Long Time Coming
“Fed her kids and then put Diamond and Kennedy to bed. Jamal was like her, a night owl. She let him stay up, but never past eleven. His company usually kept her from feeling so lonely. But tonight, when he looked at her with those sad brown eyes, she wished she'd put him to bed with the girls.
"You got cancer?" Kenisha got up, went into the kitchen, and started running some dishwater.
Jamal followed her."Do you have cancer?" She turned to face him."What you know about cancer?" A tear trickled do...wn his young face."I know that my friend Joey's grandmother just died from it." Kenisha turned off the dishwater and sat down at the small kitchen table. She patted the seat next to her, and her son joined her."Now, Jamal, you know that Joey's grandmother was old, right?" "Right." "But I'm not old. I'm too young to die, right?" "Right." She put his small hand in hers and rubbed up from his hand to his elbow."So don't think like that, okay?" Jamal snatched his hand away and stood up."You've got it, don't you?MoreLess
"You got cancer?" Kenisha got up, went into the kitchen, and started running some dishwater.
Jamal followed her."Do you have cancer?" She turned to face him."What you know about cancer?" A tear trickled do...wn his young face."I know that my friend Joey's grandmother just died from it." Kenisha turned off the dishwater and sat down at the small kitchen table. She patted the seat next to her, and her son joined her."Now, Jamal, you know that Joey's grandmother was old, right?" "Right." "But I'm not old. I'm too young to die, right?" "Right." She put his small hand in hers and rubbed up from his hand to his elbow."So don't think like that, okay?" Jamal snatched his hand away and stood up."You've got it, don't you?MoreLess
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