"Gosh Lind it has been a while, is....is everything okay?".
Immediately I regretted coming here.
"Uhhu".
"So what's up?".
What's up?. He seriously asked me that. What's up???!.
I inhaled and exhaled as I looked at him pinching the inside of my palm to avoid blurting out anything stupid.
He had pitch black hair, the exact same colour as mine, bright green eyes that could lure a soul and he pathethically looked like he had just turned twenty one. Both my parents had this thing were they looked half their age, which greatly explained why I sometimes looked twelve, but atleast I am tall. But worst of all I looked like a split image of him.
"You busy?".
I could see the confusion on his face, somehow it thrilled me, like the sheer thought lingered behind his head that I would reach for my back pocket and pull out a small adjustable knife and use it to pluck out his hideously nice eyes and then grind them with the sole of my shoe.
"Of course not, why don't you come in?".
I walked in in silence, the house was average but still far much better than ours. Average did not do it justice, after I saw the Blake's house every other house would be average to me.
They even had chandeliers and what did we have? One bulb with a plug for three.
I groaned as he ushered me to the dining room table, I sat silently as my eyes swept the house for more reasons to hate him.
"How is school?", Lewis asked whilst taking his seat.
"I don't go to school".
"Oh", was his response.
The table went silent and I simply just stared at him, wishing that I had some sort of crazy power that if I stared at him with deadly intensity he would blow up like a pie in the oven.
"Why?".
I frowned at him, "Do I look rich to you?".
I had no idea what I had expected him to say but whether he said yes or no I was going to find a way to yell at him and possibly trash his house.
"Where is Thandi?", was my next question.
Thandiswa was the woman or in mom's qouted words 'Bitch' who stole her husband. She was Zimbabwean, Ndebele to be specific but who cared definetly not me. Home wreckers should not get any credit who gives a fish nugget if she was Miss Africa.
"She left me".
What?.
I felt like laughing not even the normal type of laughing, my mother's type of go insane and roll type of laugh.
"Why?".
"She said she had wanted to go visit her village and instead got married off there and I did not exactly have a say since I did not marry her".
I sighed and chuckled "Well good for you".
"Dadddd!", a voice yelled "Who was by the door?".
Almost instantly Tamecca came into view and my eyes lowered. Why the hell did I even come here? What cotton picking closure did I think we needed?!.
Her eyes set on me and we held the same expression. LOATHE.
"Lindon", she acknowledged me.
I decided that ignoring would be bad manners since my mother raised me better than my FATHER did, so I decided on a better answer, I would just say her horrendous name back.
"I thought you were dead", I blurted.
It wasn't a lie that day Beard and Laika were at the house I had honestly thought she had died, but that was not the plan.
She widened her eyes in shock so did her stupid excuse of a father.
"I hate you too, you fatherless prick!".
"Awww that is so sweet, no body cares about this man explains why your motherless because of him", I added a smile for a dramatic effect.
She groaned, "Go fuck your self Lindon", she screamed.
Yessss!, I was causing chaos.
"You are sooo puerile".
Her face turned red "Exactly why are you here?".
"Kids!", Our father cautioned us.
Tamecca shut up immediately and I snapped back "I'm not your kid!".
"Lindon, I am sorry", he stood up and screamed.
Dramatic much, I rolled my big eyes at him and huffed.
"I spent every day regretting that I left you and your mother and I just figured you hated me".
"You figured?", I arched an eyebrow.
"Yes and that is the reason I never returned".
I laughed, why? I don't even know, each second I stayed in this house and the more I let Lewis blabber the more insane I became "Really what type of sick excuse of a man travels over seas for a business trip in Africa, finds the love of their life there sends divorce papers to his other love of his life who also happens to be a pregnant wife, and then funny how after giving birth to me she is diagnosed with a heart problem and is unable to work to fend for the baby, and we had to be taken care of by an elderly man who has a heart not like you!, stupid fool, and you are telling me that you figured we hate you. No you idiot we freaking wish you were never born!".
The temptation to swear was unbearable.
"Wait Lucinda has a heart problem?", he asked with a look of general concern.
My eyes narrowed into tiny slits and I pushed the chair backwards and practically leaped over the table and punched him in the face.
It seemed to have taken him off guard, so he fell backwards and I took that opportunity to continue beating him.
"I.did.not.know.I.fucking.swear".
I was going to end up killing him.
Blood was already flowing from his nose.
I got up and dusted my pants.
He got up next and wiped his nose.
Tamecca had been screaming the whole time so I looked at her and told her to shut up.
"Can I see her?".
"What the hell? No!".
"Lindon, I am serious I never knew, I know you hate me but I still love your mother I have always loved her, I am just terrified of how much I love her".
Imbecile.
"No!", my answer remained unchanged.
He dropped to his knees in a spilt second and he began to beg.
I groaned and threatened to beat him if he asked me one more time but he still kept begging and eventually I had agreed.
Moments later we were in his Honda driving back to our neighbourhood.
Once at home I pushed the door open to find a table filled with food.
"Oh great Lind you are back, can you rush over to Diamond Beard and call them for dinner, tell Laika to bring us some cake I can't believe she took all of it yesterday. Her teeth will fall off".
"Uhhh mom!".
She came into view holding a wooden spoon with soup dripping from it. As soon as she saw my dad the spoon fell from her hand and hit the floor.
"Lewis?".
"Lucinda".
"What are you doing here", she screamed.
My eyes flew open in flabbergastment, was she not loving him just yesterday night.
"Lucinda I am sorry, I did not know you were sick, I mean Thandi left me and you are living here and its a terrible place and I have missed you, day in and day out it has hurt me just thinking about you because I left the best thing of my life".
I could tell my mother was speechless she had not been expecting this and honestly neither had I.
"Move in with me Lucinda".
"What?!", I yelled.
"Then what?", she asked holding her hip.
"I will right my wrongs, Luce, I will give you the due care and love, the love I have always been destined to give you".
"Yes".
"Mother!", I screamed at her.
"He is sorry Lindon".
I scoffed "That doesn't mean forgive him".
"I told you we were late the lights are already on", I heard Laika's voice from outside.
"That is because you shower like a gay man who just had a recent change in sexuality".
The door opened and Laika looking pretty as ever let go of her small lunch tin which I knew had cake in it.
Beard appeared next and anger quickly branched through him and the next thing I saw was his staff flying for Lewis. He was old so my shock was justified.
He launched for it and picked it up after it successfully knocked him in the knee. Beard picked it up and began to hit him.
Lewis wailed in pain and I just stood there and laughed with a smile of triumph on my face.
Mom was surprisingly also standing, I was happy that she also understood that he deserved to be blown away by a grenade.
Laika placed a hand on my shoulder.
"Now that is what it looks like to be hit by an elderly black man".
I laughed and nonchalantly pulled her in for a tight hug.
"Now tell me what the hell you are doing here".
I pitched in immediately still holding Laika's shoulders "He came to ask mom to move in with him Dad".
Yes I said Dad to make the situation even worse.
I let go of Laika and we watched hand in hand as Beard went mad.
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