Tamira Lucas

**Tamira Lucas** is a side character who is the mother of Kira. She is also the aunt to Lionel by marriage to Deiondre.

## Biographical Information

### Age

* 54 (Season 1)
* 55 (Season 2)

### Occupation

* Photographer
* Travel Agent

## Relationships

### Familial

* Raylon Lucas (son)
* Kira Lucas (daughter)
	+ Cecilia O'Neil (granddaughter)
* Tavon Lucas (brother-in-law)
	+ Shandra Lucas (sister-in-law)
	+ Bashar Lucas (nephew)
	+ Lionel Lucas (nephew)

## Biography

### Early life

There is not much known about Tamira's early life other then that both her parents had pretty much worked themselves to death just to keep the lights on. While they did this hard work of trying to keep their lights on, she had gotten into the party scene from the age 16 and onward. She found herself jumping from party to party in a crossfaded haze. Her body had become a walking hazard of various drugs and alcohol. Somewhere along her years of partying was when she ran into a boy by the name of Deiondre. The point of view that he had held was the same of Tamira which made them click almost instantly. It wasn't long before the two became known as the party couple who went from party to party.

The two found themselves stumbling in this life until it came to a halt when Tamira found out she was pregnant. This had sent the couple into a little bit of a panic because it meant drawing an end to their never ending party. A kid didn't mean they could keep up the life style they wanted. At first, Tamira had been ready to get rid of the child but Deiondre had stopped her. This left a debate for a while back and forth before her at the time boyfriend had come up with a solution. The way to continue their life was to simply drop off the child with his mother often so that they could continue their party life. Tamira agreed and carried the pregnancy through to birth when she birthed their son, Raylon. It was then that they did what her husband had suggested. After enough recovery time, the two were out again on the road to partying.

During this time was when Tamira had picked up photographing which was something she was good at. It wasn't rare that photoshoots which were meant to turn into pretty crazy parties had been scheduled with her being hired on as the photographer. Six years went by without anything extraordinaire happening as they got used to this new tango. In that time, they had drunkenly gotten married with very little complaints about it. She always thought that it fit them for who they were. When she got pregnant though while her son was only six, there was no panic this time. Both her and her husband knew what they had to do to keep their live style. It meant a few months of nothing in her system and then a few weeks of staying off her feet but it had been something in which they could manage.

When Kira was born, they did just as they had with Raylon which was drop her off at her mother-in-law's place. An easy trade for their freedom to continue working by day and partying by night. Often Tamira would sleep in or do photoshoots during the day that were more tamer. People enjoyed the pictures she produced and her personality whether she was sober or not. Three years after Kira had been born though, they returned home to trouble. Her husband and her both got yelled at by his mother because Kira had asked why they didn't love her. Deiondre pulled her aside to talk about the situation and they both came to an understanding that the previous night had been their last night. They took their kids home to begin what semblance of full time parenting they could.

An addict is an addict though and while her husband was able to kick it all for the most part, Tamira struggled. She got rid of most of it but alcohol and an occasional hit of ecstasy during a photoshoot. A secret that she kept from her husband to the best of her ability because she knew that he would be unhappy. A turmoil in her happy marriage had been the last thing she wanted with things being such a big adjustment. Seeing her husband buckle down though with getting a better job made her begin looking to which one of her friends that she often partied with, offered her a job at his travel agency. She agreed to the job and began working an actual job where she got a bit more cleaner. Ecstasy became extremely rare for her but she often enjoyed wine during the night. One of the things she did her best to be was good to her children as she had wanted to be a fun mom. Her mom had not been fun so she wanted to change that rhythm.

When Raylon moved out to live with his girlfriend at 21, it had left her with just her husband and her daughter who was only 15 years old at the time. Kira had been a good girl that mostly followed the rules as far as Tamira could tell. This version of her daughter was slightly shattered when a year later, she had announced that she was pregnant. This had started an entire argument between Deiondre and Kira to which Tamira could not handle so she simply went upstairs. Waiting for it to be over so the two could settle down but she had heard how it ended with Kira being sent to her room to decide to get rid of the child or hit the road. Of course she didn't agree with those options but her husband was hard to budge at these choices. A few moments later, there had been a knock at the door and she could hear her husband get it.

The shouting of her older son had filled the house which led fire to another argument that went on for about an hour. It had been late enough so she stamped downstairs and told them to cut it out. It could be discussed in the morning when everyone was calmed down. Raylon could take his bed and Deiondre was requried to march his ass up to bed. Following behind her husband as she simply mouthed an I love you to her son. The next morning was when she forced everyone to sit down and discuss the events of the night before. Raylon had been a voice of reason to her husband which she was grateful for her older son. An agreement came to that Kira could keep the baby and stay in the home followed by her husband filing out for work, her son filing out to go home, and her daughter getting ready for school.

The following few years would be the hardest that she had ever worked to help pay for the expenses that came with giving birth and having a child in general combined with their youngest wanting to go to college. It had become all hands on deck and it was almost rare that they all sat in one room together. Once she had been born, Cecilia had been the one string that kept them all tied together. They took turns taking care of her and watching over her depending on working schedules or class schedules. Tamira loved her granddaughter dearly as this little girl had been filled with so much life. A new turn to life that helped her push forward in her own had been exactly what she needed.

### Season 2

Once her daughter had finished her bachelors in social work, the following summer she had announced that she was going to Cecilia's father so that they could meet. It had broken Tamira's heart even though she wouldn't admit it to her daughter. All she could do was tell her daughter goodbye and share a brief embrace. It was her husband who had put up an argument and fight to know more. Wanting to know where she was going as well as who the father was but Kira wouldn't expose the father, only the location. It was Red Lieu where her cousin had lived so she bid them farewell to go find him. Tamira did her best to remind herself that her daughter would only be a few hours away so it wasn't like she wouldn't be in visiting range. They began a adult parent club where they could get together and drink; partying was past their time but it didn't mean they couldn't have a good time.