Trife Life To Lavish (A King Production Presents...) (30 page)

"Daddy, leave my mom alone," Genesis said in a calm,
unemotional tone. Daquan kept striking Teresa as if he
didn't hear his son. "I'm not gonna to tell you again. Leave
my mom alone." This time Daquan heard his son's warning
but seemed unfazed.

"I guess that swollen jaw wasn't enough for you. You
dying to get that ass beat." Daquan looked down at a now
black and blue Teresa who seemed to be about to take her
last breath. "You keep yo' ass right here, while I teach our
son a lesson." Teresa reached her hand out with the little
strength she had left trying to save her son. But she quickly
realized it was too late. The sins of the parents had now
falling upon their child.

"Get away from my mother. I want you to leave and don't
ever come back."

Daquan was so caught up in the lashing he had been
putting on his wife that he didn't even notice Genesis
retrieving the gun he left on the kitchen counter until he
had it raised and pointed in his direction. "Lil' fuck, you un
lost yo' damn mind! You gon' make me beat you with the
tip of my gun."

Daquan reached his hand out to grab the gun out of
Genesis's hand, and when he moved his leg forward, it
would be the last step he'd ever take in his life. The single shot fired ripped through Daquan's heart and he collapsed
on the kitchen floor, dying instantly.

Genesis was frozen and his mother began crying
hysterically.

"Oh dear God!" Teresa moaned, trying to gasp for air.
"Oh, Genesis baby, what have you done?" She stared at
Daquan, who laid face up with his eyes wide open in shock.
He died not believing until it was too late that his own son
would be the one to take him out this world.

It wasn't until they heard the pounding on the front door
that Genesis snapped back to the severity of the situation at
hand.

"Is everything alright in there?" they heard the older lady
from across the hall ask.

Genesis walked to the door still gripping the .380-caliber
semi-automatic. He opened the door and said in a serene
voice, "No, Ms. Johnson, everything is not alright. I just
killed my father."

Two months later, Teresa cried as she watched her
son being taking away to spend a minimum of two years in
a juvenile facility in Pemberton, New Jersey.

Although it was obvious by the bruises on both Teresa
and Genesis that he acted in self defense, the judge felt that
the young boy having to live with the guilt of murdering his
own father wasn't punishment enough. He concluded that if
Genesis didn't get a hard wake up call, he would be headed
on a path of self destruction. He first ordered him to stay at
the juvenile facility until he was eighteen. But after pleas from his mother, neighbors and his teacher, who testified
that Genesis had the ability to accomplish whatever he
wanted in life because of how smart and gifted he was, the
judge reduced it to two years, but only if he demonstrated
excellent behavior during his time there. Those two years
turned into four and four turned into seven. At the age of
eighteen when Genesis was finally released he was no
longer a young boy, he was now a criminal minded man.

Deja Job) Xing

Deja (Joy) King was born in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in
California, Maryland, North Carolina and New Jersey. Ms. King
represents a new breed of writers producing young, hip and sexy
novels that introduce readers to street life in all its complexity
and also takes readers behind the velvet rope of the glamorous,
but often shady entertainment industry.

Ms. King attended North Carolina Central University and Pace
University, where she majored in journalism. Emerging onto the
entertainment scene, Deja accepted an internship position, and
immediately began to work her way up the ranks, at The Terrie
Williams Agency. She worked hands-on with Johnnie Cochran,
The Essence Awards, The Essence Music Festival, The NBA
Players' Association, Moet & Chandon, and other entertainment
executives and celebrities.

Following a new chapter in her life, Ms. King attended the Lee
Strasburg Theater Institute before accepting a job as Director of
Hip Hop Artist Relations at Click Radio, where she developed segments featuring the biggest names in hip hop. Ms. King
pushed her department to new levels by creating an outlet that
placed hip hop in the forefront of the cyber world.

Ms. King made her literary debut with Bitch, and followed
it up with the bestselling sequel Bitch Reloaded and The Bitch
Is Back. The saga continues with Queen Bitch. A prolific
writer, King is also the author of Dirty Little Secrets, Hooker
to Housewife, Superstar and Stackin 'Paper which she writes
under her pseudonym Joy King. For more information visit
www.joykingonline.com and www.myspace.com/joyking.