Broken Machine

Chapter 5: "Sheltering The Girls"

Kayden, the girls older brother, wanted to get the girls sheltered until their mom returns back from wherever she's at. He drove the girls to the Shelter home and he signed the papers for them. He was away from his house for a while hoping he doesn't lose it. He continued to pay his rent and car insurance when the due date came up every time. Kayden stayed with the girls and bought them food from the store and tried to get them to watch tv a little even though he was heartbroken too. That was Kayden's father too.

Kayden hoped that he wouldn't attend another funeral for a while because he wanted to attend more special events. He also was concerned about how the family would react to his mother not being in his life and him being in somebody else's care. And that's not good. Every day with Katie, Kamiya, and Katlyn, his little three sisters, Kayden makes them a nice breakfast. This morning he made blueberry waffles, eggs, bacon and grits with some orange juice. The girls likes when their brother cooks and it wasn't a name you could name who's breakfast was better than Kayden's in the family. That's how good his breakfast was. After breakfast he took Katlyn and Kamiya outside, Katie took a nap so she decided to stay in.

The girls played frisbee with Kayden but it just wasn't the same as dad would play it with them. Kayden tried the best he could to make it that way or else it'll be boring. They also got a chance to run around the park and do other exercises and activities too.

Katie was still sleep but she just could not get over her dad's death. Katie wondered if she was in the war, she would be able to help him but she had a fear of dying too. She cried herself to sleep and stayed asleep for like 2-3 hours so she can clear her mind a little. The only person she wasn't going to get taken off her mind was Clinton Jermaine Roy, her father.

When she woke back up she watched tv and laid up in her bed. Katie grabbed her water and slowly drunk it getting out of her bed. Kayden and the other girls came back in and got settled. Kayden came in Katie's room and checked on her. "Are you ok little sister?", Kayden said. "Yea, I'm just thinking about dad.......I miss him so much", Katie said sniffling her tears. She tried not to cry again but the pain was too real. It almost made Kayden cry himself. She tried to stay strong so she wouldn't exacerbate with the feelings she had.

Kayden wanted her to do some exercises but she seemed highly indolent to even get up. She was able to get up though, she got up and went to the living room full of space.

For lunch time, The siblings had a nice feast. The food that was served was Crab Legs, corn and Stuffed shrimp with some good sauce to go with it. They also had lemonade or cranberry juice to drink, whatever option they wanted or some water. Katlyn couldn't really crack no crabs so Kayden cracked it for her and passed down the melted butter for the crabs and corn. The lady in the shelter washed the girls clothes and bathed them. Not necessarily but y'all know what I mean. She seemed very nice to the girl and she treated them like daughters of her own.

Katie and Kamiya went outside on the trampoline their brother bought for them so they wouldn't just have to do just activities outside. Since Katie was in gymnastics she needed a trampoline to practice her jumps and flips anytime she's out of practice. She likes to dance a lot and sometimes sing. Katlyn was turning 4 next month and I think a party is going to be planned. For now, we're just going to focus on Katie getting out of 5th grade, precociously.