nor am I blind. Believe it or not I got ears in these streets.”
“Okay Mom,” China sighed.
“The Pastor wanted me to ask if you will sing this Sunday for the youth service.”
China rolled her eyes. “Mom you know I don’t sing anymore.”
Pearl figured her daughter was going to say that, but she thought she’d try anyway. China had a beautiful voice and used to sing at the church often, but since Dre’s death she hasn’t stepped foot in a church.
“I know but it didn’t hurt to ask,” she missed hearing her daughter sing.
“Okay Ma I will call you later,” she said over her shoulder as she headed out the door.
Pearl watched her youngest daughter saunter out the door. She looked up at the ceiling, as she thought about her girls, each born five years apart. They’re grown now and she understands certain things are out of her control. She looked up at the ceiling, “ Lord what am I going to do with these girls?”
Chapter 5
“Girl, where you at?” Nene screeched into the phone. “I’m standing outside of your house. You better hurry up before I start without you.”
“I’ll be there in twenty minutes,” China said before ending her call and throwing her phone in the passenger seat of her truck. With the way she was feeling she made it to her house within fifteen minutes.
“It’s about time,” Nene frowned.
“Sorry girl, drama !” China said, fidgeting with her house keys.
“What happened?”
“I’ll tell you later,” China lied. Nene was her girl but she’s known for running her mouth. “Just hurry up my nerves are on edge.”
“So now you wanna rush a bitch?” Nene said sucking her teeth. None the less she pulled out her magic stick and added the needed ingredients to do its trick.
Both China and Nene quickly made it to the living room and sat down on the living room floor. China rubbed her hands together in anticipation. She greedily sucked on the glass pipe until her jaws were sore. She leaned up against the wall and her muscles begin to relax as she allowed the drug to release the tension from the day’s events.
“Gimme that,” Nene said snatching the pipe out of China’s hands. “It’s my turn,” she said rolling her eyes.
“Are you starting at the club tonight?” Nene asked, before wrapping her lips around the pipe.
“I don’t know Nene, I don’t think I can do it,” China whined getting a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach as she thought about the idea of actually dancing for money. She remembered she would always trip about Ciara taking her clothes for dollar bills and she was two seconds away from doing the same thing.
China lost her job as a Medical Assistant because of her out of control drug habit began taking over her life. She began to show up at work late, her work ethics began to decline and she failed her drug test. After losing that job she somehow managed to find work as a teller at the local bank. All went well until temptation got the best of her and she started pocketing the customer’s money. She’d stolen close to ten thousand dollars before she got caught. No one in her family knew about the incident and the bank promised not to press charges as long as she agreed to pay all the money she’d stolen back. It was getting hard to pay her debts, bills and feed her current drug habit.
Which bought her back to the conversation at hand; she’d been looking for a job for the past couple of months with no success. Even the manager at Mcdonald’s smirked at her resume. Her cash flow was low and her habit was getting worse. Nene offered her a position down at Club Dynasty where she worked as an exotic dancer, but she wasn’t too thrilled about the idea. She’d heard some wild stories about that place and didn’t want her name to be affiliated with it.
“So what you plan on doing then? Run home to mommy like a little bitch.”
“Okay Mom,” China sighed.
“The Pastor wanted me to ask if you will sing this Sunday for the youth service.”
China rolled her eyes. “Mom you know I don’t sing anymore.”
Pearl figured her daughter was going to say that, but she thought she’d try anyway. China had a beautiful voice and used to sing at the church often, but since Dre’s death she hasn’t stepped foot in a church.
“I know but it didn’t hurt to ask,” she missed hearing her daughter sing.
“Okay Ma I will call you later,” she said over her shoulder as she headed out the door.
Pearl watched her youngest daughter saunter out the door. She looked up at the ceiling, as she thought about her girls, each born five years apart. They’re grown now and she understands certain things are out of her control. She looked up at the ceiling, “ Lord what am I going to do with these girls?”
Chapter 5
“Girl, where you at?” Nene screeched into the phone. “I’m standing outside of your house. You better hurry up before I start without you.”
“I’ll be there in twenty minutes,” China said before ending her call and throwing her phone in the passenger seat of her truck. With the way she was feeling she made it to her house within fifteen minutes.
“It’s about time,” Nene frowned.
“Sorry girl, drama !” China said, fidgeting with her house keys.
“What happened?”
“I’ll tell you later,” China lied. Nene was her girl but she’s known for running her mouth. “Just hurry up my nerves are on edge.”
“So now you wanna rush a bitch?” Nene said sucking her teeth. None the less she pulled out her magic stick and added the needed ingredients to do its trick.
Both China and Nene quickly made it to the living room and sat down on the living room floor. China rubbed her hands together in anticipation. She greedily sucked on the glass pipe until her jaws were sore. She leaned up against the wall and her muscles begin to relax as she allowed the drug to release the tension from the day’s events.
“Gimme that,” Nene said snatching the pipe out of China’s hands. “It’s my turn,” she said rolling her eyes.
“Are you starting at the club tonight?” Nene asked, before wrapping her lips around the pipe.
“I don’t know Nene, I don’t think I can do it,” China whined getting a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach as she thought about the idea of actually dancing for money. She remembered she would always trip about Ciara taking her clothes for dollar bills and she was two seconds away from doing the same thing.
China lost her job as a Medical Assistant because of her out of control drug habit began taking over her life. She began to show up at work late, her work ethics began to decline and she failed her drug test. After losing that job she somehow managed to find work as a teller at the local bank. All went well until temptation got the best of her and she started pocketing the customer’s money. She’d stolen close to ten thousand dollars before she got caught. No one in her family knew about the incident and the bank promised not to press charges as long as she agreed to pay all the money she’d stolen back. It was getting hard to pay her debts, bills and feed her current drug habit.
Which bought her back to the conversation at hand; she’d been looking for a job for the past couple of months with no success. Even the manager at Mcdonald’s smirked at her resume. Her cash flow was low and her habit was getting worse. Nene offered her a position down at Club Dynasty where she worked as an exotic dancer, but she wasn’t too thrilled about the idea. She’d heard some wild stories about that place and didn’t want her name to be affiliated with it.
“So what you plan on doing then? Run home to mommy like a little bitch.”
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