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𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗶 𝗽𝗼𝘃
𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬
𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝗿𝗸
𝗜 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿.
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"hello" i said talking to the cashiers at the corner store. i ended up coming home last night about 10pm.

"hey macei how are you doing today" marco said

"good, how about you" i said
everybody knew eachother here.

"i'm doing fine" he said causing me to nod.
i was just getting some candy since i had a sweet tooth hopefully nobody would see me since i didn't plan on going places today i was tired.

once i got some gummy worms i paid for them and i was back on my way to my apartment. i had one airpod in my ear since i wanted to be focused on my surroundings.

there was a lot of gang activity in brooklyn new york and crackheads that i didn't want to be bothered with. i heard loud voices laughing across the street but one sounded a little familiar.

i looked across the street and i saw mykel with deshawn but his street name is dae-dae or dae. he's atleast like 17 or 18 now.

he's not one of the best people around here i've heard he's in a gang and drug dealing activities.
me and him used to have a big brother and little sister bond but that was lost when he was charged with his first crime i was never able to look at him the same but i always still had love for him.

he's the reason why i know my way around brooklyn and why almost everybody knows me and who to stay away from but he's became one of the people i need to stay away from.

i furrowed my eyebrows while looking at mykel. summer just started and he's taking the wrong path.
me and mykel locked eyes which made him stop laughing and that caught dae dae attention.

dae looked over at me. you could feel the tension you could cut it with knife, i just turned my head and kept walking home.
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"macei" mirah yelled through the phone.

"girl calm down" i said laughing

"macei me and kam were walking from the corner store and we saw mykel with-" i cut her off

"you saw mykel with dae dae yeah i saw too" i said loosing interest in this conversation.

"why are you acting like you don't care?" mirah said

"i care but what can we do? if i ask mykel what mess he's getting into we all know he will over react" i said

"macei everybody knows you around here! you can talk to dae dae" mirah said.

"mirah i'm only 13! i'm not trying to get back in contact with that man" i said

"macei at this point you're being selfish and making this about you" mirah said

"selfish?! how am i being selfish?" i asked

"because you have a bond with dae dae you can talk to him" mirah said

"mirah that ending in december of 2018! and you should know why after he got charged with that crime" i said

"macei i've seen you guys talk!" mirah argued

"yeah me saying excuse me so i could get past him and his big ass group of friends!" i said
"you know what i'm not going to argue" i said before hanging up the phone.

this was very normal for me and mirah to always argue we will be hanging out with eachother again so i don't get phased by it.

i left out my room and went to the living room to talk with my mom. right now kacey was out our grandmothers house since my mom was busy this whole week and stressed about this kentrell thing.

all morning i heard
"kentrell this" and "kentrell that"
that man is probably just coming here for a concert then leaving it's not the first time that has happened.

he knows where we live he just chooses not to come. he didn't even say a simple hello.

we live 20 hours away from eachother but isn't he rich? he can get on a plane..he gets on a plane for a lot of other unnecessary reasons but can't get on one to visit his kids.

"what did you get from the store" my mom asked

"gummy worms i already ate them all though" i said laughing

"girl" my mom said smiling

"they were good" i said shrugging
"heard anything about my dad?" i asked going to the fridge to get some juice.

"since it's summer he's doing shows all around so he's coming here this month so" my mom said
"have you spoke to dejah she might want to go to a show" my mom added

"i highly doubt she will be able to shes on punishment for the first week of summer" i said

"damn..but i'll be in the city tomorrow to go pick up kacey and run some errands we need some more groceries" my mom said

"okay, by the way have you talked to brooklyn?" i asked

"yeah i'll see her tomorrow why?" she said

i was hesitant to talk about mykel but i won't say anything because i'm not sure what's really happening.

"tell her i said hi it's been a long time since i seen her" i said
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the sun was going down and i was outside walking just to get fresh air my mom was back talking about kentrell on the phone.

i was walking past the houses somebody was having a cookout her name is ms linda everybody calls her the grandma of this area. but her actual grand kids are dae dae and his brother jordan.
jordan is around my age but we don't talk anymore.

she knows everybody and everybody knows her atleast the people that lived her all their life. i was only gone in baton rouge for a year and some months other then that i've always been here in new york.

as i walked closer to her house the louder the pop smoke music got.

"hey macei what you doing out here by yourself" she asked

"getting fresh air" i said smiling while walking up on her porch.
"why the got you listening to pop smoke" i said laughing

"they back there dancing i don't what going on" she said
i had my back against the railing.

"who's outside" i asked

"jordan and his friends and some adults dae dae should be here soon" she said

i nodded.

"you still talk to them?" she asked

"no not anymore sadly" i said
"i see them around here a lot since they always outside" i said laughing

"don't act like i don't see you out here all the time" ms linda said laughing

"welp" i said smiling

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