No Sister Of Mine

Chapter One: Legacy

CHAPTER ONE Legacy

Dana steps up to the jets of warm water shooting from the shower head. She closes her eyes and allows her stress to wash away. She looks down at the drain and watches the blood rinse from her body. The pinkish mixture swirls and releases to the pipes below. She uses her hands to help the cleansing process rubbing her arms and chest. She turns and her back is facing the water now. She leans her head back to saturate her long black hair. A sob creeps from her lips followed by the flow of tears.

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I feel sorry for my dear friend, Dana. The woman is beautiful for her age. At 57 she has the body of a 30 year old and only a few strands of gray hair. If

only being pretty equated happiness. Then she would be complete. Her ugly appearance hides an ugly truth and that is why I feel for her. There isn't enough water in the world to clean her dirty laundry.

Who am I? Well, let's just say I'm a very good friend of Dana's. No need to name names... To protect the innocent of course.

I'll be your eyes and ears behind the scenes as you navigate the Cooper family saga.

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Genie looks around the dining room table at her siblings and shakes her head. She hates every one of them. Always have. Always will. Just the mere mention of her brother and sisters makes her blood boil. She rubs her warm cheeks and blows out a frustrated breath.

Helayna, Henn, and Sparkle laugh and chat among one another as they wait for their mother to arrive. She called them the family estate to make some emergency announcement.

Drama queen, Genie says to herself and sits there silently. She is not about to waste a breath entertaining these idiots.

Dana is the person Genie despises most in the world. She is less than human in her eyes. Nothing more than an egg donor. She pats her itchy with and rolls her eyes at her brother Henry Junior whom everybody called Henn. He is telling one of his regular stories about some random ratchet hoe he smashed that nobody wants to hear. His topic of conversation is another thing added to the list of reasons why she loathed him.

"Where is Honey," Genie asks with an attitude. Her face is a puzzle consisting of caramel and ivory colored pieces. An evil expression graces it. Dana's oldest daughter is a unique beauty because she's been blessed with vitiligo. Whispers among the community say that she is the prettiest of the Cooper sisters despite her skin condition. She loves how jealous it makes them and her mother.

"Damn, you just gon' interrupt my conversation like that," Henn says. "She's late as usual. We know you can't live without your precious baby sister. She'll be here, Genie don't worry your patchy little face."

Sparkle chimes in. "You know that incest shit is nasty, right? Sucking your sister's twat on the low..."

Henn bursts out laughing and reaches across the cherry oak antique dining table for a fist pound. Sparkle chuckles along with him and gives him dap.

Helayana tries her best not to crack a smile. "Leave her alone, y'all."

"Shut up, Twin! You always tryna protect some damn body," Sparkle snapped at her. Helayna and Genie were nine months apart so the family nicknamed them The Twins. That was was the only similarity though. Helayna was a chocolate girl with an invisible halo hanging above her head. She wasn't that attractive in the face but her body was something exquisite.