Tia
“ MOM?”. I was sitting on our back porch with the rest of the girls. When she came through the door. She was in her gown.
“ What's wrong Mia?”
“ Dad and all of them are outside standing at the door , they're going to ruin my prom”.
I stood up and walked over to her. She was sixteen so was Maya, Gideon and Richy. They were heading to prom. They grew up amazingly,she had my complexion and hair but her father's eyes.
“ I'll take care of it”.
“ MOM , AUNT TIA”.
Yep. Maya was walking out the door.
“ They're standing outside as if they're expecting an army “.
I looked at Allie and shook my head. I walked inside and went to the front. When I opened the door I looked at them. Dominic stood on the porch steps and alongside him was Bennett , Zeke, Cyrus, Andrew, Chris, Richy, Eric , Ben Anthony, Sam ,Mason and Ryan . Richy, And Gideon both had on tuxedos.
“ Dominic , Bennett, your daughters are crying. What is the meaning of this?. Why are you all gathered here?”.
“ We want to see little idiots that are taking our nieces to the prom “. Sam said.
“ Cut it out. Bennett, do not condone this behavior “.
“ Mom , Axel and Grant aren't trustworthy guys.”.
“ We know that Gideon. We're just going with them , then we're ditching them. We're not idiots you know”. Mia and Maya were standing behind me.
“ Okay Okay, but let's just give him a scare so he understands please princess “.
I looked at them. These men knew how to butter up their kids .
“ Dominic please?, this is going to.be all over school in minutes”.
Dominic didn't say anything. “ Fine, I'm not going anywhere”. She walked back into the house. I looked at him.
“ Fix this Now”.
Dominic
Shit…. I headed inside and found her in her room. How do I let some little shit take my daughter out. I know Gideon would watch out for her but still. I knocked on the door and she opened it. She was already wearing her sweatpants and shirt. If she doesn't go then the problem is solved for me but if she doesn't go then it's a problem for me too cause Tia would murder me. Fuck guess I had to give up.
“ I'm sorry princess. I don't mean to embarrass you but you're always going to be my baby girl. I just want to protect you.so do your brothers, your cousins and uncles”.
She looked at me and rolled her eyes. Yeah that eye roll was from her damn mother. “ Why don't you trust me?. Have I ever disappointed you or Mom?. I've always been honest with you dad why can't you trust me on this”.
“ Okay. I'll let it go. I trust you sweetheart go get dressed. We're heading out. You're to come home with the others same time, not a minute later okay”.
“ Okay,I love you dad”.
“ I love you too princess, Hurry up and get dressed”.
When I walked out of the room Tia was waiting for me. “ I know you're worried. I am too but we need to trust her. If you had told me before I would have distracted her. He has to come through the main gate. Wait for him there”.
I smiled,I guess I didn't need to be so worried. I headed down and told them we're going to the main house. I left Gideon and Richy with them. I warned the boys to always keep keep them in sight. Bennett told them the minute the girls were iut of their sight To call us. The assured us they knew what to do.
We got to the main house just in time. The two cars were pulling through the gates. Sam stopped them. They were smiling like idiots when they saw us I saw the nervousness.
“ Now boys. I want you to take a good look.at all the men standing here. If you do ,way or act in anyway towards our girls. You'll won't live to tell the story is that understood?”.
“ Ye..yes..yes Sir”.
“ Yes Sir”.
“ Good now. Go along and make sure To smile “.
After they left we just laughed. I saw them leave and she smiled at me. Everything changed so fast. One minute they were twelve. She was twelve we ate ice cream and watched crap movies then suddenly it was done. She was into Make up and pop stars, social media and just like that my little girl was gone.
We still had family nights. But our special time was done. They all attend the same school. They did well in school. Summer time was family vacation time. Three months ago we sent Mom Dad , Angela and Collins on a Six month Cruise. Tia and her business was good. She opened multiple offices. Amy was doing great at the transportation company. Cassie and Jess along with Anderson had A&C global and they were killing it.
All the kids were growing up together. They wondered how we all lived together and we told them. We came to the decision to never mention Sam's past to anyone especially the kids. He was and has always been introduced as Tia's brother. Leah was the fun Aunt. She travels for a lot of the projects that we have sometimes Sam too. Cassie and Jess were still together.
During the off season,all the women disappear for two weeks . That was their time and we left them. We were never worried about them cheating. We were worried about them getting arrested.
It was well into the afternoon when we were all in the sitting area when I saw Gideon and Richy driving their cars in at full speed which wasn't normal. I stood up immediately when I saw Mia in the front seat. He didn't bother parking properly. He got out and got Mia out. Richy did the same and handed them to their mothers.
Okay my son's anger rivals mine and his mother's. “ What happened?”.
Mia and Maya started crying. I looked at Tia. They took them inside.
“ Everything was fine. They left Grant and Axel and were with there friends. They left to use the washroom. We were keeping an eye on them. It wasn't until we noticed those two fuckers missing”.
“ They tried to fucking rape them”.
Well jow I've heard the boys curse.
“ Sam?”.
“ I'm ready “.
“ Where are whey?”.
“ We beat the Fuck out of Them and left them bloody in th girls washroom. I had Wade tell the principal what happened. He said to bring Mia and Maya home he's going to handle it”.
“ Did you break anything?”. Bennett asked.
“ Yes “. The both answered in unison.
“ Good. Head inside we'll handle it”.
After they left I looked at the others. We all headed to the school.
Tia
They were both Shaken up. After we calmed them down. They explained what happened. A few hours later I headed out to meet Dominic.
“ How is she?”.
“ She's okay. Gideon is with her. I heard him cursing”.
“ Sorry love. Gideon and Richy are safe. Broken Jaws, broken arms, broken ribs. They fucked Them up and I'm not even pissed because if it was us, they would be dead. They'll serve time , Allie will make sure of it “.
“ Good. Why don't you go check up on her".
“ I love you Tia . I'm happy I didn't back off and chased your ass down ”.
“ You're lucky I submitted to your ass or we wouldn't be here would we?.”
“ No we wouldn't . I'm going to check on my princess “.
Later that evening,I found the two of them Watching movie and eating Ice cream just like when she was younger. Gideon, Zeke and Cyrus were with them. They were all huddled up on the couch. No matter what they said they enjoyed it and they always looked forward to spending time with their Dad. Dominic was an amazing father and Husband.
I was thankful I submitted to him. We had been through a lot but we made it. Our kids were happy our family and friends were happy. This was more than I expected out of life. I grabbed a blanket and joined them in the Couch. They made a space for me. “ I guess I didn't have to be so worried about her. Our boys will always be watching out for her, you raised our kids the right way love “.
“ I didn't raise them alone, I had help. Our boys will always watch out for her and everyone else because we're family”.
“ I love you Tia. Thank you for giving me a family ”. , “ I love you too Dominic, Thanks for putting up with my crazy ass”.
“ You're both crazy,but we love you guys”
“ you're the best parents in the world. we couldn't ask for anything more ”. They said looking at us. I guess we Did do it right after all. our kids knew we Loved and card for them and that we would always be here to support them im whatever they wanted to do.