“Daddy, who are your other children?” I asked.
“What?”
“Your other children? Who are they?”
He looked at my mama and then back at me. “So, I guess your mama telling our secrets now.”
“Ain’t no secrets. Don’t you see what secrets did to our kids? It’s time to stop lying and fix the shit that we fucked up in this family,” my mama said.
“I would like to meet them. When you ready, let me know.”
“Lil’ girl what you’re not going to do is tell me what to do. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have a barbershop or any clients.”
“Daddy, I’m going to blame a bad gambling game on your attitude. I’m not going to take it personal. You can tell me or I’ll go around asking. Merci and I deserve to know who our sibling is.”
“Y’all don’t have any outside siblings. That was your mama’s way of making me look like the bad guy.”
“What you talking about?” I asked.
“I’m not your daddy either, Blessyn.”
Blessyn laid in bed for two days and didn’t move unless she was going to the bathroom to shower and piss. She wouldn’t tell me what the fuck was going on and I didn’t know anyone to talk to but her sister. I never went through a muthafucka phone but I went through her text thread to find her sister number so I could hit her up. I just wanted to make her feel better. I waited until she went to take a shower before I walked into my office to call her sister.
“Hello?”
“Merci, I know you don’t know me but my I’m your sister’s fiancé. Everyone calls me Lucky.”
“Nigga I know who you are. What you want though? Is she okay?”
“That’s what I’m calling you ‘bout. She been in bed and not eating. All I remember her doing is going to y'all parents' house. Wassup with that?”
“Today is just not a good day for her mentally. She found out some shit that got her in funk. She probably won’t be herself for a few days.”
“You can’t tell me what it is?”
“Nigga no! If she wants you to know, she’ll tell you. I’m not that sister that tells her business. We ride hard for each other. Buy her something, get her out the house or some shit. She shuts down and there’s nothing you can do about it. She just has to naturally come out of it.”
“Aight, ‘preciate that.”
“Yeah.”
I walked in the bathroom to Blessyn in the tub laying back with her eyes closed. Her stomach wasn’t big, but her belly button was started to push out slightly. Seeing her pregnant made me the happiest. I sat on the edge of the tub and rubbed her stomach.
“What's wrong? I can fix anything that’s fucking with you.” I told her.
“Nothing, I just don’t feel good.”
“Are you sure that’s it?” I ran my hand across her stomach.
“Yeah. I don’t want to be bothered right now.”
“Aight, I respect that. I’ll leave you alone and go handle some shit with a few of my businesses.” I dried my hands and left her alone.
I hadn’t talked with Perc about his side of the business in a while, so I stopped at his crib first. I need to roll up with my brother and talk some shit. When I pulled up, he had all four of his cars outside of his garage. The only time he done that was when he was getting ready to wash them or trade them in. Iknocked on the door and was greeted with a woman completely naked.
“Where Perc at?” I turned my head to give her some respect.
“He’s coming,” she said as she walked away leaving the door open.
