'Til Death

by Dante Tori

  "Sit the food down, and let’s go Ciara." Tez demanded.

  "No." I wanted to test him to see how far he would take this.

  Tez huffed. "Why you always got to make shit difficult?"

  "Fuck you." I remarked.

  "Ok. You see that red dot on our lovely daughter’s back?" I looked and there was a red dot on Heaven’s shirt; somebody was aiming a gun at her. My heart started beating fast.

  "Are you ready to go now?" He asked in a much lighter tone. He knew he won.

  "Yes, just don’t hurt our daughter please." I begged. I wouldn't put it past him to hurt Heaven and I felt tears spring to my eyes.

  Tez grabbed my elbow and pulled me up. I walked with him and we exited the plaza. I got into his black Tahoe. I looked to see who was driving. It was this young soldier that I had practically raised, named Donovan. Donovan didn’t look at me at all.

  Tez put a blindfold over me. "Give me your phone," he ordered.

  "Drive." I felt us move forward, and I was heading to Destination Nowhere.

  Boan

  I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and when I looked at the display, I saw that it was Ciara. I looked over to where we had left her, at and she wasn't sitting there anymore.

  "Yo where did you go?" I asked.

  "Well she isn’t sitting down anymore," Tez said into the phone. My heart started beating fast. I grabbed Heaven’s hand and we slowly began to walk. Heaven looked at me, confused.

  "Tez."

  "Yes, hold on."

  Tez moved the phone to Ciara."Boan," she said, concerned.

  I tried to talk low so Heaven couldn’t hear me. "Baby don’t worry, alright?"

  "Take care of her Boan," I heard Ciara say.

  "Awww the happy fucking family," Tez responded getting back on the phone.

  "I swear to God, I’m killing you."

  "How about a trade? Ciara for Heaven?"

  “No!” I heard Ciara scream in the background.

  I made it to my truck and ushered Heaven into the front seat where she couldn’t hear me talk, then stood outside and talked on the phone.

  "Listen to me Boan. I’m only going to say this once. You took everything from me. First Ciara, now you and this bitch is playing house with my fucking daughter. I’m going to make your life a living fucking nightmare. It’s my turn to take everything from you, and I’m starting off with your fucking wife."

  After he said what he had to say, he hung up the phone. I tried to call back, but it went straight to voicemail. I got in the car. I looked at Heaven, who was looking at me.

  "Where is my mom?" Heaven asked me.

  I looked at her, and I felt tears coming to my eyes. "Heaven I got something to tell you. I have a lot of things to tell you. Once I tell you this, your childhood and everything you thought you knew, is going to change. Your world is going to change, because mine just did."

  to be continued…

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  About the Author: Dante Tori is a urban fiction writer that grew up in Detroit MI. Being the only child, at a young age, her mother nurtured Dante's imagination with books and journals to write down her thoughts. During Dante's fourth year in college, she was knee deep in debt and decided to leave to pursue her dreams. Til Death is her first book and the first installment of the Til Death Series.

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