Growing.

S29.

Malisa sat on the toilet watching her daughter clean herself with so much regret. She felt terrible for allowing this to happen to Sincere for so long, Malisa felt stuck.

"Yes, you have to." Malisa said, pulling the plug to drain the water out. "Come so we can get you dressed."

Sincere stood from the tub and walked into her room, letting her mom dry her off and put on a pair panties that had, Sunday written on them, even though it was Wednesday. Malisa left Sincere there alone to go get Ronnie and Sincere began to think.

Sincere knew this wasn't right, her best friend, Asim, told her all the time that older people weren't supposed to do that to people her age. One time Asim had asked Sincere for how long would Ronnie rape her and Sincere told him "until the white stuff came out".

"Hey baby girl." Sincere was broken out of her thoughts by Ronnie coming into the room and closing the door behind him.

Sincere said nothing as she laid back and allowed him to climb on top of her, she found it was easier to not fight it, at least she wouldn't get beaten.

Six years the rapes continued, six years.

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"Y'all wanna see a bad bitch do a birthday?! Here the fuck you go!" Brianna shouted as I posed for her Snapchat video. "Bad ass bitch bad fucking attitude."

"Period." I said turning around. "Hair by the bratzcollection, crowned by Casey on the install."

"Y'all annoying." Dallas shook his head pushing me. "And you ugly."

"Bitch you ugly." I punched his arm. I grabbed my baby from him. "Hi mamas fat girl."

"She badddd." Casey laughed as Blair grabbed my hair and yanked it.

"Can't nobody be cute with you around." I said to Blair grabbing her hand. "Let's open gifts!"

"I wanna go first." Travis shouted sitting a bag in front of me.

I dug my hand in the bag pulling out a shoe box I opened it seeing the red Balenciagas that look like socks. "Ooh yes omg! Thank you!"

"Top that hoodlums." Travis kissed my forehead.

"Me, Casey, and Bri finna knock all y'all shit over so it don't matter." Bonnie said with this smirk. "We'll go last."

Mama Aysia and Pops sat a pandora bag in front of me and a Louis Vuitton bag in front of me too. "Y'all spent too much money."

"Open it, the pandora stuff is from Avery and the Louis Vuitton is me and dad." Mama Aysia said I opened Avery's gift first pulling out a little box I opened it seeing a charm with two silver and black hearts but one heart said "sister" on it. Then I opened the next box and it was a charm that was made of two different charms that made one heart when it was together that said "big sis".

"Aw Avy, thank you baby girl." I kissed her cheek.

"It match mine, see." she showed me her bracelet that had a charm saying "lil sis".

"It's pretty babes, I love it." I grabbed the Louis Vuitton bag and grabbed the box out of it, I opened the box seeing the white sneakers I'd been talking about. "You got the shoes! I'm finna cry! Thank you!"

"You're welcome crybaby." Mama Aysia said kissing my cheek.

"I'll go next." Asim said sitting the most shit in front of me. Two Chanel bags, a Gucci bag, and some yellow packages letting me know he was on fashion nova.

"Y'all are spoiling me right now, seriously." I shook my head.

I opened the Chanel bags first seeing two shoe boxes I smiled looking at the gym shoes. "Is you crying?"