Stolen (b.t.)

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Bryson

I cried, and rested my head against the steering wheel.

My phone rang, and I sniffed before answering it.

"Huh?" I ran my hand down my face.

"Cuz?" Kejuan questioned.

"Yeah, wassup?"

"I was at'cho house, and you won't there"

"I was thinking about her in the bathtub the day I found her" I closed my eyes.

"You at the cemetery?"

"No, she just came home from school"

"That ain't her Bryson. She ain't Tameryn"

"I want to talk to her, one day"

"Go for it, you never know what'll happen"

"I'll be around there in a minute" I got the advil out of the cup holder, and took two dry.

"You showing yo face tonight? At the club?"

Kejuan was my cousin, and we co-owned a strip club that was an hour away.

I wasn't into any of the girls or anything, but the profit was fucking crazy.

"Depends. I gotta see how I'm feeling because-. . ."

I stopped talking when I saw her walk by, dressed in a black hoodie, complete with a black eye.

I immediately dropped my phone, and scrambled to get out of my car.

"Hey!" I called, and sort of jogged towards her.

She stopped walking, and looked at me surprised.

When she turned around fully, I took a step back, while looking at the sleeve of her hoodie.

Her left shoulder had been dislocated and was sagging.

"You aight?" I questioned, frantically, searching her eyes. "Tameryn-"

"My name isn't Tameryn" She spoke softly.

"You look just like her" I mumbled and turned away from her, trying to gather myself.

My approach was unexpected, and I needed time to process it.

"I'm sorry for your loss. Are you okay?"

"No" I replied quickly.

My response was always no.

"I have to - um. Go to the hospital now" She looked down at her arm.

"You did that?"

Tameryn never knew what to do with herself.

"Oh, yeah. I fell when I got out the shower"

"We just met, and you're already lying to me"

"Leona"

"Your dad did that to you?"

"My brother too. But you can't-"

"Let me do something about it" I quickly got angry.

"I don't know you, calm down"

"Nah, cause ain't nobody ever supposed to lay hands on you throughout your entire life"

"I know but-"

"No if ands or buts. Let me help you"

"I'm okay, really" She forced a smile on her face.

I decided to back down a bit, because we had just formally met.

"Let me take you to the hospital then"

"Thank you, because I don't know how much longer I can drag my arm behind me" She laughed.

I saw nothing funny though.

Because now, I had an issue, and it needed to be taken care of.

"T- Leona I don't think that injuries are funny. Please don't laugh about it"

I looked down at the asphalt and felt a wave of emotion take over and started to tear up at the thought.

I was a very emotional person, and I hated it.

"Whoa, I didn't mean to- "

"You're fine. I just want to get you to the hospital, Tameryn"

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Toaster strudel said that she wanted to be a stripper, so boom

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