Page 30 of A Beast Captured My Heart

“I really don’t want to beat your ass Quanna boo. Don’t want my future daughter-in-law hating me for hurting her ratchet ass mommy.”

Soon as the words left my mouth, I was already ready for her to get crazy. Before she could even pick her fist up to touch me, I yanked her weave hair with all of my might making her wince out in pain. The goal was to get her to her knees, so I yanked harder until she got low trying to swing. Moving my head back, I slapped her with my free hand. Releasing her hair, I raised my foot and kicked her in the stomach.

“Laquanna, I didn’t want to do that shit. Next time it will be worse. Stay the fuck off of my property crazy bitch. Praise, you can help your bm now.”

I stood back and watch him walk up to her. His expression was unreadable as he nodded to Dion who came to her aid helping her up to her feet.

“I’m going to kill you! Fat stupid bitch! I swear to God this ain't over.”

Tears of anger were streaming down her face; I knew for a fact she was not crying because of me hitting her. It was because I had one up on her, bitches like Laquanna loved to scare females into backing down.

“Laquanna, you know I would kill you before I let you hurt what belongs to me.”

Praise spoke in an even tone, those pretty gray eyes turned dark. His words alone gave me chills, I knew Praise had a dark side to him. I just never witnessed it, this wasn’t even probably all of it he was exposing to me. Now, I could tell he was trying his hardest to hold back.

“I told you to leave me the fuck alone Laquanna! What don’t you get, I love my daughter, I don’t want to see her motherless.”

“I swear I hate you Beast! I got something that would crush your whole life right now. I’m gon’ wait though; you know. Save the best for last! I have done nothing but love you, I could’ve been with you and brought us another female that you would have been head over heels for. Yet, once again you done picked another bitch over me! Well, you gone see just what the fuck is gon’ happen! Laugh now cry later Beast!”

She attempted to walk away but was snatched back with full force. Wasting no time Praise pulled his gun, shocking everyone. He was gone off the deep end, I could tell when the voices started messing with him. His eyes would look zoned out.

“You threatening me Laquanna? Please say you are.”

He stuck the gun deep into her mouth as she began to cough, gag, and choke. Her eyes were as big as saucers, she was starting to panic as vomit came up. It seemed like he was trying to force the gun even further down her throat.

“Praise baby, take a deep breath let her go!”

I panicked. I didn’t want to witness him blowing her brains out.

“I told you to get in the fucking car! WHY DON’T YOU BITCHES EVER FUCKING LISTEN!”

When he looked at me, I knew it wasn’t Praise talking. It was for sure Beast taking over him. Right then and there I made a discovery, Praise was triggered by people that reminded him that he had a voice inside of him, whom he named Beast. Apart from his paranoia schizophrenia disorder, Praise also had a small case of split personality with another long list of things that he told me he had been diagnosed with. A small part of me wondered if Beast liked me too. If he did then I might be able to calm him.

“You love deep throating shit so much bitch! Deep throat this fucking pistol until you die! Praise cares about you still being around for Mattea! See I believe that Kayori would be a damn good mother to her! Do you know how long I’ve been wanting to fucking kill you?”

He paused as she shook her head, her eyes rolled back, and I panicked even more. Tears ran down my face as I tried one more time to get control of him.

“Beast please stop! You’re going to kill her!”

His wild eyes looked over at me. I stood stuck in place shivering from fear.

“You know me? Beast? Not only Praise. But you know me?”

I nodded my head yes, as I silently prayed that he took the gun out of her mouth. People were starting to come out of their houses to look on at all the commotion.

“Let’s just go Beast. She’s not even worth it, please let’s go,” I begged of him. This is not how I planned for my day to go.

He took the gun out of her mouth as she fell to her knees and started gasping for air, choking and coughing. I felt so bad for her.

“Are you scared of me, Kayori? You know, I discovered I loved you before Praise. Not that he doesn’t love you, I’m just more for certain that I do. Praise don’t know when to put an end to motherfuckers like her. See I’m not no sucker ass nigga! That’s why he takes those stupid ass pills to not let me out.”

I wanted to break down and cry so hard for him. He was serious and I knew that this all was real. Praise once told me that sometimes it felt like another person was trying to take over and take control of him. He also said he hoped that another person fell in love with me first so I could be his medicine. Now, I understood just what he meant. I couldn’t leave him hanging like this, I couldn’t imagine what it would even be like to have these many things going on at once with myself. Praise was a very strong man; he tried every day with everything in him.

“You both need the medicine Beast. It’s for your own good.”

I grabbed his hand causing a surprised look to come over his handsome face. Those eyes were still wild, but I needed Beast to understand that I not only wanted Praise but him too. They were a packaged deal, and I would try my best to get them the help they needed.

“I’m not taking that shit because I know I’m not fucking crazy.”