Melanie Jones
" Auntie, it's not even about that. Yes, Malcolm was going to stay with you to be protected, but you have clearly shown that he is not protected over here." I said.
" He is safe! You're not going to take him to live with you. If he's not protected over here, he's surely not protected with you and Quan." My aunt said.
" He will. I would never put my own brother in danger. You have to work late night shifts, I work from home auntie. I'll be watching out for him 24/7."
" It's not about watching out for him. You're not financially, or mentally ready to watch him all the time. I don't think you're ready for that responsibility." She said boldly.
" Who are you to tell me that I'm not financially or mentally ready? If I wasn't ready do you really think I would be standing here trying to take my brother away from you."
" Melanie, if you really think that you are ready, then we're going to have to take this to court because I will NOT, let you take him away for me and put him in danger." Auntie replied.
" That's absolutely fine with me." I said heading outside and leaving.
Malcolm is around alcoholic, and abusive people all day. That is not the kind of people I want him around. Auntie is also facing her own problems. She has mental health problems that she is also working on. I just think it's fair for him to come live with me.
My phone been to ring as I looked down and seen nova calling me.
" Yes?" I said answering the phone.
" How'd it go?" She asked.
" Well, she won't let him come live with me so we'll be going to court for him."
" Really? She took it there?" Nova said.
" Yup, she definitely took it there. All she had to do was let him stay with me instead of making a whole big scene." I said.
" Right. Like come on now, she really thought you were going to let Malcolm stay with her with all of them abusive people? I wish a bitch would." Nova responded.
" Exactly, it's fine though. I'll call you when I get home." I said.
" Okay, bye." She said before I hung up.
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2 weeks later ...
" Thank you, please be seat."
" Good morning all. Mrs. Jones you're here today, to get full custody of little Malcolm, is that correct?" The judge asked.
" Yes, your honor." I replied.
" Mrs. Bay, you are here because you do not want her to have full custody, correct?"
" Correct, your honor." Auntie said.
" Now, Mrs. Jones, this day means a lot to you, doesn't it?" She asked.
" Definitely."
" Explain." She said.
" So, over the past few months, Mrs. Bay, has been watching/ taking care of my little brother. There was a lot going on at the time with my mother passing away and etc, so I didn't really have that much time on my hands. In between the course of last month and about 2 weeks ago, I believe, Malcolm has been around a lot of alcoholic and abusive people."
" Therefore, what I'm trying to do today is get full custody and keep him away from those type of people. I just don't think it's fair to have him around those people when he could be with me, and not be around that."
" I absolutely agree with you." The judge replied.
" Your honor, he's not around those type of people at all." Auntie said as the judge ignored her.
" Now, how did you find out about all this, Mrs. Jones?" She asked.
" I found out because of my cousins. My aunt is a very manipulative person, so my cousins really couldn't stop anything because of the ways Mrs.Bay would handle the situation. I also have proof." I said.
" And you say this isn't true?"
" No, it's not true at all. Malcolm has always been around very careful and responsible people. My kids has also not told Melanie a thing, don't really know where she's got that from, your honor." Auntie said.
" Yes but Mrs. Jones, does have proof with her today. You don't have any clue about what's about to be seen?" The judge asked.
" Not at all."
" Okay well, Mrs. Jones, did you just hand Malcolm off to her? Did she ask for him?
" Mrs. Bay wanted Malcolm to live with her. She told me that he should go live with her because I was very stressed. I honestly believe I wouldn't have let him go if I wasn't emotionally drained at the time." I stated.
" Okay so, I know how you feel. Mrs. Bay, I think it was wrong of you to put her in that position when she was hurting." The judge said as everyone clapped meaning they agreed.
" I'm going to take a look at what you brought here today, and see if this proof is really what you say it is." She said as I nodded.
The room, was silent as she flipped through the pictures, looking disappointed. She flipped the picture around, so auntie could see it.
" This right here, is a picture of about six people drinking around Malcolm, which is something that was said." Judge said before showing the next picture.
" And this picture shows a hand mark on someone's back. Are you kidding me right now? You should feel ashamed of yourself Mrs.Bay!"
" Your honor-
" I don't want to hear a thing. Does this have to go on any further? I mean seriously. You lied for one, and this shows assault. Was this you that assaulted this person in this photo?" She asked auntie.
" No."
" Who was it?" She questioned.
" I honestly don't know."
" Then we will lock you up until we find out who did it." She informed her.
" Why?! I didn't do it."
" Mrs.Jones you will leave here with full custody of Malcom and Mrs.Bay will be put away. That's the end of it."
The Judge went over a few things and also talked to Malcolm. What a good day..
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Thinking about ending this soon . y'all funny asf in dese comments doe . 😭
