When I Met You

Chapter 16

"Aww I missed you too." "When will I be able to see my cousins?" The little boy asked.

Genuinely missing Ari and Bri. "I'll set it up sometime or another." Dashon answered. The little boy nodded with a smile.

"Khalil, me and Unlce Shon need to have a grown up talk. Let me walk you to your room so you can watch some cartoon okay?" Ciera explained.

"Okay." That sounded good to him. He's the type of child that is curious. The type of child that wants to know about the grown folks conversations. But if you mention cartoon? He could care less about what adults are talking about.

Once Ciera got Khalil settled in, she spotted her brother sitting on the couch. By the vibe and by his face she can tell that he has a lot of questions.

She sat beside him. The first thing he noticed is the bruise on her neck.

"Sis... don't tell me he doing what I think he is doing." Dashon spoke in disbelief feeling anger build up.

"Yes, but I'll be fine Shon. Calm down." "No you won't! And you still wanna be with him!?"

Good thing Khalil had his tv volume all the way up.

"I tried to make him leave but.... He beat me." Ciera confessed. Dashon clinched his jaw growing more pissed.

"Okay, then I'll stay right here until he gets back here. I'll make him pack his shit." Dashon spat.

"Shon, you don't have to do that. I don't want you getting in any trouble." Ciera tried calming him down.

"I do have to do this! He is abusive, Ciera. What type of man would I be to leave my sister and my nephew around someone that is abusive, huh? Is he abusing Khalil too?" Dashon wondered.

"No, he isn't." Dashon searched her eyes for the truth. "Are you sure?" Dashon pressed, making sure she wasn't telling him any lies.

"He is not. Trust me if he was abusing my son... I would take this situation way more serious." Ciera told him.

"You still need to take it serious. Do you remember what grandma said? She looking down at all of this. I know she ain't too happy with you." He blurted, not really thinking about his choice of words.

"I know you didn't just do that..." Ciera said pissed at him. "Do what?" "Bring my grandmother up in my face! Yeah I get it, I'm stupid for allowing this to go on for so long. But that don't mean you got to bring my grandma in it like I don't love her and care about her feelings too!" She yelled at him.

Right then and there, Shon recognized that he was wrong.

"You right, what I said was messed up and I should've picked a better choice of words. What i am trying to say is, it's like no matter what this man do you still don't got enough strength to leave him. Let grandma's passing be enough for you. Just like her passing was enough for me. And then he abusive too? If he'll abuse you, he'll abuse Khalil too." Dashon tried getting his point across.

"Nah, he wouldn't abuse Khalil. He might hurt me but he will never hurt Khalil." She differed.

"Same way how you thought that he was gone be a good father once Khalil got here but was he? Same way how you thought this man would change his ways over and over again and stop cheating on you but did he? Same way how you thought that he would NEVER be abusive towards you but ain't he abusive? You can't put nothing pass him at this point Ciera. And I hate to tell you that. A shame you can't put nothing pass the father of your child." He explained.

"I should've chose a better father for my child." She spoke in pure sadness and regret.

"Same way I feel about my girls." He agreed. Thinking back to the situation he is in now.