Chapter 1 intro

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1988
Hi I'm onika. I live in a four bedroom house that's in the hood part in Detroit Michigan. I live with my sick dad with my cousin London and my sister Vanessa.
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Onika pov
I felt so sick in my stomach didn't know what to do , I didn't know if it was a flu or a virus but it was horrible " ONIKA TANYA MARAJ GET YOUR ASS -cough- DOWN HERE NOW" it sound like my dad he sound mad . I walked to his room and went inside

Yes daddy. I said scared

Yo ass ain't here me calling you I've been saying yo name 50 million times. he said laughing

Oh my dad -cough- was it something you need

Look I'm sorry onika but I'm getting old your 17 and your cousin is 16 and your sister is 18 I can't afford y'all nor that I can't take care of y'all . I'm scared for yall -he pulled his hand out . It was shaking - look ... onika -swallows- I'm dying ... I have cancer ... Lung cancer

Dad -sheds tear- so we're are we going to go

To your moms house sweety . Rodrick the driver is going to take yall -boom . My sister and cousin comes in - yall heard didn't yall. My dad said

What are you talking about dad you have said Vanessa

what are we going to do with out you London said

Um were is my mom located at -I stuttered -

In comton . my dad said

WHAT , I past out on the floor . I could remember what happen or what the problem was but I was hurt deep inside I felt like I was about to die . I woke up in a car with my sister and my cousin beside my and our bags . " we're are we going . Why are we in here"

You've been a sleep for along time onika we 2 minutes away from we're we going to be at ' London said

We're are we going damn!

WEREEE HEREE ' rodrick said

We're at your moms house ... Compton ' London said and smiled

All i could do is screams so that's what I did...

SHUT UP ONIKA ' Vanessa said embarrassed

My mom came out side she kinda looked the same like she don't age , she ran to the car and got me and hugged me with my face in her chest with her rubbing my head" onika calm down okay , calm down " she walked side to side .

Hey mom ' Vanessa said running to my mom and hugging her

Hey baby' mom said giving her a side hug because she was still holding me and kisses her on her cheek

Hey auntie' London said while getting all the stuff out the car and putting it in the house for everybody , London was cool like that she have no question .... she just did it

Hey t-t baby ' mom said

I guess you got it from here right ' rodrick said

Yep , goodbye rodrick and thank you ' my mom said

Goodbye ' rodrick said getting in the car pulling off

Come on onika , we can't be out here for ' mom said taking me in the house with her.

Mom I love you and all but real talk I don't wanna be here it's scary her ' I said

Onika Tanya Maraj Detroit is worst than Compton , they are like The same place it's like Compton and Detroit are the same place ' my mom said

Mom I just need to lay down ' I said getting on my beeper checking it

Your room is to the right ' she said

I went up stairs to my room and all I here is loud music coming out my window " seriously this ridiculous" I said to my self and went to Vanessa room " you got that music coming out your window too " I said

Yeah it's kinda hot tho ' she said

So, it's loud my head banging

Bye onika ' she said

I put up the peace sign and went to my room and went to bed it was getting dark anyway needed to clear my mind

How did yall like this chapter , my first time really writing a book next chapter coming up next

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