The Homecoming - Episode 1

 

   I step out of the car and take a good look around, everything looks the same, the house, the drive way, the trees, even the sky looked the same, i don't know what i expected.

   "So, what do you think?" 

I turn around to stare at my cousin tamara, not  really  comprehending what she said.

    "What?"

  "Jules, i asked if everything looks good to you?"

     "Oh, yeah it does am just surprised, it looks too the samesame, do you get it?"

  Tamara nods her head in understanding, getting what i meant.

   "I totally understand, considering you've been gone for seven years now."

I nod as I take another look around, can't really say it's good to be back.

    "Are we gonna stand in the drive way all day or we gonna hit this joint?" 

   I turn around again at the little manly voice to look at my son and commence staring

" Mom, am tired, i have been coped up in a plane for 12 hours, you think we can go inside?"

I hear Tamara chuckle lightly and murmur something about little men,

"Sure, honey, lets just get your bag from the trunk"

 I move to the foot of the car to grab Alec's carry on which he proceeds to get from me. I go to carry more of the bags but Tamara stops me and points in the direction of some house staff.

"That's their job, come let's show you to Alec's room."

 We move to the door and I look up expactantly, Tammy must have caught my expression because she explained,

"No ones in for the day except the staff, t hey all left for work already."

  I nod my understanding while feeling a little disappointed, i had expected to at least be welcomed back home by my brothers but no such luck.

Dont get me wrong, tammy is cool but nothing beats being welcomed by ones family considering you've not seen them for the better part of seven years.

We walk upstairs and I stop to take a look at the grand stairway, sweeping across the sitting room ominously, I hate this house .

At one time I had been proud to call this mansion my home but not any more, i see it as the place where it all started.

Tammy directs me towards the left wing of this monstrosity and Alec bounds forward before us.

" A,no running in the hallway," I shout after him and he slows down but not because of my warning but because from across the hall you could see glittering plastic that spells out the words

'WELCOME HOME ALEC, AM YOURS."

I smile in gratitude towards Tammy,

"Tams, you shouldnt have"

" Oh shush, its the least I can do"

I stare at her and go in for an embrace, thanking her profusely.

"Are you gonna start crying or can I check out the room?"

I smile and nod,

"Knock yourself out kiddo"

"Dont call me that, you know I don't like it"

I apologize and go to open the door for him, I gasp and look around and immediately theres a cacophony of noise 

"Cool" that being from Alec who is at that stage of everything being cool, jesus could appear and my son would say cool and countinue playing his xbox.

"Aww, Tammy," that being from me because seriously the room was that cool, all different shade of blues and purples .

"I hope you like it A?" That from tam who gets a head nod and a it's cool from Alec.

I turn around as some staff brings in more of Alec's luggage's.

"Am gonna run home now jules, i have to get daniel from kindergarten, am sure you can get settled right?,"

" Thanks tam, this means a lot,"

We share kisses while making plans to meet up the next day.

After Tamara leaves I get alec settled and i walk down the hallway to my old room,i enter and see the staff has brought in my luggages but everything else looks the same, exactly the way i left but a lot more cleaner.

I walk to the edge of the bed as I get assaulted by memories, i lie back and feel the tears come and let them spill.

I really missed my home, I missed my childhood and I miss my brother more.

                       **********

Incessant knocking jolts me up from my sleep, i look toward the window and see that it was already dark oh no.

The knocking persisted and i get up to open the door,

"Good evening, madam, am evelyn the house keeper, i put your son to bed after feeding him some dinner, if you would wash up theres some dinner for you downstairs, and master justice would like to see you in his study when you are done."

Justice was back? I nod my understanding and gently close the door and went about my business.

After a wonderfull dinner I make my way to the study, I knock and enter,

"You make the staff call you master?"

I ask lightly with a smile and Justice turns around from perusing a book, my brother is a very handsome man and I remember girls falling at his feet in school, but I loved most is his smile and eyes but when they go cold I hated it and now those very eyes were as cold as the Atlantic.

"Welcome back Juliet"

He says it so coldly my smile fallsfalls, I blink and stop, during my seven years in Colorado Justice never called me once, when I asked iIwas always given some excuse but I never thought much of it considering it wasn't every day your sister gets raped and becomes pregnant, i always guessed he did not know what to say.

It hurts but I had learned to live with it but this attitude bears testament to something more.

"Justice?"

"Since you are here am going to make some things clear."

I blink.

"Stay out of the spot light, you know am contesting for governorship and I don't want any of your filth getting around "

What? Filth? What the .....?

"Keep your spawn out of my space ...."

Spawn?

What?

"Do not ruin this for me Juliet, or I swear .."

I stand there numb, Justice never calls me juliet he always calls me July, what happened?

"Justice?"

"Are we clear on that?, And lastly I don't want you around the house when i bring my friends around,"

What, again?

"Keep your male friends out of the house, I do not want to see your conquests, and please Juliet try not to seduce any of the staff, I know you excel at that."

What the ever loving hell?

I stand speechless as he walks out of the room, Justice thinks am promiscuous?

What happened when I was in the states? What does he think happened and what does he think of me?

What am i back into?

All episodes of this story can be found here >> https://www.ebonystory.com/story/the-homecoming

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Read " Beautiful Mess " by the same author ( Bebe Ernest )