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do that. She does so much for me. I just wish she'd stop treating me all fucked up and shit, especially around y'all."
    "Well, we family, baby. Like you said, we already know how the bitch is."
    "But it's still embarrassing," she continues.
    "Whenever she's mad at something or someone, she takes it out on me."
    "Well, say somethin' then, Miss Parade. She ain't gonna stop unless you say somethin' to her. She ain't nothin' but a bully. A big ole meany with horns," I say as I hit the table. "We in our twenties, and she still doin' the same shit she did to you in elementary. I don't even see how y'all stayed friends so long. Hell, I don't see how I stayed friends with the bitch so long." I laugh.
    "Eventually I'll say something to her," she whispers.
    "You want me to?"
    "No, then she'll really fuck with me 'cuz she'll know she's getting to me."
    "Okay," I say, mad at the missed opportunity to put Miss Sky in her place, "but you don't have a clue what's wrong this time? Because by the way she actin', I'd think somethin' else was up."
    "I don't know, Miss Wayne. She called me today and asked me what I did last night. I told her I saw Melvin but she picked me up and been actin' funny T. Styles
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    ever since."
    "Well, did you see Melvin last night?"
    "No," she says and pauses. "I can't stand his ass no more. I was with Jay for a minute. It was right before they went to the movies, too. But I don't know how she could know that."
    "Oooooh. That's what it is, girl. Maybe she found out."
    "Doubt it."
    "Can you really be sure?" I ask, understanding why Miss Sky is so mad.
    "I didn't tell her anything. I don't even want him seein' me right before he sees her. And I know Jay ain't sayin' shit. He don't even like admittin' he likes dark-skinned girls."
    "You right 'bout that. Like somethin's wrong with a piece of chocolate. Hell, I'm a red man and I loves me the chocolate boys, girl." I laugh.
    "But he says he isn't attracted to dark-skinned women," she responds, unmoved by my comment.
    I know it bothers her that she is dark, but really, she is gorgeous. It seems like as the years go by, her cheek-bones become more defined while her eyes widen and the scars from the fights she's been in all her life start to slowly fade. If she stops picking the bumps from the slight acne problem she has, she'll feel better about herself. But no matter how beautiful her eyes are and how gorgeous her smile appears, she is always sad. Me and Miss Daffany believe that if she gets her skin together she can even be a model, but she doesn't lis-26
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    ten to us. She thinks we feel sorry for her and are unwilling to tell the truth, like her stupid-ass mother and Miss Sky. But that is hardly the case.
    Her wretched-ass, jealous mother does a world of damage by telling her how unattractive she is every day she wakes up. When we were in elementary school, she came in our class and took a hat off Miss Parade's head, revealing the choppy hairstyle she gave her the night before. She claimed she was looking for the hat and didn't know Parade had it on, but all she did was torture the girl.
    "I hear what you sayin', baby, but Miss Sky is wrong - just plain old wrong, chile. And that's why I'm glad you fuckin' her man. Miss Sky went overboard today, and that chile has smelled her own ass for far too long and she still don't think it stinks. So you do you, and don't worry with nothin' else."
    "Thanks, Miss Wayne," she says with a slight smile, but I can tell she still feels guilty for sleeping with Jay.
    "But, may I make a suggestion, honey?"
    "Sure," she says.
    "It don't make no sense you fuckin' that rich-ass nigga and you ain't got enough money to buy a decent pair of shoes. Jay should be payin' you at least half of what Miss Sky is gettin,' chile, if not more."
    "I know," she responds, sounding embarrassed,
    "but I'm not his girl."
    "Here's the thing. A man won't give you shit unless you ask him for it.