Her Savior

Chapter 4

Maelynn

I know what I said to Angel will come back to bite me in the ass later but I wasn't thinking about that. I was thinking about how mad she made me. Sure we weren't friends anymore but I'd thought she'd respect what we shared in that friendship. Even when she started bullying me about my weight I never uttered a disrespectful word towards her or the drama in her family.

But today she went too far. She knows how sensitive I am with the topic of my mom. She didn't care though. She just had to bring her up. I know the eye for an eye thing only leave the world blind but I couldn't help it. She hurt me with that one. I normally remain quiet because they’re not as harsh when I'm quiet. But like I said, she hurt me so I had to hurt her back. She's living a fantasy thinking she can do and say whatever she wants about me thinking there's no consequence to her actions. I'm not saying now I'll continue running my mouth about her problems but if she keeps bringing up mines I'll definitely bring up hers.

I quickly went to my locker to get my stuff for my other classes. I felt the tears at the back of my eyes but I fought against them. "Hey!" My head snapped up to a furious looking DJ and equal furious looking bunch of cronies. "What did your fat ass say to my girl?" My eyes grew large. I took off running. Multiple sets of feet followed me. I ran as fast as I could but it was no use. I wasn't as athletic as the rest of them. They were able to catch me.

"Let me go!" I yelled out. Someone covered my mouth and they dragged me away behind the school. I tried fighting them off but there were too many.

"So I heard you got a mouth now," DJ came into my face. He lifted his hand and smacked me. My face whipped in the opposite direction causing my neck to c***k and hurt. "So you’re a mouthy fat b***h? Huh?!"

"P-Please," I begged. He punched me in the stomach causing me to hunch over.

"Don't you ever in your fat pathetic life try to disrespect my girl again. Got it b***h?" He kicked me knocking all the wind out of me.

"S-Stop," I begged. "I'm s-s-"

"Sorry?" he sneered. He grabbed a fist full of my hair and lifted me off the ground. I hissed in pain. "You ain't sorry yet bitch." I suddenly felt multiple blows coming from all directions. All I could do was cover myself and hope it would end soon. I glanced up and saw Angel smirking down at me. "Don't look at her fat bitch." He kicked me so hard in the face my head slammed back into the wall. I met darkness.

*****

I felt a heavy drop on my face and then others. Suddenly it felt like a shower was running over my head. I opened my eyes slowly and covered my face from the water. I hissed at the pain that was all throughout my body. My head was pounding painfully. I sat up and my vision blurred and everything was spinning. I noticed it wasn't bright outside anymore.

It was raining heavily. Events of what happened flashed through my head. I slowly got to my feet. I couldn't stand straight so I used the wall for support. My tears mixed in with the cold water. I sniffed as I dug my fingers into the rough edges of the building to pull myself forward. I found the door and tried opening it. School must be over if the doors are locked. I pushed off the wall and struggled to stand upright. I shuffled forward and went to look for the bus stop. My vision faded in and out and the rain was making it difficult to stay up. It soaked my clothes making them heavy.

I stepped forward and ended up falling into a small pothole. My foot twisted one way and made a painful cracking noise. I yelled out as I fell. My head smacked the concrete painfully, causing my head to pound intensely. I looked out at dim lights that looked to have been getting closer to me. If this is death, then I welcome it. I closed my eyes and once again submitted to darkness.

Tremaine

It was raining hard as f**k out and I had to go pick up Chasity and Marcel. Luckily, I had just finished unpacking. I was finally able to save up enough money to move us out of that small ass apartment I had. We now owned a four bedroom house. I had to unpack everything while those two went to school.

I grabbed my coat and umbrella and walked into the garage. I got in my truck and pulled out. I headed into the direction of their school. I got there within thirty to forty minutes. I got out and ran inside to get them. I walked to Chasity's class first. They had just finished their lesson when I walked in. The teacher eyed me suspiciously but I ignored her. "Daddy!" she ran to hug me.

"Where's your brother?"

"Math."

"Get your stuff and come on." She nodded and did as she was told. We walked out and headed to Marcel's class. Kids were already leaving except Marcel who was being scolded by his teacher. "Really Cel? You couldn't wait to get in trouble?"

"Pops I didn't do nothing," he declared.

"Mhmm."

"Excuse me but are you his father?" his teacher asked.

"Nah," I said sarcastically. "Pops is my surname." I hate people who ask stupid questions.

She glared at me. "Well I can see where he gets his mannerisms from."

"Yup. And unless you trying to give him a ride home and buy him food then I suggest you let him go."

"Just teach your son some manners," she said shooing us away.

"You need someone to teach you how to wear a lace front. That is not cute at all hunty." We all walked out laughing. I don't know who that lady thought she was playing with but she's got the right one. I know we're going to have lots of problems with her. I gave them the umbrella and we all made a mad dash to the truck. "Alright Cel," I said turning the key in the ignition. "What'd you do?"

"Alright listen this is what happened. I walked in and everything kind of late because I got lost. She caught an attitude and asked why I was late and I said 'because I wasn't on time'." I laughed at him. Marcel is just like me it's a damn shame. "Then she was like 'getting smart with the teacher is a sign of disrespect' I was like ‘nah that lace front on your head is a sign of disrespect'." I was too weak. Where does he get these things from? "After that she was real salty and told me to sit down so I did. I met some cool guys and we were talking to one another and she got real big mad. She was like 'since you wanna talk Mr. Funny Guy what's the answer to this problem?' She had nine plus ten on the board."

"Oh god Cel what'd you say?"

"I said 'you the teacher, and you don't know simple math, you should be ashamed of yourself'. She was red in the face and said 'I know the answer I want you to solve it'. I said 'if you’re so smart what's the answer?' She said 'nineteen' and I was like 'you proved me right by not being too smart for a teacher. You just solved the problem for me'." I was dying. I don't know what is wrong with this kid.

"Daddy! Stop!" Chasity yelled. I slammed on brakes and Cel flew into the back of Chasity's seat. I would've laughed but I was on high alert. I pulled my gun out and started looking around.

"What happened?! Chas-" This girl hopped out the car and ran into the street. Oh hell no! "Chas! Imma put my foot in your ass." I parked the car and hopped out. This girl made me stop in the middle of the road and then hopped out the car. Imma tear that as-

"There's a girl in the road!" What? I quickly went to her and she was right. A few feet from us was a girl, lying unconscious in the street. Damn. f*****g with Marcel I would've ran her clean the f**k over.

"Ayo Chas, get back in the car and lay down them blankets and stuff we got in the back. I got this." She ran back while I picked up the girl. I rushed her to the car.

"I'm suing y'all," Marcel said still lying on the floor. "I want this whip, the deed to the house, the shop, all the fine hoes, and the ugly ones to make the fine ones look finer."

"Boy get your ass up."

"Harpo who dis woman?" he said as I put shorty in the back. I don't have time for him. I looked around to see if there were any houses. Like where the hell did she come from? Only thing around was a few stores and school that said North something. I couldn't make out the rest of the sign since it was raining so hard.

I hopped back in the truck and sped off. Marcel learned to put his seat belt on. We pulled up into the hospital and I got out quickly. I opened the back door and got shorty out. We all went inside to get her help. Some nurses saw us and rushed over. They got her on a stretcher and pushed her into the back.

"Is she going to be okay?" Chasity asked.

"I don't know," I said. "Wait here." I went up to the nurse's station. "Hey we just brought that girl in. Is there any way you can call me when there's an update on her condition? I have to take them to get some food."

"Of course," the nurse said.

"Thanks." We went back to the truck and I headed to a McDonald's to get them some food. I don't give a f**k what anybody says about McDonald's them bitches is convenient and good as f**k. We sat in McDonald's for an hour and I still didn't get a call so we headed home to wait it out.

The two monsters did their homework and we all just chilled out in the living room watching TV. The rain had stopped falling and was now quiet. I made them go wash up and was going to let them go to bed when my phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hi, is this the gentlemen that brought in the unconscious girl?"

"Yes."

"We just got her settled in. You're more than welcome to come in to discuss everything."

"Alright I'll be there." I hung up from them and went to get the kids. "Aye y'all let's go. They just called me."

"Man just as I was about to get my sexy sleep on," Marcel said.

"Sexy sleep?"

"Yes my sexy sleep. Do you really think all of this beautiful god given glory just comes naturally? I'm not Beyoncé. I don't wake up flawless. It takes time hunty."

"Marcel Imma smack the hell out of you," I said getting in the truck.

"Then Imma tell DSS on you."

"I want you to think about that. Do you wanna be wherever they put you or with me?"

"You know what bubs? I'll slap myself. You's a good man. You smart, you loyal."

"Omg! Shut up Cel," Chasity whined in the backseat.

"Fight me," he yelled at her. I sighed. These two will be the death of me. We pulled up to the hospital and got out. Chasity was whining so I picked her up. "Come on big man," Marcel held his hand up to me. "You know what to do."

"Nigga your ass can walk." He put his hands on his chest and leaned back giving me that 'oh no you didn't' look.

"You just disrespected me," he said.

"Man bring your ass on." We walked in and headed to the nurse's station. "I just got a call about the girl I brought in a few hours ago.

"Awe yes. I'll page the doctor."

"Iight." We took a seat and waited. After a few minutes someone came out. He went to the nurse who then pointed to us. We stood up as he approached.

"I'm Dr. Smalls and you are?"

"Tre," I said. "So what's up with the girl?" He started leading us down some halls.

"Well we found some serious head trauma. A few of her ribs were fractured and she twisted her ankle. It's quite obvious she was abused or in some altercations. There were foot marks all over her body."

"Damn," I said. "Is she going to be straight?"

"Yes. She'll have to spend a few days in the hospital. We tried getting in contact with any family members but we have none on records." Damn shorty is all alone? "She's still technically considered a minor so she can't sign herself out. And she's not telling us anything about her attack and won't get the police involved."

"I can sign her out."

He nodded. "Alright. She's in here," he stopped in front of a door. "Good luck." He walked away.

I opened the door and walked in. Shorty was up staring at TV. She turned to look at me. A whole side of her face was swollen with a few cuts here and there. Other than that she looked fine as hell. She had a cast on her foot.