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i. Little One {4}

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Omniscient
Sunday. August, 2006.
Playground at Church.
Laanville, Mississippi.
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"I can walk with my eyes closed" Sarahi who was sitting criss crossed looked up from her stick figure she was drawling with chalk. She gave Cateleya a confused look. "Mirar. Watch me" Cateleya got up from the blackboard they were sitting on. She closed her eyes and walked in a straight line.

Sarahi eyed her suspiciously. "I don't like that" she mumbled, and looked back at her drawling. "Que?" Cateleya questioned and Sarahi didn't reply. "Are you scared of the dark?" Sarahi shook her head no, still facing down. "Okay then stand up" "why?" "Because I'm going to deatch you" Cateleya replied.

Sarahi didn't reply and continued to draw. "Please" Sarahi shook her head again, standing on it. It didn't seem safe. Plus she kinda lied, she was a tiny bit scared of the dark. But she couldn't let Cateleya know that because then she would think she was a baby.

"Grab my hands" Sarahi pouted as she stood up but she immediately made a plan to run away. Before she could Cateleya grabbed her hands. She was already in shock, but Cateleya pulled her close and that's when her eyes widened. She unconsciously held her breath for a couple of seconds. "Close dem" she heard, but all she could process was Cateleya's breath that smelled like pink bubble gum.

Cateleya gave her a disappointed look and Sarahi gave her a fake smile. She gave in and finally closed her eyes. "Can you see?" "No..." "Okay then walk. Follow my voice"

"If I'm supposed to be following your voice why are you still holding my hands?" "oh right, uh sorry"

Cateleya dropped them and Sarahi was about to pout, but stopped herself. She didn't really want her to drop them. 1. She was scared and 2. She hadn't held someone's hand in a long time.

Sarahi followed her voice and then got startled and tensed up when Cateleya hugged her. "Yay you did it" Cateleya said into her ear. Sarahi's brain suddenly felt fuzzy.

Before she could hug her back they heard Cateleya's mom as she came out the church.

"Mija vámonos. Estoy listo"

"I gotta go" Cateleya tensed up and quickly dropped her arms, stepping back. A smile that reached her eyes on her face.

"Bye" "bye" Sarahi tried to hide her disappointment by sucking on her lip that so badly wanted to poke out. She watched her leave then sat back down and continued with her chalk. Wiping her watery eyes with her arm.

5 minutes later her grandmother was walking out the church with a group. Sarahi didn't need her to call her over, she was already skipping to the car at the sight of her.

"Sorry baby, I had to talk about the Bible study dinner" "we're going to start going again?" Sarahi asked, with a slight panic in her voice.

"Yes, there's a chance, I'm going to be home a little more" Sarahi didn't reply. And again started to suck on her bottom lip.

"Let's go to store so I can start fixin my Sunday supper" Sarahi showed no emotion as she slouched into the passenger seat and looked out the window.

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Home.

"Do you like hanging out with Juno?" The elderly woman drank a sip of her black coffee to drown out the nasty taste on her tongue. She got it every time she said his name. She didn't respect nor agree with his transition, she felt he was disrespecting God. She got disgusted every time she thought about it, but then again she was disgusted the moment she saw her daughter with him 10 years ago.