Lillian POV- It's been 15 years since the death of Daniel and it still hurts.
I've moved into his house and put all the pictures of him and us in the basement in a box all the way in the back collecting dust.
I've told my 2 boys that he left us and he isn't coming back and now they think he walked out on me but I just haven't told them the truth.
I pulled into the driveway and parked my car. I walked in the house and saw King playing the game.
I dropped my keys on the table next to the door and locked off my heels letting out a deep breath "Where's your brother Kingy?" I asked
He turned and looked at me and smirked evilly "Oh he upstairs" he said
I looked at him sideways and walked up the stairs and took the first left and his door was on the right.
I tried opening the door but it was locked and he knows how I feel about locked doors when I'm not here.
"DJ open up this door!" I yelled and banged on it
"Mama hold on" he said aggravated
"Lil boy there's no hold on, open up this damn door now!" I yelled
He didn't answer back so I pulled out a bobby pin from my hair and picked the lock.
I open the door and he was in there fucking some girl.
"DJ what the hell is this girl doing in my house - matter fact I don't wanna hear it get her out my house before both of y'all get your ass beat" I said
"You can't tell him what to do he's his own person he 15 years old about to be 16 he can do what he want" she said and roll her eyes
"Little girl he can do what he want when he gets his own place and pays his own bills and don't have to rely on somebody for his laundry and his meals" I said matter of factly
She just rolled her eyes again. Rude ass little girl.
She finished putting on the rest of her clothes, kissing DJ on his cheek before walking out the room and down the steps.
Hearing the door open and shut downstairs I looked at DJ and slapped him in the back of his head.
"Daniel Rashaad you know you not supposed to have people here if I don't know and you have this little girl in here disrespecting me, and because of that you have lost all of your privileges" I said
I walked to his night stand and grabbed his phone and then I grabbed his tablet and laptop. I went to my room and dumped those on the bed and went back to his room to take the play station.
"Ma not the play station I'm sorry!" he begged
"No, since you wanna be grown and fuck some girls in my mother fucking house like you pay some bills, Ima show you how a grown man is supposed to be. Real grown men work and get a job and pay for their own shit, so starting tomorrow you will be coming to the office with me and your ass will be working" I said while pointing my finger in his face
"And son put some pants on, nobody wants to see what you think you have" I said and walked out
I sat all his stuff down on the bed and then grabbed a box from my closet and put all the stuff in there and put back in the closet all the way in the back.
I pulled my phone out my bra and dialed Mikey's number.
Through this whole thing he's been such good help to me and the kids. I know Daniel would appreciate him for this.
"Hello" I heard his deep voice say
"Hey M how are you?" I asked
"I'm good, just at the office working on some shit. why wassup y'all straight?" he questioned
I put my phone on speaker and threw on the bed as I started undressing myself to get in the shower "We're good but DJ, his behavior is really starting to become a problem. I'm pretty sure Daniel didn't act like this at his age" I said as I grab a towel and a couple wash cloths from my closet.
"What'd he do this time?"
"He had a got damn girl in my house while I was at work door locked and everything, AND on top of that the lil girl had a some type of attitude problem and I had to get her up outta there quickly." I take cases not catch them
"Mannn lil D wildin" he chuckled
"He's just being a teenage boy Lillian but ima talk to em" he said as I heard typing in the background
"Well how about you pick him up from my office tomorrow after his shift" I mentioned
"Shift ?"
"Oh yea since he think he grown enough to be fucking in my house like he pay bills then ima put his ass to work. You can pick him up at 4"
He let out a throaty laugh before answering "Not you gon have my nephew working like a slave. But I'm gonna pick him up at 4 and i'll see what's up" he said
"Yup. I'm gonna get in the shower but honestly Mikey thank you so much just for being there for my boys they really need somebody like you in their life to look up to" I sincerely told him
"No problem, you know my boy wouldn't have it any other way. I love you and take care of my boys and yourself aight"
"I love you too and I will" I stated before we both said our goodbyes and hung up the phone
I stepped in and started lathering my loofa up with peaches n cream body wash.
Daniel really liked this scent on me.
Tears started to pour out my eyes as I thought about him and all our good and bad times together.
Why lord why did it have to be him, why did it have to be my love.
I turned off the shower and got out and wrapped myself in my towel. I sat down at my vanity and put on some peach lotion and some peach smell goods.
As I sit at my vanity getting myself ready for this evening, I start to get deep in thought and as I'm in my thoughts my mind wanders to the day of Daniel's funeral.
Flashback
It's the day of Daniels funeral and I'm dressed in my all black and my all black makeup.
I rubbed my stomach and sucked in my breath and released it slowly.
"Hey um the limo is here" Mikey said
I nodded my head and walked down the stairs I saw that he had DJ strapped up in his car seat waiting for me at the door.
-At the church
I took my seat at the front and just stared at the open casket with his body in it.
I stared at his pale stiff body and just cried silently, I loved him so much and now he's dead before he really got to live his life.
Mikey wrapped his arm around me and hugged me telling me that's it's gonna be okay and that he will watch over me from above.
The preacher went to the front of the church and started the ceremony.
"Good afternoon friends and family of Daniel Quavious Layne, today we here we have gathered to celebrate the life and death of Daniel" he started
"Daniel might not have did everything the right way but he made sure that people around him were taken care of , he made sure his mother and sister had their wants and needs, he made sure his beautiful girlfriend was always happy so as their son DJ" he said
As he was about to speak the doors flew opened and low and behold my drunk mother dressed in her wedding dress she wore when her and my dad got married.
"You little whore everything that happened is your fault, you was the one who made my husband leave, you were the one that made me hate you, you did everything and you know what I'm glad that little hoodlum boyfriend of yours is dead so now you can suffer like I did" she said drunkenly and took a swig of the Hennessy she was holding
My dad stood up and took the bottle from her hands and put his arm around her waist so he can hold her up.
"Baby is that you? have you came back for me?" she said
"No I don't want you anymore I'm trying to get you up so you can walk yourself out of here" he said finally getting her to her feet straight
"Is it because of that fat dark bitch you got?" she said and stumbled over to Jiya and was about to hit her before Mikey got up and grabbed her hand and pulled her back
"Let me go! let me go! y'all can have y'all funeral but I called the news station and they were glad to hear that the biggest drug lord in Atlanta was dead" she said and walked out the church holding up the middle finger
We all walked to the church windows and saw a whole bunch of news stations out there reporting the story.
I looked at my dad and he ushered everybody back to their seats and then we continued the service.
Flashback over
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Hey guys it's Mel, and I know I wa supposed to been have this out but i'm just tryna piece together how ima rewrite this story.
I was gonna make this longer but I think it's better that i put out a lil snippet and see how you guys feel bout it.
lmk if there's anything you guys might like to see in the story and whatnot. But until then, stay beautiful.