A Girl Named Rénee

Chapter 1

Bridgeport, Connecticut
Present day

I finally had got some new clothes to help me earn some good rep, ya know. Momma had a few dollars to play with, so we went downtown to buy some clothes for me. I snuck in a lip gloss in the bag. Momma don't know. At least I hope she don't.

I rush down the rusted stairs, and yell from the top of my lungs that i'm about ready to and get my 2-hour bus pass to get on the bus. I walked down to the bus center with my best friend Legacy.

Legacy said she wanted to stop by the corner store by the public playground to get a bag of chips. I said okay. The girl had me waiting 10 minutes already! Probably talking to some boy. I was leanin' against the doors of the corner store. I inhaled the fresh deli air and exhaled calmly.

I then heard some yelling. Probably a fight, I thought. Nothing to unusual. Those happen all the time. But it was nothing like that. When I had leaned my head just around the corner,It was two kids. White kids.

Messing with another kid. A kid of my color. Brown. Being beaten to the bone. They're holding bats, they're holding play guns. I can barely see the who the person is, but their uniform clothes are completely stained with bright, fresh blood. I ran as fast as I could to the boy being beaten.

"Cut it out!" I yelled
I reached for the boys hand.
"Get out of here, you ape." One of the kids said.

I wasn't listening. I ran with the kid in my arms, my clothes are now stained with blood. Legacy comes out the store, looking at me like I got ten heads. I don't blame her, but right now wasn't the time to be standing like a deer in headlights.
I handed legacy the boy and she hugged him in her arms without even asking what happened?

The two boys are running up behind me.
I run right back at them, my fist balled.