Chapter 214 - Danny

After coming home there was one thing that I had to do. I had tied up my knots with my past, Paige was now out of my life and I could move forward but one thing that kept lingering in the back of my mind was Dan's family.

I had to go see them before my life got chaotic. I took a large check with me and I had gotten his address from the military before leaving.

He told me that they lived in Utah so I had to book another flight but this time I took Isabella with me since she said that she had a few days off practice and didn't have anything to do so she would love to come with me and spend some more time with me which I didn't refute.

We boarded the plane and headed to Utah, it was my first time going there so I had no idea where I was. We found a hotel nearby and decided to stay for the night, after that we toured around the place and eventually we were able to take a cab that took us straight to Dan's house.

The house looked beaten up as if it hadn't been serviced in a while. The grass was long and uncared for. I couldn't believe the military did Dan like that after he served they weren't even able to take care of his family and I was wondering what was going on.

I rang the doorbell which sounded like it was running out of batteries while at the same time I heard her crying baby and figured that it would be Dan's child.

I heard the sound of a woman saying I'm coming while trying to shush the baby, it seems like she had a rough time after losing Dan. She opened the door seeing this caucasian lady about five six with a baby in her arms while brėȧstfeeding and patches in her clothes made me feel broken hearted.

Fuck, why would you come to the door shirtless, has she gone crazy I thought. I'm sorry I've seen your woman's ċhėst Dan, I tried to look away but I felt like that would also be rude so I tried my best to look into her eyes. 

The lady looked like she had been crying, she looked all the way up at me as I was taller than the usual human.

"Who are you? I told you I don't want to or I can't afford to get my grass cut so please just leave me alone" she said. 

I smiled embarrassed and said" I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything you've gone through" and I started to introduce myself," I'm Eazy one of Dan's Brothers that went to war with him, I promised I would come and see his child and his wife after I was done with my service, I didn't have the time but now I'm here and I came to see my little god daughter as Dan had wanted me to be the godfather".

I lied about that part but I knew that Dan would be happy for me to be the godfather.

"Hi my name is Lizzy, thank you for coming but there is no need for you to come, Dan is gone and I don't need anybody else coming to help me with words. I need Dan and nothing else can help with that", as she slammed the door in my face.

I couldn't believe it had that lady gone mad, she had no clue who I was either it seems like she doesn't have a TV or her cell phone. I couldn't leave just like that. Isabella shook my hand as I was in a daze for a few minutes. "Daddy let's go, she seems like she doesn't want our help", she said.

I didn't come all this way to get a door slammed in my face, I had to do something. Dan had plenty of land around the house but was pretty much a wilderness now after he had passed away and the military didn't do anything about it now his wife has gone crazy. I was the only one that could help her and knew the situation that she was in.

I rang the doorbell once again. This time she threatened to call the police and say that there's a black man trying to rob her. I shook my head and said" I promise you I'm not, I told you I'm the godfather of the child and I'm just here to drop off a check and check up on you guys". When she heard the check she started to think this guy for real.

She opened the door still without a shirt as all her goods were on display. This time the baby wasn't there to block much, causing my nose to leak blood a little as she smirked. I cried a little inside as I knew she was doing this on purpose now. 

I quickly covered her with my jacket causing her to see a different side of me and she started to let her guard down.

"Let me see the check to see if it's real I'll believe you because the military had also come by and dropped off a check but their check bounced". 

This completely shocked me, so is this how the military really treats the people that fight for them and die for them, I couldn't believe it.

I showed her the check was real and that I'll be going to the NBA soon so it would be some time before I come back to check up on them but with this money she'll be able to get help and get some rest and take care of the house much better.

She looked at the check as her eyes started to widen," I can't believe this, is this for real" was all she could say as tears started to form around her eyes. Lizzy believed me when she saw how tall I was. "Thank you so much," she said under her breath.

"Can I come and hold my goddaughter please and what's her name"? 

Lizzy smiled brightly as she invited us in, the place looked a hot mess. She apologized for that and she introduced me to Dan's daughter saying that she was named after her dad, Danny was what she was going to be going by.