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HEAUX TENDENCIES (2)
“So this is what you have been doing behind my back” my mom accused in a loud voice.
I prayed that her voice was not loud enough for my neighbors to hear.
“Stop, you are going to wake the kids up,” I heard my dad say.
“I don’t care, I don’t care who hears my voice, the kids, the neighbors, anybody, I want this prostitute out of my house,” my mom replied. Her voice was a little louder than before.
“You dare call me a prostitute,” Tatanisha said.
“Yes and I will call you one again,” my mom snapped.
“Rosemary, stop,” my dad said. He sounded perplexed.
I heard a slap and my mom screamed.
“You dare slap me,” my mom yelled.
I was shaking with fear in my cold and dark bedroom. I could not hold on any longer. I was also fighting the tears that had formed in my eyes, I opened my door slowly and peeped.
“Yes, and I will slap you again if you call me a heifer. Have you forgotten that we are both night workers, we have money thrown at our bodies in exchange for money.” Tatanisha screamed right back. Her voice was louder than mom’s.
