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•06/05 {Friday, 12:46 P.M}

~*~ Docia ~*~

"So, are you happy with your acts ? " I asked my nephew sarcastically with my hands on my hips. I was pissed off right now. This little boy was playing way too much with life and one day it won't end as good as it did today. I still couldn't believe it though. 

Ryver was arrested. 

How can an eleven years old end his day in a police station ? 

By being approached by a racist policeman and hanging out with the wrong people. His mother didn't know what to do anymore with him and I was completely lost with him. I didn't know what was going on with him and what exactly was on his mind to act like this. I tried to enter in his head with my therapist skills, but since my friends and family know about my profession, they learned how to totally closed up and hide behind their protective wall. Yes, sometimes I could get in without problem, but if a person doesn't want you to read them and do their possible for it to not happen, they will succeed in it.

But all of this always finishes by breaking. 

And for some, sooner than later. 

But Ryver was a hardheaded...like this ex-con. I rolled my eyes just thinking about him. The year with him will be long. And if he thought that I didn't realize that he was telling me bullshit during the whole session, he thought wrong. I wasn't stupid. But I didn't care though and let him talk while nodding my head. As long as his P.O had what he wanted, we were good. But if one day, Mr.Willkingston decides to confess, I'll be a good listener and I'll try to help him the best I'll be able to.

I shook my head to get him out of my mind. 

Why was I even thinking about him, out of the session ? 

"Can we go home ? "

He said that with that annoying nonchalant tone of voice and I only get madder at him. It wasn't even affecting him to have been thrown in a cell for a hour and a half, "Are you..." I was at lost of words, "You know what...maybe I should bring you back there and let them put you in a juvenile detention center. Maybe you will finally learn something."

"I did nothing ! " He raised his voice, "I was in the wrong place and at the wrong time ! "

"They found marijuana on you. How do you explain this, Ryver ? "

He shrugged, "I didn't even know I had it on me ! "

"Lower your voice ! "

"Aunt D, this is the truth and the only truth. I'm a victim in this."

"Yes...Like when you were drunk." Yes, it did happen. Incredible, right ? And however it was the reality. Short story, he and his best friend wanted to know how alcohol tastes, so they first stole a bottle at the corner store and then drank it until the last drop. I was downstairs and noticed none of this until I went to his room to check up on them and that's when I saw both laying on the floor laughing their asses off and the bottle of Vodka was in the middle of them, completely empty. 

Ryver was a good boy, I knew it, but he had very bad friends who were influencing him in the wrong way and leading him in the wrong path of life. I was scared for him. All of this could end very badly. 

He puffed, "I thought we put this episode in the past."

"I will never forget what I saw this day. You need to find yourself a new set of friends. And if y-"

He narrowed his eyes, "What ?! No ! "

"Don't raise your voice at me ! It's the last time I'm telling you this ! "

"It's always the same thing ! Mama and you never listen to me ! "

"I'm all ears ! What do you have to say ? "

"I'm innocent ! "

I shook my head feeling the headache coming. And the worst part in this was the fact that the day wasn't even finished yet. 

"Let's go."

~*~ Dorian ~*~

I stared at her with angry eyes as she was eating her lunch like nothing was wrong between us. I smacked my teeth and then rolled my eyes getting even more upset. She was something else. She lied to me for years and it didn't seem like she was feeling any kind of regret.

How can you lie to your child about something so important as your love partner ? 

"Not hungry ? "

I snatched her chinese sticks, broke them in two and threw them away, making her look at me like I was crazy. Shit, maybe I was.

No lie, with everything that was happening in my life I was slowly losing my mind more than I already had. Playing with my nerves was the last thing she should do. She didn't know who was sitting across from her. The Dorian she knew completely disappeared the day I pulled that trigger to kill my father. 

She crossed her hands on the table and sighed, "RJ told me that you know."

"You can't be mad at him." I defended my cousin immediately. Fortunately that he finally told me or else I would've found out in a couple of years, "He was tired to lie to me, but it seems like it wasn't really a problem for you."

"I wasn't lying to you, I was just waiting for the right time."

I snorted, "Yeah right. Tell me, if RJ hadn't talk, when would have been the right time ? Huh ? And please answer honestly to this question."

She chuckled and folded her arms across her chest as she sat back a bit on her chair, "You got some nerves, son."

"Can you answer my question."

"Listen, if you don't change the tone of your voice and the way you're talking to me right now, I'm gonna cause damage to your face and life. Do not disrespect me like that, Dorian. I'm your mother, you better show me respect before I make you regret a lot of things. I'm serious, don't make me do this." She warned me calmly, "Did you understand what I just said ? "

I restrained myself from rolling my eyes, "Yes..." No matter how much I was upset and grown, she was my mother and she deserved to be respected.

I loved this woman more than my-damn-self. 

"Good. Now...Why did I not tell you sooner ? Well, because I was...kind of scared of your reaction. These past years had been hard for us, I didn't want to add more fuel to the fire." She sighed and unfolded her arms, "Listen...Your father and I..." She trailed off and looked down at her lap. Talking about him was always too much to handle for her emotions. 

"I just want you to be happy."  

"And trust me, I am. Ben is a good man, he's treating me greatly and I'm falling for him a little bit more every day."

"Cool." I simply said. 

It was still strange though, but she wasn't going to stay single for the rest of her life. She wasn't too old to start dating again. One day in prison, while I had one of my famous insomniac nights, I thought about the possibility of this happening. I was wondering what my mother was doing at first and then my mind went on this subject. It was weird to know that she was with another man, but it was her life and she was a grown woman. As long as he was being a gentleman with her, I guess everything was good. 

"Uh...Do you want to meet him ? " She asked after a moment of silence. 

I didn't know about this. Was it a good idea ? I didn't know how I was exactly going to react when he'll be standing before me. Yes, I was accepting the fact that my mother was with another man. Slowly, but surely. But that stage was maybe too soon to pass through. Like, when the words got out of her mouth, my hands instantly formed into fists under the table and my left feet began to shake rapidly.

"Uh..." I cleared my throat, "Later."

She smiled, "Later as later today ? Wow, I'm a bit surprised. I wasn't expecting this."

I shook my head, "No...as later. Sorry, but I'm not ready just yet. I need time to adjust to all of this first and then we'll cross that bridge. But now is too soon."

Her smile went into a slight frown, "Oh...okay."

I grabbed her hands, "Put yourself in my shoes. It's all new to me and you know how I am whe-"

She stood up, "It's fine." She unlocked her hands, "I have to go, uh, handle some business." She put her bag on her shoulder and threw some money on the table. It was three stacks of hundred, "Pay the food and take the rest fo-"

I immediately gave it back, "No. Mom, I'm-"

"Take this, please." She placed it back in my hand. And she then did something that must shocked me for the rest of my life as she put a packet of cigarette out of her red Chanel bag, "I see you later, son." She kissed my cheek and walked away quickly, leaving me speechless and completely confused. She had never smoked before. And she had always told -No ! - promised to kill me if she ever sees me holding a cigarette in my hand. She found it gross. But now, she was...

"Wow ! " I mumbled, finally allowing myself to breath normally again. I was lost. Who was this woman ? 

The fuck is going on ?

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"What ? " RJ laughed shaking his head, "I'm not believing you. She's not." He said and changed the channel to put ESPN on. He grabbed his Cheetos and smacked his lips at me as he opened the packet. 

"I'm not lying ! I saw her ! "

"No, it's not my auntie Suz. She would never do something like that. She's not a smoker. Do you not remember all the speeches she-"

"Damn, forget about all that ! These words are out the fucking window."

"You'll be too if you don't stop cutting me off." He fanned me off and turned the volume up as a game of basketball started. 

"What are y'all watching ? " Laylani asked and sat on RJ'S lap. She stole some Cheetos and he kissed  the side of her neck making her giggle. 

I rolled my eyes, "You two will be nice to not make me throw up, please, thank you." I interrupted their little moment before it became too awkward for me. I really had to find a job, so I could then leave and have my own place. I was tired of them cuddling, giggling and kissing all the damn time. Plus, they always had those stupid smiles on their faces and they looked like pure idiots. 

You can't be happy most of the time. 

"You can go in your room and leave us alone, please, thank you."

"You're not even watching the TV." Lani added and wrapped her arms around his waist, then slightly bit his cheek, causing RJ to smirk and to move his hand lower towards her ass. 

It was too much for me, so I got up and went in my room. I plopped on my bed and looked around not knowing what to do. Suddenly, my eyes laid on the stacks of money, that my mother gave me earlier, on the desk. I bit on my bottom lip and stood up to take this. I played with it for a couple of minutes in my hands before to decide to go outside. It was only three in the afternoon, so the day was not finished yet. 

I put on my shoes and walked out the penthouse without telling the two love birds. Anyways, it was useless since they were eating each other's face. 

It was disgusting.

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"Hey ! " 

I stopped in my track and turned around to see Ryver running towards me, "Hey." I greeted back and we dapped.

"What are you doing here ? "

"Well..." I pointed the entry of the mall. We were standing just in front of it, "What do you think I'm gonna do ? "

"The mall, right right. Can I come with you ? "

I shrugged and then nodded, "Why not ? A little company won't hurt, I guess. But uh...Does your mother know that you're here ? " At eleven years old I wasn't able to go in town without the supervision of an adult. 

"Yes, she's cool, don't worry about her. So, what are we waiting for ? " He began to walk, but I stopped him by putting my hand on his chest. 

"Do I look stupid to you ? " I asked raising my brow at him. He sighed annoyed and said nothing, "Where is your mother at ? " I kept questioning him, but I still got no result, "Okay...You're not making it easy only for you. I'm grown. Did you already see a police station ? "

"Yo, what the fuck ? Why do you want to take me there ? "

"That's what you do when you find a lonely child, you bring the kid to the police so they can find his parents."

"C'mon now ! What type of bull is this ?! I'm eleven ! I'm grown enough to walk around town by myself."

I frowned and shook my head, "No ! "

He groaned, "You know what, fuck you, I'm going ! " He pushed me and walked away. This was the second most shocking situation I was in and only in one day. First, I discovered that my mother was smoking cigarettes and now Ryver had gone from a nice boy to a little wannabe thug. 

I sighed wiping my face and followed him. I actually had to run to catch up since he went far from me really fast. I grabbed both of his shoulders and turned him around.

"Yo ! " He smacked his teeth when he realized that it was me, "What do you want now, nigga ? " Nigga ? He wasn't saying that before. 

"First, I'm not a nigga and second you're gonna tell me what's going on right now or else..." I gave him a menacing look. 

"Are you gonna hit me ? I'm not your child."

"Then it'll be easier to hurt you. Spill the tea young boy." I motioned for him to talk with my right hand. 

He let escape a deep breath and shoved his hands in his black Nike basketball short, "I sneaked out." He mumbled looking down at his foot. 

"Speak louder." I ordered and he repeated himself. 

"I sneaked out of the house."

I furrowed my eyebrows, "Why ? "

"Because...uh...Something happened earlier and I ended in a cell." My eyes opened widely hearing this, "My mom and aunt are really pissed." He kicked a little rock, "I got tired of their screaming and them saying shit about me, so I left."

I nodded with my hands on my hips understanding the situation. It reminded me of my teenage years somewhat. But damn, him was only eleven years old and he was already doing all of this. This kid was going through some things and it was leading him to the bad path; and one day something really bad could occur. 

And I didn't want it to happen to him.

He was just a bit too lost, "Uh...Even if you don't want to, you have to go back there. Your mother must be worrying right now. C'mon, I'm coming with you to make sure that you get there safely."

"They're gon' kill me for this. Can I not stay with you ? "

"Hell no ! I don't need to be in trouble. They're gonna accuse me of kidnapping and I'm not a kidnapper."

He rolled his eyes realizing that he had any decision to make, "Let's go then."

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"Oh my God ! Ryver ! " A pretty woman with a light brown skin complexion and black jet straight hair ran to him and immediately wrapped him in her arms, "I was so worried." She pulled away after a couple of minutes and then kissed his forehead. 

"I'm sorry. I just need some fresh air." Ryver apologized with a low voice. 

"Oh please ! " I looked away from the mother and son and my eyes were now fixed on my therapist. Crazy how I was always forgetting that she was his aunt. I stared at her for a moment and then noticed that her and Ryver's mother hadn't facial features in common. She was surely the father's sister. 

"Docia, not now." The mother said and hugged her son once again. 

"He's not sorry. C'mon now ! He knows exactly how to play with your emotions and feelings, Ye. An-" She cut herself off and narrowed her eyes at me, "What are you doing here ? "

"This is my friend, Dorian. Dorian, this is my mother and my aunt D." Ryver introduced us.

"That's not the answer I was expecting. Why are you here, Mr.Willkingston ? Can't get enough of me ? " Why everybody was acting different all of sudden today ? 

Damn ! 

"You wish, don't you ? "

"And how comes that you're friends with my eleven years old nephew ? " She came towards me and crossed her arms on her chest, giving me a beautiful view. I licked my lips wanting to touch them and do other nasty activities with them...and her body too, "Hey ! " She snapped her fingers, "Focus on my eyes you bastard ! What did you do to my nephew ? "

I was confused all over again, "What ? " And did she call me a bastard ? 

"I know you perfectly heard me ! "

I raised my hands up in surrender, "Hey, I just brought him back here. I was about to go to the mall and there I met him. I didn't tell him to join me there, if that's what you're thinking. I'm not a sick man."

"Yeah, but you're friends with a kid. This is not normal." 

If eyes could kill.

"Hey, aunt D calm down. He's saying the truth. I sneaked out of the house, walked around town and then I saw him, so I greeted him and from there we started talking and if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't come back here before a few days." He defended me placing himself between us.

Dr.Khimona smirked and turned around, now her back was facing me. Very nice backside. She clapped her hands two twice, "Bravo to me. See, Ye, this kid is not sorry. You heard him m right ? He sneaked out of the house, not caring how it'll affect you. Well, yes, but not for the good reasons, only selfish ones." 

Ryver and I exchanged a confused glance. 

"What the hell..." We spoke in unison. Dr.Khimona turned back around and pointed her index finger at him, then pointed the house. He sighed and told me a quick bye and entered in the house with his head hanging down low. 

"Thanks for your precious help, Mr.Willkingston. Now, you can go. I'll see you on Thursday and if you want we'll talk about today during the session. And until there don't try to think too much about this." She patted the top of my head like I was a little kid...or a dog, "We can both play that childish game, Dorian." She added before to go back in with Ryver's mother behind her, who waved shyly at me before to move. She seemed as confused as me. 

"The fuck..."

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