Episode 4 - The Bruises

 






I walk up to the house and notice Caleos car isn’t outside. He must not be home. I tiptoe upstairs to my room just in case Cory is out with the car. I get in my room and notice that the sink is running and my bathroom light is on…

Camilla: Cam is that you?

I put my stuff on the bed and walk towards the bathroom.

Camren: Yes its me twin.

I look at my brothers face; lip all busted and nose broken and bruises on his body.

Camilla: UH UH!! WHO DID THIS TO YOU?

I walk up to him gently grabbing his arm, examining him.

Camilla: Who did this twin?

He snatches his arm back and faces the mirror, applying his make-up.

Camren: The one and only Caleo! He beat me cause you weren’t here.

Camilla: OH MY! WHAT THE FUCK! UH UH! Why you think he would do that for? He had to be mad at something else. What the fuck twin!

Camren: I’m telling you Milla he is out of control. Like dead ass. I didn’t even fight back cause it’s like I’m so tired of the bullshit with him. This is the second time he did this to me.

Camilla: Twin, he can’t keep doing this to us! I’m sick of this shit too.

I slap my fist in frustration.

Camren: And then Cory little bitch ass gone say, “We brothers man, Im gon try and talk to him.”I told him THERE AIN’T NO TALKIN TO THAT MAN CORE! He’s an abuser!

Camilla: It’s cause he’s not taking his meds.

Camren: Milla cut the shit! You can’t deal with him even when he’s on those pills! Cause then he abuses those to! And then he uses them to control you, “Milla, go get my meds, Milla where’s my pills, find my pills.”

Camilla: But at least when he takes them we can handle him. It’s better than him beating on people.

Camren: That’s not the point! We need to get away from him or get him away from us.

Camilla: Where he at now?

Camren: At Leslie house...probably doing her dirty too.

Camilla: MhM. Where’s Core?

Dun do da do do do. Buzz.

Camren: Upstairs. Who is it?

Camilla: Girl who else, this aint my phone...this SHOTs phone!

I say dramatically and we laugh together.

-Did you make it in safe?

*Yes I did thanks for the food baby.

-Girl you know, I’m happy for us.

Camren: OoOP! What was yall talkin about?

Cory yells into the room, “Sis?”

Camilla: Yes we in here. What happened today?

Cory enters the bathroom.

Cory: What you mean what happened today? Camren got his ass whooped!

I slap him on the back of his head so he can feel it.

Camilla: Boy don’t play with me! What happened?

Cory: Ahh man that shit hurt!

I give him the death stare.

Cory: Nah umm, Cash just trippin earlier cause he lookin for Quisha and he can’t find her no where.

Camilla: Yall went to New York to find Quisha and the babies?

Cory: Yea.

Camren: That’s a damn shame. So why it take yall a week to get back to the house?

Cory: Turnin up. Puttin some moves in place.

Camilla: What kind of moves Cory? Let me know?

Cory: That information comes at a price for you!

Camilla: What you mean?

Cory: I just got off the phone with Shot.

Camren: Oop!

Camilla: And?

Cory: He told me yall having a baby?

Camilla: Urrghhh. I can’t stand his ‘talk too much ass!’

Cory: Nah it’s cool we already know what we have to do.

Camren: And what is that exactly? Because if I remember Caleo needs to never find out about this? And if you talking about abor..

Cory: NO!!! We gonna call ma.

Camren: So that’s what yall was talkin about?



Camilla: I have good reason to believe she would come back for this.


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