ZENA - LIFE AFTER DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 4

DUTIES

OPENING THE DOOR OFF THE HOUSE I WAS HIT WITH REALITY THIS

WAS HOME!!! I WAS GREATED BY RETA! YOU KNOW YOUR DUTIES,,, THE ELDERS ARE MEETING TONIGHT IN THE TEMPLE BEST YOU GET DRESSED AND GO CLEAN!!! YES MAM I SMIRKED THE ONLY TIME I DARE TO WEAR THERE STUPID ATTIRE IS WHEN I HAVE TO GO INTO THERE TEMPLE, GETTING DRESSED IN THE ATTIRE GIVES ME SHIVVERS ALL OVER MY BODY I HATE WEARING THIS I HATE PUTTING THIS ON REMOVING MY MAKE UP AND DOING MY HAIR UP IN A BUN,,, THIS IS SO f****d UP I THOUGHT TO MYSELF GETTING FINISHED. LET ME JUST GET GING I WANA COME BACK LOCK MY ROOM AND HAVE SOME ME TIME I NEED IT ESSPECIALLY AFTER BEING IN THERE TEMPLE, WALKING TOWARDS THE TEMPLE I HEARD TOMS VOICE SMIRKING AT ME, IS THAT NOT KNOW HOW A PROPPER WOMAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE, I SAW THOMAS AGREEING WITH HIS SON, WHAT EVER I WHISPERD TO MYSELF, APPROACHING THE TEMPLE I SAW RETA STANDING AT THE ENTRACE ALLREADY,,, AGAIN I SIGHED, YOU KNOWS WHATS TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU ENTER YOUR NOT WORTHY KNEEL AND SHE STARTS PRAYING WORDS THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND NOR CARE NOT EVEN REALY LISTENING, I CANT SEEM TO GET MY MIND OFF BRADLY AND THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME IN A VERY LONG TIME EVEN CANT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I WAS SO FOCUS ON A MAN. NO NO I SAID OUT LOAD, WHATS WRONG BREA RETA ASKED, SORRY RETA NOTHING IS WRONG WAS JUST THINKING OUT LOAD, WELL BEST YOU GET GOING ITS ALMOST 4 PM AND THE ELDERS ARE MEETING AT 6PM. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME I COULD NOT STOP THINKING WHILE I WAS WORKING AND ITS DISTRACTING ME, I DECIDED A YEAR AGO I WILL NEVER EVER FEEL LIKE THIS OVER A MAN OR EVEN ALLOW MYSELF TO BE LIKE THIS OVER A MAN, I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR ME BEST I GET HIGH IT WILL ATLEAST HELP AND PUTT ME ON ANOTHER PLANET FOR AWHILE, HURRING UP SO I CAN HAVE A JOINT BEFORE I HEAD HOME AND HAVE TO FACE THE WIERDOS AGAIN, SITTING BEHIND THE TEMPLE SMOKING MY JOINT I FELL A SADNESS COMING OVER ME TRYING MY BEST NOT TO THINK ABOUT RUNNING BACK INTO THE PAST, MY BODY SHAKING SHIVERING FROM CRYING, ZENA I HEARD BRENDAS VOICE APPROUCHING I MOVED QUICKLLY TO THE FRONT OFF THE TEMPLE TO MEET HER TRYING MY BEST TO HAVE A STRAIGHT FACE AND HIDE MY TEARS, SHE MUST HAVE SENSED SOMETHINGS WRONG SHE GRABBED ME IN HER ARMS, MY DEAR BREA WHAT WRONG? ARE YOU OK? IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT SHE SAID WITH SO MUCH LOVE IN YOUR VOICE AND I KNEW SHE KNEW WHATS GOING ON IN MY MIND PLEASE STOP BLAMING YOURSELF. BRENDA KNOWS ME TO WELL SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO TAKE CARE OFF ME SINCE ITS HAPPENED SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING EVEN THE DANGER SIGHNS, LETS HEAD BACK HOME SHE WHISPERD IN MY EAR, YOU GO STRAIGHT UP TO YOUR ROOM, ILL BRING DINNER UP FOR YOU. THOMAS WILL NOT BE HOME UNTILL LATE WITH THE ELDERS MEETING SO YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED SHE SAID AS WE GOT CLOSER, DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER TWO I LLSORT THEM OUT SHE LOOKED AT ME SAYNG WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE. BRENDA I WOULD PREFFER TO JUST GO UPSTAIRS HAVE A BATH AND JUST GO TO BED WILL THAT BE OK I SAID KNOWING I WAS LYING AGAIN TO HER, OFFCOURSE MY CHILD I RESPECT THAT WILL MAKE SURE NO ONE BOTHERS YOU. CALL ME IF YOU NEED TO TALK! I WILL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THERE FOR ME I SAID GOING UPSTAIRS TO MY ROOM. ENTERING MY ROOM I COULD NOT GET OUT OFF THIS CLOTHES QUICK ENOUGH AND UNTYING MY HAIR, THIS IS SO WEIRD, I COLLAPSED ON MY BED TAKING A DEAP BREATH, THANK GOD ITS OVER NOW ITS ME MYSELF AND I, OOOOO MY WORD I HAD SOME TEXTS THAT I HAD NOT REPLIED YET LET ME SEE WHATS UP WITH THEM,

TAKING OUT MY PHONE AND STARTING TO READ TEXTS,

SANDY: HI GIRL HOW ARE YOU DOING!

SANDY: HOW WAS YOUR FIRST DAY?

SANDY: HELLLLLOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

SHIT SANDY MUST BE WORRIED SICK BY NOW SHES ALWAYS BEEN SO PROTECTIVE OVER ME, BEST I REPLY,

ZENA: SORRY GIRL PHONE AND POWER PACK WAS FLAT, I M OK FIRST DAY WAS WEIRD BUT MADE IT HEHEHEHE, I AM JUST HAVING A ROUGH TIME TONIGHT GHOST S OFF MY PAST HAUNTING ME AGAIN TONINGT, BUT I LL BE SORTING THEM OUT SOON ENOUGH, WILL CHAT TO YOU TOMORROW. LOTS OFF LOVE.

ITS HASN’T EVEN BEEN A FEW SECONDS AND I GOT A REPLY FROM HER,

SANDY, PLEASE DON’T HONEY I BEGG YOU I AM NOT CLOSE TO HELP YOU PLEASE DON’T,

I IGNORED REPLYING AS MY MIND WAS MADE UP AND IT WAS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL THE GHOST,

I WENT ON READING NEXT TEXT MESSAGES, MMMHHH UNKNOW NUMBER WHO COULD THIS BE,,,,ONE WAY TO FIND OUT I GUESS READ IT,

UNKNOWM NUMBER: HI, ITS ME BRADLEY, HOPE YOU DON’T MIND I STOLE YOUR NUMBER FROM SEANS PHONE.

BRADLEY: HAD TO TALK TO YOU NOT MY BUSINESS BUT PLEASE THINK TWICE BEFORE DOING WHAT YOU’RE PLANNING ON DOING.

BRADLEY: PLEASE.

WTF – WHY – WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS. I DON’T NEED A BABBYSITTER, BEST I PUTT HIM IN HIS PLACE WHILE I AM N THIS FRAME OFF MIND I SAID TO MYSELF.

ZENA REPLYING: YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO STEAL MY NUMBER AND HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE SEAN DOES NOT FIND OUT. AND MY f*****g BUSINESS WHAT I DO WHEN HOW AND WITH WHOM IS NON OFF YOUR CONCERN SO STOP TRYING TO BE NICE AS IF YOU CARE YOU MEN ARE ALL THE f*****g SAME!!!!!! I M A BIG GIRL DOESN’T NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT FOR ME.