Sisters of Inglewood (completed)

Chapter 14

Ominous

Rochelle woke up earlier than usual this Friday morning. She was catching heat flashes and her stomach was in knots. She ran to her master bathroom and began to puke in the toilet. For some odd reason though, it wasn't puke, it was blood. When she was done she flushed the toilet and walked to the sink to put some cold water on her face. When she dried her face off she looked in the mirror and realized her light buttery skin was now a pale white color, and her big brown eyes were now a dark grayish color. She had a blood clout in her left eye and she didn't know what was going on.

It had been a month since she tatted making extra money, and her and Mikey were a thing. She never told him about Blue. He would probably kill him, she hated keeping that secret from him and her sisters though. And with Seiko losing her job she had to continue to do it.

I walked into the office where Seiko's boss was.

"Hi Ms. Glenda, I'm Rochelle, Seiko's sister." I said extending my hand.

"Rochelle, hello, please have a seat." She urged shaking my hand.

"Thank you. I'm going to make this really simple. Seiko hasn't really been around the house that much lately and we really miss her, I haven't seen her in a week and the only time I do hear from her is when I knock on the door and she yells 'I'm fine!' Has she picked up extra shifts? Or do you know if something is bothering her because she won't talk to me." I said shrugging with a concerned look.

"Oh sweety, I can't give you any records of where she's been because we let her go two weeks ago." Ms. Glenda said like she was lost.

"Fired?" I blankly stared at her. Seiko hadn't told us anything about it and things seemed so fishy.

"I'm sorry Rochelle, but while I have you here." She got up from her seat and dug in a file cabinet. "Will you give this to Seiko? We've been calling her letting her know to come pick it up and her deadline is approaching." She handed me Seiko's last check.

"Um yes. Thank you Ms. Glenda." I said putting it in my purse.

I walked out of the office totally confused that day.

Rochelle put water on her face and began to lightly slap herself. She didn't feel like herself at all. She felt weak and dizzy. She walked back in the room to sit down on the bed. She pulled her phone off of the charger and called Mike.

"Wassup Ro!" He said into the phone playfully.

"Mikey... I don't feel too good." She said placing her hand on her forehead.

"What's wrong Ro? You sick?" He asked concerned.

"I don't know. I just feel real weak." She said.

She started coughing and placed her hand up. Blood came out.

"Mikey I don't know I'm coughing up blood." She said nervously.

"Fuck! Who in the house right now?" He asked.

Mikey was in Florida for a deal and wouldn't be back until Wednesday. There was no way he could get to her in time.

"Um, Seiko, Ronnie went to school." She said looking at her door.

"Alright Ro, go get Seiko and tell her you need to go to the emergency room. ASAP!" He yelled into the phone.

"Alright, I'll call you later." She said.

"Aight, if you don't I'll call you in an hour." He said.

"Alright Mikey."

"Love you Ro."