Forever and a Day by Jasmine Barber

Author:Jasmine Barber [Barber, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jasmine Barber
Published: 2013-02-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

“Why did it take you so long to come back home?" -Kiyan

Kiyan sat at the airport waiting for his best friend to arrive. He missed his homie, it had been a minute since the two had been together. His mother gave him her version of the advice he needed, but he knew he was sure to fix things with Brielle with his best friend's advice. He looked up and smiled when he saw who he was waiting for. He threw his phone on the passenger seat and got out the car and was met by a happy scream.

"Best friend, I missed you yo," Mercedes said as she hugged Kiyan.

"Word yo, I missed you too. Why did it take you so long to come back home?" Kiyan questioned.

"Damn nigga, you gotta jump straight into a conversation about why I don't come home?" Mercedes joked.

"You can ignore my ass now, but mommy gone get in that ass later. She wants you to come by," Kiyan laughed.

"Aw damn, I didn't come all the way out her to be getting in trouble by mommy." Mercedes frowned.

Mercedes knew Anyah didn't play games when it came to her kids She remembered when they were thirteen and they didn't tell Anyah that Tyrese ran away from his adopted parents. She was about to whop all of them for keeping secrets from her. Mercedes remembered that day like it was yesterday. They were sitting on the porch asking Tyrese if he wanted to tell Anyah about his situation. Before Tyrese had a chance to answer, Anyah came outside pissed. She stood at the door and called all five of them in the house.

"Is there something any of y'all want to tell me?" She asked with her hands on her hips.

"Um no," Kiyan said looking around at his friends.

"Oh really, Mercedes come her," Anyah replied. Mercedes got up thinking she was safe from whatever punishment the boys were about to get. Before she knew it, Anyah had a belt in her hand and said, "All of y'all are getting ass whoppings if you don't tell me what's going on with Tyrese."

The kids were silent because they knew Anyah didn't play when she said she was going to do something, you better believe it would happen. They looked at each other and then decided it was better to tell the truth then to lie.

"Ma, I ran away from my house. I'm a foster child and they don't even care about me," Tyrese started.

"That's why he's been staying here so much lately," Kiyan added.

"So when were y'all going to tell me," she questioned.

"I think Tyrese was going to tell you today before you called us in," Mercedes answered.

"We didn't lie ma," Cam added. He didn't want a whopping today, Alonzo didn't either that's why he stayed silent.

They went on to tell Anyah how Tyrese's foster parents didn't even know when he wasn't home. They never spoke to him and they wouldn't even use the money that the state gave them for him.

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