Chapter 10- Expecting Another

12-12-1988

My MA started getting cozy with Nick. She worked as a bartender off of Cambridge street and Nick owned it. That is how I first met Papa. I would sit at a table and do my homework while my MA worked. Now my MA was pregnant with my little sister Ashleigh, and I was so excited not to be the only child. Soon I will have someone to play with.

06/13/1989
Today was my birthday. We moved again to Handcock St. near Harvard Square,Cambridge. Next to it across the street was a park, and that is where we had my party. My MA used the monkey bars to hang the pinata so all my friends could take a crack at it with a broomstick. I was lucky to hit it hard enough and crack it open and all the candy fell out. My friends scrambled to pick up as many pieces as they could.

I had a special bear named 'Country Bear' that I always dragged around with me. My friends were picking on me because now I was 11 years old and still carrying around a teddy bear, but it was my comfort item and made me feel not so alone. I really loved that bear. Michael came to my party and played a cruel joke on me by playing keep away with my bear. I got really angry at him and hit him. Then I got in trouble and my MA took my bear away.

7-20-1989

My MA was eight months pregnant now. We went to Cape Cod to go visit Nick. When we arrived my MA told me to stay in the car, but I followed her anyways. When my MA knocked on the door a woman answered it. My MA asked her, "May I speak with Nick?", the woman said, "He's not here. Who are you?" "I'm Brie, the mother of his baby." The woman retorted, "Well I'm his wife!"

The dialogue grew heavy and the woman became very irrate with my MA to the extent that she assaulted her in the stomach almost making my MA lose my baby sister. My MA had to be taken by ambulance and I was left with a strange man I never met before that reminded me of Nick because he smelled stinky and sounded funny too. While I was sitting next to him he put his hand on my leg which creeped me out. So I ran upstairs and called my Auntie Kay. She advised me to go back to the car and lock the door to protect myself from the man. So that is what I did. When he came to the door knocking on the window I didn't let him in. I just fell back to sleep until my mom came back from the hospital. Thank God.

7-31-1989

My nana and I were preparing my mom for her hospital stay. My MA was already in labor with Ashleigh. She needed her things because it was kinda unexpected the way her water broke. Nana and I went up to Mt. Auburn Hospital. My nana asked me to wait inside the waiting room because she didn't want me to see my mommy in pain, but I heard her though. My baby sister was born on 8-31-1989, 8 lbz. 9 oz. at 7pm.

I was happy to finally hold my baby sister.