Trying to Make it - JP (digital ebook reader TXT) 📗

velar to go. Daquan had the car outfront waiting for me and Lia helped me into the car as I strapped my son inside his carseat and locked him inside.


Weeks had passed and of course the crying was pissing me off but atleast I wasn’t alone. Lia helped and so did Daquan and his wife. I found a hosue and made a deal over the phone since I paid a professional to look over the beach house and it was in tip-top shape. Lia and I pack box after box and decided to ship it a day before she took the plane so it wouldn’t be long when we got to Florida that it arrived.
As we packed the last box, I heard someone knock at my door. I opened it and saw Damion loking upset.
“Lia, where are you going?” He snapped.
“None of your buisnedd now get the fuck out my house”
“Actually it is my business if your taking my son”
“Oh, so now it’s your son since he was born, fuck outta here bye nigga”
“Lia if you take my son out of the state, I will have you arrested”
“For what? You denied him and you wasn’t even there to help me before I had him… I wish you would have me arrested caus ei will ruin your life now leave nigga!” I yelled and he warned me once again before I shut the door in his face.
“We still leaving?” Lia asked me.
“Hell yeah, who is he to tell me I cant move casue he wants to see his son, that nigga aint seeing him, he just want me to stay so he can feel in control, fuck outta here. Come on and helpt me load the boxes so I can get ready to drop them off” After we were done oading the boxes, Lia drove them to the airport to pay for everything so it could get shipped by the time we got there. Tomorrow, our flight was at 1 am and the boxes wasn’t expected to arrive until 6 am. I looked arount the emoty apartment and said all of my goodbyes. Imma miss my hood bad as hell but you know, I cant be a hood chick for the rest of my life.
The plane was crazy. They almost said I couldn’t take the baby on the plane with his food and his carseat. Luckily the manager told them to allow it since the baby is only three weeks old. We made it to Florida safetly and we took a taxi to my new furnished home.
“This state is hot yo” Lia said looking out of the window.
“I know right?” WE pulled up to the ocean viewed home. We ran inside and I put the baby in his room where his crib was already set up at. Everything was already inside but my wardrobe.
“New life, Less drama” I said outloud and I fell back on my bed. My cellphone started to ring I was gonna ignore it but the ring was getting on my nerves so I answered it.
“Hello?”
“Katia im gonna kill you, bring my son back now”
“What son Damion, your not his father, your just the sperm donar nigga bye!” I yelled and hung up as he yelled. Rose then called me.
“Hello”
“Katia where are you?”
“Why?”
“Cause, I think Damion should have a right to see Josaiah”
“No he doesn’t, he lost that right once he put me an dmy son in danger, goodbye rose” I hung up and decided to turn my phone off. Tomorrow I was gonna buy a new phone. I fell asleep with a new motto on mind: Fuck niggas, raise my son and do me!

Chapter 15

Damion’s POV

This bitch really took my son out of Jersey. I cant believe this bitch. I was pacing back and fourth, thinking about where she could possibly be at.
“How dare she?” I yelled and punched a hole in my wall. “That’s it, im calling a judge so I can get custady of my son” I said to myself. I looked through the yellow pages and my manager as well as Big E helped me. I found a judge Watkins who told me that I have to find a lawyer and all of that and then I gotta go see him. I did exactly that. I found a lawyer and I kept trying to call Katia. He phone was disconnected.
“I know this bitch didn’t change her number!” I yelled. I threw my cellphone across the room and everyone jumped. “What the fuck!”
“Nigga calm down, we gonna find her, Do you know if she left with a friend or something?” My manager said.
“Lia” I mumbled and I ran to grab my keys. Luckily I knew where she stayed at cause her boyfriend and I was chilling over there a couple of times. When he opened the door, he was high as fuck.
“Wassup bro?” He said giving me dap and allowing me to go in.
“Shit, listen I gotta ask you something”
“Shoot”
“Is Lia still here?”
“Nah, she moved to Florida with ya girl” Florida, this bitch gotta be crazy.
“Oh word, you got Lia number?”
“Yeah, why?”
‘I need to call Katia, it’s important” He gave me Lia’s number and I left the house. I was shaking I was so angry. Florida? Seriously.
“Hello” Lia said in the phone.
“Put Katia on the phone” I barked.
“Nigga she apperantly don’t want to tlak to you!”
“Fine, then tell her she has 24 hours to come back to jersey or im getting full custady on my son” I hung up an di knew that would get her down there asap.

Katia’s POV

When Lia told me what he said, I knew I had no other choice but to go down there, but I wasn’t bringing my son. I called my brother and told him to get his friend that was a lawyer to defend me and of course he was more than happy to. When I came back to NJ, my brother grabbed my carry on and we walked to his car.
“This asshole has the nerve, the fuckin nerve to say he wants full custady, mind you, he denied my son”
“Well atleast you can get him on the beating her gave you since you have hospital records, also his name isn’t on the birth certificate. You should’ve bought the baby cause he might want a DNA test” Harold, my lawyer said.
“Lia told me she’ll drive him back cause he was crying the whole time on and plane and I agreed with her, she should be here tomorrow since she left before me” I said brushing my teeth.
“Okay good, well all we have to do is go to the hospital, get the records of you being beaten and also the judge may want a witness and proff”
“Well, Rose should be there and she should be on my side”
“Well, she might lie. Think about it, it is her brother”
“And?”
“Fine, and do you have a record of any sort or did you do drugs or anything?”
“No”
“Alright, well we have a solid case” I was so happy. When I got to Daquan’s hosue, I had to take a shower and get ready for court.

Chapter 16

In court, my dude was doing pretty good. There were cameras everywhere snapping photo’s of both me and Damion and the judge ordered them out since he couldn’t hear what was happening woth the camera snapping.
“Okay, Ms. Parker why would you take baby Josaiah Malik Parker out of this state?” He asked looking at me confused.
“Well, ive lived in the hood my whole life and I saw people get shot and die and even got beaten to death. I didn’t want my son growing up in the projects”
“But what about his famous father, he could’ve lived with him”
“No, I do not want my son to be under the wing of Damion, I want him to be a real man, a gentleman not a woman beater”
“I knew you were gonna go there Katia!” Damion yelled.
“Whatever Damion, you knew that why you even bother bringing me to court then”
“That’s enough you two. Now Ms. Parker, what do you mean by woman beater”
“Well, in November, Black Friday to be exact, I was at home and I was putting all the new stuff I brought away. As I did that a mouse ran across my floor and I was blacking out. I tried calling Damion who was my boyfriend at the time, so he could rescue me. Instead his phone kept going to voicemail-“
“Because I was working your honor” I rolled my eyes
“Anyway, the last time I called him, I saw the mouse again and I gotdressed and ran outside. It was freezing out and I didn’t have a coat on and my keys were still in the house and then some guy I had met helped me break into my car and then he helped me get the mouse out. He did that and then gave m ehis number-“
“Does this story have to do with getting beaten?”
“Yes, anyway, I looked at my phone and realized I was still on the pone with him and hung up. He then rushed to my house, He had been pulled over for driving on the phone, withougt a seatbelt and also running a red light so I found out. Anyway, he pulled me out of my car by my hair and then drove all the way back to his house speeding. He then dragged me into his house and started beating me. Luckily, his siter was there and she broke it up and I was rushed to the hospital and he disappeared. At that point I was 3 months pregnant and he kicked me in my stoamach and luckily I didn’t loose the baby.

Also, When I got out of the hospital I told him I was pregnant with Josaiah and he denied him. He denied him and kept denying him and I had help by a friend of mine throughout the whole pregnancy. All in All your honor, Damion wasn’t in my life and he has no right to say he wants custady of my son. Besides, his name isn’t even on the birth certificate. If he wanted to be the baby’s father, he would’ve atleast attempted to show up to his birth to sign a birth certificate” The judge looked at me and sighed.
“Okay Mr. Freidman, you can speak now”
“Okay your honor, I admit to everything but that is my son, I can tell by when I look at him besides, she’s not a good parent. She’s a stripper and trust me, she’s brings all sorts of men into her life. I don’t want my son asking men “Are you my daddy” Every time they come and go-“
“Uhm, your honor I have my degree in nursing and I had a job at the hospital and I aslo have a new job at sunset hospital in Florida, the stripping is way in my past.” I said and Damion rolled his eyes.
“Whatever, anyway She also had a man by the name of Derek Greenwood who was arrested for murdering a man”
“Derek greenwood is a hero. His daughters mother told everyone what happened and his daughter even proved she was gonna be rapped so the fact that your calling him out isn’t relaly helping in your favor”
“Okay fine your honor, well he was around my son. Aslo, she didn’t make it easy for me to take care of her or