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ᴛᴀʀᴀᴊɪ ʜᴇɴꜱᴏɴ

ᴍᴀʏ 21, 2020

"ill take it."

"i could scream right now!" tab yelled through the phone, "oh, tasia is gonna be so excited."

i scrunched my brows in confusion, "why would she be excited?"

"shes been pressing me to see if youve taken the job. we will see you tomorrow at seven!"

"okay, good night."

"goodnight!"

i plugged my phone into the charger and turned to a sleeping laila. she looked so at peace. she has no idea whats going on. i owe this little girl the world, and im gonna give it to her when im able.

"hey, pen doll?" i heard ms.martha call. the nickname she gave me when i told her my full name, its the cutest thing.

i smiled, "yes ms martha?"

"come and join a old bitch for a second. is my lai bear sleeping?"

"yeah, shes knocked out." i said, slowly getting up. i kissed her forehead and went over to ms.martha

her smile grew wide when she saw me, "hey, pretty lady."

"hey baby. i just wanna hug you." i laid down next to her, and she held me, "i love you, and i love laila so so much. when you get out of here, do not look back."

"we love you more, and you are coming with us."

"i would love to, but i cant babygirl. gave these to laila and keep some for yourself" she pulled out some beef and cheese sticks and handed them to me. i put them in my pocket and looked up at her.

"everything okay?"

"yeah, everything's fine, baby. im gonna get lots of rest. go kiss lai bear for me."

"i will. i love you, ms martha."

"and i love you more. goodnight, sweet pea."

"goodnight."

i went to lie back down. i gave laila a kiss for ms. artha and dozed off to sleep.

i checked my phone and saw that it was 6 in the morning when i heard lots of commotion. i saw paramedics standing over where ms.martha lay, and my heart immediately dropped. i was running to her when they stopped me.

"MS MARTHA?! its me!" tears clouded my eyes when i saw her being carried away in the body bag. my world was crushed all over again. she was the closest person i had to a mother figure and what laila had to a grandmother. now we have no one.

"mommy?" i looked over at laila, who was rubbing the sleep from her eyes. i wiped my eyes before walking over to her and sitting down.

"hey, pretty. good morning."

her eyes were still closed, and she yawned, "im tired."

"let's go back to sleep then." i put the blanket over us and held her, rocking back and forth. i couldnt stop the tears from flowing. i was truly hurt. first, my job now ms.martha– could it get any worse?

my eyes got heavy, and i eventually went off to sleep, holding laila as tightly as possible.

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"ive been contacting her, but she hasnt answered me back. did you send her a car?"