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Chapter 19
I don’t always do what I should
But I do what I gotta do
You’ve been at the bottom, you see the hunger inside of you
Don’t say what you won’t do
Cause it can all change
When the going gets tough it’ll drive you insane
See I done dodged a couple shots
Served couple blocks
Hit a couple corners tryna shake a couple cops
I broke a couple rules
Didn’t graduate from school
Cause I was busy hustling man I thought that shit was cool
See I gotta keep it real wit' you baby
Cause the shit I used to do is what made me
Make it Home - August Alsina
D E M A R I E
"Ma, you not gone tell me what's up?" August says.
"If I knew, do you think I would be wondering what the hell is going on?" I snapped back.
"Aye, chill. I was just trying to see was you okay."
"Mhm."
He pulled on the street of the house. I saw police lights down the street. Please don't let it be so. The closer we got, the lights got brighter and the more nervous I got.
"Aye, what's going on?" August says, as we pulled into the driveway.
There was three police cars and a ambulance, that was leaving. I jump out the car running over to a hysterical Shae.
"Shae? What in the hell is going on?!" I questioned. "Where is Layla?"
"S-she..."
"She what?"
"W-we was walking to y-your house a-and-"
Okay, now I'm getting worried. "Can you just tell me." I was getting agitated.
"T-they hit her!" She cried out.
Tears came to my eyes.
"Wait, what? You're lying." I say. She shook her head.
"No. No. No. Where is she?!"
"T-the ambulance took her."
"Mane..let's go." August says to us.
We all piled into August car.
"Can you please tell me where my daughter is?"
"What's her name?"
"Layla Carter."
The receptionist typed something into the computer.
"It's not pulling anything up. When did she come?"
"About thirty minutes ago." I tell her.
"Oh. Well, she won't be in the system yet."
"Ma'am the ambulance brought her here. Can you just tell me where my child is?" I ask, harshly.
"Well, I'm sorry but you're going to have to wait just like everybody else." She says, going back to whatever she was doing.
I know this hoe didn't. "BITCH, Y-"
"Yo' ma, calm down. Let's go sit down and wait." August says.
"No-."
"Chill..." He pulled me over to a chair in the corner of the waiting room. August sat down, with me on his lap, and Shae sat a few seats away from us.
"August, what am I doing wrong?" I cry.
"Love, it's not your fault. Just let it all out." He says, pulling me close.
"B-but why..."
"Sshh." He kissed my forehead. "She is gone be alright. Ya' heard me."
We sat in the waiting room for an hour before a doctor came out.
"The family of Layla Carter."
I jump up, approaching the doctor. "Yes? Is she okay?"
"Are you her mother?" I nod. "Well, she has severe of case of trauma to the head, a broken arm, and bruised ribs."
"Oh my...my baby. Can we see her?"
He sighed, pushing up his glasses. "You can but she is not doing to well.."
"What does that mean?" I ask confused.
"She's in a coma and she isn't breathing on her on." The doctor tells me.
"Wait, no. You're lying, right?"
"I'm sorry." He walked over to another family.
"No, not my baby!" I screamed.
Before I knew it, my legs collasped under me and everything went black.
Thoughts?
Was Layla getting hit a accident or nah?
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