Official Girl (10 page)

“Hello?” he answered wearily.

“Hi is this Mr.Jones?”

“Yes it is,”

“Well Mr.Jones, this is Mr.Pelowski at I’m the doctor that is watching over Ms.Peake, I’m calling to inform you that she seems to be suffering from traumatic shock and it is causing her to go into a deep depression. She won’t communicate with us and we can’t get her to eat anything. We have a psychiatrist here that could check her out and admit her to the psychiatric ward but we would need her family’s consent.”

A pain shot through Mykell’s heart at the
thought of the words ‘psychiatric ward’.

“D
octor, we’re on our way right now.” said Mykell, as he looked at his father with tears in his eyes.

“Pop we gotta get to the hospital like NOW, they tryna put my baby in the crazy house
!”

Noah stood up without a word and locked the house up. MJ rode with his grandfather while Mykell led the way to the hospital. He called Ramone, “
Mone man, you gotta get to the hospital now!”

The tone is Mykell’s voice sent a chill down his spine, at that moment he knew something was wrong with his sister.

“Wassup man? What’s wrong with her?” he asked while getting dressed.

“They tryna put her in the crazy house talking bout she in a real deep depression.”

Tears started to fall from both men’s eyes.

“I’m in the car now.”

Noah had already called Lani and Micah to let them know the situation.

When they got to the hospital it was horrible. Neicey was
lying in the bed with a far off look in her eyes; they looked empty like she had checked out. Ramone walked up to her and kissed her forehead.

“Come on Ladybug, you gotta get up.”

Reneice didn’t respond. She kept staring off into space, she didn’t even blink.

MJ walked up and grabbed her hands. “Mommy?” he said in a low tone “Mommy you gotta get up. I need you mommy, get up. Please get up.”

Reneice just looked at him but it really looked like she was looking past him.

That broke
everyone’s heart. Noah walked over and kissed her on the forehead.

“We got you baby girl, as long as there is breath in my body, we will not let them admit you in the psych ward. And you know I’ma man of my word,”

The doctor walked into the room with another man. “Hello, as you know I’m Dr.Pelowski and this his Dr.Scheck, the psychiatrist. We came to discuss the possibility of Ms.Peake being admitted.”

“Nah, that won’t be happening. My sister’s not crazy, she just going through something right now and she’s not handling it well. With the love of everyone in this room she will get through this. She will be coming home with me so therefore there’s nothing to discuss.”

“I can assure you that admitting Ms.Peake would be the best choice, we have the proper medicine and treatment that she will need. We don’t know how long she will be going through this so we need to keep a careful eye on her.”

It was time for Noah to speak.

“Doctor, I can assure you that Reneice is coming home with us. There is no need for medicine or treatment because she is not crazy. She had a traumatic experience happen to her and in the process she lost her child. So right now she needs to feel the love of her family and not the poke of a needle. So you can go right ahead and draw up those discharge papers because my daughter will be coming home today.”

Noah never raised his voice but his tone and posture screamed that he was a man of authority and you didn’t go against what he said. They rushed out the room to print her discharge papers. Ten minutes later
, Neicey was released. They agreed that she would be staying with Ramone because he really needed to be there for her.

Mykell dropped MJ off at his father’s house because he needed to clear his head. He drove around for an hour before he ended up a
t the last place he needed to be. He knocked on the door and Kya came to the door. She wanted to go off on him but thought better of it when she seen the look on his face. He walked right past her without saying a word. He sat on the couch and cried.

“What’s wrong baby?”

“It’s Neicey.”

“What about her?” she asked dryly.

“She….she,” he couldn’t get it out.

Kya just kissed his lips and got down on her knees. She didn’t want to hear about the young bitch but she wanted to take his mind off whatever was on it. She sucked his dick like she was going for the championship. When he busted in her mouth she climbed on top of him. He stopped her, “You know better,”

She rolled her eyes and went to get a condom. She came back, put it on him and rode him like a horse. Mykell thought he would have felt better after he got off but he didn’t. He felt like shit, especially since Reneice blamed him for her being raped and losing their child. He picked up the phone and called Ramone, “How my baby doing?”

“Man not
good at all, she just been sitting here staring into space with this lost look in her eyes. She won't even eat nothing, I tried feeding it to her but she wouldn’t open her mouth. This shit really fucking with me dawg, I ain’t never seen my Ladybug like this.” His voice cracked.

Mykell sighed, “Aight, I’m on my way, one”

“One.”

“I’m tired of you always leaving me for her. I wake up in the middle of the night to find out that you done went home to her lil young ass. I’m tired of this shit!” Kya yelled
.

“Then stop hopping on my dick every chance you get then.” He said before walking out the door.

To say that Kya was mad would be an understatement. She was tired of that bitch fucking up her life, she was standing in the way of her and Mykell being together. She pulled out her cell phone.

Kya:
I want that bitch gone for good. She is becoming too much of a problem
.

Unknown:
I’m on it

Kya:
Not fast enough

Unknown:
I work at my own speed, you don’t make the rules.

When Mykell got to Ramone’s house he didn’t know what to expect. He opened the door to find Ramone sitting on the couch with Neicey’s head in her lap brushing her hair. Her eyes still had that faraway look in them. Ramone looked at Mykell and gave him a head nod and Mykell returned the gesture. Mykell sat on the couch and put Neicey’s feet on his lap and she flinched. He figured it was still hard for her to be touched since the rape and he knew he had to be gentle with her. His phone started to ring and he was hesitant to look at it thinking it was Kya calling him. He looked it anyways and seen it was his father. “Wassup Pops?”

“How is she doing?” he asked in a concerned tone.

“Pretty much the same, she gets a little jumpy when anyone touches her but that's understandable. I’ma stay here with her tonight because she won’t eat nothing so me and Mone gon see what we can do to get her to eat.”

“Alright, Junior has been having a fit since we left the hospital and he wants to see his mother.”

“Tell him I’ll come get him tomorrow so he can see her, maybe he could help her come out this depression.”

“I think that could work. I’ll deliver the message.”

“Aight pops, one.” Mykell hung up and took a deep breath. He didn’t know what it would take or how long it would take, but he was willing to do anything to bring Neicey back to herself.

Ramone was hurt and angry that he couldn’t protect his baby sister. He vowed the day she was born that he would do anything in his power to protect her and keep her safe, but it seems like he had broken that promise the day he got locked up. Neicey had been in like this when their mom past but not this bad. He could at least get her to eat back then but now she was too far gone. All he knew was that whoever did this to his ladybug would pay
, no matter who it was.

Playtime is over, time to dust off my guns and make it do what it do
. thougt Ramone.

“I already put her in the tub and tried to feed her but she wasn’t having it so there’s nothing left to do but put her in bed when she falls asleep.” Ramone said

“Aight, thanks alot man.”

“
No thanks needed. This is my job, the only thing we need to worry about is getting her back to herself then we're going to do some damage.”

*****

Kamil had been worried about Reneice ever since he left the hospital. He knew that she wasn’t going to be alright anytime soon. Falling for her hadn’t been in the original plan. His feelings for her were really growing, and he knew that she would be his girl sooner than later. He was pissed that Mykell wanted to act like he was such a wonderful, caring, “fiancé”. But Kamil it was a bunch of bullshit. He knew Mykell didn’t give a fuck about Neicey because if he did, he would do the shit he did. He got agitated as his phone buzzed, not in the mood to talk to anybody, he turned it off. His only concern was Reneice and Reneice only.

*****

It had been two weeks since Reneice had fallen into depression and things were starting to get a little better. Lani and Micah came by every day to check on her. Whenever MJ came around, he could get Reneice to smile, eat and he even got her to talk a little. He was like the only sunshine in her dark world. He didn’t treat her like she was crazy and would just sit and talked to her. One day, everybody was at Ramone’s because they missed Neicey and they wanted to spend time as a family. The family was in the living room just chatting it up and enjoying each other’s company. They assumed Neicey was still asleep, so they waited for her to get up.

Everyone was too busy doing their own thing that they didn’t hear footsteps approaching. MJ was the first one to notice and he took off running towards her. She picked him up and hugged him tightly. Reneice woke up that morning and she said she was no longer going to let depression get the best of
her; she had enough of being the victim. Enough was enough. It was time to get her life back. She threw her pills away, today was a new day.

“Hey baby, how
are you?” she kissed MJ.

“Mommy, you're talking!” MJ yelled.

He got everyone's attention when he said that. Reneice smiled at him and tickled him.

“Yea, mommy’s talking thanks to her lil man.”

Lani ran to her best friend/sister and they embraced. Lani let her tears flow; she didn’t care about messing up her makeup. She had her sister back and she didn’t care about anything else.

“Don’t ever scare us like that
, mami.”

“I promise I won’t.”

Then it was Ramone’s turn. “Welcome back Ladybug.” he kissed both her dimples.

She laughed and said “It feels good to be back.”

Micah and Noah both hugged her at the same time. “Thanks Mack and Pop-Pop.”

Reneice
looked around and was surprised that she didn’t see Mykell.

“He had to run out for a minute but he’ll be back. Let’s just surprise him.” Noah
spoke up saving his son’s ass.

Mykell was pissed off. Kya had been blowing his phone up for two days; she said she had to tell him something important. He finally gave in and came to see what was so important. It felt like he had been hit with a ton of bricks, Kya had just revealed that she was pregnant. He didn't believe her so she showed him her papers from the doctors that stated that she was indeed 16 weeks pregnant. He did not need this shit right now. He was still tryna get Reneice back and here Kya go with this bullshit.

“How do I know for sure it’s mine?”
he asked.

Kya
was shocked that he would even say something like that to her.

“What
, because I’m not that lil young bitch this ain’t yo baby? Fuck that bitch! That hoe can’t even wipe her own ass right now so fo---” She was cut short because Mykell had a tight grip around her throat.

“You gon stop disrespecting my lady.
Come out yo mouth like that again and I’ma end you and this baby life. Fuck wit it if you want to.” He dropped her body like she was nothing and headed for the door. “See you when it’s time for DNA.”

When Mykell got to
Ramone’s house, he noticed that the driveway was full so he parked on the street. He walked in the house and it was full of cheer. Everybody was happy and smiling. He said his hello’s and went to the kitchen and had to do a double take when he seen Lani and Neicey standing over the stove cooking. She was smiling and showing those dimples he missed.

He walked up behind her, wrapped his arms around her and she melted in his arms. She turned around and kissed him passionately. Mykell looked deep into her eyes and at that moment he knew he couldn't live without her. He was ready to stop playing games and settle down. Before the thought of him only being with one woman scared him but he was ready; ready to do right by his lady. He had to get to the bottom of the situation with Kya because he refused to lose the love of his life.

Chapter 10

Reneice was slowly but surely getting her life back on track.
She would have nightmares frequently and wake up in cold sweats, but Mykell would be right there to comfort her. It was still hard for Mykell to make love to her without the harsh memories coming back but she refused to let them control her life anymore. She wanted to get back to work but decided to need more than a physical break; she also needed a mental one.