Laticka Shenell

Beau come up

Beau, wake up get yo ass up!! Beau’s mom yelled through the window of the single-story brick house. Beauty hadn’t seen her mother in years, ever since she left them on their Daddys’ doorstep 5 years ago. Beau, get yo funky ass up, the sound of her mothers’ voice shook her, the banging on the window snatched her awake. Yo Daddy say you got to come with me so come on right now I aint got all day. What the hell? Beau thought as she pulled back the deep purple comforter and got out of the twin bed she had been sleeping on. Beau had recently turned thirteen and started her menstrual cycle. She recalled her Dad saying, “Beauty, you’re a woman now, you are going to have to spend more time with your mother. Baby girl I am sorry, I just don’t know what else to do.” A few weeks earlier. Alright, I am coming she said, her voice filled with concern. Beau had no idea, that this was the moment her entire life would be changed. It’s 4 am, she said with disbelief, It’s 4 am she yelled. Why are you here at 4 o’clock in the morning? Beauty asked. Don’t ask me no questions lil girl, let’s go. And don’t bring none of that shit. Hell, we aint got nowhere to put it no way. Her mom said as she walked away from the window.