Gracine is rambling on about boys and the mall while Zeniqua’s mind is zoning out about her father and if he is looking for her. She can see him now sending a mass of his best men on her trail to find out where she went. Going through each state, trying to figure out where she could have gone or hidden until day break. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFW6u2eSri
“Zeniqua, did you hear with I said?” Gracine growls as she finds a parking spot close to the entrance of the mall. “Finally. Damn slow pokes.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWWC4qcKxp
“No. I am sorry, I was in deep thought.” She apologizes. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfp8NNk5Xyg
“I see,” She gets out and so does Zeniqua. “I asked you what did you want to do first? Do you want to shop for clothes or do you want to eat?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WbOO2JPse
“I am not hungry so I guess we could shop first.” 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuvkz66Cbe
“Great.” Gracine takes Zeniqua by her hand and they enter Charlotte Russe first.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49iI7QLWmV
Zeniqua’s cheeks flushed at the short skirts and cut off shirts all around the store. Her eyes glistened at the variety of high heels and glittery sandals. She’d never been to a store of such girlishness since her father always bought her boy clothes. He always shopped for her as a part of his controlling ways and to make sure she didn’t get hit on. But, even in baggy jeans and shirts, Zeniqua was still beautiful. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9x9JphGaF
“What are you grounded for, Gacine?” She has never really known Gracine to get into any trouble when they were little.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvHVYMDSuK
“I snuck out to a party. When I didn’t come back,” she sighs and fingers through some shirts. “My mom and Neari started a search party and called the police.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAdq0M6R9R
Zeniqua’s mouth falls open and she stops looking through the jeans. “Are you serious?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwn13RIb6k
“As a heart attack, girl. They searched everywhere for my silly ass.” She purses her lips together. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeya9D3Da7
“Where were you?” She starts back looking through the jeans and pulls three pairs out and put them across her arm. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOEwLFuMsb
“I was next door.” She burst out laughing. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdWyZAzSB5
Zeniqua snickers, “A party at the next door neighbor’s house?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaRzcWEIjL
“This boy that I had a major crush on was there and I figured it was my chance to tell him I liked him.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHMyzAIQiZ
“Did you?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn64aqGHSO
“Hell naw. I saw him kissing on three girls throughout the party. But, I didn’t leave just because of that.” She puts a shirt across her arm and continues looking. “I had a great time. I smoked a little weed. I had some drink called ‘Adios Mutherfuker’.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw9N5Qbxuj
Zeniqua laughs, “there is a drink called that?”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4trNyH73UP
“Yeah. It was good. I was drunk and some boy tried to come onto me. I two pieced him, he fell to the ground crying and screaming, but no one flinched.” She shrugs her shoulders. “Maybe if there is another one I can find, you can come with me. But, they get pretty wild.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfDpqeWcxg
“I don’t know about that. Remember I am trying to keep a low profile.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJpStlBOZn
“Keeping a low profile doesn’t mean you have to be boring, Zeni.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oTOk1XYzY
“You are crazy, Gracine. Crazier than I remember.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡricktofcHF
“Girl, I know. But, I couldn’t let him touch on me. I ain’t like that.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiqDEW2bJx
Zeniqua smiles. They pay for their things and move to the next store, J. Crew. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEtmoWUNz3
Zeniqua is feeling as though she is in heaven with all the shopping they are doing. Zeniqua was barely let out of the house, only to go to school when her father found out she’d been talking to a few boys. What was she supposed to do? There were boys everywhere. In her classes, up the street, down the street, around the corners. But told Zeniqua that any one of them could be his rivals’ sons and he couldn’t take the chance of her getting hurt because of them. She wasn’t sure if that were true but she understood what her crazed father was saying.
“Come on, Zeni. Pick out some clothes. I got money for days.” Gracine secretly reaches into her purse, Zeniqua peeks and sees a wad of 100 dollar bills. Her hues widen and she stands up. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZxk8fgL2w
“Alright then.” She and Gracine begin to go through shorts, shirts, dresses, skirts, and shoes until their arms were full. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3KTO7CMhP
Walking out with bags, they make their way to the food court and plop down with an exhausted sigh. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTYxalHJTe
“This day is so awesome,” Zeniqua smiles. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB10VSdhPjs
“Girl, we are just getting started.” Gracine picks through her bags to observe all she has. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx27XeTnKHR
“How did you get all that money?” Zeniqua whispers. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMZA4ieAsH
Gracine scoots over to Zeniqua and whispers, “I sell a little stuff on the side.” She nods.
“Stuff like what?” She tilts her head. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleKBxNnfUO
“Loud, bars, molly, X, and PCP. Sometimes PCP. But, I make a killing with just those.” 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oXphuevfV
“So, you're a drug deale-,” 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNvNkz2C55
“Correction. Drug rehab. It sounds more sophisticated.” She scoots to her side of the booth.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A8ovYekGu
“Drug rehab.”565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPJxcdf98O
She nods, “I can get you in. If you want, but then you really have to keep a low profile. Because you can't go announcing that you have drugs. That's how you get robbed.” She schools Zeniqua.565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14lES9FUVF
“Who do you sell to?” Zeniqua finds herself fascinated with with the life her deceased mother first lived before she met her dreadful father. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKsuEgisKF
“Anyone who wants some and can pay. If they can't pay, they don't get anything. And I make that real clear.” The sneer on her face sent a cold chill down Zeniqua’s spine. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzd7AJnAQOb
“Oh,” Zeniqua sits up straight. “I mean if it's not too much trouble. “ 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5VY657jMz
“Great. I will talk to Avery about it tomorrow. In the meantime, we should shop more and get food.” 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkp6EPCza5v
After a long day of shopping, Zeniqua was happy to be in the room her aunt made up for her. Just as she got a shower and is about to snuggle down in her bed, she hears a commotion at the front door. Hey room door is closed. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKfJ7mwDnv
“I know she is here, Taiquana.” The male voice booms. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJYZ3LlOfx
“She is not here, Caleb. Now get outta here!” She hears her auntie yelling. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NvikIuJGq
Zeniqua silently gets out of her bed and creeps to her door. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlpxK2ii9l
“She is here! This is the only place she would go.” the voice is her father's. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft4LNQb2tV
Hey heart drops to her stomach and her breath catches in her throat. How'd he find me? She steps back from the door at the slight jingle. “Zeniqua! Get your ass out here. “ 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0Fznz7iej
No, no. I can't go back. He'll kill me for sure. Zeniqua opens her window and climbs out. She shivers at the cold sensation under her feet. Wet grass. Shit.
The door violently swings open and Zeniqua once again takes off running into the dead of night. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQbHTKKBrY
“I told you, she wasn't here.” Taiquana smirks. 565Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z4qTa9KuB
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