"Nicki! Mama's calling you!" Ming, Onikas little sister shouted from the other side of Onikas door causing Onika to groan and kick her legs in slight frustration because she had just arrived home and was tired from the busy day at school after writing a 3 hour history paper and then having to go straight to work where she had to deal with rude customers and coworkers, exhausted wouldn't even describe how Onika felt at the moment.
Deciding to just suck it up, she stood up from the bed a little too quick which caused her to fall back on the bed immediately from the dizziness she felt. Onika groaned remembering she hadn't eaten all day which caused her iron levels to drop lower than usual. In all honesty she doesn't even remember the last time she had a proper meal that didn't consist of minute made lemonade or some type of energy drink. This also had an impact on her sudden drop of weight.
Standing for the second time but slower, she put on her house slippers and made her way to the living room of their decent 2 bedroom apartment in Queens where she was born and raised by her grandmother, seeing as her mother was always busy with piece jobs trying to make a living for her children and bum ass husband who did nothing but stuff himself with food and drink all day every day which always caused fights to break out between her mother and Robert, which is why Carol decided that her kids will stay with her mother majority of the time while she tried to make money.
Entering the open plan living room and kitchen that was separated by a small wall, she was met with her mother sitting on the couch with one of her school mates which she recognized as Beyoncé Knowles who was also her tutor but she hadn't seen her in a while because of work. She found it weird for the blonde to just pop up at her home but didn't think much of it because there was no other way to contact Onika unless it was in direct person due to her losing her phone a while back during one of her shifts.
"Hey Beyoncé, mama you was calling me?" Onika said as she took a seat next to Beyoncé who gave her a slight head nod in recognition, they sat opposite her mother who looked at Onika with a puzzled expression on her face. This made Onika nervous because there could be numerous reasons why her mom stared at her as if trying to read her and figure out something. Onika rubbed her sweaty palms on her jeans trying to calm her racing heart that wouldn't let her breath properly for the life of her. She looked between her mother and Beyoncé before she decided to speak first but was beaten to it by Carol who asked a question that had Onika stiffen for a bit as she looked at her mother.
"Onika..." Carol sighed before she continued. "I want you to be honest with me baby, when was the last time you attended school before this week?" Onika realized the purpose of Beyoncé being here, she came to snitch on her. Onika looked at Beyoncé who was already looking at her, waiting for an explanation as well after being concerned about Onika when she saw that she rarely attended class anymore and they didn't meet up for their second tutoring session because Onika stopped showing. Onika sighed before answering.
"I've been pulling extra hours at work, I'm trynna save up for something." Carol watched her daughter carefully. Any other time she would have believed her about her job but with the evidence she had, all she could do was shake her head in disappointment.
" Don't lie to me Onika, how the fuck do you make 20 fuckin thousand from working at a fuckin diner in Kew gardens? Tanya don't make me look stupid because I will beat your ass in front of our guest." Onika sat stunned at what her mother had said, not just about beating her ass but because of how her mother knew that she had that much money stored up. It was clear to Nicki that her mother had went through her stuff and that just set her off.
" You went through my stuff without my permission!? You know I don't like anyone in my room yet you still took initiative and said fuck my personal space!" Onika stood up in rage with all sort of thoughts roaming her head. She wondered if her mother saw the stuff and if she had took it, if she did then they would definitely have a problem if they don't already.
