13. Zelan
It was going on eight in the evening, and we still haven’t heard from Santiago. I was geeking to know the results of that DNA test. Meek and his friend had just left, and now I was sitting here waiting on Z to call me, and of course we had to ride out with Ma Lai later.
“Babe, what you thinking about?” Ari asked.
“I’m just wondering why we haven’t heard from Santiago, he said we would hear from him later today. My phone lit up, and it was a text from Juelz telling me he was outside. I jumped up, and kissed Ari, and told her what was up.
“What’s up, man?” I said to Juelz as I got in the car and we pulled off.
“I was at my house when I got the call from Santiago to meet him at his hotel. So, I decided to swing through and pick you up,” Juelz stated.
“Where he staying at?” I asked.
“He is staying at the Waldorf Astoria,” Juelz said, and we talked about all the shit that was going on.
Thirty minutes later, we pulled up to the hotel.
Valet parking, we went in and went up to the Penthouse suites.
Juelz, knocked on the door, and a few minutes later a guard opened it and allowed us in.
“Come in and have a seat, would you like a drink?” Santiago asked.
“No sir, I’m good,” Julez responded.
“I would like one,” I stated and got up to pour my drink.
“The test results are back, and I have them here in this envelope. Would you like to do the honors, Juelz?” Santiago asked. Juelz took the envelope and opened it. Shit, I have never been this nervous in my life, and I don’t know why the hell I’m so damn nervous now.
“It says that we are your grandsons,” Juelz stated, handing the documents to Santiago.
I blew out a long sigh and watched my brother do the same.
I was holding a breath that I didn’t even realize I was holding.
Mone was really our father, and we were members of the largest cartel to grace the globe.
Santiago stared at the paperwork, and it seems as if his eyes were watering.
“I don’t know why your father rebelled the way he did.
I loved my son very much; he was my only child, but he was so hard.
He didn’t want to listen to a damn thing I had to say.
Ramone’s mother was a beautiful black woman, when she found out she was pregnant she was against having the baby.
I begged her for months, and told her I would raise our child and she could see him whenever she wanted to.
She agreed, and when he was born he came home with me to Cuba,” Santiago stated.
“I have been working for Mone since I was thirteen years old, and he took me under his wings. When he was murdered, that devastated me and Zelan because we both were so close to him. Now we both know why he took to us so quickly, he knew he was our father. I’m not going to lie, we are still pissed that neither he nor our mother thought of us when deciding to hold that information from us.
But we forgive them and want to move on with our lives,” Julez explained.
“So, you told me that someone was trying to harm you?” Santiago asked, getting down to business.
“Yes, we ran into some trouble,” Julez said, and ran every detail that has happened to him, down to our grandfather.
“Your troubles will soon be over, setup a dinner so that I can meet my granddaughters to be, and my granddaughter Kari. I will be in town for the next couple of days, now that I have two grandsons I have some business to handle here,” Santiago stated. We said our goodbyes and Juelz and I left.
“Man can you believe that shit, Mone was really our father,” Juelz said.
“It’s some crazy shit, but it’s true and I’m kind of happy about it.
Mone wasn’t a bad dude, he was just set in his own ways, but he was good to us,” I told Juelz, and he agreed.
We were now on our way over to Lai’s house.
I shot Meek a text, and he was going to meet us over there.
We pulled up to Lai house about thirty minutes later, and Meek was walking up on the porch.
What’s up y’all, what Lai got us over here for? ” Meek asked.
“She said Mark's brother been running his mouth about her shooting Mark in the legs before he got murked,” I told him.
“That will get you murdered quick, and we don’t need that shit coming down on Lai,” Meek stated.
“Why you niggas out here talking, bring y’all asses in the house,” Lai said, and we walked in. Ms. Cynt was sitting on the couch.
“Hey boys,” Ms. Cynt greeted, we all walked over and hugged her and Lai.
“Ma do you know where this nigga be at?” Meek asked.
“Yeah, I know where he hang at, but we got an issue. I was just told he was in the hospital, so we gone have to wait,” Lai said.
“Well, you need to let us know what’s up, and we will be ready to ride when you ready,” I told her. We kicked it with Ma for a little while and we left and headed home.
The Next Evening
I’m so happy to be here and meeting all of you,” Santiago said, as he looked at Ari, and Ciera. “We are excited to meet you as well,” Ciera stated, and the doorbell sounded off. I got up to go answer the door, and it was Ma Lai.
“Boy, what the hell took you so long to answer the damn door?” Lai yelled as she walked in the house.
“Lady, you were not waiting that long,” I told her, as I turned to walk in to the family room. “Hey everybody, Lai here so we can eat now,” I yelled.
“Ohhhhh, hey sexy who the hell are you?” Lai asked Santiago.
“Well, I’m whoever you want me to be, sweetheart. My name is Santiago Vega, and I’m Juelz and Zelan’s grandfather,” Santiago replied.
“My name is Laila, and you fine as hell. I’m Ciera, and Ari’s grandmother. Boys I’m about to be y’all grandmother for real, and I’m going to have a baby!” Lai said, and I damn near spit my drink out.
“Grams!” Ciera yelled.
“Ciera, sit your pregnant ass down somewhere, and let grown folks talk. So, Santiago, tell me, do you have a wife, girlfriend, baby mama, side piece, or a weekend hoe? I’m just trying to see where I can fit the fuck in,” Lai said and walked over to Santiago, pulled out her phone, and started taking selfies.
Me and Ari was laughing so damn hard because this lady was the fucking truth man.
She didn’t care who you were, she was going to say what she wanted to say.