GRAVITY | KAY FLOCK [DISCONTINUED]

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May 21, 2018
Bronx Courthouse

"Excuse me, ma'am. The courthouse will be closing in five minutes," a gruff, male voice spoke, breaking me from my current train of thought.

I lifted my head from my hands trying to wipe away the hot tears that couldn't seem to stop falling from my eyes.

"Ok," I whispered back as I looked up to see an old man standing next to a cart full of cleaning supplies standing in front of me. The janitor flashed a look of sympathy my way before grabbing his cart and wheeling it away.

Standing up, I pulled my phone from my back pocket to check the time. 4:55 PM. Shocked, I realize that I've been crying for well over an hour on a bench outside the courtroom I had been in hours earlier.

I slip my phone back into my pocket and start to head toward the exit. My surroundings appear to me as no more than a blur as I painfully recalled the last five months of my life.

Kay, me and my brother's closest friend, was sent to jail upstate for a gun charge. Then, my father passed away leaving my brother and I traumatized and deeply wounded. Consumed by grief, our mother gradually became unrecognizable. The once joyous, loving, nurturing woman had become cold, distant, and neglectful.

Due to the circumstances, my brother dropped out of school and got more involved in the streets than he already was. He had been in a gang from a young age but our recent unfortunate turn of events pushed him to go harder trying to provide for us.

The only thing he asked of me was to stay in school and he told me he would take care of everything else. He was involved in all kinds of beef, drugs, guns, and more. He was making it happen for the both of us - until he got caught.

A few hours earlier, my twin brother, Arion, was sentenced to a year and a half in jail for his involvement in an armed robbery. In hindsight, I wish he would've let me contribute in some way so that he wouldn't be in this predicament today.

As I walked out of the courthouse, I am filled with dread wondering what the future holds for me. I have lost most of the people closest to me. I've never been away from Arion for more than a week when he would get arrested and then released shortly after. And I honestly feel like I'm on the verge of a complete breakdown.

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Kevin "Kay" Perez
April 20, 2003

Armoni "Nini" Howard
July 7, 2003

Arion "Dougie" Howard
July 7, 2003

And more

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