it's almost like i was looking in the mirror, but as a boy.
"uh- um- wh-who is this" i asked my dad looking confused
"that's why im here"
i backed up out the way so him and the boy can walk in .. shit is crazy
"hey mar-" my momma cut her sentence once she saw the boy i saw
she immediately looked at me, then him, then me again
"markel who is this" she asked
"my son"
"your what" she asked, confused and shocked
i didn't even know what to say
"how you doing miss im markel" the boy told my momma
she didn't even speak back she just stood there
"can we sit down" my dad asked
"o-of course" i said
because i knew my momma was not about to let him stay but i need to know what's going on
"so you have another child, him and liyah look the same age"
"he's older than liyah"
"he's what" my mother said,
she looked so hurt. i was hurt for her.
"how old are you" she asked the boy
"im 22 ma'am"
"markel, liyah is 21" my mother shouted
"i never meant for it to happen at all, never wanted it to end up like this"
"and for you to keep this secret, from my daughter, she had a whole ass sibling out there that she knew nothing about?"
"i didnt want to mess up what we had"
"it was already messed up, BEEN"
i couldn't be around the screaming so i ran into my old room at my mom's house.
this shit is crazy, a whole ass brother?
"come in" i said, as i heard a knock on the door
it was the boy— well my brother
"wassup"
"hey"
"how you feeling, looked like moms wanted to kill me" he said, making me laugh
"nah she's just mad right now, and i don't know how to feel"
he made a face
"well not like that, im happy to have a brother but just not in this way you understand what i mean" i asked
"yeah, i been knew about you, he been told me i'll meet you one day"
"wow he ain't tell me anything"
"that's fucked up, and he ain't even tell moms"
i shook my head
"shit, we can get to know each other"
"ok that's cool"
"um you have any kids" he asked
damn
"nope, ion have a nigga either"
"that's good"
boy
"i have a daughter though"
although right now isn't a time to be happy, when i heard that i was happy as fuck
"wait im a auntie" i asked, shockingly
"yea look" he said, showing me pictures of him and his baby
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"oh my god she's so adorable, im really a rich auntie oh my god" i dragged
"man look at you" he said, laughing
"my girl gonna be happy to meet you, your niece too"
"i need to see my niece asap, you co-parent or you still with your baby momma"
"yea we still together, and here take my number, just call me when you ready to see her and we're gonna make that happen"
"ok" i said, locking his number in
"hold on im about to go to the bathroom"
i only said this because it's been quiet for some time now which is weird.
i tippy toed down the stairs halfway where they couldn't see me, but i can hear them.
"you did shit too aliyah, you like to walk around like im a bad guy but you did yo shit too"
"to protect my daughter from a man like you, but i still wind up letting her keep in contact with you, be grateful"
"wow, remember that night you cheated on me with the basketball player" he asked
her face changed
"that's the night i made markel"
i walked all the way down the stairs in disbelief, it was all over my face.
"liyah it's nothing like that" my mother said, while my dad just stood there
i left out the house crying. have my mother been lying to me all this time? was she really the bad person in the situation? how could she?
