" Who the hell are you? ," Tina Green shot out meanly from her hospital bed as she jerked at her handcuffed wrist. Her small brown eyes glared at the tall stocky Black woman in the beige pantsuit and matching button down shirt. She looked like some lezzie or something with her big broad face and tough eyes.
The old woman said as she sat down on the chair beside her bed," My name is Mrs. Beulah Wade. You will call me Mrs. Wade. Your grandmother sent me here. Apparently she knows my mother from church. "
Tina shook her head. " Granny? I ain't seen her in a long time. Since they took me away cause she couldn't keep me. She sick or something. I thought she was dead. "
Beulah replied," She's not dead. She is sick with arthritis and MS but Loretha Green is not dead. And , yes , she was unable to offer you a home with her when your mother died as was your father Richard Jenkins Sr. and his now late wife Annie. But she still cares about you. "
" Right. I ain't seen her except a couple times or whatever. I ain't into that old boomer. "
" Well , you better be because she asked me to represent you in this case of yours. I'm also representing Rona Jones who faces the same charges. And , because you are in adult court now you better consider yourself lucky. It's me or a public defender who won't give a damn, little girl. "
Tina laughed coldly. " And , you care ? Lady , I've heard it all before. Case workers. Foster parents. Teachers. It ain't nothing but words."
Beulah sighed. " Well , believe me or not , I don't care. My job is to make sure you don't spend the rest of your natural life in prison. You're dumb but too young for that. "
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ODDS OF LOVE : SEASON 15
Ficción GeneralThe ongoing original soap opera about the disabled math genius and former professor Dr. Spencer Norland - Lane , his doctor husband DuBuis Lane and their assorted family , friends and enemies in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. Diverse. Mult...
