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Thank God I came home when I did or the whole place would have caught on fire. I wish I could say this all surprised me, but it doesn’t.
Pulling the cigarette from her mouth, I make my way into the bathroom and toss it into the toilet.
What a train wreck.
Ever since my sister died, my mom has been on a downward spiral. Don’t get me wrong, she’s always been a piece of shit, but at least when Mindy was around, she remembered to put her cigarette out before passing out. This is still better than the time I found her with a needle hanging out of her arm though.
Destiny Turner was not made to be a mother. My sister and I were both the product of one-night stands, and it’s been a string of guys coming and going ever since. She’s never hidden anything from us either. Just imagine being seven-years old, coming home from school, and finding your mom having sex with the neighbor on the kitchen table. It’s pretty traumatizing.
Mindy wasn’t much better. I guess you can’t expect much when you grow up around the shit we did. She already had two kids taken away from her before her body was found. Two nephews out there that I don’t even know. If you ask the police what happened, they will tell you she had a drug overdose, but I know she was murdered.
“Belle, you here?” Tiffany Brooks has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. She lives two trailers down with her grandma and we both work at Larry’s––the local strip club. I might not be into drugs like my mama, but I do like the male attention.
“Yeah, back here.”
She walks into the room, looking around.
“Where’s Destiny?”
“Passed out with some random.”
“Did you check his pockets?” she asks, swirling a sucker around in her mouth.
“Nah. They’re both naked and she was about to light the house on fire.”
She scrunches her face up in disgust. “You working tonight?”
“I’m always working.” I sigh, pulling my tank top over my head. “I’m hoping I can sleep for a couple of hours before she wakes up and all hell breaks loose.”
“I’m working tonight too. You mind if I crash over here for a nap? Uncle Allen is staying with us, and he gives me the creeps.” She visibly shudders.
“Sure.” We both undress and I toss her a T-shirt, and we crawl onto my queen-size mattress. Which is just that, a mattress on the floor.
I don’t know how long I’m able to sleep before the noise in the trailer wakes me up.
“Where the fuck are my smokes?” My mama’s voice carries through the trailer like nails on a chalkboard.
I roll over and notice Tiffany has gone. My phone shows that it’s after four.
“Belle? You got my smokes?” Destiny makes herself at home in my room.
“No, Mama. I don’t smoke.”
“Give it time.” She’s been saying that to me since I was ten, and every time I tell her I don’t smoke.
“Maybe that guy you brought home stole ‘em?” I point out.
“Fucking Richard. He probably did.”
I groan and put my pillow over my head. She’s like a hurricane, she destroys everything in her path before disappearing.
Belle: How long have you been gone?
I type a message out to Tiffany. I sigh and grab some stuff for a shower before my mama comes back in to ask me the same questions over and over again.
If you live in this house, you have to get dressed before making your way to the bathroom. There’s no telling who you’re going to run into on your way there.
I pull some shorts over my long tan legs. I might be trailer trash, but I try my damnedest to make sure no one knows. I keep myself waxed and keep my naturally brown hair bleached blonde. My regulars love a blonde. I’m lucky Destiny blessed me with a ‘C’ cup, so I don’t have to spend any money on a boob job.
