33. Soulful Hurtz #3
“Queen? Shit I’m out in the field.” He boasted as Luv ran right into my arms, she let out a loud sob and I picked her up, rocking her in my arms.
“He hit me so hard Soulful, I tried to help momma! I took those drugs and flushed them, and he gave her more and told momma he was going to make me pay for the drugs that I flushed. Momma said he was gone make me into a woman since I wanted to act grown.” She shivered in my arms like she was cold, but I knew it was fear.
“Nigga you know my family! You lived next door to me in the project for years.” My voice boomed.
“Shhhhh.” Queen put her French tip index finger to her lips.
“Take Luv to the living room then come right back. Luv, you’re going to be a big girl and sit tight while I have a talk with your brother and Peep.
Okay?” Luv nodded her head. She was such a big girl that I put her to her feet, and she walked to the living room and sat down.
She didn’t have any kind of reaction seeing our mother snoring on the carpet with blood leaking from her nose.
I made my way back into the room and Peep peed on himself. I don’t know what Queen said to him, but he had a horrified look on his face.
“Inferno is downstairs, you’re going to carry your mom down to the car with Luv.
Peep you will be taking a ride with me and Inferno.
” Queen gave off orders, but I didn’t follow as I marched right up to Peep and knocked him in the chin off his feet.
I didn’t stop there, I stomped him all on his chest making him choke and desperately try to catch his breath.
“You were gone make my sister a woman nigga?” Crack! I stomped him in his face.
“Teddy, enough. We have kids to think about right now.” She warned and nodded her head towards the door. I stepped away breathing hard but still felt anger rumbling through me.
“I swear I wasn’t.” Peep murmured, making Queen laugh.
“You were Peep and you would’ve gotten away with it had we not arrived when we did.
Now that you’re bleeding, you’re going to clean your fucking face in that bathroom and man the fuck up.
If you want to cause a scene when we walk out this door and don’t want to accept your fate easily.
Then I guess I’ll be peeping through your momma’s house and making her and that baby momma of yours pay for all of the sins you committed tonight. ”
“Queen please! I’ve been loyal to the gang Ma.” He simpered and sat up slowly.
“Loyal! The gang don’t sell work to the hood nigga!
Everybody knows that, then you selling to a nigga momma that’s from the fuckin gang.
GET YO ASS UP NIGGA AND MAN THE FUCK UP!
” For the first time I heard Queen raise her voice.
She got quiet when Peep stood up. He turned his back and that’s when she picked her foot up and kicked him in the ass.
“Bitch ass sick nigga! That’s a muthafucking kid!” I could tell she was trying her hardest to keep her composure. Her nostrils were flaring wide as she tossed a towel his way. Once his face was clean, we walked out the room. I looked down at my mom and couldn’t even feel sorry for her ass anymore.
“I don’t want to even look at her Queen.”
“But you have to, in fact… pick her ass up. She will be signing her rights away to these girls.” Luv held on to my leg and I nodded for her to go to Queen.
“Luv… you won’t be seeing momma for a long time after tonight. I’m your parent and from now on you have to listen to me.” I made that shit clear.
“Yes Teddy.” She blinked out crocodile tears as we exited the room.
My mom being in my arms was like deja vu.
I made a vow that after we got her to sign her rights over, I was done with her until she really convinced me that she was clean.
It was time for me to live my fucking life and raise my sisters.
That’s where my focus was from here on out.
I was done letting my mom come in and out of our lives causing so much confusion and destruction.
The night events after the hotel were crazy. Queen and Inferno were really meant to be. They burned Peep alive down to the bones. My mom was considered dead to me until she fixed herself up and to do that could possibly take years.
Me and the girls end up spending the night with Queen and Inferno.
Same night of feeling down and out, Inferno and Queen made shit better by handing me over contracts.
A contract that would change me, and my sister’s life forever.
Green Bay Packers was my favorite football team, I once dreamed about playing for them once I made it to the NFL.
Inferno was so well connected that he told me I didn’t need an internship, but training would be for months.
I was now a part of the Green Bay field operations.
Queen really wanted me to end up playing but figured since I didn’t want to finish school and needed to make money, she felt like this would be a good way in.
I accepted and signed on the dotted line.
I used to be afraid of change but never scared to make money for the well-being of my siblings as well as myself.