Loco carried me over to the couch. Where I had just been sitting, he flopped down, and I was on top of him, straddling his lap.
“That’s my cue,” Zuri said, getting up, and Oakley was right there, following behind her.
“Why every time I show love to my wife, ya’ll start acting like it’s the worst thing in the world? Would ya’ll rather see me knocking her upside her head? Tell me something,” Loco said, taking his hands off my waist, so that he could reach his hands out for the girls. He was able to stop them, getting a hold of both their hands, not letting them walk away.
I sat here on Loco, with a smile on my face, looking over at my pretty girls. I was obsessed with my kids. I know I had to sound like a broken record to them. I told my daughters any chance I got that they were the prettiest things walking. My sons had confidence out of this world because I made it a habit to let them know how handsome they were too.
Zuri and Oakley stood there, looking like they could be twin sisters. Zuri was two years older, but they were about the same height and size. My daughters were athletes, gymnastics being the sport that took up most of their time, so sitting here, looking at them, the hard work that they were putting in was evident. In the tights that they were wearing, you could see the firmness in their thighs. Both skinny girls, but they had muscle. They were at that age where they liked to wear hoodies, so they both had on gray hoodies from the brand Essentials. They had the same hair texture as I did. That wavy kind of curl. Because they’ve been in the water a lot today, their hair was super curly, as they had it hanging.
“It’s not that we don’t like that you show love to mommy. Ya’ll just do too much,” Oakley was the one to say.
Oakley was my daughter, but she reminded me so much of my little sister, Nyne. Super calm, very girly, and she didn’t like to do anything to get her hands dirty. She hated bugs.. she pretty much hated anything that crawled, so you know yesterday when we went to see the iguanas, that she stayed her ass in the car.
“When you turn 40, and you can have your first boyfriend, this is how he’s supposed to love you,” Loco told her, and all she did was laugh. She kissed her father on his forehead, did the same to me, and Zuri came over, doing the same, and then the girls left out of the room, leaving me alone with Loco.
Once they were out of the family room with us, he stuck his hands inside the lounge pants that I was wearing, so that he could hold onto my bare ass. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and placed kisses all over his face. When I made it to his lips, I pulled his bottom lip into mine, slowly sucking on it, and then we proceeded to making out. The kiss went on for about two minutes.
I pulled my head away from him, and I laid it down on his chest. As I was lying on him, my phone started ringing on the couch.
I looked at my phone, and I saw that it was Lorraine calling me. Lorraine was my head nurse forUzi’s Gurlz. She was a retired ER nurse, and she had over twenty years under her belt. Back when I was doing interviews for that position, and she came in with her resume, showing me all the work that she’s put in with the medical field, and you could hear the passion that she had for doing this job, I immediately knew that she was someone that I wanted working for me, so I hired her right on the spot.
I was a little shocked to see her calling me though, especially since there weren’t any classes until I got back. She knew that Iwas on vacation with my family. Wanting to see what was going on, I quickly put the phone to my ear, answering for her.
“Hey Lorraine. Everything okay?” I asked.
“Hey Uzi. You know I wouldn’t have called you unless it was an emergency. I know you’re out in Turks with your family, so I’ll make it quick. Its’ been all over the news since late last night. They found Tamera, and her babies,” she voiced, and her words made me freeze up a little bit.
All I could think about was the last few words that Tamera’s husband said to me before I killed him. He made it seem like no one would ever find them. He made it seem like they were somewhere floating in the ocean.
“Found them? Are they alive?” I asked, hoping that she would tell me they were.
I had a feeling they wouldn’t be though. I remember seeing blood in the house. The blood was on the walls, and on the floor. I remember the look in Tamera’s husband’s eyes. I knew when I was face to face with a killer. He’d killed them for sure. He probably just lied about where he’d placed them.
“No. Her and her babies were killed,” she confirmed what I already knew.
I was just a little optimistic that they had gotten away, and he lied to me, just wanting me to believe that they were dead.
I didn’t say anything. I grew quiet because I thought about the picture frame that I saw that morning at their house. Her babies. Even Tamera. She was still young with so much life to live.
“Where did they find them?” I asked, wanting to know the answer to that question.
“Girl, way out west. People were out there camping, and you know we’ve been getting so much rain these past few days. With all that rain, causing everything to move around, one of the campers saw what looked like human remains. That’s when theycalled 911, and they were able to dig up, get to work, and it was later discovered that it was Tamera and her babies. That’s all the news outlets have been talking about. I hate to even put this on you while you’re on vacation, but you know all of us at the class had been wondering about Tamera. I always wanted answers but not these kinds of answers,” she went on to tell me. I was quiet listening to her speak to me.
This wasn’t new news for me. It was just closure. Fucked up closure too. This man really killed his entire fuckin family, and then took them out into the woods, and buried them like their lives didn’t mean shit. To lie to me and tell me that they were floating in the ocean somewhere was sick. He never wanted them to be found, and that’s why he threw me off the way he did. God, I wished that I would have made him suffer a little more before killing him.
“Still no sign of the husband. He’s still missing in action. I feel it in my spirit that he did this,” she went on to tell me, and I knew, but I wasn’t going to confirm it. Then, I would have to share the part that I played, and I didn’t want to do that.
“Damn. I hate this. I remember her first day in the class. I could see it in her eyes that she was one of the ones that wanted to be saved. Then, I remember the day that he came up to the warehouse, forcing her to get in the car with him. I wanted to save her then, but I had to remember that she was a grown woman, and you can’t force grown women to leave a situation that they’re not ready to leave yet. I’ll be back in a couple of days though, and when I touch down, I’m going to reach out to her best friend. From the stuff that I saw on the news, she seems to be someone that Tamera was close with. I want to take care of the funeral arrangements for her, and her babies,” I went on.
“That’s so nice of you to do, Uzi. We’ll talk when you get back. I don’t want to disturb you anymore. Enjoy your trip,” Lorraine said, and right after I thanked her, I hung the phone up.
“What happened?” Loco wanted to know.
“They found my student Tamera’s body, and her kids. Out in the fuckin woods. He buried them there,” I slipped up by saying “he”.
Technically, no one really knew who killed them and buried them there. Everyone just had speculation that it was the husband, especially since he was missing in action. I never told Loco what I did. Not because I wanted to keep secrets from him, but I was one of those killers that liked very few people to know what I did. It was just the mindset that I’ve always had. That way if I ever got jammed for something, and the feds went to my loved ones for questions, my loved ones wouldn’t have to lie because they genuinely wouldn’t know what the fuck was going on.
“Who’s he? Her husband?” Loco asked me.
