On The Run

Mik and Mel

"Kari.....we're your sisters........" I looked at them and it just couldn't be. "No. Nah y'all girls are delusional. My sisters were kidnapped and killed when they were 2. Y'all ain't them." I said in disbelief. "Look at us. We all even look alike. You gotta believe us it's me Mikki and this is Melanie." I looked at them one more time. Our skin tones weren't even the same. My twin sisters were kidnapped by my father and he killed them. My mom told me that and I never saw them again. What did she have to lie for? I took one more look at them and shook my head then walked away. This was too much and I'm already going through enough as it is. "Wait Kari!" Melanie yelled as they all came running after me. "I know you don't believe us but here look at this picture." Melanie pulled a picture out of her purse and showed it to me. It was a Christmas picture of me and my little sisters at my mom's house when I was 5 and they were 2. Right before they got killed. I stared at the picture in disbelief and pulled out the exact same picture in my pocket. I began tearing up as I glanced back at them. "It's really y'all." I said in a low tone as we got in this big huddled family reunion hug.

We went back to my house where we could actually sit down and talk about this. The boys had left and DJ wasn't home. It was an awkward silence. I had to break it and find out what happened. "So....what really happened to y'all cause mama told me daddy took y'all and killed you. I never thought I'd see y'all again." "Well he did take us that's true but his bitch ass sold us to this man that took care of us until we were 10 and then one of our teachers ended up having custody of us and we been growing up in ATL since. What happened to you?" Mikki said. "Yea where's mama? And why are you here in Charlotte?" Melanie said getting excited. I really didn't wanna tell them what happened to our mother because it wasn't good. "Well umm.... mommy....she... she's dead." I finally managed to spit it out. "What? When? How?" The asked in sync. "Well when I was 14 she left out the house and she...didn't come back. The next day I called police and they searched for her while I was put in a temporary home. On the news I overheard them talking about her status and they found her buried under the basement of..... dad's house. He killed her." It was a really hard topic for me considering how close my mom and I were. If she'd stayed alive I guarantee I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in now. I stood up pacing back and forth just remembering her and I. Tears were beginning to fill in my eyes but I didn't want them thinking I was soft so I had to suck it up.

"Damn so what happened with you? You look good though." I laughed at that remark. Girl if only you knew. "Yea Kari what happened after she died and what you been up to." Melanie asked. They ain't even ready to hear about this but hmm why lie.....they are my sisters. "Y'all are my sisters so I shouldn't lie about anything. That means y'all better not say a damn thing." They both nodded in agreement sitting at the edge of their seats like they were about to hear the greatest story ever. Oh this is gonna be funny. "Well I was in the little Foster care home or whatever for a week. I ran away cause that shit wasn't cutting it. Those kids were being beaten and I was not gonna be growing up like that so I took to the streets. I was drinking and smoking, having sex and selling drugs all over DC. I was too trapped in the game of life. At 17 I got locked up and almost went to prison for murder becau- " "Omg for what?" Mel asked. Damn how many times is she gone interrupt me? "Well I was getting to that......anyway it was a drug thing. This girl tried to kill me for them. She was on some stroooong shit I mean it was hella strong but out of self defense I fucked her up and she died but Boss payed my way out of it and I didn't even get probation. He became like a father to me I guess you can say. Anyway I met this guy named DJ one day at a club I went to with my friend Myra. We ended up being together and we're still together now. I guess what caught my eye was that he wasn't all caught up in the game. He's really cool and played back or whatever." "Is he here with you?" Mikki asked. "Yea he's out right now though. I guess he-" "Wait so who was that dude you were with at the mall?" And again there she goes interrupting me. "That was a friend of mine named Kassey." "Damn Mel stop interrupting her. Let her finish." Mikki demanded as Melanie had this guilty look on her face. Just like she did back when we were younger. It was cute. "Well uh yea DJ and I've been together for about 4 years but about 2 or 3 years ago he introduced me to a friend of his when we were at a party and well....that got something started. "Don't tell me y'all started fuckin with each other." Mikki said. "No interrupting remember." Mel said with an attitude.