Sola by Dakota Knight

Author:Dakota Knight [Knight, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2014-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Sola’s Story, Part IX—1992

Even though I wanted Rocky to die, I didn’t know how I would do it. It was like a seed ready to burst. I just needed the right conditions to make my plan grow. I spent three days in the hospital, and another five weeks on bedrest. Since my leg was broken, I spent more time sitting around the house until the cast was taken off.

Momma didn’t make me go to school, not that I would have gone even if she insisted. Too many people thought they knew what went down with Rocky, and I didn’t want to hear the questions or the whispers. Based on Trina’s gossip, most people thought me and Momma got into a fight over my now revealed baby. Rocky was running interference to stop a family confrontation. The result of our supposed argument was a fall down the stairs and a trip to the hospital. Trina had the nerve to be mad at me for not telling her about the baby.

“I thought we was better than that,” Trina told me.

“Look, I’m not trying to be rude, but I didn’t want the whole west side of Columbus to know I was pregnant,” I replied.

“Well, I guess your plan worked,” Trina said sarcastically.

I think I would have punched her in the mouth if I would have been able to stand up. I couldn’t stand her sometimes, but eventually we were cool again. We were more like sisters than friends.

I shied away from my other friends and stayed to myself. Momma was nice enough to borrow some books from the library for me. She chose the romantic stuff, but it satisfied. She started staying home more and buying things for me. I guess she was trying to let me know how bad she felt.

As for Rocky, he was nowhere in sight. Momma never talked about him and I never saw him. I knew that Momma was still dealing with him, and still traveling for him to do business. All she saw was the dollar signs. For her, Rocky was the path to never being broke again. And if that meant she had to look past what happened and believe his lie that he didn’t mean for me to fall down the stairs, then so be it.

I knew that I would see Rocky again. I figured he had to wonder what I said about him—if I would rat him out to Momma or the cops. He had to wonder why he hadn’t been arrested yet. I would use his uncertainty to my advantage, to nurture the seed.

As the days went on and I continued to heal, the depths of my longing to end Rocky’s life grew stronger. Every time I thought about my baby, my son, and his death, I thought of Rocky dying by my hands. After exploring my options, I finally decided that shooting Rocky was the best choice. After all, there were so many gun deaths in the Gardens and other projects that it wouldn’t seem out of the ordinary.

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