Part CC:
"So you no longer have to stay here. But where are you going to go? You don't have any money. And the California desert isn't a place to be if you don't have any one to stay with. Where are you going and where are you going to stay?" Kevin asked.
"Racers are already starting to show up in the desert. I'll stay with one of them. The whole 'illegal' racing community knows who I am. If my mom shows up there to get me, they won't let anything happen to me until my sister shows up. My ex should be there by now. I'll see ya'll later. I gotta get goin'. See ya."
I got into my car & started the engine. I looked over at the group gathered on the sidewalk just watching me. I wished that they would just leave me alone. Not get too attached like they always do when the family takes someone like me into there household. Eric came out of the house w/Annie and the twins, Sam & David. Annie held a little girl in her arms. It was not Savannah. I knew that scream. She was mine. Had always been mine. I tried to leave, but didn't have the nerve when I heard Lita cry with unfamiliarity with whose arms she was in. I hadn't thought it would be this hard to leave my child with someone I barely knew. I knew that I had to stay with her & that she would be coming with me to the race.
I turned the engine off & climbed from the car. Kevin watched me as I made my way over to Annie. He watched as I took Lita out of Mrs. Camden's arms, then go back to the car & take a couple toys out of the trunk.
"What the hell do you have baby toys in the trunk of your car for? It ain't like you got a child to take care of," Ruthie stated.
"Lita's my little girl. One of my mother's boyfriends raped me when I was 12-years-old. Lita was born with one lung & I've taken care of her ever since. The money I get from racing I use to pay for her medical bills & what ever food she needs. She also has different kinds of toys she can and can't have. It hurts to see her in pain. Look if you'll just go back into the house & get her car seat & bag, we'll be on our way & out of ya'lls hair for the rest of your lives. Besides, I don't think that you & your kind will wanna be around a bunch of 'illegal racing thugs' anyways. So stay here in your pathetic town & stay the hell out of my life. Tell my mom, if she comes looking for me, that she can just fuck off because she no longer is in my life. Oh yeah, and if she tries to take me away, I have the Tampa Bay, Florida State Police & fire Department on my side. See ya'll later. Byaz."
I got Lita's car seat, bag, my clothes, gun, money, & put them in the car. I fastened Lita's car seat into the back of the car, put her bag and my purse in the front of the car & shut my door. Starting the engine, I looked back at the Camden's & Kinkirk's. They stood on the sidewalk & watched until I turned the corner & was out of their sites.
"Where was the race supposed to be? Because I have a feeling that Lita won't be taken care of if her mom is out & about racing. You never know she could have one of her 'thugs' watching over Lita. You know what I mean?" Kevin asked.