Free Show Me You Care by Yanni Page B

the street. I got up from my seat and saw his hands move. I walked over to him and stared at him. His eyes fluttered as he attempted to open them. He finally opened them, and by the time he did the nurse was already in the room. The doctors checked him out and made sure he was okay. They looked at him as if he was a miracle. Once the doctors left I pulled up my chair and looked at him.
    “When was the last time my mother came?” I looked away, scared to give him the answer knowing that the truth would hurt. “She ain’t come in a while, has she?”
    “She was here just last week but she couldn’t bear to see you like that. She kept saying she couldn’t do this again,” I said as a lone tear feel from his eye.
    “She thought I was gone because I lost my older brother the same way. He was out in these streets heavy. The only difference is they killed him over a game of dice. I almost lost my life because I got with you. I was in your crib when this shit happened. They weren’t gunning for me. They were gunning for you. This shit is your fault. I don’t know how many people you and your crack head ass momma pissed off, but I ain’t willing to die for neither. I can’t fuck with you until this shit blows over. I’m sorry, Jordyn. I truly am.” I smirked and shook my head. As I got up and left him lying in his hospital bed, I damn near ran to my car. Once I got in I turned on the radio and all my tears started flowing freely. I killed to protect him and little did he know I already knew who was behind that shit but he wasn’t trying to hear me out. I sat in the parking lot for a minute before pulling off and going to my safe haven. I just need space away from everyone.
    Trey:
    It had been two weeks since I last saw Jordyn and graduation was right around the corner. She had been by my side the whole time and I let some dumb shit make me lose someone loyal to me. That month in a coma made me look at life differently. I was trying so hard to make things right with us but she changed her number on me. I was being released today and I wished she was here to see me but she wasn’t. My mother even said she hadn’t spoken to her. I was getting more hurt the more people told me she was isolating herself from everyone. I messed up. She probably thinks I got what I wanted and I needed to a reason to live. I missed my girl so much it was hard to live without her. Jayden had picked me up from the hospital so I could go visit everyone at Big Jay’s crib. No one had told Jordyn I was coming over so I hoped like hell she wasn’t going to be mad at them.
    We pulled up to the house and she was taking bags in the house with Shyla. She was laughing as if she wasn’t hurt at all. She was singing aloud to Toni Romiti’s “Nothing On Me.” It looked as though they had gone shopping for graduation stuff. They were attending the same college. I knew at one point Jordyn wanted to do hair but she changed her mind and was headed to Barry University. I was sick when Jayden told me she had finally made up her mind. Shaking those thoughts out of my head, I got out of the car and walked to the front door. She looked at me then went back to what she was doing. I was just a thought in her past.
    Shyla:
    I could see the hurt look wash over Trey’s face when Jordyn didn’t acknowledge his presence. She was going through something and he let her down the moment he woke up and blamed her for everything. I was pissed when she told me. She was by his side for the whole entire thing and that’s how he thanked her. Graduation was in three days and we all knew once Jordyn left she wasn’t looking back. We were going to be in Miami living that college life. I walked inside, handing Jayden some bags, I went and got my purse out of Jordyn’s car and walked inside with her on my tail. Ms. Star was cooking a big dinner but Jordyn didn’t trust her enough to eat from her. It was as if she knew something that nobody else did. We sat in the family room