7th birthday Mia
I was happy as ran all the way to the tree house giggles escaped me as I ran through the trees the large wildflowers around the back of the house I stop by Trevor‘s house threw rocks at his window and told him hey meet me at the treehouse I got a hand wave through the window saying that he heard me I know it was a 6 AM but it was a special day I was thinking Saturday I was so happy that I just want to spend my whole day with my best friend Trevor was the next-door neighbor we moved in around three years ago started preschool and kindergarten together it was so greatHe was always protected always there for me with someone pulled my pigtails or push me into the sandbox or made fun of me because of my odd look me mean it’s not that much of a leap to tell that I am mixed my dad is Puerto Rican and African-American my mom is Russian and Italian I mean is not that far yes my skin is a color cinnamon and my hair is a rightly colored red but then again my eyes were these really really light blue, like daddy always explain it to be more of a light blue intermingled with bright gray and dark blue on the outside he said I had moon eyes that’s why he called me his love moon Mama said I was just beautiful that I got my good looks from her side of the family that said hey I contributed to yes but my sweet girl always looks like an angel sell people say I look like a demon other people say I look witchy people say they didn’t understand why a white woman would ever ever marry or have s*x with a n****r but the thing is didn’t matter mommy love daddy daddy love mommy they were good to each other you can just see the love just the way they were around each other and try forgot that he excepted me and my family though being in being in a city in Mississippi Jackson to be exact being biracial was definitely not to go to and being that we were in a predominantly white upper class neighborhood private schools it was frowned upon I was call Oreo Mc ball but the thing is I always had my protector as I ran four into the trees I quickly climbed the ladder to the treehouse and waited trepidation excitement waited through my whole entire body was like a fibrillation and I just couldn’t sit downI kept pacing back-and-forth looking at the window it was his last saw the messy curly brown mop of hair that I knew Trevor came I lower the door and as he climbed up I just threw myself out in the course at knocking down a few feet off the ladder but he nimbly just climbed up in him push me to the side that’s in his clothes off I was there to see him in his PJs but hey maybe it was because I woke him up early but I was just so happy I was jumping up and down clapping and giggling and then I saw the look on his face hey Trevor what wrong a sigh escaped himNothing do you know what time it is a around 6 almost 7 me at what’s going on it’s my birthday I know so you woke me up at seven to say it’s your birthday I know but I’m trying to make seven and it’s gonna be so great I’m gonna be a big girl a squirt you’re never gonna be a big girl you’re short live it up but his worst didn’t hurt I knew I was short for my own age people always looked at me funny well I guess I got my short height from my mom side of family but I wear I around know guess what’s happening today I don’t know what’s happening day Trevor said what a roll of his eyes well my dear Sir let me tell you daddy is going to take me you and Mills to the circus it’s going to be so great there because acrobats andAnd I can be kind candy popcorn hotdogs funnel cake is going to be creates he chuckles but it seems a little forced I can’t go he shuffles from foot to foot I am oh yeah I am going to my grandmas house so I am leaving around 10 that’s why I was trying to get some sleep before we actually get on the plane but I hope you have a great birthday I look sideways are you coming back OK yeah yeah he doesn’t sound so sure I am starting to get worried hey do you wanna come have breakfast at our house and I can take you back to yours and I will see you when you get back I say threw a trembling lip hat tears are forming in the backs of my eyes but I am keeping that baby because I wannaStrong for him so he can know that I will never ever be weak I have to be strong just for him oh and I know that’s OK and how about before I leave I I’ll give you your birthday present in our rights in call you every day that I’m allowed he pulls me in for a hug this is not goodbye it’s just to see you later what does that mean you’re not gonna be here or you gonna be here for the school starts this fallHow must definitely OK come on we walk back in silence breeze is not as free-flowing as it was for the colors of starting a damn and I’m trying to figure out why the suns coming up but I don’t know I have a ton of feeling like I’m bout to lose something it’s weird not right as soon as we get back to the cut off between our two houses attorney and give them a one quick hug and a kiss on the cheek see you there boogie bear always china doll he raffles my hair and trucks backed into this house I stay there until I see him go inside I stay a lot longer when I see him climb back into his bed before he shows me a thumbs up through the window then I go back to my house I was gonna jump on mom and dad is bad to say I’m ready to get the day started but now I just sit at my window in my bedroom and wait for them to come get me and get my stay started some seventh birthday this is one of my best friends is not gonna be here well tell you truth he’s my only friend but he’s mine and I know my big brother Mills is going to be there but it’s not the same Mills is 12 and I know it’s not gonna be the same he’s already starting to like girlsHe’s such a goofball sadness hopelessness in tears Shroud me But it seems just a few seconds later mommy comes in the room I hear the smell her sweets perfume smells like lilacs and vanilla then I see her as she picks me up in rocks me back forth Telling me sweet nothings then I hear dad coming in so it’s all Angel what’s wrong is my birthday I say and Trevor is not coming oh, sweet girl there’s plenty of things we can do but I want Trevor I know Angel come on let’s go have had a big birthday breakfast and then we can go shopping into the circus OK I’m not in white my tears to my heart just not in it the way that it was just a few minutes ago when Trevor walked away as mom and dad and mills sit around making breakfast and talking the asking why he’s not gonna be there I told him well he said he’s going to he going to his grandmothers house for the summer it’s just weird everything was fine we’re playing on all the fun things we’re gonna do this summer in today he’s a size he’s leaving my mom says down a big glass of chocolate milk with my pancakes banana from what I smell and strawberry syrup sweetie he probably just forgot he was going but it’s OK I’ll be back for the school year I know it’s just weird I wanna thought you would’ve told me I know sweet girl but she’s now there is nothing to stop the dynamic duo the terrible twos you guys are always gonna be there for each other it’s just the summer you’ll be back I know heat up sweetie I’ll get you dressed then we’ll be on our way OK all right I d**k in and as I take my first mouthful a sweet buttery pancake I look up my older brother Mills sticks his tongue out me and then shows me his food that he is barely chewed hell mom Mills is not showing his food and he showing me disgusting looks like throw up my walks behind me I’ll slap some aside his head being nice birthday girl does not want to be sick OK oh mom I was just trying to lighten the mood well you just lied and all of our stomachs chew your food with your mouth close Mr. yes my dad chuckles as he brings over there plates for in coffee hell it smells discussing the mom and dad swears by it we eat together talking and laughing and planning our day after I’m done mommy picks me up since will be back the girls have to have a beauty treatment and she takes me to the bathroom does my hair gives me dress I love the color green is just so beautiful the dress that you picked out for me is a dress is it crates unicorn dress with green and purple and blue undertones it looks like cotton candy but unicorns are cool so as it goes mom puts on my shoes unicorn again and then we walk out today saying oh you’re so beautiful thank you dear I was talking about Mia let me look good too ha ha so funny Richard watch I am dying laughing me and Mills laugh at the fact that dad and mom love to joke with each other nerd mom did not get it offended that he thought I was prettier come on beautiful let’s go I say hold on who are we talking about me and mommy Mills that’s me on the back my arm he’s talking about mommy actually I was talking about the whole family let’s go get in the car as we walk out we all see Trevor we stop dad and Mills both say hello to Trevor and mom gives them a hug and kiss on the head how are you doing home I’m great how are you horrifying sweetie what can we do for you I was just dropping off Mia‘s present in on my mom says I have to go right after the way he stumbles over it in the way mom dad and Mills look at each other they don’t believe it for a second but I will run up to him jump up and down here he laughs in then he has me to speak hocks and tells me a opening when you get home OK OK and then he’s gone and my mood plummets again I have no idea where my friend is going other toys grandma‘s house and just feel sad don’t worry come on Mia let’s go OK that puts the box back in the house we lock up and get into the car while mom turns row said OK birthday girl what do you wanna listen to first word out of my mouth throws it at mom chuckles OK Mills grows like this baby if you say what you were about to say I will come back there and you will not like it is in his bed I know every song to that stupid movie it’s not stupid it’s about perseverance hi per share their aunts that makes no sense because the test is about overcoming and being together as family in finding a new family along the way wow never thought I have a deep conversation about a Disney movie as dad gets in and close the door so it wasn’t just a few years ago you were just going gagaOver there Dragon movie yeah but he didn’t have any singing it it was Vikings
dad he chuckled as he pulled out the driveway and onto the main road yeah they say that
Next day
Mom and dad let us go to the park to play while they go to work it’s the first full day of summer and me and Mills are ecstatic we’re going to go play at the park and playground and then go to the community pool at the at the country club it’s gonna be so fun I have my bathing suit and we’re riding our bikes and get my pretty pink bike yesterday when we got back and I haven’t stopped running since this one does not have any wheels on it it is so cool has a bell in a basket where I can put my bag in this so so awesome mailed to me right around to the back of the park because our chains around our bikes and we got off the plane at the we played until mid day we come back to her bike hop on and then ride over to the country club is not that far away but it’s farther than we could do on our own or walking pull up we give our names to the valet and we go in and change into my pretty green one piece and I have my towel I walk out and Mills standing there waiting for me we head out to the pool he’s so fun the smell of chlorine feels my nostrils and it is so refreshing it’s not too hot but it’s still warm we set our bags down along with their towels over at a lounge chair and will take one like each other and grand and we take a running late towards the pool you hear the lifeguard all right the other end say hey no running but that doesn’t stop us we jump into the pool making a wonderful splash and it is so fun to cool water and ghost me and I paddle app I’ve been taking swimming lessons since I was four and I’m pretty good I know how to pedal know how to swim I know how to hold my body not bad this year I wanna know how to dyed up the big board but then I know I have to have a certain height for me to actually jump off fast and I have to wait till little bit older but me and Mills play in splash around until we get tired we go back to get our stuff Andrea off but we’re gonna get them out strainers our stuff is gone we look aroundAnd we’re trying to figure out where our stuff as we asked the life card he says he doesn’t now we asked the wait staff they don’t now so we go back and see if we can call her parents are we split up and going to the locker rooms to get our clothes and change into our street class but when I step through there’s these older girls standing in my way by the by the locker we chose oh hey Oreo are you how are you I’m fine at skews me please comes out I started whisper I’m starting to feel like these girls know where my clothes are wait we wanted to talk ummm about what essay is that ass back towards the door oh you know where you belong why are you here hi I need to go I can’t be here and that’s not realize these are the girls are from the neighborhood and my brother school and it’s kind of funny because even though my brother has a more lighter skins on me he looks white I don’t they always told me I was adopted and they were saying my parents let me in the trashcan but my brother never really believe me never really listen to him but I see the girl he’s been talking to and I know it’s not gonna be good look we just came here to talk and that’s when I hear the door creek open and standing in the doorway when I turn around is Trevor hi Trevor came to help me create when did you get back he doesn’t say anything his head is been low he’s breathing really hard deep breath‘s in and out it Hass to happen Mia I’ll be OK just let them talk to you what I’m scared of her please I don’t like test it Hass to be this way me one day you’ll understand no when I’m pool directly back into the locker room and thrown into the wallHey just make sure Mills doesn’t come in ha ha OK and then the darkest moment happens I am beat thrown slammed pound it fist in feeds hair pulling and Trevor just stand thereStaring blankly as his eyes run red with tearsThen I feel a sharp pain in my side flashes on my legs and I hear a buzz something like a beetle orOr some other buzzing insect and then I see my hair following as blackness does the edges of my vision maybe sugar awake now and come on not that hard leave was the last thing I hear before I black out.
Mills
20 minutes later
I mean you’re talking to Chelsea and she is so pretty but I’m starting to get worried me I should’ve been out by now I found our clothes call mom and dad and right now I’m just chilling with Chelsea so males do you think you’ll actually join the football team this year yeah maybe I don’t know but the thing is a coach is gonna just run us ragged this year as strange but I get this weird feeling in the base of my skull like I should be paying attention then I dismiss it I know Chelsea doesn’t understand that my family is a mix family my dad is pretty much black Lily why is but she excepts me but sometimes I catch her looking at Mia and I don’t like it the look of hate crosses her face sometimes but just brush it off maybe she doesn’t like being interrupted by my sister and come back to Chelsea I look in her green eyes and just fall and next thing now I see Trevor coming out of the girls locker room weird I could’ve sworn he left like yesterday hey Trevor what’s up guy he stops dead now look at them he seems to be crying i’m in Chelsea I’ll be right back I’ll run up to Trevor does it hold on Mills way I look back annoyed whatever come on as I get to Trevor I he shaking Trevor why are you here are you come back early the flight got canceled we’re leaving later tonight and he runs off and I take a step back curiouser and curiouser sudden I feel like a female version of Alice in wonderland strange took me three months for Chelsea to actually notice me in to actually have a full conversation with me another three by the time we were getting out for summer break she finally started to talk to me call me hang out with me and my friends but as I see her friends coming out the girls locker room to is so still weird they’re always together one without the other is it’s not possible they laughed and they look like they be in the gym working out as Stanback old ladies how to break a man’s heart I have cackling annoying ass Amber even though she’s model hot I swear she gives me the old nails and now we’re just trying to get in shape get in shape for Wyatt your cheerleaders are you do is jump up and ride row ride with pom-poms that’s not all we do you jerk that’s all I say well you’re such a guy pigheaded if he wasn’t so cute I’ll be offended a thanks hey did you guys see Mia everyone starts now why where is she she was supposed to be in that did you see her now I like come on Chelsea let’s go then I’ll wait around I’m not going on a girls locker room I learned that lesson in six grade I am not repeating it and then I see mom and dad coming around the corner hey sweetie what is that where is Mia oh hey mom that I can’t fine if she went in there to change about a hour ago and she hasn’t came out as I’ll Trevor if you want us to go weird he says he came the flight was canceled but they’re leaving again tonight caught up with some friends at school but I still couldn’t find her one oh yeah and I found her clothes in the dumpster my dad just as dark look in his eyes and I just now something happened that feeling of dread feels my whole entire body that feeling that I tried to brushoff move away try to move past it mom looks pale or than usual she rushes off to the locker room as a door swings open shut when it closes I hear screech and my dad Fowler is in there and I’m not too far behind what we see as we get behind the door will stay with meFor the rest of my life on the floor covered in blood and blood seeping out onto the tile floors is my little sister myMia gaseous blood what I can tell broken bones everywhere her hair is in a pile of towels burning she looks like she’s been tight staffed beaten and I can barely see your chest rise and love as my mom rushes forward to hold her my dad thinks her back calls the police tells him what happened to security card but then he tells me to take pictures because he doesn’t trust the police not in this town I get it I never suffered as much as my sister I’m pretty pretty sure everyone thinks I’m fully white and she’s adopted but never knew hate to come in this my sister is just seven years old we take pictures fingerprints everything before the police get there my dad is smart I want to been able to do that which freaked out and scared just wanna hold my little sister my annoying little sister that I look over to my mom she has a void lifeless look in her eye I have never seen my mom look so devastated so broken in the mist of my panic my feet are meniscus a rage like I have never known bills up in me as a police and security guards are talking to my dad and mom and I stand by the side as the ambulance and the paramedics work on my sister scared scared I’m gonna lose the angel our family the one that bring so much color until I go live and when they take her away my mom stay in London and follow after them my dad said he’ll catch up me I know what my dad does he’s a lawyerI know it’s gonna stop he won’t rest until whoever did this to my sister is caught and I wanna rest until I have my revenge they will pay I know she dies I won’t stop with the feeling I will stop with their deaths I want my revenge.
Mills
Tomorrow
University hospital
Family waiting room
It’s been over a day since my little sister has been attacked she has suffered many breaks legs crushed six broken ribs fractured skull broken wrist stab/or wants her hair is been burned and cut off the end knowing the brutality of what they did to my sister a little girl just turned seven sickens meShe’s been in surgery for the better part of the night now so waiting game she’s in a coma they said her brain needs to heal we seen her we’re not allowed to go in because Mia’s in the ICU
That’s been with the police detectives forensics team I was talking to the tech those two mom is just been in a stupor sitting by the window unable to touch my sister I know she’s going to be different after this the only one that knows what really happened is Trevor but when we went by called his dad said he’s been gone since yesterday but I know I saw Trevor I know it Trevor knows what happens and who knows if we will remember the brain damage is significant I don’t know if I’m gonna have my same sister again the one that likes to smile and giggle his favorite color is green loves cotton candyAnd unicorns I don’t know if I’m gonna have my same sweet sister and as I said it is stew I find my hate buildingBut there’s a little nothing I can do 12 years old what can you tell your boy to but I know it’s different I am different I’m not the same naïve way I was yesterday you know the one that chanced after girls for you love video games and hanging with friends football me different darker my dad walks up to me put his hand on my shoulder and as I look up to as imposing frame my dad is a big guy he leans down kisses the top of my head Mills this is a dawning of a New Age are you ready I mean I know where he fully means but I get it the meat of it anyway I look at Mia and my mom both broken one physically another emotionallyThen I looked back at my dad yes whatever it takes cuts me on the shoulder good son good
Can we walk in and sit next to our girls praying for a miracle and outcome for something a sign we finally pray and plead bargain with God but then a voice in the back of my mind tells me why would God do this to it and is happy girl my sister a light I don’t know but I know whoever did this their end she’s been set in stone
Richard (Mia’s Dad)
Three months later
And I sit behind my desk in my house office a breakdown a break my baby girl a little angel my princess she is lying and a coma My wife is breaking day by day her mental stability I pray to hold out be strong I sent in my resignation to my law firm and taking my family back to New York I call my father and my mom and let them know how it’s going remember the first phone call when I told my dad what happened the cries the whales so it’s all mine broke me that day too