Thug Jail Brother (Part 34)
MEMO TO SELF: Does a Real Player Ever Stop Playing?

I stand and say, Taye are you ok, he says yes, I am sorry for the tears but I am just so happy that I am negative. You know it could have been the other way, as I was walking out of the doctors office it just hit me and I just started crying.  Lil Z says, boy I should whip your azz you had me scared to death.  I really did not care Taye one way or the other because I made up my mind that I would love you no matter what. Lil Z and Taye start kissing right there in the middle of the clinic, I say hello we don’t want to be watching this sh*t, take it to the bedroom.  Just then I look up a see this kid sitting in the corner crying his eyes out, I tap Taye on the shoulder and say isn’t that the kid that was fu*king Zerrick in the bathroom.  Taye says yes and go over and ask the kid if he is ok and he says no not at all, I just got my death sentence. Taye says do you remember me, and the kid looks up and says you look familiar. I thought Taye was about to stomp his azz like he should have done that night. I was the one that caught you fu*king my ex boy in the bathroom stall, oh and he starts smiling for a minute and then says sorry about that.  Taye says what you name lil man and he says I am Lazarus, Taye says that is a good name because Jesus raised him from the dead.  Taye hugs the boy and ask if he had someone to talk to and he said no, Taye proceeds to give the kid his number and say I want you to call me.

I am standing there like oh sh*t no, I don’t believe this sh*t, Malek whispers Shorty got paid back quickly didn’t he. I look Malek right in the face and said yeah, Karma is a bitch; it always comes knocking on the door. He had this look on his face like, so what are you trying to say, I am thinking to myself your day is coming buddy boy.  Taye ask Lazarus if he had a ride home and he said no, Taye said Jason do you mind dropping him off, I wanted to say are you kidding me.  I wanted to kick both of their azzes, but of course I said sure. Taye has a wonderful heart, I am not sure I could do what he is doing and Lil Z did not seem to mind. I do feel for Lazarus because it could have been me, but I still do not know if I could do what Taye did.  As we head to the car I tell Malek that it is getting late and maybe we should call and let them know that we are not coming to the office. Malek ask Lazarus where he lives and we drop him off and Taye says now don’t forget to call me. After Lazarus gets out the car I ask Taye why was he so nice to the kid and he says, this could have been me, I have been blessed so I should bless someone else.  I guess after God has been good enough to build a fence of protection around you and kept you from HIV, I guess you should pass that goodness on to someone else. Think about it, God has forgiven me for all my sins why can’t I forgive someone else.

Someone is blowing Malek phone up, he finally answers it and it is Lady Moe, I can hear her voice.  He is trying to talk in circles, so I say tell Lady Moe I said hello, his face dropped; Taye then screams out hello Lady Moe, and we all start laughing. Malek gets off the phone and say so you guys got jokes, then he says she called to invite me to choir rehearsal tonight. Taye said yeah I will be there, do you need a ride and Malek said no, Lady Moe is picking me up.  I said that lady is a tramp; Malek I don’t understand why you would say that, I thought you where suppose to be a Christian. I say Christians don’t go screwing other people when they are supposed to be in a relationship. Taye and Lil Z are as quite as a church mouse; Malek says I understand your azz just jealous. Then he says I don't know why a player wanna hate Malek I didn't choose the game, the game chose me. I then say jealous of what, your azz ain’t got nothing and Lil Z and Taye joined me in saying but a brown paper bag. I tell Malek if you are not happy Malek I can drop you off at your mama’s house and Malek says, well that would be Lincoln Cemetery. My mother died while I was in jail and they did not allow me to go to her funeral and my father died just before I went to jail. Malek then said like I said don't hate the playa hate the game baby. My faced dropped and then I said so, this was all about a game to you and he said at first it was man. But now I love you man and I am sorry I lied to you, I just never thought I would feel the way I do about you now.  Like Taye said God has forgiven me for all my sins why can’t you forgive me.  Taye says; leave my azz out of this, as we sit at a red light Malek turns to me with tear in his eyes and say do you forgive me for lying baby. I say we got some talking to do; I need to know what else you have lied to me about before I go giving out forgiveness.

Malek ask if we mind if he stops by his mother’s grave, now what in the hell are we suppose to say, yeah we mind. We all said no we do not mind, he then goes on to say I wanted to go before but I did not know how to tell you because I had lied. As we approach the cemetery Malek stop to buy flowers from a vendor on the side of the road and of course I had to pay for them. We enter the gate of the cemetery and go up and down some hills and then Malek stop the car and says my parent’s graves are right over there. I am glad I have my friends with me right now because I don’t think I could handle this all by myself. He ask use to accompany him to the grave and we are all looking like damn, but we all get out the car. Malek leads us to the grave and he kneels and places the flowers at the head stone and then all hell cuts loose.  He starts screaming and crying, mama I am sorry I was not there for you. Mama I am sorry I let you down, I miss you mama. By now this fool is laid prostrate across the grave. This was just like a scene out of the movie Imitation of Life. I was waiting on Mahalia Jackson to come out of the wood singing, Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world Troubles of the world Troubles of the world Soon I will be done Troubles of the world I'm going home to live with God.

We are all standing there balling and snotting and then I thought for just a moment this fool could be playing us all. What if this is not his mother’s grave, nawh I don’t think anyone could be the cruel, sh*t I am talking about Malek, nawh. I get down on the ground with Malek after about thirty minutes and try to get him up of the ground. He hugs me and say, I am sorry I lied to you Jason, please forgive me, sh*t what am I suppose to say while I am kneeling on his dead mother’s grave. I say, I forgive you Malek and then he says, mama this is Jason my friend and I wish you could have met him because you would have like this one. He goes on and say, he is a keeper mama, you would be proud of me this time, now why he go say that I lay out on the ground crying and Malek is hugging me crying and Taye and Lil Z is trying to get both of our azz off the ground. Malek looks at Taye and Lil Z and say mama this is my two best friends and they are both Christians and we go to church together, Taye and Lil Z say hi to my mama and they say hello. Two minutes later they are on the ground crying with us, we are a bunch of fools laid out in the cemetery on what suppose to be Malek’s mama. Oh well the headstones have Malek Dupree Sr. and Sarah Dupree, so I guess it is his parents, but one never know when it comes to Malek. I am not sure how we got up off the ground the only thing I know is that Lil Z is driving, Taye is in the front seat and I am in the back with Malek’s head on my chest still crying. Damn I feel so sorry for him right now, oh I want to be mad but I can’t, no matter what he is still my boo.

To Be Continued…

Malek Ariel, aka MA

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