Love Lock Down

Chapter 1 (Leroi)

"Leroi come down here and bring my purse. "

"Ma I was sleep!" I yelled back down the steps."

"Boy Imma put you to sleep if you don't get down here and bring me my purse!!"

I shuffled out of bed with an attitude and stomped over to my jeans almost tripping as I pulled em on.  It was freezing in the house so I threw on my SpongeBob house shoes and headed to mamas room to get her purse.  The door was closed which meant my stepfather was in there reading. I hate bein around him ugh. I knock on the door like the police.

"Who is it?" He asked in his nasal ass high pitch voice.

"It's me man I need to get something."

"Oh come in Roi."

I walked on to see Curtis sitting at his desk typing on the computer. I grab her purse quick to avoid his small talk.

"What Judith need her purse for cause we don't need no groceries?"

I suck my teeth. " she didn't say why she just asked me to get it." In a normal household that would be enough,  but he like to control everything hence the reason I hate him.

"Tell her that I said we ain't gon never get out of here if she keep up that spendin like she do."

I roll my eyes cause I hear this shit everyday. Mama gets disability cause she got Lupus and we were doin fine before she met Curtis. I shake my head, close the door and take the steps two at a time to dodge his naggin ass.  I find mama in her makeshift working area behind two dividers in the living room.

"Well you know your husband got something to say about your wanting your purse. " I said handing it to her.

"Don't mind Curt he's just trying to save money so we can move sway." She said handing me a twenty.

" What's this for mama?" I asked cheesin.

"This is for groceries. There are two rail thin girls that live at the end of the building. I guess they don't have a mother cause I always see them with their dad.  Anyway, I want you to go up to Pic Pac and buy them some groceries."

Mama always did stuff like this so I was not surprised. "Mama 20 ain't gon cut it cause food is high." I said holding my hand out for more money.

"Well you better make it work cause I took this from our joint account."

"Mama why you got to tell him everything you do with your money?" I said leaning down to look her in the face.

"Grown folks business." She replied throwing up her hands.

I just shrugged and bounded up the steps to throw on a shirt. "Aye ma can I drive??" I yelled running back downstairs.

"Already ahead of you she said tossing me the keys."

I wasted no time pulling out of the driveway before Curtis could come stop me. He hated me driving cause my foots heavy. I was down the street and at the light when I saw two girls struggling across the street. The older one was tall, caramel skinned, light brown eyes and long , curly hair that I could tell was hers. She was trying to get the little one to walk up before the light changed. They were both lookin kiinda raggedy and with their short sleeves and shorts I could tell they were wayyyyyyy too skinny. These gotta be the girls mama was talkin about.