"Im telling u, I don't know where she went fool! LET'S JUST GO BEFORE THE COPS COME!"
"SHE CAN IDENTIFY US! GO FIND HER...HURRY UP!"
"Man, ok..."
BRANDON U ALWAYS GOTTA DO TOO MUCH BRO! WE SHOULDA JUST TOOK HIS CAR! U SHOT THE MAN!
NOOOO, I CAN'T...THAT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE THE HOMELESS GIRL FROM DOWNTOWN! NOOO, CAN'T HAVE THAT ONE ON MY CONSCIOUS I ASKED IF SHE WANTED A RIDE...SHE IS SO PRETTY, RUN LADY DON'T JUST STAND THERE! OK GOOD...GET UNDER THE BENCH!
"SHE'S GONE! SHE RAN! I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT, LETS JUST GO!"
"MAN...JUST, JUST COME ON! IF SHE IDENTIFY US IT'S ALL ON U!"
(Car door closes)
"Relax Bro...u scared Miss Jackie gone find out?"
"Just chill out, text them females and tell them we on our way. Yea...we got a Tesla!"
"Just hang in there Henry...they are going to pay for what they done to u! U are strong, think about Anna and the kids! What will they do without PawPaw! U improve those vital signs so we can go home...it's almost Christmas."
"Well, u have been discharged Ms Morris, now u have to take it easy, u are still very weak. Take the meds as instructed after each meal..."
EACH MEAL? TUH, U MAY AS WELL KEEP THOSE UNLESS POTATO CHIPS COUNT. I HAVE MONEY BUT I NEED A MOTEL ROOM, I CAN'T AFFORD TO EAT. BESIDES MY FOCUS IS ON SOMETHING ELSE!
"Thank you Nurse...Noble."
NURSE NOBLE?!
NAH...COINCIDENCE, POPULAR SURNAME AROUND THESE PARTS.
"We will bring u a wheelchair, who is coming to get u? Tell them to pull to the back entrance."
"Well, I don't...I'll just walk, thank u."
LORD IT'S PROBABLY COLDER THAN BEFORE...THE SMELL OF CHRISTMAS IS SO BOLD, EVEN IN HERE, PRAYLA AND CHERUB I MISS U GUYS SO MUCH! I PROMISE NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT...U GIRLS ARE MY WORLD, I'VE NEVER WANTED CHRISTMAS TO BE THIS WAY...I SAID WE WOULD BE TOGETHER. MOMMY'S A LOSER BUT IM TRYING SOOO HARD. LORD I PROMISE I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE'S LIFE, NO MATTER WHERE U PUT ME...ALL I ASK IS THAT U USE ME.
"WALK?! U CAN'T WALK...CAN'T U CALL THE LADY WHO CAME WHEN U WERE ADMITTED? SHE DID ALL THAT PRAYING AND I AINT SEEN HER SINCE, I DON'T SEE HOW U DIDN'T HEAR HER! I WANTED TO GET MY DANCING SHOES, THE SPIRIT KNOW IT MOVED UP IN HERE!" (Laughter) "IT'S SO COLD OUT THERE... I SEE U HARDHEADED, SOMETIMES U GOTTA SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE! Listen Sis, whoever she is, I wish I had someone like her in my life. I despised my grandmother my whole life...she hated my mama for marrying a black man and would not love me because I was his child...'u look just like him', she would say. It took me years to figure out she was not talking about my daddy, but my grandfather. Why she hated him so much, I never knew but she did! But I loved her regardless and when she saw how I refused to stop loving her, she began to love me...she is a grumpy old white lady, but we talk everyday. So the lady who was coming? I can see she won't give up until u love her back..."
LOVE HER BACK? WHAT LADY...MS...BRENDA? HOW COULD SHE KNOW I WAS IN HERE? ZION DIDN'T COME WITH HER...SHE DIDN'T MENTION A MAN, FURTHER CONFIRMATION HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ME. HOW COULD HE TELL HIS FRIENDS 'OH...SHE CAME FROM A SHELTER AND CAN'T MAKE BISCUITS'. HE WOULD HAVE CAME IF HE CARED..."
"Did she come alone?"
"YES SWEETHEART! THE WHOLE TIME U WERE UNCONSCIOUS! WHEN U WOKE UP SHE HAD JUST LEFT, HOW COULD U NOT HAVE SEEN HER? MID 60'S? SASSY? DEMANDING!!? (Laughter) She wanted to know what kind of detergent we use and she even took the clothes u wore home and washed them, see in the chinese buffet bag?"
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE...HE DID NOT COME! THAT HURTS SOOO BAD...
"Oh, don't cry! Im sorry...I just thought, it's too close to Christmas to be that unhappy...if u ever want to talk u can call me, deal? Whatever u are going through u can always give it to God, He will guide your steps through The Valley of Death."
KINDA REMINDS ME OF A STORY I READ...HE CARRIED ME WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS WALKING ALONE, THE ONLY SET OF PRINTS BELONGED TO JESUS.
"Ok, Ms Morris, this is your release consent form, sign here...oh, one more thing, what's your address?"
"I, I don't have one..."