Beautiful and Cruel (Vignette 4)

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        I  won’t  wait my  whole life  for a husband  to come and get  me. My cousin left  her mother’s house by  having a baby, but I don't  want to go that way either.  I want things all my own, I want  to pick and choose. I have pretty hair  and it's easy to talk this way if you are  pretty.

   

My  mother  says when  I get older  My hair will not  be as beautiful as  it is now and my clothes  won’t always be so nice, but  I’ve decided I don’t want to grow  up tame like the others. I will be  like the beautiful and cruel ones. I will  be the rebel, smart-mouthed, fiery redhead that  ends up winning the war that nobody else could.  My war has already started. Quiet. Alright. I am and  will be the one who leaves before everybody else and doesn't  come back, without saying goodbye.

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