Red Light

27

Two Weeks Later
Friday 30th November, Daytime

I've increased my sessions with Dr Carter to twice a week. All this drama ain't good for my anxiety. My nightmares have been peak. Brandon has started sleeping in my room, he holds me as I sleep. I've hit him a few times when I've woken up, thinking he's an intruder. Sigh.

Today it's me, Justine, Shantae, Brandon, Rakai, Reeko, Daniel and Jamal. And Danielle, she has inset day today so stayed home with us. Besides her, the girls stopped going to school again on Wednesday. We don't care about the punishment anymore, our lives are more important. Fights keep breaking out outside the school gates between RB and S12 members. They're relentless. They've been doing their best to catch us off guard and they've been successful.

I told you, the more bodies drop, the more the retaliation. And because S12 are pussios they keep going for the girls. The boys have literally had to take turns babysitting us like kids.

I had a really bad nightmare last night. I dreamt that Reaps jumped through my window with a sword and no one was home. I woke up having a panic attack, then saw a body next to me and started banging him, thinking Brandon was Reaps. When he woke up, he immediately pulled me into his arms.

"Ky I'm ordering food, do you want any?" Danielle says, coming into my room.

Everyone else is downstairs. I'm just drying my hair with a towel. Today is my wash day so I need to deep condition, cornrow and then get Justine to do my sew in. It's gonna be a long day.

I nod "Yeah, do your ting."

She smiles, then closes the door.

Once I finish detangling and put a deep conditioning mask on my hair, I twist it then put a clear shower cap over it.

In the meantime, I stare at myself in the mirror. My dark skin is slightly puffy around my breast and on my waist from bruising. There's also a new scar on my thigh from when a guy tried to stab me outside Morley's. Fortunately he only managed to slice me as I fought him off and Aaron jumped out the car to back it.

Sigh.

It's literally everyday on sight.

We can't go anywhere without expecting beef. And now, S12 genuinely believe the girls are in RB, so we get treated like mandem.

It's become normal to us though, so we've stopped hiding in my house. We haffi live life enuh! Felicia has already told them everything about our lives. How do you think they found my house the other day? If they can come for us in my house then nowhere is safe, we might as well live life and just be prepared for the worse at all times.

"Yoo!" Zanisha says, coming into my room with Justine and Shantae.

"Heeeeey!" I reply, turning to hug her.

Ain't seen her in person for ages!! That instantly brightens my mood.

"Got inset day today so my parents lowed me! I'm staying the weekend!" She says smiling.

We all squeal and hug her.

I'm guessing Uncle Pete thinks the rest of us have inset day too, because if he knew we were bunking he would personally come round and drag us to school lol. He's come to check on Danielle and I a few times on the weekend, just to drop food and see we're okay. He doesn't know about any of the incidents though.

She connects her phone to my speaker and starts shouting like her usual self.

"Baby, you my everything! You all I ever wanted! We could do it real big, bigger than you ever done it!"