Pretty Money by Angel Williams

Author:Angel Williams [Williams, Angel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban, African American, Fiction
ISBN: 9780983386018
Google: nZ5XXwAACAAJ
Amazon: B004TXOQSQ
Publisher: Star City Publications
Published: 2011-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The night before Amber’s first day of school, I stayed up all night long doing her hair in little ponytails with the barrettes at the end. After I got done, I put her in the bath and read stories to her. “You ready for school?” I asked Amber.

“Yes, is momma still taking me?” Amber questioned. “No, you don’t want me to take you?”

“Yes, and I want momma to take me.”

“Momma is busy,” I lied.

“We never see momma no more,” Amber whined. “She’s

always in her room and never going to come out. Is she going to go bye bye like daddy?” I couldn’t believe Amber said that. Just thinking of being without momma brought tears to my eyes. Fighting back the tears and knowing that momma wasn’t going anywhere, I spoke. “No, Amber, she’s not going to go bye bye. She just need some time,” I promised.

“Okay,” Amber said. Once I got her out the bath, I put her to bed. I cleaned up the house spic and span, then went into my room to call Dashawn. We did our usual and talked one another to sleep. Not be able to sleep well, I woke up around four thirty in the morning. I was about to go down to the kitchen to make Amber some breakfast before school until I heard momma in her room talking to herself again.

“Lewis, Lewis,” I heard her say. That was more than enough for me to hear. I knew momma was an emotional wreck. I walked downstairs and said a prayer to myself that she wouldn’t go crazy. I was tired of being a mother to Amber, not because I didn’t love her, I just want momma to be the mother. I was badly craving for momma to come back to us. I didn’t care if she would beat me, treat me bad, or yell at me, I just wanted her back. As much as I wanted her back, Amber needed her back.

I woke Amber up for her first day of school and she was excited. She didn’t want to ride the bus like the other kids, so playing mommy with Amber, I drove her to school. In front of her school, I took picture after picture.

“Can I go to school now?” Amber asked, tired of taking pictures.

“Yes, go ahead,” I said as I waved bye to her.

I actually felt like a mother sending my baby off to school. I stood in front of the school along with other mothers and I watched Amber walk into school. Then, I got back in the car and headed home. I sat around the house waiting for three o’clock to come so I could pick up Amber. When I got there, she stood outside with her teacher. Amber’s teacher informed me that Amber had a bad mouth and was cursing like a sailor the whole day. I informed her that it wouldn’t happen again and I apologized to her.

“Why were you cursing?” I asked Amber as I paid attention to the road.

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