Page 62 of A Toxic Redemption

"What do you mean?"

"My men followed him to her house a few times, but nothing was out of the ordinary. I chalked it as their asses being mad and talking shit." He shook his head as he looked around thelot. People were filing out of the courthouse for lunch, and this wasn't the best place for us to talk. "I have eyes on her. Give me a few days."

"Bet." I pulled him into my embrace. "I'm about to go get my son, and I will see you at the house."

Since the court hearing was over with Mia and I was awarded custody, I had to ensure this was permanent. There was no way Mia was going to get her hands back on my son. She'd sealed her fate today, and there was no coming back from it. The only thing now was dealing with Kaine. I wanted to spend my days loving on my son and now my girl. I knew I wouldn't truly be at peace until my brother and baby mama were burning in hell.

"So listen, we're going to go in here and just talk, right?" Jake glanced at me from the driver's seat. "Nobody has to die today."

I listened to Jake, but I wasn't hearing him. For the past few days, I've been locked up at Devyn's, spending time with her and KJ. It felt so good with just the three of us being in our own world. I made all types of mental notes on trips and shit to take them on. Valentine's Day was coming up, though, and I wanted to make sure it was one she never forgets.

Today, I decided to holler at my Aunt Sheila, and it was only right to have her boys with me. I said what I said about the bitch, but I loved my cousins, and I knew what was going to happen to our relationship if I just popped up and off the bitch. Yeah, Bino and I fought it out, but I would be lying if I said I didn't give a fuck about not dealing with these niggas.

"Y'all mama better have some sense, is all I can say." I peered over my shoulder at Bino. "What the fuck you got to say?"

Staring at me for a moment, he turned his head and looked out of the window. I wasn't going to hassle him or rag him about the shit. I know he probably had a million thoughts going through his head right now. At the end do the day, this was their mother, and their cousin wanted to knock her shit off her shoulders.

"Looks like Unk already beat us here." Jake nodded toward my father's Benz, which was parked behind Shelia's Buick. "Come on, and let's get this shit over with."

Filing out of the car, the three of us made our way up the stairs to her mobile home. Without knocking, we made our way inside, and we met with the loud voices of my father and his sister.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Sheila?" he stood in her face and yelled. "Do you hate me and my son so much that you would link up with his brother and try to kill him?"

"Fuck Khalil!"

"Fuck you too." I chuckled as I made my presence known. "Why the fuck is it fuck me, anyway? Kaine is the outside baby because my mama took your man. Why can't you say fuck that nigga?"

I know this wasn't a joking matter, but the video of 50 Cent dissing Floyd came to mind as I asked her that. Shelia stood there for a moment with wide eyes before they turned to slits. It's been a while since I saw her, and she was still the fat ass Ursula-looking bitch I remembered her to be. If this is how she looked back in the day, I can see why a nigga would step out on her sloppy bad-built ass.

"Why the fuck are you in my house?" she seethed. "You're not welcome here."

"Too bad, so sad." I yawned as I took a seat on the couch. "Tell me, where is Kaine? I could kill both of you today and go on 'bout my business. I'm trying to go love on my girl and son."

Before coming in here, Luck had sent me a picture of her and KJ at her bakery, making sweet potato pies and banana pudding. I made sure security was heavy on the inside and outside of her spot today. With Mia now being out of jail and still no sight of Kaine, I didn't want to take any chances.

"Kill me?" she scoffed as she took a seat in her recliner and smirked. "My brother and boys wouldn't let you hurt a hair on my head."

"Don't speak for me." My father glared. "I prayed for ma and dad's forgiveness weeks ago."

"Ma, I just want to know why?" Bino finally spoke up. Jake was silent, and I could tell he wanted to know the same. "Unk did nothing but look out for you, and Ma Khalise never did anything to you."

"Fuck Khalise!" she shouted. "That bitch ruined my life!"

"Strike one." I pulled my gun from my back and placed it on my lap. "Keep it cute and respectful. I have yet to call you the bull you look like, so watch your words when speaking on my mother."

"Are you boys going to let him threaten me like that?" She looked between her sons. "Your loyalty is to me!"

"My loyalty has always been to my family, mama." Jake walked closer into the room. "Since we were kids, you always treated Khalil like shit. And for what? Because your nigga was cheating and made a baby with the same woman that your brother was in love with?"

"We had to sneak or pick fights after school just so we were able to spend time with him just so you wouldn't beat our ass," Bino chimed in as he shook his head. "Even after I stole his stuff so Unk could do another DNA test, you were still mad about us spending time with him. Make that shit make sense, mama. Why do you hate your own nephew so much?"

I looked on as Shelia sat in her chair and breathed heavily in anger. She gazed around the room at each of us before her eyes finally settled on me.

"Your mother always thought she was better than all the girls around town," she began. "She was always dressed in the latest fashion and thought she was the shit because she was the one the guys always wanted. She would always pretend she wasn't interested in anyone, but I knew that wasn't true. Samuel was the love of my life. Yes, I had you boys and was dealing with your father, but I loved Sammy. Ceaser didn't like him because he claimed he was too good for me, but that wasn't true. Rumors were going around about him being a womanizer and an abuser, but they were all lies. One night, some friends and I were at a block party he was hosting in the hood. I had been hearing that he was sniffing around her all night, but I didn't believe it because I knew my man."

"Get to the part where your hatred for my mother comes in," I interrupted and yawned. "You're saying a bunch of nothing right now."

"Khalise seduced him! I know she did!" Shelia jumped from her seat and yelled. "Sammy was all over her that night, and he followed her around like a lost puppy. To make matters worse, when I confronted him about it, he told me he'd been seeing her for months and that I had no right to confront him about anything because he was single. That I needed to focus on my kids and their father." Tears began streaming down her face, and I could tell she really did love that nigga and seemed hurt by his actions. "Months passed, and he started coming around less and less. One day, I took the boys to the doctor and found out she'd had a baby. I was crushed, but I knew it wasn't his. Years later, I found out that is what in fact, Samuel's son."

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