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A year later
I been in this abandoned house for a year I been working at minimum wage job trying to get a place but every time I tried something happened. I forged my mom’s signature and got into driving classes so I got me a car it was a bucket but it was mine. Verse was still around but he didn’t know shit about my home life. I made him drop me off down the block when he use to take me home. He still didn’t know that I lived in this abandoned house but everyone called me abando girl. It was like after I beat up Dash shit got worse at school. Kids picked with me so I learned to fight. My grades started slipping because of the suspension I took. And now in my senior year I didn’t even know if I was gonna graduate.
After work I was at this party that Verse invited me to. I ain’t really do parties but Verse was cool we got closer of the year. He was my only friend. I was sitting in the backyard smoking a blunt where nobody else was.
”I knew I find your awkward ass back here.” Verse jokes sitting next to me.
”Fuck you.” I laughed and he took the blunt from my hand.
”How was work?” He asked.
”Shitty but it’s cool.” I shrugged.
”Come work for me.” He said.
”Verse I’m not about to be sitting on no corner.” I scoffed. One thing about me I know I wasn’t made for this street life. Didn’t nothing good come out of it. Shit I seen it the way Verse had to look over his shoulder nah I’m good.
”Come on you know me better then that me and Buck just bought this apartment complex. You work the front office it come with a nice little apartment.” He said and that’s when I knew he knew. My body stiffened up.
”How you know?” I asked sitting straight up.
“Buck saw you a few months back. I thought we were friends.” He said.
”I’m not talking about this.” I said getting up but his strong ass pulled me down.
”No you gonna talk to me. How long.” He asked. Just when I was about to say something his little play thing Nixa came back here.
”Reallu verse I gotta come find you for real.” She snapped.
”Ni not now go somewhere else.” He said not looking at her. He was staring me down. Nixa was a hood rat ass bitch looking for a come up off Verse me and her got into it on occasions so she already knew what I was on. She left pretty quickly and then he asked again.
”How long Tahlia.”
”Two years.” I said.
”I know your fuckin lying. We been friends a whole year. You never said shit. You met my family you spent nights at my house. You never said shit. When my pops died you were there for me. So why the fuck you ain’t let me help you?” He snapped.
”For what?” I shrugged.
”nah come on you gonna show me.” He said grabbing me up I tried to fight him but he picked me up and put me over his shoulder and threw the party. This is why people thought we were messing around. He did shit like this. He threw me in the car and we drove to what I called home.
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