Chapter 7: Grief Week

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Mari POV:

My Daddy. The Last Parent I Had Left Is Dead. I Continued Rewinding The News Just To See If This Was Real. It's Real. I Continued Watching The News Just To See Who Killed Him. Some Crackhead Named Lejuan Jeggings. He Was A Crackhead Who Killed My Daddy For Crack. I Sat I The Living Room Crying In My SweatSuit Singing "Killing Me Softly" By The Fugees Trying To Think Of Ways To Keep The House And Keep Up Daddy's Legacy. I Had To Get A Job. But Where? Then I Thought About It. Ken Is Always Leaving School Early Saying He Has To Get To Work. I'll Call Him And See If He Can Help Me.

                                                                             Mari's Outfit

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                                                                             Mari's Outfit



"Hey Ken."

"Mari? Why You Sound So Sad?"

"M-My D-d-daddy Died Last Week."

"Damn Ma. Fr?"

"Y-Yea. I Was Wondering If You Could C-come Over. I Don't Want To Be Here A-alone A-a-and I Need To Talk To You About S-something."

"Of Course. I'm On My Way Baby."

"Baby?"

Was All I Said Before He Hung Up. That Was Weird. Usually I Would've Called Diamond First. Am I Starting To Get Feelings For Ken? He Just Texted Me Too! What If He Said "Yea I Said Baby. I Want You To Be My Girl." Then What Would I Do? I Need To Calm Down. I'm Gonna Just Read The Text.


"Hey Beautiful. Never Got Your Adress. What Is It?"

"Thanks For The Compliment. I Like You Too. I Mean You're Handsome. And It's 5206 Yonce Drive."

"We'll Talk About That Text When I Get There. See You In 30?"

"That's Fine I Guess."

Biggest Mistake Ever. First My Daddy Dies, Then I Tell Ken I Like Him, Now He's Outside. I Walked To The Door In The Same Outfit I Had On Earlier. I Opened The Door And He Was About To Lean In For A Hug Until He Looked Down And Said...

"You Must Really Want Me Huh?"

"Boy Bye, The Door." I Said As I Was Laughing.

"Girl You Laughing?"

"I Gotta Get Happy Sooner Or Later."

"Well I Can Make You Happier Than You've Ever Been."

"How?"

At that moment he pulled roses from behind his back and said...

"Amariana Solai Johnson. Will You Be My Girl?"

I Hesitated Before I Said...

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