Love Is Love

By Shondrika Scott

Given a life, no one really understands. Monica is forced to face the real world on her own at such a young age. Battling with herself to find her own identity, she goes to war with the seven deadly sins. Struggling to piece back together what others will consider life, beyond her beautiful face lies many heartaches, pains, and tears. She falls in love with someone she thought will be perfect for her, but finds out more than she bargained for. Her love for him pushes her to betrayal against her friendship, her morals on life and marriage, including him. However, she finds herself the center of every mans desire except the one she truly wants.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: May 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466937475

Shondrika Scott

Shondrika Scott is an entrepreneur, writer, print model and activist. Her company S.H.O.N.D.R.I.K.A llc "Shining Heavenly Over Negativity Determination Rapidly Increase Knockout Attitudes" pushes everyone talents and skills beyond expectations. Born in Brewton,AL she was raised in Bronx,NY but spent most of her teenage years and early adult years in New Jersey. She found her love for writing after joining her high school award winning newspaper as a journalist and Arts and Feature layout editor. Her love for music and fashion inspired her to write songs, work on her vocals and become a model. Attending college as a Liberal Arts Communication major she focused on many different aspects of media. In 2012 she started a non profit organization dedicated to the welfare of cats Shondrika's Cat Haven. Serving as a role model to many people she encourage everyone to follow their dreams no matter what obstacles may come their way

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Copyright 2012 Shondrika Scott.

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Contents

Love is blind

Hell home

What are friends for?

Some things are better

left unsaid

Jealousy kills

A love like this

So we meet again

The unspoken truth

The discovery

I can’t live like this

My guilty pleasure

The shocking truth

Gone again

Take care your baby!

In the circle of life

CHAPTER 1

Love is blind

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For the past few months every night she sneaks out her bedroom window to begin what have now became her daily routine.

Monica is a seventeen year old beautiful young lady, with caramel skin, dark brown curly hair and light brown eyes. When she was nine years old, she was sent to a foster home. Never would’ve imagined experiencing life the way she did, at such a young age.

Every day she will witness her mother in her bedroom crying but never knew why. She wasn’t to understand why her mother and father were always arguing, and occasionally she will see her father abuse her mother. However, who knew tonight will be the night her life change dramatically and force her to grow up fast. It started with a simple argument that been going on for hours between her parents. Monica, who was in her room down the hall continues to toss back and forth in her Disney Cinderella sheets trying to go to sleep. She put the pillow over her head but still couldn’t sleep with all the commotion. She finally gave up and decided to stay up to listen in on her parents arguing.

 . . . . Maya, where’s my fucking money, bitch?

Was a question Monica heard being asked over and over again by her father Louie.

I don’t know where your money at. I haven’t seen it, that’s your money keep up with it She heard her mother say.

You stupid bitch don’t fucking lie to me I had five thousand dollars in the stash in the closet. I know I’m not fucking crazy Louie said tossing everything in the closet out his path.

Louie, I really don’t know please not tonight, I really want to go to bed.

Maya pulls the cover back and hop in the bed ready to go to sleep.

Maya getting in the bed angered Louie, he really felt that Maya had stole his money and if she didn’t, she could’ve at least helped him find it. He turns around and notices Maya is lying down with her eyes closed going to sleep not caring that his money was gone. He thought to his self this bitch really think shit is all good and she can just brush this shit off after she just stole my money.

Louie walks over to the bed and snatched the cover off of Maya.

Yo what the fuck is wrong with you Maya said pissed sitting up in the bed.

Get the fuck up! he yells.

You tripping! You know I will never steal from you. You must have misplaced it. We can look for it in the morning, but not right now I’m tired I had a very long day.

Maya then pull the red fleece cover back over her head and turned her body facing the wall paying Louie no mind.

Watch your fucking mouth when you talking to daddy who you talking to like that Louie commands and kicks the bed.

Maya plays sleep even though she knew there will be consequences for not listening to him. Maya rebelling frustrated Louie, he felt disrespected to the max. In his mind first the bitch stole from me now she doesn’t want to listen, that he couldn’t tolerate. Not under his roof where he pay all the bills. Louie walks over to Maya and pulls her by her jet black long wavy hair out of the bed. Her slender body quickly fell to the floor. Louie then got on top of her and punch her multiple times in the face. Maya tried her best to fight back but her body was no match aganist a 6'2 and 265 pound man.

Monica in the bedroom hears cries for help. She get out her bed as quick as possible and run outside the apartment to the next door neighbor in her pink bunny pajamas and fuzzy yellow socks.

Monica bangs on the door yelling for Ms. Rena help.

Please, my mother she beg.

She continues to bang and scream scared for her mother’s life until she opened the door.

Ms. Rena was an elderly white lady who lived in the building for almost30 years. When she finally opens the door Monica fall into her arms with tears filling her wide eyes.

What’s the matter dear? Ms. Rena asked confused. You should be in the bed little one it’s almost midnight, young lady

Monica still holding Ms.Rena with tears drowning her face said my mommy and daddy are fighting again… I’m scared.

Living in the building for a very long time, she knew the Wilkinson family history. Since they moved in the building about 8 years ago, Louie was always abusing Maya. Louie and Maya were once a happy family until Louie lost his job and got heavy into the streets. There was a time when Louie blacken Maya eye and she promised Ms.Rena to leave him for good. She encouraged Maya to go to a shelter for the proper help. Maya took Ms. Rena advice hoping to get housing assistance because at the time she was pregnant with Monica. After a while she became hopeless that they will help her and moved back in with Louie. Even though Louie was abusive to her, she was in love and thought at times Louie could be the sweetest. Louie became a big time drug dealer who got respect from everybody since he started working with Big Rob. Big Rob and Louie were like brothers but also double trouble. They both had the streets on lock and each solider was required to bring them at least thousand dollars every two weeks. Soon the FEDS caught up Big Rob and he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Since then Louie became the head boss making sure Big Rob master plan lived on and took care Big Rob while he was in prison so he don’t need for nothing. Ms. Rena knew she didn’t want to get involved with their situation but by the look in Monica eyes she wanted to help. She brought Monica inside her home wrapping her into a blanket insisting that she lay down and go to sleep. She told Monica everything will be okay andcalled the police.

Back at the apartment

Maya had gotten enough strength to kick Louie in his balls. Louie leans over cursing up a storm holding his man hood.

Ah, shit you stupid bitch ahhhh Louie screams.

As Maya scramble her way up and tries to run out the door as quickly as possible. Louie picks up the vase sitting on the table next to their bed and launch it at her. With full force, it hits Maya in the back of her head knocking her into the closet. Maya lay there for a while to gain control, while Louie still kneeled on the floor holding his self. Finally pulling herself together, she remembered Louie had a gun buried under the clothes in the closet in a suit case. She said to herself this will be the last time this bastard will ever put his hands on me again I been putting up with this for way to long. She searches the closet for his 9 mil meter in a discreet way continuing to lie in the spot she fell in. In her search for the gun she comes across what started the argument. The money was in a duffle bag buried under dozens of clothes. She hears Louie yelling insisting she get up her background. Maya continue to look for the gun as quickly as possible in the same position. Louie begins to walk over to the closet in rage. The closer he gets, the more her heart begins to beat faster. After her intense search she finally found his gun. Deep in her heart she knew she didn’t want to harm Louie because he was her first love and they been together for a very long time and he was all she had. She stuffs the gun into her pants to hide it from Louie.

Louie now standing by her feet, he demands her to get up in an angrily tone. Maya gets up slowly trying to plead her case.

Baby listen, I don’t have your money it’s in… .

Louie cuts her off before she can tell him where the money was located.

Shut the fuck up! Louie yell smacking her to back down to the floor. Maya fell within seconds and with her anger she reached into her pants and fired three shots. All three bullets went straight threw Louie chest dropping his bloody body against the wall. With Maya busted lip, looking threw her swollen black eyes, she realize what she had just done.

Oh my god Maya screams.

She get up as quick as possible running over to Louie. She grab him in her arms holding him tight crying. Louie helpless body hung over her arms like a rag doll. Even though Louie’s soul has already transferred to another world, Maya calls his name begging for forgiveness. Five minutes later the police arrive walking through the house asking was anybody home and was everything ok. Maya felt she had no longer had a reason to continue living. She killed her one and only love and she knew they were going to place her in jail and take her only child. Being alive witnessing everything that happen and what’s going to happen, along with the interior pain Louie caused for many years was too much for her to bear.

Police was still searching through the house slowly with their guns drawn, looking around, and checking all closed doors. Less than two feet away from the back room there was a loud boom. Getting the attention of Officer Smith and his partner they immediately ran towards the noise. They tried to open the door but it was locked, they knocked on the door but received no response. They then knew it was time to take action, after four strong kicks they saw two lifeless bodies lying