Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Eve's Time: Lost In Translation
Ding dong, ding dong. Olivia was awakened out of her comatose sleep. Obviously the doorbell had been ringing for some time now - first appearing in her nightmare as an ambulance siren, but now awakening her back into reality. “I’m coming,” she responded as she forced herself out of bed to go to her front door.
“Child you scared me half to death, I’ve been calling and calling you. Why you ain’t answering yo phone?” Olivia’s mother came barging into the house with her true southern accent that usually only came out when she was angry.
“Ma, where are the kids?” Olivia asked her mother with irritation in her tone.
“They in the car. I needed to check things out with you first. God forbid them babies from seeing anymore tragedy in their young lives,” her mother said as she pushed right past Olivia, looking around as if Olivia were hiding something.
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