Ghetto Gold

Chapter one : how it all began

Since a child I was told, all that glitters aint gold.
Got lost in the moment. tryna find what I wanted.
So I'm drowning in regret, and I'll never forget.
Everything that I had before the good turned bad.
- Trey songz

I was the least bit of shocked at what I saw on the floor when I walked in from school. I dropped my School bag on the floor along with my keys & sat my cell phone on the coffee table preparing to play my all to familiar role as a nurse to my moms wounds.
I must've starled her because as soon as I dropped the keys she screamed
" I'm sorry Jack , I didn't mean it !"
I wrapped my arms around her in an attempt to calm her down. She immediately relaxed when she heard my voice. I helped her up on the couch and went away to the kitchen to get her an icepack and the first aid kit. As I was walking back into the living room I noticed my mother shivering uncontrollably.
I stood in the door way and reflected on the past and how it all seemed to be making its way back into the present.

FLASHBACK

Jacob , my older brother and I were walking home from my 5th grade graduation ceremony. He was in the 8th grade and he was trying to cheer me up because my mother had broken her promise to show up. My spirits were soon lifted as I heard the tune thats been replaying in my head all week - THE ICE CREAM TRUCK. He must've noticed the shift in my attitude and stopped the truck . We talked about our goals and what we were gonna buy when we made it big as we walked along licking the freshly scooped super man icecream he'd just boughten us a few seconds earlier.
We were home before we knew it. As we walked up the pathway of our four bedroom 1&.5 bathroom home I couldn't help but to get an ery feeling in the pit of my stomach. We twisted the doorknob and went straight to the basement where our mom was usually always at doing laundry & such things. As we walked downstairs we heard glass shatter. Jacob shussed Me & went deeper in the basement.
A few seconds later he came back with a fully loaded Glock. My eyes bulged out of my head & I let out a low whimper. He turned to me with a serious face & spoke the realest of words I hold dear to my heart till this day.
He said "Kira , I need you to listen to me & listen to me good." I nodded & looked him in the eyes giving my undivided attention. He then continued, "Some Real stuff is going down upstairs , daddy said it would happen soon so to be prepared for it. If you show fear or any kind of hesitancy , then they will take it & run with it. If you show them that you aren't afraid then they may spare you & if they don't its because they know you would come back even harder." I nodded my head again , not really understanding what was happening but agreeing so I wouldn't let him down. We proceeded up the stairs quietly trying to make an exit while staying Unknown to whoever the visitors were...

FLASHBACK OVER

I quickly wiped the tears I hadn't noticed escape & marched over to my mother & rolled up her sleaze. I gasped loudly as the proof of My suspicions have been confirmed. Shes been using again. My mother drifted off quickly after I cleaned her cuts and bruises & things which left me alone with my thoughts

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