Author's note Draft 2
If the story does not say draft 2, it's not the final draft.
My brother asked why I only put one location where I put the dates at when the character goes to multiple places that day.
My answer to that is that the location that is stated in the date part is a important place that the main character went that day or something important happened at that location. It all based on Louise's memory and how she remembers certain things.
Now as I stating this If I were you I would look at where the location was at in the day and what part have that location and pay more attention to that part.
Also the reason why this chapter is so late is because I have to move this month.
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XXXVIII (Thursday January 24 1958, Ista house. New Orleans, United States of America)
Getting out one of my golden vintage massager bag. I walk over to my vanity and take a good look at my outfit for today.
Today I was wearing a 1950 yellow blouse, green plaid long skirt, black Mary Jane's, with a black bow as an accessory.
Talia wanted me to look classy as if I was going to church for the lesson for the day.
I cannot lie the 1950 outfits I get to wear almost every single day are very nice sometimes.
My family started to think me a hoarder because I keep all the clothes they buy for me no matter how old they get. But I know future generations will want all these clothes so I will hoard all my and some of my siblings' clothes.
Done checking myself out I turned to my bedroom door to head to Neil's room to ask him to come with me today.
Ista Pov
I looked at the other three people in my office for the meeting for next month's Negro Week.
The topic of conversation is if we can hold Negro Week this year with all the recent problems and changes that the community has been heaven lately.
Looking over to Abey the school director speaking of her plans for the lessons for this year on historical black members that have done something to help the African-Americans in history that each child should know about was interesting.
Abey loves to change the lessons for each grade every year but they can learn something new and also know that history.
The only problem she's having is the added children who usually go to Cross Academy not knowing as many historical figures as any of the other children that go to school at our Gator Academy
This leads to Mingan the head of Food Administration, commenting on the amount of food we have to have this year for the regular lessons and also the party we throw every year for this holiday week.
Usually the food for the party will not be such a problem. But this year with all the food problems and our farm not being entirely back to normal Mingan is worried that we won't have enough food for the party never mind the week.
The food Louise stole was only a temporary fix. Most of the food that she took by now was eaten or spoiled by now.
This leads to Ea part of the conversation with Ea the director of celebration speaking up about the decorations we need for the party. He told me that the fabric Louise do will help with our clothes but nothing else. And the finances are not stable for the community and have enough for the school on the side for decorations. Not counting the ones we can make our self. Not enough to throw a party for another three months.
Sitting there listening to the mall speak of all the problems and the solutions they try to think of it's getting tiring. Sometimes I wish I could just blow all my problems up.
Andrei Pov
Laying down on the floor in my family's small living room. I couldn't help but look at all the small golden jewelry now sitting around in secluded corners in the shadow bringing my family good luck.
Today's job was interesting. Talia made me crack the safe at that jewelry shop he made us hit up. And put the jewelry somewhere Louise can smug it out of the building.
His excuse for making Louise smuggle the jewels out of the building while they look for the jewels was seeing how she worked under pressure and her acting skills.
He also supplied that she should never have to take the goods she needs to smuggle. That wasn't her job to be a thief.
It was also nice to see Louise was taking our culture exchange class seriously by giving me all the gold to keep in my house. And not to sell off like the rest of the jewels is going to be.
XXXVX(Monday January 27, 1958. Taila Training Spot. New Orleans, United States of America)
Inside this blue mini truck with Taila teaching me how to hotwire the mini truck is interesting. This week's lesson, as explained to me earlier is about how to hotwire other automobiles beside cars.
Him mentioning learning how to hotwire anything besides a car maybe acutely aware that he knew my dad as it mechanic. It was another little reminder that he knew more about my life and the people in then I wanted him to.
He also mentioned that he will be distracting me on how to drive all the automobiles I will be learning to hotwire. Even if I will not be able to drive them until later year, so it will be theoretical knowledge.
Hotwiring this mini truck is different from when I hotwired the go-kart Andrei and I took all those months a go. Man it feels like years sen we stole that go-kart from that go-kart track on that fall night. Even when I know it hasn't been more than five months, we did that.
Huh... When did life start to become so much complicated again? It feels like it's just an example of how life can change in a blink of our eyes.
A flash of a little girl with dirty brown hair and green eyes telling her Dad at the dinner table about all the fun she had exploring the wards of New Orleans with her friends. Of a mother telling that same little girl she would not be doing that anymore,because you begin to focus more on her lesson to uphold the family legacy. Came to mind when she thought of how complicated life can start to get.
My eyes gaze over to Taila who was ownly three inches way from me. Yes... life changes in a blink of an eye.
It startedled me earlier when after Taila told me what he was going to teach me for the week he grabbed my arm and dragged me into the mini truck and made me sit right next to him. I flinch.
When I tried to scoot away from him, he pulled me closer to him. Telling me I wouldn't be able to see what he was doing. So I set there next to him and tried not to flinch again.
It made me register that the flinching I do when I'm closer to him than more than five feet needs to stop. It was something I needed to get uncontrolled if I was going to learn more things from Taila.
So I sat there quietly holding my breath watching every move he made...Trying to get my fear of this man uncontrolled. This man who beating me so badly that the bruises he left on me are still healing four weeks later.
Indeed life is starting to get complicated again. I just hope this time this complication can make me happy.
Luthor Pov
Have a picnic date in mid of a New Orleans winter on a hill at the side of St Claude Avenue Bridge with its noisy road traffic seems like the worst idea for a date in history.
That will be true if this was not one of the best spots in New Orleans to see the sun go down and potentially stargaze. It would be true if my girlfriend and hopefully future wife did not want to work for NASA as an aerospace engineer in the future.
"Lisa... I'm not leaving New Orleans" I told Lisa as I lay back on the picnic blanket staring up at the sky.
"Luthor" she said as she lay down next to me not looking at the sky anymore.
"I want to marry you Lisa...I want you to be...to be the woman I see down the aisle looking stunning in an elegant white dress. Women I want to have kids with to complain about them growing up too fast. To be the woman I sit down with in my older years and reminisce on the years that have passed us... Lisa... I want to spend the rest of my life with you. But you're leaving and I'm staying so what are we going to do about that?"I confess to her with my voice started to break at the end of it. I was still not looking at her. I did not want to see her reaction to what I just told her. For a person called bold as the sun I was really a coward in this moment about not facing her head on.
"Luthor... why do you have to stay so bad?" And her voice I can hear a bit of desperation in it. She knew I was saying all this because it was something she had been aware of for a long time. It's something she tried to deny too.
"You know why" I told her not trying to explain myself to her.
That just made her angry at me because she grabbed my face and made me look at her. I can feel pretty pink nails crying to my face. Looking at the expression on her face I can only think of a hurricane.
"Your family can live the next few years without you. You don't have to stay here and coddle them like they are little children. Your parents are grown adults. Your sister Halona is not that younger than you and your younger siblings are not babies."She's bellow in my face. She must have been holding the words back for a long time. Cuz she started to breathe heavily. Her grip on my face started to loosen too.
Taking her loose hands off of my face. I hold her hands in my hands and my thumb over my hands to calm her down. And when she started to settle down again I began to speak again.
"Months ago when I first filed for college I would have said the same thing. But so much has been changing with my family lately that it seems like everything is going to fall apart sooner rather than later. And I can't let my family fall apart."
She snatch her hands away from me and threw them up into the air and began to yell again.
"Then tell me!...Talk to me about it!.. Maybe we may even be able to fix some of it. Because I'm not allowing you to stay here and ruin your life. I'm not letting you give up on your dream of becoming a public speaker."Now she pokes her fingers into my chest.
Now I'm frustrated with all her yelling at me that I didn't hold back what I was going to say next. My voice took on its cold tone, which I only used a few times in my life.
"Lisa it's not that simple as you make it sound. My family is complicated. It takes you years to truly understand the stakes and the responsibility my family is up to. You do not understand the mental strain of being a part of my family."
The look on her face made me regret saying that. Even though I believe it to be a little true.
"Oh nice this time for the man who just said he wanted me to be a part of his family and have kids with. Saying I can't be a part of the family cuz I would never treat you understandably."she said crossing her arms and turning away from me.
"Lisa that's not what... it is what I meant" I says I got her to look right back at me.
Lowering it's my voice in preparation of speaking one of my greatest and most shameful secrets."My family is tiring sometimes Lisa... that dinner we have with my family. And all that skirting around we have to do and me pressing you to act a certain way around them. It's not the tip of the iceberg of how messed up my family is... And Lisa I'm sorry I made you act that way. I made you not be yourself. And as the man who said he wanted to be your husband that was not right for me."
"Just talk to me Luthor maybe we could start chipping down that iceberg."After hearing her say that I kind of wish I had her naivety with dealing with my family.
But she wanted to understand. She wanted to know. So I was going to explain to her. I was going to give up what you want.
"Lisa... all right" As I open my mouth to begin speaking I grasp that I don't even know where to begin. Or in this case who to beginning with.
But subconsciously I knew because the first sentence that came out of my mouth was"It didn't truly start with Louise being born, but a lot of stuff started to come ahead in my family because of her."
Louise Pov
I lay there on the ground after I had to get my butt handed to me by Neil and our martial arts spar.
I looked over to my right to see Lynda who's on the side keeping count of our wins and what we should do better.
Hearing footsteps I looked over to my left to see Luthor approach the house. He looked exhausted and sad.
Knowing something was wrong with him I started to get up to go ask him about it.
See me do this he changed his direction from the house to the tree house.
Getting ready to follow him I felt a hand on my shoulder stopping me. I looked over my shoulder to see it was Neil.
"Give him time" He told me.
Turning to look back at the direction Luthor went my shoulder slumped and I agreed I would give him time alone.
XL (Monday February 3 1958, Park. New Orleans, United States of America)
On Monday Talia made it known what I and if any of the others are with me at the time were going to learn that week.
Sent that last Monday where I started to control my fear of Taila, I made sure to stay closer to the man. Neil did not like the reason why I was standing so close to Taila, but understood my reason. He did not fight me about it but stood beside me the whole time. That Thursday when Luthor came, we fought over it for hold thirty minutes.
Andrei was not there for every lesson to begin with, because he had to make money for his family. Taila told me to hold off on selling the jewels I and Andrei stole last month. So Andrei and I have not made money off the jewels yet.
Lynda trusts me in my decisions to begin with. So there were no complaints from her. When I explained it to her on that Wednesday she came with me and Neil.
This week's set of lessons is on how to hotwire and avoid security systems. There are four main security systems that I will apparently learn about this week. As many other are not as common, so I will not be learning as of right now.
Today Taila is teaching me how to hotwire an electrocuting gate. And the best way to avoid them.
Lynda Pov
I look through my purple closet to see what I can wear to the next week's party. There's nothing very new in my wardrobe.
I've already ruled most of my fancy clothes. I wonder if Louise would mind if I took something from her. Her style might be different from mine but she always has something new.
Louise Pov
I enjoy moments like these being the moments between me and Andrei. Where I could come back from a lesson with Talia. And me and him can sit and hang out.
Me and him decided to hang out today in City Park. In our usual spot by the lake path for the ducks and geeks be that.
Before coming here to meet up with him, I stopped at a corner store to buy a shrimp po-boy to eat together. That bit of money was the last money I had saved up from the last few years.
Well it was worth buying when I saw the happiness on Andre's face when he ate the sandwich.
We didn't just relax. We also practice speaking in two different languages to each other at the same time. It is a way I came up with for us to understand the other language we speak to each other better. It is hard to understand so we try harder to understand.
XLI(Monday February 10, 1958. Talia spot . New Orleans, United States of America)
This Monday Talia is teaching me how to lose a tail and to tail someone. Luthor was not delighted to hear what I would be learning with the frown he started to sport after that announcement.
When he first state the part about tailing someone I was confused about why I would need to learn said that tailing someone and losing someone go hand in hand with each other because you would have to think like a hunter to be a hunter.
I feel like I am Assassin's Creed game with all the running away I did.
To start off this lesson Taila instructs me on how to lose a tail by having me follow him. And him telling how each time he lost me. Then he walked me through the motions of how to tail someone by choosing random people to follow. To end off the lesson Taila had Luthor to do some parkour training with me by having Luthor chase me around the roof. As both practice my parkour and lose a tail.
So yeah it's like I am practicing to join the Assassin Brotherhood.
It is now Wednesday and the annual Negro History Week Party.
When February I could recognize came around I was confused about why there was no one saying Happy Black History Month.
Then, two weeks later I experience my first Negro History Week Party. And came to learn a man named Carter G. Woods announced in 1926 he wanted a week in February to learn about Black History. Apparently he chose February because it was the month and where both Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born.
It was a little odd to me to wonder why Ista who took so much pride in being Native American wanted to celebrate an African-American holiday week. First I thought it was because she married an African-American man herself and Louis wanted to celebrate it.
But then I came to realize how many people in the Cypress Community were of African American descent.
Seventy three percent of our members are of African American descent. Of those people four-eight of them look African American. Of those people thirty four of them have one half African-American parents. This is not even talking about all the African American members who married into the community.
So it became pretty obvious to me very quickly why we are celebrating an African-American holiday week.
Louis Pov
When I was six I didn't know how to feel about having a week to celebrate my heritage.
It did not help when the schools did not want us children to celebrate it in school. It did not help when other people of African-American descent demeaned the holiday week out of fear of what the people who are in charge of our country will do to us.
But Carter G. Woods when around encouraging people to want to learn our history and teach others who want to learn it. So by the time I was having my own children Negro Week was holiday week and most African Americans celebrated in pride.
XLII (Thursday February 13 1958, Ista Home. New Orleans, United States of America)
Yesterday Talia told me to come to my lesson around 3:00pm instead of our usual 9:00 in the morning.
At first I was grateful for the new because I knew the party was going to go on until late and I was going to be tired when the time I got up to go to his lesson came. And be tired for his whole lesson. But then I realized the time he asked for.
The time is a problem because I'm not allowed to leave the Cypress Land after 2:00.
Thinking about it I just thought of a plan to sneak out. Lately because I've been on my best behavior throughout the whole being a prisoner deal Ista and dad have been becoming relaxed about my punishment. They don't think of checking on me as often as they did at the beginning. So that we use that to my advantage.
The plan is very simple. First, I'm going to start my day as usual by eating breakfast with the family. But instead of going off to a lesson with Talia I'm just staying home and spending time with Lynda.
Me not leaving don't get that much reactions because every once in awhile I don't have a lesson with Talia. So I started to take that time to spend with Lynda.
To occupy that time I spend with Louise I usually go to the tree house with her and do what we used to do together. So that means reading books together, painting, or practicing gymnastics or martial arts skills.
Before we headed out to the treehouse I caught Ista giving Halona one of her leadership lessons.
As the unofficial inheritor of the Cypress community Halona gets a lot of lessons on how to run it. Sometimes me and Lynda sit in for it when we find Ista teaching Halona something interesting.
Today is one of those lessons we set in for.
Ista was basically teaching Halona the Xanatos Gambit and Batman Gambit. Ista I know was not aware of what she was basically teaching Halona. Because she didn't use those exact words or those exact names.
What she was teaching about was having a plan that has foreseeable outcomes that benefit the person who made the plan and with in that plan having those plans evolve around people who do exactly what the person who made the plan expects them to do.
So essentially having the Batman Gambit and Xanatos Gambit combined.
I knew my parents were just as smart as my parents and my last life. That have to be to uphold a secret community as long as they have. But it's not until moments like these that truly stun me how smart they truly are as they are.
It is also helpful that they are so smart cuz easily to past of me being so smart as something genetic.
This lesson also helped me realize that I was doing the Batman Gambit to them the whole time. This makes me second guess myself on a lot of my plans that evolve around them.
I'm glad I was able to sit in for this lesson today. Cuz makes me have to think about how I plan things out in the future.
Lynda Pov
Yesterday when Louise came to me and asked me to be a decoy cover to be able to go out to a lesson with Talia upsetting me. Because we wouldn't be able to spend any real time together the next day.
But sneaking out with Louise is one of the funnest things I have done with her in a long time. It is something new that we have done together.
I didn't realize in the last few weeks that the things we have been doing together have been nothing but the same things we always have done together.
It's a hard realization that a chapter has been closed in your life and you can never go back to it.
And that is what me and Louise have been doing lately. Trying to go back to that chapter we have closed.
But us riding down the street on our bikes. Rushing to get to get to Talia's training spot on time. It feels like a new fresh air has been opened for us.
It's time to try new things. It's time to leave the past in the past.
XLIII (Friday February 14 1958, house. New Orleans, United States of America)
I am officially broke now. All the money I saved up in these last few years is finally gone.
Ever since I was punished by my dad and Ista for not giving an allowance is too my next birthday I haven't been able to replimage my statue of 178 dollars. At first I didn't care about it too much. All the birthday and most holiday presents for this year were already bought already. And $178 dollars equate to $1, 911 dollars in this time period.
So me running out of money then seemed like something that was going to happen all that soon. But I didn't take account of buying lunch for at least two people five days out of the week. I didn't think about me having to go buy my own smuggling supplies that are very expensive because I have to pay people to not ask too many questions to make my own smuggling kit. Taking so much of my money.
So by the time this holiday came around I was officially broke.
Today is Valentine's day, and usually I leave the house to go buy chocolate at the little candy shop we have here to give everybody at dinner.
But this year I had to do something different. I had to make my valentine gift.
The idea of making my own gifts for my family this year actually came from watching Neil carve a wooden statue. I knew I could do something with what since I didn't have to go buy material to make my gifts. The only thing I have to do is go outside and go to the carving section and take some of their wood. There's so much of it that they probably will not notice me taking a little bit of it.
I did just that and did the wood in my room and started to carve out the gifts.
Now sitting at the dinner table eating breakfast. I looked up did saw everybody holding on to a wooden rose painted with their favorite colors that was sitting on that chair this morning.
Neil Pov
Laying outside on the grass on this beautiful day it's very nice. Earlier this morning Lynda, Louise and I decided to go into the City and visit Andrei for this joyous holiday.
Louise left us in City Park and went to Andre's house to go get him. When they came back I could already see Andre holding on to his Wooden Rose.
His rose was a nice gold and ice blue compared to my gold and sea blue rose.
Laying back on the grass watching them play around I can see everybody in the park that passed us. Most of them were couples on a date and some people with their families.
Watching the couples go by I couldn't not take their appearance. Most of them are dressed up for the holiday. I admired some of those people's beauty. Looking at the way the men and the females dressed. Putting an effort into how they look.
My eyes fell more often on the men than the female.
Halona Pov
When Luther brought his girlfriend to dinner it reminds me that I'm an age range to start looking for a boyfriend.
I knew I had to be somebody from the community because it makes it so much easier dating them. I wouldn't have to decide right away if I wanted to marry this person to let them know where I live.
But sitting here at the dinner table on a romantic date sitting across my boy I knew all my life I couldn't find myself interested in him.
I know everything about this boy and that made it less interesting to get to know him.
I originally chose to go out on a date with him when he asked because I knew he had a good reputation and standing in the community. So if I decide to marry him later on it would do me some good.
But hearing him go on about all the things I already knew made him seem so boring. Like he couldn't think up anything new to say to me. I mean he was raised in the community and he knows how much everybody knows about each other. Everybody practically knows what everybody is doing on with 24/7.
Maybe I should get up on dating for right now.
XLIV(Monday February 17, 1958. Talia training spot. New Orleans, United States of America)
In the last few weeks of being punished, Dad and Ista have been lax on my punishment. They do not ask Luthor and Neil what I do during the day. I hope they only told them I was hanging out with Andrei. They stop telling me to come home before 2:00pm. Thank God Taila lessons take no longer than two hours. They stop making me go straight to them to help them out after I get back. Being around Ista and the rest of the community sucks so hard.
The only thing they have not relaxed on is me being accompanied by Luthor and Neil. Not that Neil and Luthor stayed with me the whole time when I was having my lesson anymore.
So when Talia to me, I was going to learn how to fence the stolen jewelry today. I was so excited about it. Because that means I am finally going to have some cash again. The last few days for the first time in my life I was broke. I didn't have the means to do what I wanted. I finally understand why people wanted financial freedom so badly in my last life.
But Talia ruined my joy by telling me I would learn this lesson alone. That he would not teach one else how to fence stolen goods.
That it will be only me and him truly alone for the first time since we met.
Hey Louise did you really think you got over your fear of him...Can you be alone with the man that beat you to the point that the bruise marks are just leaving your body... Can you take it...Can you run...Can you give up on all that hard work you put into learning from this man...Can you bring yourself to trust this man... To not fuck you over...Hey Louise what are you going to do?
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Hey, thought...Shut the fuck up.
Lynda Pov
Looking up from my book on Louisiana laws 1957. Something feels wrong...I look around my room but everything is in place. Nothing out of order. I get out of bed and walk over to the door that leads to the hallway.
That feeling of something wrong I can still feel it.
Standing in the middle of the hallway and looking at all the bedrooms and just listening. I should be the only one home today. As everyone else has something to do outside the house to day.
Not hearing anything wrong from the bedrooms I turned to the direction of the living room.
But as I began to walk in that direction that feeling of wrongness went away.
I made me stop abruptly. Because of its abruptness it took me a few seconds to keep walking toys the living room to check it out.
When I got into the living room I realized nothing was wrong in the house.
Later on into the night lying down in my bed listening to everybody sleep peacefully I will wonder where did that feeling come from.
Talia Pov
Looking at my brat of an apprentice walking beside me Show me how much trust I have gained from her.
She still has a fear of me because she would not get too close. But it is not like before when she tried to keep an arm's length away from me.
Now she was close enough that it would be so easy to pick her up and hold on my hip as if he was my daughter.
When I first told her but who's going to do it, it took her exactly 8 minutes to decide to go through with the lesson of today.
That fear of hers not holding her back. She's getting better and better and controlling it.
Huh my brat is a stubborn kid. She will go far if she stands like this.
XLV (Tuesday February 18, 1958. Under the bridge. New Orleans, United States of America)
I wish I had gotten more sleep. Waking up at 5:00 in the morning is not easy.
Now you are questioning why I am up so early. Today is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras to be exact. The reason why I'm waking up so early is because me and my family want to get a good spot for the Zulu parade.
Now I know what you are thinking why should I get up so early to get a spot for a parade? The answer is because people usually get up at 7:00 in the morning just to get a spot for the Zulu parade.
Add on to the fact that we of the community live outside of New Orleans makes it even parallel that we get up even earlier to get a good spot.
That meant waking up to no breakfast, getting dressed for the day, helping the family pack up the grill and the food that goes with it, going to each of the community members houses that's going to the parade this is they're ready, Ista checking on the members that not coming, and finally leaving the Community Land.
But then I wanted to have fun with my best friend on Mardi Gras. To enjoy the parade with him. So as soon as dad found an appropriate spot for us under the bridge, I left to go to Andrei's house.
Banging on his door at 7: 25am he was the one that opened his door for once and not his dad. I was surprised to see him already dressed.
Because most of Andrei's clothes come from my brothers his sense of style is always a year behind. Today he chose the dress in mostly Mardi Gras green. He was wearing a sea green leather jacket. Last year leather jackets were the symbol of rebellious youth so it suits him. With his Mardi Gras green twill slacks and collared checks shirt. To finish it all off he wore some black Eil shoes that I could tell were once Neil's.
It's funny how we match the same year of clothing style.
I don't really like this year's clothing choices. What's all the rage right now is those drop waist dresses would sell like bowl details with stripes patterns.
What I'm wearing right now is a purple and golden outfit. I'm wearing a plum purple sweater shirt with golden sunflowers embroidered designs on it. Over my sweater shirt is a mostly mulberry purple long hi-rise skirt with golden and periwinkle blue stripes. I have on my black Mary Jane low heel and, because Mardi Gras is always cold I brought a periwinkle blue sweater with a v-neck. And to top it off my outfit I bought my periwinkle purse just to match my sweater.
After him complimenting my outfit I grabbed his hand and brought him back to the spot my family was holding for the parade.
By the time we got there the parade had already started. My goal this year is to get 10 Zulu coconuts.
Luthor Pov
Sitting behind this cash register listening to the Mardi Gras parade six blocks from here I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. And a little down I couldn't go out and have fun.
I know Eli was trying to be neutral when he signed me my schedule but then he had to really make me miss Mardi Gras.
But I should be grateful I got this job from him anyway. I mean besides the bleeding racism this job has been very good to me.. I get paid the same as every other employee no matter what race. My hours are not that hard. I get the same amount of days as everybody else. The farthest the other employees allowed to do with their racism are just comments. And I get a discount on mostly everything in the store.
I'm also able to save up money and have money to spend on the side. So me and Lisa things are getting more expensive and fun. I am able to sprawl my little siblings a little more. Dad and Mom don't have to worry about me financially.
So yeah working at this job is okay even if I get to miss some holidays.
XLVI (Wednesday February 26, home. New Orleans, United States of America)
Today is just one of those days when Taila has business to take care of, so I am free to day.
I thought about hanging out with Lynda today, but for the first time Lynda told me she did not have time for it.
Okay, she did not say that. What actually said was I have a plan with Neil today, so I cannot send time with you.
Like what Neil over me really Lynda.
But at the same time I am happy she told me no. It means she is not letting me guide her life. She does what she wants to do and not what I want her to do. And sending more time without me of her only free will and not because our parents not so suddenly try to keep us apart nowadays.
Because Lynda said that Neil would be with her, I did not ask him to hang out.
Ista and Halona are together so I did not ask Halona to hang out because I did not want to near Ista. And if I wanted to prove Neil a little wrong about why and when I spend time with Halona. That is nobody else's business.
Luthor was out of the question with him having to be at his new job. I mean he's been so busy lately. I mean if he's not at work, he's with his girlfriend and if he's not with his girlfriend, he's at home having a little him time. And because I'm a nice person I would not bother him when he takes time for his own self. But do bother me a little bit that I barely see him anymore.
I don't want to be that relative that go bother someone at their work place.
And because I don't got Luthor or Neil with me I can't go hang out with Andrei.
So my only two options were to stay at home by myself and be bored or go hang out with Dad.
So obviously, I chose to go to work with dad today. Added bonus I can go work on my hotwire skills while I'm there.
So while I was doing that one of Dad's regulars who Dad is very friendly with came around and asked to speak with him.
That was in the house so I went in there and told him what was happening.
Dad left to go outside and speak to the man and they have been out there for a good while.
Because he's one of Dad's regulars I assume it's nothing bad. But because of the time period you have to think of the worst when it comes to a white man and a black man speaking alone together.
That's also the reason why I said inside and did not go back outside with him.
If anything bad happens, I will not be caught in the crossfire and it helps Dad to worry less.
Louis Pov
After coming inside after taking Eli, I had to see my daughter sitting the closest chair to the door.
She must have been worried.
I will not lie and say I was not surprised when she asked to spend time with me today.
Even if Louise spends more time with me than she does with Ista and she doesn't do it regularly enough for it to be a thing.
The only time I can say that we spent most of our time with me was when she was still a toddler and she didn't speak.
Louise prefers to spend her time with a friend or her siblings rarely with her parents.
And most of the time she does spend time with me it is usually when we read books together.
"Louise does want to go to the birthday party of a friend's daughter's eight birthday." I ask her. Hoping she would say yes because I want Eli and mine daughter to be friends.
"No not really but if you tell me what she likes I can make a gift for her."And there goes my anti-social daughter.
"All right then" I said not forcing the issue.
Author's note :
The next update hopefully is 4/15/22
Now on to facts
History Divergent
How flame's user affects history
How does the Government affect the flame users
And what changes the principal character did in history
Fun Fact
My goal this year for the Zulu coconuts was 10 but I only had four.
Most of what I wrote about Negro History Week is true.