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shit, different day,” Lexi said as she walked in the house like she owned it. “Where’s Auntie Liz?”
    “ She at work. Where Yesina?”
    “ She ain’t here.” Lexi placed her suitcases on the floor and dropped her purse on the couch before she sat down. “You think it’ll be cool to stay here a little while?”
    “ We got two empty rooms now. I’m sure momma won’t trip. I need some company.”
    Lexi rolled her eyes and looked annoyed by Christy. “Y’all got anything to drink in here?”
    “ Some orange juice and Kool Aid.”
    Lexi laughed. “Bitch, I mean like vodka, gin, erk and jerk.”
    “ You know my momma don’t drink.”
    “ Shit, you seventeen, don’t you?”
    “ I…umm, yea…well, I had…I can…”
    “ You such a square. I hope you ready for me to turn your world out.” Lexi walked out the door, went to the store on the corner, and got someone outside to buy her a fifth of gin. “What time Auntie get home?” she asked as she cracked open the bottle and made a drink.
    “’ Bout midnight.”
    “ Good.”
    Lexi looked at the clock and saw it was only a little past four. She made Christy a drink and they got fucked up. By the time Elizabeth arrived home, they both were passed out on the couch. She saw the empty gin bottle and shook her head. She wondered what had happened that brought Lexi to the house. She sighed once more as she looked at her daughter and her niece. She knew it was going to be a long journey.
     
    “ My head hurt,” Christy said when she finally woke up the next morning.
    Lexi laughed. “Square ass bitch. Where my shit at? You been fucking with my shit?” she asked as she stood up and looked at Christy like she was ready to fight.
    “ No, girl.” She looked at the clock. “Momma must have come home and took it upstairs.”
    Lexi narrowed her eyes. “For your sake, you better hope she had.”
    She went toward the back and looked in Chrisette’s old room. Everything looked the same. She went to Christina’s room, and saw her luggage on the floor and purse on the bed. Lexi let out a small laugh. Chrisette’s bitch ass would never want anyone in her room. She entered the room and closed the door. She then checked her purse and suitcases to make sure nothing was missing. She knew Elizabeth wouldn’t touch her stuff, but instincts made her check just because.
    She pulled out a t-shirt, shorts, and got ready to shower. She knew things were about to change, and she had to prepare herself. She took a long, hot shower and as she walked back to the room she assumed was hers, she heard Elizabeth talking to Christy.
    “ I’m disappointed in you. Christy, you know better.”
    “ But, momma, she was feeling down. I just wanted to chill with her and help her a little.”
    “ Downing a damn bottle of gin helps nobody, and you know that. What you should have done was be an ear, let her talk to you. Sometimes, a shoulder to cry on and a good ear is the best medicine.”
    “ I know, momma, but…”
    “ I’m going to overlook it this time, but you’re a strong young lady. You are a leader, not a follower.”
    “ Sorry I disappointed you,” Christy said with her head down.
    Weak ass bitch. Leader, huh? We’ll see ,” Lexi thought as she waited a few seconds, and then knocked lightly on Elizabeth’s cracked door.
    “ Come in, Lexi.”
    “ Hi, Auntie Liz. I apologize for imposing on you, but I had nowhere else to go,” Lexi said, looking like a lost little girl. While she was in the bathroom she braided her weave into two ponytails, making her look like a dark skinned Pocahontas. She had removed her eyelashes and her makeup to give Elizabeth the image she needed to see.
    “ You know my door is always open, but I have rules.” Elizabeth patted the empty space on the bed next to her.
    Lexi sighed lightly as she took her place. She had always thought Elizabeth Savage was the true definition of a boss bitch. Her husband cheated on her and she raised his bastard