We could hear the elderly old lady from next door snitching, saying she had seen us looking
out of the window. The police continued to knock and threatened to come inside and get us,
causing Chink to cry out hysterically. Since my attempts to calm him failed, I sent Worm to
open the front door. Once inside, the officers looked us over and their faces actually
showed concern. It was roaches crawling all over, looking for food, because, I believe, they
were hungry too. The older looking female officer questioned Booker and I answered for
him. I was the head of the household and I didn't allow anyone too close to my brothers. If
our mother didn't care about her own flesh and blood, I surely didn't trust that any ole'
stranger in a uniform cared. I lied with a straight face and said our mother was working
late and she had bombed the house with bug foggers, to try to explain the roach infestation.
The truth was, our mother never held a job in her life and the roaches were no big deal
cause we had gotten used to them being around. But I was smart enough not to tell them
that and I damn sure wasn't about to say that she left with a man and we hadn't seen her in
months. I just kept answering their questions, swiftly coming up with lie after lie until a
lady showed up from Child Protective Services.
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