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"Thanks for letting me stay." I said to my older sister, Melanie, as we pulled in front of her house
"No problem. Even though it's twoin the morning." She unlocked the car doors
My sister had to pick me up from my boyfriend's apartment because we got into an argument and he completely damaged my car. He flattened my tires, busted my windows, and cut the wires to God knows what. But he didn't hit me a lot this time, so that's a plus.
"I'm sorry, I didn't have anywhere else to go. Daddy answered the phone and hung up soon as I said hello. Mama got me blocked."
"Maybe it's because you keep making dumb decisions." She got out and I did the same
"I'm trying, Mel."
"Trying to end up dead. You can't keep going back to him every time he apologizes for blacking your eye."
"He didn't black my eye"
"Yeah, this time. What about the other times?"
"I hit him too..." I said quietly as she unlocked the door to her townhouse
"Oh wow, you fight back now?" She joked
"..." I sat my bags in the hall closet, ignoring her
"I didn't mean it like that." She sighed "It's just...this isn't you E. You're better than this and you know it. Why you keep dealing with him?"
"I'm in love. Doesn't that give me an excuse to be young and dumb?" I shrugged, trying to joke it off
"Dumb is an understatement. At this point you're remedial." She blankly stared
"Look, you wouldn't understand. Derrick and I have a strong love."
"Tuh! You don't even sound like you believe that." She rolled her eyes "I'm going to bed, we'll talk more over breakfast."
"Ok, thanks again."
"Girl, get some rest." She said before walking to her bedroom
"Love you too." I scoffed sarcastically before going to the guest room
*
"I started it Mel. I shouldn't have been looking through his phone." I forked some eggs into my mouth
She treated me to Waffle House since neither of us felt like cooking this morning.
