Official Girl 3

by Charmanie Saquea

  “Fat Fat is getting so big now, he looks just like me and dad but of course I look better.” I chuckled. “Alright mom, Imma get up out of here but just know that I love you and I’ll be back.” I kissed her forehead before I left the room.

  Chapter 3

  Six Months Later

  Lani

  I’m now eight months pregnant with a baby girl. I’m on my way to the hospital so I can go see my sister. Nobody has been the same since she’s been in that damn coma. My brothers and Ramone are so hell bent on getting revenge, they done hired a damn private investigator to try to help them find Olivia and Kamil.

  “Hey, mami. Don’t you think it’s time for you to wake up now? It’s been six months. If you were tired we could’ve just took us a vacation to get away from them knuckleheads.” I chuckled.

  I pulled out a brush and comb from my purse and started doing her hair.

  “You know your niece will be here next month. Also your brother proposed to me last night girl. It was so cute how he did it. You better be woke by time I pop this little girl out or else I’ll never let you live it down. We’re supposed to be at home thinking of baby names, doing all that baby shopping and stuff. You know how we do.”

  I grabbed her hand. “I really love you Neicey. You’re more than a friend to me, you’re my sister. The only friend I have, you know stuff about me that nobody knows. Please wake up soon, mami. I can’t make it without you anymore. Everyone is losing their minds; we’re lost without you, especially Mykell and Ramone. MJ misses you and asks about you all the time. He wanted to come see you but he had to go to school. Romell is so big and handsome now; he looks just like Kell big headed self.” I laughed.

  “I love you,” I said as I kissed her cheek.

  When I said that, I felt her squeeze my hand. She’s been doing that lately. At first I was scared but the doctor told me that was her was of responding.

  “Come back to us soon, mami.”

  I looked up when I seen Mykell walk in the room.

  Mykell

  This shit is so stressful. Seeing the one you love lying in a hospital bed and it ain’t nothing you can do about it; this shit is killing me slowly. I be wanting to be on some revenge type shit but my pops said that can wait, he said my main priority right now should be helping get Neicey to wake up. He’s right. I pulled up to the hospital to go check on Neicey. I really hate coming up here but I know she would do it for me.

  “Look, I’m only gon be in here for a second. Stay right here,” I said looking over at this chick I been passing time with for a couple of months. Her name is Candy. She be thinking she wifey or something but I keep reminding her that shit will never be. I was about to drop her ass off but she got to bitching so I said fuck it.

  “Mykell, it’s like twenty fucking degrees out here and you want me to sit in the car? Really?”

  “Candy please don’t get yo ass beat! Now is not the time to be coming all out yo mouth talking shit because right about now I will punch you in the bitch. It’s fucking heat in this bitch so what the fuck you complaining for?” I snapped and got out the car without even waiting for an answer.

  Sometimes I don’t even know why I keep that bitch around. Imma need for Neicey to wake up so we can actually be a family like were supposed to be. This shit is fucking foolishness.

  I walked in the room and seen Lani combing Neicey’s hair. “Wassup knucklehead?” I said kissing her forehead then kissing Neicey’ cheek.

  “Nothing what you up to? Ya girl just squeezed my hand again. I’m still not used to it yet,” she said.

  “That’s a good sign. Hopefully she’s closer to waking up.”

  Lani was about to say something until she saw Candy walk in the room. If looks could kill, that bitch would have dropped dead right on the spot.

  “Who are you?” Lani asked.

  I jumped up before that bitch could say anything. “Yo what the fuck is you doing? Didn’t I tell you to stay yo ass in the car?”

  “I already told I was not about to sit in no fucking cold ass car while you sit up in here. I don’t know why you here anyways, it ain’t like she fucking know you here,” Candy said rolling her neck.

  I reached back and slapped the shit out of her. Before I even knew what was happening, Lani was running up on her ass. I knew Lani would stomp a hole in Candy’s ass so I grabbed her. “Chill Lani.”

  “Mykell, get this dirty ass bitch out of here. How the fuck you gon bring one of your sluts up here any fucking way?” Lani snapped.

  I hurried up and snatched Candy up before a nurse came in. I already knew I was about to catch some flack about this shit once it got back to my pops.

  Kamil

  It’s been six months since I last seen Reneice. I should be happy but I’m not. I really loved that girl. True, I was sent to kill her but being around her so much actually made me fall for her. If I could go back and change everything I would. Honestly, since I left Detroit, I’ve become somewhat of an alcoholic. I’ve never been a big drinker but that seems to be all I can do lately.

  I guess her family seems to have forgotten about me since no one has come for my head yet. I knew all I had to do was give them some time then everything would die down.

  Chapter 4

  Ramone

  Six damn months later and my sister still laying in that damn hospital bed. Mykell hired a damn private investigator to find out where his hoe ass baby mama and that bitch ass nigga are. Lakey, Howie, Corey and Jason damn near moved up here. They’ve been here ever since I called them. I knew I had some real niggas on my team. We’re all at Mykell’s house just chilling and talking shit.

  “Man, I’ll be happy when Lani have my daughter. Her and them damn weird food cravings she be having starting to get crazy,” I said.

  “Her ass always been a weird eater,” Mack laughed.

  “Hell yea, she wouldn’t eat macaroni unless it had pickles in it when we were little.”

  “What the fuck?” Jason laughed.

  “That’s nothing, she be eating pickles dipped in ice cream and shit.” I shook my head.

  ‘I’m happy Neicey never had no weird cravings, her ass was just evil.” Mykell laughed.

  “I want me some bad ass lil kids running around one day,” Mack said out of nowhere.

  “What about Tasha? Y’all been hanging pretty tough for the past four months,” I inquired.

  “Yea but I gotta feel her out some more. I be trynna get Lani to meet her and get her opinion but after that shit Kell pulled, she ain’t going,” he said referring to Lisa.

  “Don’t blame that on me.”

  “It is your fault, you had that girl thinking she was yo girl and she meant something to you.” Mack laughed.

  “I’m happy I don’t have any baby mama drama,” Lakey said.

  “Shut up,” Corey said hitting his brother on the back of the head. “You and Mack the only two niggas here that ain’t got no kids.”

  “I ain’t in no rush.”

  “Being a father is one of the most beautiful things in this world. I wake up every morning, look at MJ and Mell and am proud that I’m a father. Even though that damn Romell got his mama attitude.” Everyone laughed.

  The laughter came to an end when Mykell’s phone rang. “It’s the PI.”

  “Hello?”

  He looked at all of us then smiled.

  “Okay me and my brothers are on the way now.” He hung up and jumped off the couch. “Let’s go y’all. He said he got something we might want to hear.”

  * * *

  It took us about 30 minutes to get to his office. I was sitting on pins wondering what information he had for us.

  “Welcome gentlemen,” he greeted us.

  “What you got for us?” Mykell asked getting straight to the point.

  “I found both of them. I called in a favor from a friend of mine out in Cali and he tracked your man down. Also I found your Ms. Olivia Moss but I took me some pictures just to make sure it was her,” he sa
id sliding Mykell an envelope.

  Mykell opened the envelope and looked through the pictures. “What the fuck!” he suddenly said. That got everyone’s attention.

  Mykell

  “Ain’t this about a bitch?” I said out loud.

  “What man?” Mack asked me.

  “When was this picture taken?” I held up the picture so the PI could see.

  “Yesterday.”

  “Okay, thank you,” I said going into my pocket and taking out some money, paying for his services.

  “Come on y’all,” I said getting up.

  “Man what you see in them pictures?” Corey asked me.

  “We’ll talk when we get back to the house.”

  When we got back to the house, everyone was anxious to hear what I seen in the pictures.

  “Okay, I know Mack knows but I’m not sure about the rest of y’all,” I took a deep breath. “Before me and Reneice got together, she was messing with a nigga named Quamir. I guess you can say I snatched her and when me and Neicey started going strong, it’s like this nigga fell off the face of the earth. Or so I thought.”

  “So what that nigga go to do with this?” Lakey asked.

  “Don’t tell me his ass was working with Olivia too?” Mack said.

  “Well I guess I don’t have to tell you, you just hit it dead on,” I confirmed handing him the pictures.

  “So one of them muthafuckas must be the one who raped Ladybug,” Mone said.

  “I’m on the same page as you Mone. My bets are on Q but I still feel some type of way about that nigga Kamil,” I agreed.

  “Let me see them pictures so I can see what this nigga look like,” Corey said.

  “Me too, Ladybug never said nothing bout this Q nigga to me.”

  “Word?” Mack asked shocked.

  “Hell naw! And I know about every nigga she’s ever dealt with, even when she tried to keep it a secret, but this Q is a mystery to me.”

  “Well I wanna stake out and watch where these dumb muthafuckas be at. See what else I can find out before we make our move.”

  Everyone agreed. This shit was getting even crazier. This nigga that I was supposed to be cool with did some foul shit to my girl, but for what though?

  Lani

  “Mone, bring me some chocolate syrup. Please.”

  I was having another weird ass craving. We’re supposed to be on our way to the hospital to see Neicey but I keep having the urge to pee every five minutes.

  “You and these craving are driving me crazy. I’ll be happy when you go back to eating normal.”

  I wanted to reply with a real smart ass comment but I couldn’t, I was stuck. It couldn’t be.

  “What’s wrong baby?” he asked concerned.

  I looked down and he must have followed my eyes and seen the big wet spot.

  “Oh shit! It’s time!” he yelled.

  “Call the doctor while I change my clothes. Luckily I’m not in any pain right now,” I said walking into the closet to find some sweat pants to change into.

  “They said to bring you in when your contractions are five minutes apart.”

  “Why are you so calm? You act like you’ve done this before,” I said with a questioning look.

  He laughed. “Chill, I was only eight years old when I seen Ladybug born, so I know what to expect.”

  “Well . . . AHHHH!” I held my stomach and leant over in pain.

  “Yo ass having contractions now huh?” Ramone laughed like this shit was funny.

  “We are NEVER having sex ever again.”

  “Whatever man. Imma grab the bag so we can be ready to go.”

  Twenty minutes later I was laying in the hospital bed feeling like my insides were about to fall out.

  “I can’t do this shit. This look worse than it did the first time I seen it happen,” Ramone said looking like he was about to pass out.

  “Nigga please! You did this shit so you better suck it the fuck up and stay yo black ass right here,” I said through gritted teeth.

  “Okay, Ms. Jones. You are fully dilated so now it’s time to push.”

  I did three big pushes but it seemed like she didn’t want to come out. “Somebody get this baby out of me!” I yelled out in pain. This shit was the worst pain ever.

  “Alright, I see the head. One more big push for me.”

  I pushed one more time and it felt like this little girl had ripped me a new asshole. I was overjoyed when I heard my baby cry, it was like music to my ears. I thought I was done but they told me I had to push the afterbirth out. Ramone followed the nurses when they took our daughter to be cleaned off. I was feeling tired as hell.

  “Who knew I could create something so beautiful?” Ramone beamed like a proud father when he walked back over to me, kissing me on the forehead.

  “She is beautiful. Welcome to the world Ranyla Love Peake,” I said to my baby when they put her on my chest.

  “Is she alright doc? Why she look like that?” Ramone asked sounding worried.

  “She’s just tired. Having a baby can be very tiresome and her body went through some traumatic pain but I can assure you that she is alright.”

  Everyone walked into the room with all types of balloons and teddy bears.

  “I need for y’all to stop making me a grandpa, I’m too young for all this,” my daddy joked.

  “Who you telling? I have more grandkids than I do gray hairs,” Poppa Mone laughed.

  “Well at least we have another girl in the family. We men were starting to take over,” Mack said looking at Ranyla.

  “I’m a proud uncle, I have me a little girl to spoil. She kind of looks like Neicey.” Mykell chimed in.

  “Sorry to interrupt this happy moment,” Neicey’s doctor said walking into the room and I feared the worst. “I just wanted to inform you all that Ms. Peake is woke,” he said smiling.

  “Oh my gosh! I have to go see her. I need to take Ranyla to go see her auntie,” I said trying to get out the bed even though I was tired as hell.

  “Whoa little lady, you stay right there in that bed. We’ll all go see her but you need to be in a wheelchair,” my daddy said.

  “Well, tell them to get the chair ready so we can go!” I fussed.

  I knew my sister wouldn’t let me down. She came back the day her niece was born, just like I asked her to.

  Reneice

  I opened my eyes and it took me some time to realize where I was. I don’t even know how I got to the hospital. I tried to pull that damn tube out of my mouth but it wouldn’t budge. I pressed the button to call the nurse and she came in to see me. She was happy to see that I was woke and wasted no time calling the doctor. When they removed the tube a whole lot of gook came up with it but the doctor told me that was normal.

  “H-h-h-h-” I tired talking but nothing was coming out like I wanted it to plus my throat was sore as hell.

  “Shhh. Don’t try to talk sweetie,” the doctor said. “Give your throat a rest and I’ll answer any question you want me to when you feel better. Let me call your family.”

  “You were quite the trooper though,” a nurse said.

  I felt a pain in my chest on the left side. I put my hand up there and I felt a bandage.

  “No worries sweetie, that’s where you go shot. I already changed your bandage, if you take care of it right, it will heal right,” the nurse said.

  I just nodded my head since I couldn’t talk.

  “Ma! You’re up!” MJ yelled running in the room right to my bed.

  I kissed him all over his face.

  I smiled so hard when I saw the rest of my family enter the room. Lani was wheeled in by Ramon and she had a baby wrapped up in her arms. I couldn’t wait to see her.

  “L-l-l” I tried to talk again, but all I heard was a weird noise.

  “She’s cute, huh?” MJ asked.

  I shook my head yes. She’s actually beautiful, she looks just like Ramone. She has his color and everything. They did real good with her.

&nbs
p; “I’m so happy you came back Neicey. You just don’t know. I got two blessings in one day,” she said placing my niece in my arms. “She looks just like Mone.”

  Ramone was at the foot of the bed smiling proudly.

  I looked up when I saw my dad walk in the room with Romell on his hip. I felt tears falling from my eyes when I saw how big my Fat Man has gotten. I wonder if he remembers me.

  “Mama!” he reached for me.

  I smiled happy that he remembered who I was. As I looked around, I was happy to see all the people I loved. I don’t know how long I’ve been here, but I’m so happy to be back.

  Chapter 5

  Lakey

  Snook been home from the hospital about two months now. We’ve been keeping in touch since she’s been out. She called me up and said she had something important that she wanted to holla at me about.

  “Wassup Snook?” I said when she answered the door. “Where Kell?”

  “He’s took the boys out somewhere.”

  “Cool, what did you want to talk to me about?”

  “I know y’all making a move tonight and I want in on it,” she said with a straight face.

  “What you talking about?” I asked, playing dumb.

  “Don’t play with me LaShaun. I know y’all been watching Mykell’s baby mama waiting to make a move on her ass. I also know that y’all plan on making that move tonight. I’m coming to you because we been partners in crime since we were little. You know what I’m capable of more than any of them. This shit is more personal for me because this bitch that I don’t even know, took it upon herself to hire a muthafucka to kill me. Now, are you letting me roll with you or am I going to have to do this shit on my own?”

  I just sat there stuck for a minute. She was right though, I do know what she is capable of because I was the one who taught her how to shoot a damn gun and she been a beast ever since.