Keith's P.O.V.

I walk in the house exhausted from school taking a deep breath in and out. I step out my all white Air Forces by the front door so I could have easy access to them for the next time I wear them.  Man Ms. Williams was tripping with all this damn work like people ain't got shit to do outside of school, other classes, and or important shit. Well since I'm the star player on the basketball team I have no fucking choice.

Since the school is literally around the corner from my house, I come back to my crib and chill before practice which takes place an hour and half after we're released. So I take the time to check in with my mom, eat something small, and change clothes.

I walk into the apartment some more going into the kitchen. I grab a water bottle out the fridge and guzzle some down almost immediately.

"Yooo ma!" I called,but I didn't get no response. I moved out the kitchen and  was about to go check her room until I saw a piece of paper on the counter.

Out handling business, don't come looking for me.
~Mom

I crumble the note up pushing all the thoughts in my mind out. All the memories that flooded and all the negative.  My mom will never get her shit together but I can only hope. I tried my best to not get so angry and do what that therapist had taught me that one time,but that shit wasn't working. I knew there was one thing that always soothed me over, listened, understood, and no matter never judged me.

I plopped on the couch as the line rang 3 times before the person picked up.

"Hello." Her thick New York accent came in but it was definitely covered up with some boujee. All in her voice was everything to me and made me feel good.

"Damn ma, who told you to get on a nigga's line and be juicing like that?" I joked.

"Boy whatever with yo thirsty ass. " she drugged out.

"Thirsty,  but you gon give me the water to quench that thirst tho. " I smirked like she could see me and she laughed.

"You irritating." She laughed out loud.

"You like my irritating butt tho."

"Unfortunately. " she dragged with a chuckle.

"Mmmm do that again."

"Keith!" She exclaimed.

"I'm just kidding." I laughed as she did too.

"Ain't you posed to be at practice, why you on my line irritation?" She questioned.

"Well if you most know 5 head, I don't have practice for another 40 minutes,  I thought I bless you with this God given voice ." I stroked my ego with a snicker.

"I rather be blessed with that face,but I mean ur irritating ass voice will do. " she shot back.

"Oh that's  both bold and low." I pretended to be fake hurt.

"I'm just saying." She giggled.

"Trust, you ain't ready for no pop ups ma'am. You can't handle this face." I teased.

"Sure sir. Mr too sexy for my shirt. " she joked as we both laughed.

"Like I said I got forty--" I paused to check the time.  "I got 35 minutes your call Ma." I shook my foot waiting on a answer.

"Boy if you don't take your ass to practice and run suicides." She bust out laughing as I clicked my teeth.

"See you be playing with the kid, but aight bet." I chuckled.

"Noooo. " she begged me to stay on the phone.

"Nah you told me take my ass to practice. "

"Now baby you know I didn't mean that." She spoke softly convincing me.

Karin and I stayed on the phone for like 20 more minutes and then I was off to practice.

Later that Day

I get back home from practice and there was still no sign of my mom.  I got out of practice around 6:30 and that's normal. What's not normal is her not being back home at least by this time. I took a deep sigh and sat back on the couch.  I figured if anything was wrong she would call.  I decided to take a quick nap. 

Not even 20 minutes into my nap I hear a loud thump and my eyes creak open.  You know how on them movies when the person sits up the whole room turns along with them, yeah that shit. My eyes adjusted and check my phone quick  and it turns out an hour had passed by on my ass.  I get up going to where the thumping was not thinking to pick up a weapon because I figured it was mom. 

"Ma!" I called right before I walked in my room.  Well what was left of it.  Everything was trashed and almost everything was gone. "Man what the fuck!" I exclaimed.  I then turned to see my window open in my curtains blowing from the wind.  I run to the window to get a good look out and see  a crackhead running with my air jordans.

"Aww hell nawl!" I run out my room and through the front door not caring who saw. "Aye man that's my shit!" I yelled behind him." Now normally I heard you couldn't catch a crackhead but this one was all jacked up his legs ran inward and all.

Before I could get my next sentence out I felt cold steel get pushed against my temple and I instantly freeze up throwing my hands up.

"Look man I don't want no problems I just want my shi-" I started

"Shut that bullshit it up." The nigga said pressing the gun harder into my head.

"Look I-

"If I tell to you to shut that pussy shit up again I'm really gon shoot ya ass mane." He then pushed me and pointed the gun at me and I still held the same position.

"Yo mama was right, you a bitch boy." He said right before hitting me with bud of the gun and everything went black.

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"KEITH! KEITH!" faint voices came in but turned into yells that I could hear. I creaked my eyes open and at first I could see the light.

"OH MY GOD KEITH!" Nah it was just bey dumbass shining a light in my face.

Chapter 28✔

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