AN- Next chapter. What do you think about the length and stuff? Please give me some tips. Also I want to say that I'm not from the States so I don't know things about how much stuff costs and hoe much people earn in the States, so I am just improvising here.
I am also very sorry if I stereo type to much, like there are mostly latin-american people in Victoria's complex, because she is poor. I never been in America, so I only know what I have seen on tv, so blame the media ;)
It was way past midnight, when Victoria opened the front door of their little appartment. The appartment only had three room: one bedroom, a little bathroom and the main room, which served as the kitchen, living room and as Victoria's bedroom. Victoria was exhausted, but before she went to bed, she had to check up on her sister. She opened the door to the bedroom and peaked through it, like she did every time she came home late. And like all those other times she saw a bundle of messy blankets with some reddish hair peaking above it. She felt bad for leaving the young child alone at night, but she knew that the Delgado's from next door were keeping an eye on her, also it only was for a couple of nights a week.
'I love you', the older sister whispered to the dark room. She only got a snore back.
Victoria didn't even bother to change to pajamas, but just got out of her tight jeans and went to over to the sofa sleeper. Luckily her darling sister had already made the bed. The sweet thing, Victoria thought, right before she fell asleep.
Stef's fingers drummed on the steering wheel, while she stared at the appartment complex across the road. It had been two days since Victoria Burke had turned up on her doorsteps, and she could not get the girl out of her mind. The fact that the girl hadn't contacted her again to ask for money, let her to believe that Victoria's story was genuine and she was not a fraud. That thought did not put her mind at ease at all, as it raised a lot of questions. And Stef didn't like questions. So her curiosity together with Lena's meaningful glares meant that she had finally given in and went to visit her sister.
It was surprisingly easy to find Victoria Burke as Stef was a cop and the girl was in the police system. Something that didn't surprise Stef at all, but did worry her. Her sister was a delinquent, only she had no idea what the girl had done. She could not had asked for the record to her captain without getting in trouble for 'abusing her powers'. So for now, Stef had to settle with the adress only.
The cop got interrupted from her thoughts when she saw two redheaded girls walk hand in hand on the sidewalk. One of the girls was Victoria and Stef assumed that the other was her little sister. Apart from the red hair, the girls were completely different. Victoria was quite pale and had a freckled skin, she looked like she could be in her early twenties, she was about as tall as Stef and had straight hair, but the other girl on the other hand couldn't be older than eight. She looked like she had some afro-american roots, which surprised Stef, because she had never seen a black person with red hair and freckles. Her hair was all curly and she wore a little schoolbag. The two girls were talking animatedly.
She is probably on her way to bring her sister to school Stef thought. I better get to her door to wait untill Victoria is back.
Victoria walked her way back to her appartment. She was deep in thought. In her head she was trying to figure out how to earn 5000 dollars before the next school year started. With her minimum wage and her monthly appartment rents it seemed very unlikely. But Victoria was determined to get her sister into that school. She was very proud of Doris for getting scouted and offered a partially scholarship. This oppurtunity was just something they couldn't let slip. If she could not earn enough with her regular job, maybe she should bent the law a little...
Right when Victoria was having those tempting ideas of making easy money, she turned the corner and saw a cop standing in front of her door.
'Shit', Victoria muttered, every inch in her body told her to flee, but the cop had already spotted her and even called her name. Victoria recognized the voice.
'Holy crap Stefanie! You scared the shit out of me.', Victoria said to the blonde cop.
'Why? Having a bad conscience?', Stef asked, before she remembered that she was here to talk to her half sister, not to judge. 'Sorry, I have to head to work soon, so I already changed'.
'You're a cop?'.
Stef swallowed back a sarcastic remark and just nodded. She looked at the girl and had to admit that the girl looked better than she looked yesterday. She was wearing some cut off sweats and a shirt with an add on it, that sometimes were given away for free at events. Her hair was in a lazy bun and she didn't wear any make up. She looked less ordinair than she looked yesterday in her holed black jeans, but also younger. Again Stef wondered if Sharon knew about this girl and Frank's secret affaire.
The silence between them grew awkward, only interrupted by all the sounds coming from neighbours. Three doors were wide open and there came television sounds out of them. From above Stef heared a non-English screaming fight and there was a baby crying somewhere. Stef always considered her household loud, but this complex made her house seem like an oase.
'Ehm', Victoria looked unsure. 'I would ask you in, but I have to go to work soon, you know.'
Stef looked the girl in the eyes and had to admit that they really looked alike. Their faces were the same and so was their hair, except for the color obviously. It gave her a strange feeling, like they had a bond.
'It's fine, I understand', Stef said. 'I ehm, I was just wondering if maybe we could meet up again. To talk.'
'Why would we do that?', Victoria asked sceptical. Stef didn't like her and Victoria didn't want more stress in her life.
'Look', Stef started in a compassionate voice. 'I am sorry for the way I talked to you sunday. I was just shocked, but you are my sister.' Stef touched Victoria's arm. 'I would like to get to know you better'.
Victoria just stared at her.
'Maybe we could go out for dinner?', Stef continued. 'Just the two of us, or you could bring your sister and I would bring Lena.'
Victoria felt a sudden emberrasment, because she couldn't afford dinner in a restaurant.
'That's okay', she replied. 'but why don't you come over to my place, and I'll cook you something.' That way she didn't have to spend lots of money on a fancy restaurant. 'And you can bring your wife'. Victoria would like Lena to be there for the dinner, because she seemed way nicer than Stefanie.
'Friday, six thirty okay for you?'
'It's a date'. Stef gave her a wide smile.
And to her surprise, Victoria felt herself smiling back
