Chapter 17
Detective Tshabalala didn’t like me. In fact he thought I was a defective, so when I saw him walk into the house to start the investigation, I already knew I’d been a jail bird. One thing I didn’t know was that the detective hated Rick because Rick was a d**k. The investigation lasted about a week and in that week only five people knew about what happened that night. Mom, me, Mrs T, Allen and Blu. As far as the Dec Tshabalala was concerned it was a classic case of self-defence. Seeing as Rick was twice my size and had a record of slapping Mom around. In the end both mine and Mom’s wounds; especially the rings around our necks, got us off the hook.
I didn’t go to school for a good two weeks. My hand was in a sling. Livvy and I would always joke about the diaper attached to m
