THE SCAR THAT NEVER BLED

|JUVIE VISIT|

November 4th 1977

After school Robin asked me if he wanted to hang out. Which I agreed to, well it was more like a sleepover anyway because.

The next morning I woke up to a door opening I flipped over and saw Robin coming in

"Mornin' curly" he chuckled

I smiled and said morning back

Call me weird but I felt comfortable with Robin by now. I felt safe in his presence.I felt like I could be myself without him judging

After we heard something hit the floor loudly, it sounded like a pan then a female's voice let out some swears. Robin's eyes widened as he went out there.

Then I heard the smoke alarm go off as I heard multiple voices argue in Spanish. I wanted to go out to see what was going on but i didn't know if they thought I was here. And seeing a girl walk out of Robin's room with no context...yeah not the smartest idea to do. And also I didn't wanna embarrass Robin by going out there

I get up from the bed, my heart skipped a beat as I jumped again because of another loud crash in the kitchen

'is somebody dying in there?'

I then looked down at Robin's sleeping bag on the ground and decided to pack it up. I rolled it up and I put it against the wall

A few moments later Robin came back in

"What happened?"

"Oh nothing"

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In the kitchen i see a grown man cooking up something. I didn't see him before when I walked with Robin home yesterday?.I turned to Robin giving him a 'who's that look' with a sort of scared expression to go with it

"This is Diego, my uncle, Diego this is Marliyn, my f-friend"

Diego shot me a quick smile before going back to cooking.Robin waved his hand, signaling that I should follow him to the living room.Where the tv was on playing Micky mouse cartoons.

There was Robin's older cousin, Vanessa,His younger half-sister Alondra,and his younger brother, Ernesto. Vanessa was sipping on a cup of something while sitting in the corner on a rocking chair.Alondra was sitting on a pillow on the ground criss-crossed watching the cartoons play along with Ernesto

Ernesto and Robin looked like two different people.You wouldn't even be able to guess he was related to Robin , his vibe, his looks, his style everything was different. Ernesto had brown fluffed hair, glasses , soft brown eyes and this sweet look written all over face. Not like Alondra that was basically his twin.

"Morning kiddo" Robin says to Alondra as he rubs the top of her head walking past her

I sat on the other couch as Robin sat beside me.I put my legs up on the couch, while my chin rested on my knees. I turned my head to the window and noticed it was raining. I watched as the rain droplets fell and raced down the glass. Rain always made me think of Vance, thinking about Vance. I wondered if he was back from juvie yet?

While staring out the window I saw a black van speed by. The same van I saw that tried to take my life. I wrapped my arms around my legs and looked away from the window staring at the tv,and tried to block out the vision of the Van I still had swirling around my mind