My Story: Kelly

Chapter 72

Kayla Watts 1994
April ~

'KAYLA!' I heard my name being called out by Dalvin

'Leave me alone!' I tried speed walking

'No-' Dalvin grabbed onto my arm '- I've done that too many times'

'Why would you say that?' I asked as I snatched my arm away from him

'Say what?......that I liked you......' Dalvin was confused

'As soon as you see me happy with somebody else, you want to come and ruin it by telling me you like me' I said

'I'm not ruining anything Kay.......I miss your company, the way you make me laugh, the way we would talk our asses off about any bullshit.......I miss being there for you' Dalvin admitted

'Why couldn't you tell me you felt like this before?' I asked

'I didn't know how to tell you Kayla, I thought it would wreck our friendship' he admitted

'Well you acting salty every time I bought up Lucky could've ended our friendship' I scoffed a little before laughing it off as Dalvin started to screw his face 'You see what I mean?'

'So do you.........'

'I don't know Dalvin-' I knew what he was going to ask me 'I've always liked you even before I started being your friend, now that Lucky has given me the attention you should've given me time ago, I really don't know where my heads at'

'Well I give you time to think about it'

'Thank God!' I praised 'I'm really gonna need it'

DeVante Degrate 1994
April ~

'I know you don't like-'

'Ashley, Ohh boy she's worse than Kelly' My mom cut me off

'Yes but no' I said 'it's about something else, you know Kel-'

'Boy how many times have I told you I don't like that girl, don't mention her name to me!'

'MOM WHAT REASON DO YOU HAVE TO NOT LIKE HER!?' I shouted

'Boy-' she raised the wooden spoon from the pot to point it at me 'I'm not one of your lil friends, I'm your mother, don't be shouting at me like I'm some bitch'

'What is there that you don't like about her? What harm as she done to you?' I lowered my voice

'She's ghetto and can cause a lot of harm to people, reasons why we're here in the first place'

'It was my decision to do what I wanted to do, she tried to stop me'

'Well-' my mom looked me up and down 'she didn't do a good job anyways'

'Mom it's not her job to look out for me, I'm grown and I should know my right from wrong' I said

'The Girl could've had you killed DeVante, she introduced you to her dangerous deadbeat father......you could be dead or in a cell right now' she said as I just heard her out

I haven't got time for this back and forth.

'Anyways I didn't come here to talk to you about that' I wanted to change the subject

'What is it then?' My mom opened the cabinet to find some seasoning

I don't know what the hell she's making.........

'It's still about Kelly, but nobody told me that her mom died and she was being fostered'

'Her mom died' she turned her head right around

'Yeah, you know how her mom was getting abused......'

'Hmm.....' my mom hummed in agreement

'He killed her' I said as I knew my mom knew who I was referring to as he 'I didn't hear from Kelly after that, remember I used to wonder why and you thought she had moved on......she was referred to a lot of foster homes after that, that's why I lost contact with her'

'It always bothered me that no one, I mean no one in my circle back in Harlem didn't know anything about Kelly and what happened to her'

'Maybe they got caught up' my mom thought

'Caught up in what?' I screwed my face 'I called everyone I knew that knew Kelly and no one knew a thing'

1992

'Yo Jason.......' I called up his phone

'You good my nigga?' He responded

'Yeah- um you heard of Kelly?' I asked tapping my fingers on the table

'Nah, I haven't heard from her, I haven't even seen her since last week'

'You think she's missing?' I asked beginning to feel worried

'Nah Nah, she might've moved or something........' Jason said

'You're meaning to tell me no one knows where she is?' Shit didn't start to add up

'Yo we looked everywhere, her house is empty, I don't see her mom around too......what's up De?'

'You think she avoiding me?' I asked 'she hasn't been answering my calls and shit'

'Kelly ain't like that man, she loves you hard man, there's probably shit to be handled that she's got to focus on' Jason said

'DEVANTE!' My mom yelled out my name

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