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by DionnaAmbrosia

by DionnaAmbrosia

july 5, 2007
I watched as they carelessly buried my Grandma, my best friend.

She wouldn't want me standing here crying over her. She told me it was bound to happen, but I didn't think this soon.

I felt defeated. A defeated 12 year old girl who finally had their first step in reality. My only guardian is now gone. My hand tightened around the hold of the umbrella as I stared at her casket being lowered into the ground.

I had no mother, no father, brother, or sister. I was a goner.

Feeling a hand settle on my shoulder, I tensed up knowing it was my perverted uncle, "Now now darling. It'a guh be okay. You're a guh stay wid mi til yuh get olda."

My nose flared as tears raced down my cheeks. He took me away and I walked with him to the black cars that was going to take us back to his home. I disliked that fact that I had to live with him and his gang friends and messed up wife. At least I looked forward to spending time with my favorite cousin who is a year younger.

"Yuh know.. yuh cud duh mi plenty of gud inna mi company and-..."

I censored him out. My face formed with disgust as those vile words came out his mouth. As much as I wanted to cry harder, I didn't. My grandma taught me to be tougher than this— to know that I shouldn't allow any man to touch me in this way.

I couldn't wait to be done with this retched place called Jamaica...

heather "sugar" winston