didn't care though. It was some REAL emotion. "Shhhhh. It's gonna be alright. I promise."
The jumping of my shoulders started to slow down as well as my tears. I snuggled closer to King and hugged his torso as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my head, still rubbing those circles in my back.
"I love you Asia." was the last thing I heard before falling asleep in my father's embrace.
*
"Where is your phone?"
All of us, including King were sitting at this large table in the dining room eating a larger lunch.
"I don't have one." I stated nonchalantly. At that moment everyone dropped their forks and looked at me like I had stepped on their shoes and didn't say sorry. Even King.
These people need help. Technology is not that important.
"Oh, no no no. That's gotta change." Jada's obsessed behind said. This morning when I woke up I saw her with an iPad, iPhone, iPod, MacBook Air, and beats by dre; the headphones and the earphones.
She has an issue.
"We need to go to the mall or sum'. " Ant said reaching behind Mona's back to tap her right shoulder and then stealing her bacon.
"Anthony, you could've just reached up to get some more bacon, instead of taking mine." Mona said after punching him.
"Shut up Mona Lisa." Cameron smirked at her as she stared at him open mouthed.
"Don't call me that bean head ass boy." She looked at him across the table before kicking him in what I'm guessing were his legs judging from the way he jumped on the side of me.
"Why? It IS your name." No lie, Mona Lisa Carter was her name. But Lisa was her middle name. She hates it though.
I hadn't realized that King left until he came back in the room and dropped 8 stacks on the table.
He got it like that?
"Um, I have some money in my safe--" King interrupted me as the others went to put their plates up.
"When you're with me, you gonna get a lot of stuff involuntarily. It's good to be independent , but I'm your father , so I'm gonna spoil you as I please."
He kissed my forehead and proceeded to take his plate to the kitchen.
I stood up and followed their loud voices to the kitchen. When I got there I was amazed. The kitchen was bigger than my old room.
It looked like something out of magazine , except the two huge refrigerators. I don't think there would be two in one of those pictures because I doubt that a normal family would have 8 kids.
"Just rinse it off and put it in the sink. " I nodded and did just that.
"What mall are we going to?" Zion asked when we all got up the staircase.
"Gallo." Everybody nodded and proceeded to go take showers. I followed Mona and Jada back to our room because the three of us shared a room thanks to the others.
This house only had 7 rooms and all of the males occupied a total of 6 because 'they are NOT sleeping in the same bed'.
I didn't really care though. As long as I had a bed that wasn't sitting in the floor.
"You know what you wearing?" I shook my head no.
Most of the clothes I had were sweats, jeans, and regular tees. Basic shit.
I guess they noticed my attitude change because they came and hugged me. "It's OKAYYYYYY." Mona said while shaking me.
All three of us laughed before they pulled me to the the closet where their suitcases were. "I'm dressing you today. And then when we get back to the A, we can get you more clothes and shoes. " Mona said.
"And a phone! You can't be my sister and not have a phone. Niggas be coming from left and right." Mona pushed Jada and proceeded to pick out my clothes.
"Do NOT listen to her conceited ass." The two of us laughed while Jada mugged us, got up and went to go shower.
*
"Where we going first?" Zion asked as the 8 of us rode up the escalator from the garage and into the main part of the mall.
Some people looked at us with envy while others just gawked and whispered. If I say so myself, we looked live as hell.
"Apple store to get Asia a phone." I nodded and led the way, since they said they haven't been here in a while.
As I passed Forever XXI , China Broussard came out with her posse, blocking my way. The others went inside of footlocker to look at shoes and I needed to throw my Great American Cookie paper away before going in there.
"Well damn, look who it is." She looked me up and down and rolled her eyes. "Where did you get the money to buy this stuff? Working at Pink Kitty?" This girl gave me hell at school, and she just so happens to be Duke's girlfriend.
Ain't it sad?
"I don't work there." It wasn't a lie, so shut up. "Give me that!"
China snatched my new iPhone from my hands and started throwing it up and catching it.
"Didn't she say give it to her?" I turned around and Jada and Mona were walking up with my brothers close behind.
"Give it to her." China looked kinda scared as she passed the phone to me and Jada stepped up to her. She moved back.
"How y'all know each other?"
"That's the Asia Carter, you fucker." China snapped her head toward me and apologized quick before Jada bucked at her causing her to run away, as well as her lil clique.
"Here." Nick have me one of his bags from footlocker that had two Jordan boxes along with a Nike box. "Thanks."
"No problem."
"Pops said he wanted us to meet the new people when we get back. " We were in the white Escalade that I saw the night before.
"I'm hungry." I stated as we got off the freeway. "Me too!" Was all I heard before Ant groaned and turned into the China Bear parking lot.
China Bear was this huge Chinese buffet that was real popular.
There were not a lot of people here at 8 o'clock but the waitress just so happened to put us in the closed off room with another group of rowdy teens.
She knew what she was doing.
I didn't go sit first though. I told Cam what I wanted to drink and walked straight to the food.
"Ooh, chicken nuggets. " I picked up some chicken nuggets with that little claw looking thing only for them to be knocked onto the floor.
"Zion why did you do that?" I put on that 'bitch ' face and bent down to pick them up as he walked away laughing.
Just as I bent down, a hand smacked my butt and I stood up so quick.
It was some of those boys that were sitting in the same section as us.
"Can you apologize?" He and his friends started laughing as he pulled me closer to him. I tried to get out of his grip but I was unsuccessful.
"Why you thought?" He laughed again.
"Aye, get the fuck." He let me go and put up his hands, surrendering.
"This you?" One of the boys asked.
"No nigga, this Asia." Their eyes got big when he said that. "Damn, sorry Asia."
"Whatever." I finished my food and went back to sit down while everyone besides us girls went to talk to those dudes.
What is it about being a Carter that makes these people afraid? Is King really that powerful?
"He just kept apologizing." I told them as we pulled up to the gates of the house.
"He was like 'please don't tell boss on me.' Lil nigga was feeling his self since he started working for pops today." Ant said.
"We backkkkkkk." Mona yelled when we walked into the goons' house after putting our bags up.
"In here." King yelled.
All 8 of us walked to the living room , and I was surprised to who I seen standing there.