4real by Kenny Mason
Glendale, AZ
Monday May 26th
Samir Cadaver | sage
"Are you hungry?" Soraya asked Samir as he sat at her island.
"Mom I'm going to Cleo's now!" Ciara announced making her presence known, "I didn't know you was here, hello Samir." Samir waved at her slightly before going back to his phone.
"Is Cleo waiting outside?" Soraya asked as she stirred her beef stew.
"Yes mama can i go now?" Soraya looked over at her only daughter.
"Did you say goodbye to your brothers and your father?"
"Yes momma can I go now?"
"When I message you, you respond. I promise Ciara I will paint the city red if you don't respond or come home at 11pm, that is your curfew."
Ciara looked at Soraya amazed, "momma i'm seventeen."
"Girl you barely been seventeen for a month let's not, your curfew can become sixteen in a minute: try me." Ciara internally gulped as Samir looked up from his screen and looked inbetween the mother-daughter duo.
"I'm going to head out now."
"Yeah you do that," Ciara hesitantly walked towards her mother and wrapped her arms around her.
"Love you loads, see you soon."
"I love you too be safe out there."
"Will do, bye Sam!" Ciara quickly ran out of the house having wasted enough time.
"They grow up so fast," soraya mumbled as she turned to face Samir, "we need to discuss what happened the other day: Hezekiah was informed about what you did to the punching bag." Samir would've been surprised if he wasn't since he did own that gym after all.
"What got you so worked up? You never get so worked up. Do you want to write about it and tell me or would painting work?"
Samir locked his phone and placed it on the island before singing 'to paint'.
"Okay," Soraya nodded before calling for her youngest son. Montana paused his NBA 2k21 and followed his mother's voice. Upon arrival she requested for him to make sure he kept an eye on the pot, Montana sighed but did as instructed and scrolled on his feed all whilst checking on the stew every now and then.
"Let's head to the art room." Soraya said as they took some turns and rights and arrived at quite a large room.
Due to the size of Soraya's house she had absolutely everything you could have in a house, a laundry room, seven bedrooms and six guest bedrooms, a dining room, living room, laundry room, two game rooms, a man room, an office on every floor since Hezekiah is quite lazy, an attic and a loft which also serves as a spare bedroom.
Soraya gathered two canvases and some paint brushes and paint, Samir had also been inspired by Soraya and her ability to paint so beautifully. It was one of the few talents he loved of hers and seeing how much he loved it, she taught him how to do it.
"Just paint your feelings in that exact moment and I'll paint my feelings at a time i've been very frustrated or upset like you may of been."
