ʙᴇɴᴊɪ "ɴᴀɴɪ" ʙʀᴇᴡꜱᴛᴇʀ
ʙʀᴏᴏᴋʟʏɴ, ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ
ᴊᴀɴᴜᴀʀʏ 1, 2010
We do not exist in
Any other instant
Here in this dimension
You and I are meant to be
I have waited lifetimes to find you - jhene aiko stay ready
"What girl you getting all dressed up for?" My pops asked leaving against the entrance of the bathroom door
I chuckled "I ain't getting all dressed up."
"Usually it's sweats and hoodie everyday but today you got on jeans, a nice tee and a zip up. I ain't even know you owned a zip up. I thought it was just hoodies." He laughed
I sucked my teeth "Stop playing on me pops."
He put his hands up "I'm just saying."
I got frustrated and sighed "Can you please..."
I pointed at my hair
He chuckled and nodded "I got you."
He walked fully in the bathroom and moved behind so he can tie my hair up.
"I'm going to cut it." I said
"That's fine but either way you're going to have learn how to do something to it. I ain't going to always be around or here forever to save you and do it for you."
"Okay why you got to say all that? You do know you're thirty six not a hundred?"
"Yeah I know that but anything could happen, you know that."
"I know that but I'm not going to say it, knock on the door or something."
He shook his head as we both knocked on the wood door.
"Can you braid it right quick?"
"Yeah." He said
It got quiet as he began to braid my hair
"I know you're dealing but I want you to stop. I got you and I'm getting a little raise so I can still be able to help ya mom pay her bills too."
"It's not just about the bills. I started dealing because you left and we did needed help with the bills but I'm tired of staying in the hood. Ain't you pops? You don't want to move on the boujee side of New York? I'm not trying to deal my whole life or anything but just stack enough money until I'm good to move us up."
"I don't want you to be like me. I don't want you ending up in jail or even worse killed. Who this lil nigga you working for anyway? All the old dealers that was around when I was either in jail or dead."
"This guy who went to our school, his name is Andrew. His pops is actually the head leader of this whole thing. He just got out of jail."
"And what's his name?"
"Reese."
I watched as my dad stopped braiding my hair "W-what's his name again?"
