Excerpt: Trespass

“How are you going to feed her?” Sue asked, trying to sound disappointed that her baby girl had gotten knocked up, repeating the cycle to uniform. “where she going to live Ann?, it don’t seem like Jamaal want any part of this, how come he didn’t call or nothing, most men come to the hospital when they got a baby on the way” she continued. Ann just looked out of the hospital window, appearing to ignore her mother altogether. She was wondering where in the hell was Jamaal, and way was he so scared? “ You hear me Ann?, I asked you a question, what is your plan, you’ve had 9 month t figure out what you were going to o, instead you laid about giving what was already gotten to Jamaal, now what?” Sue said, not letting up. She’d wish someone had said the same to her, but she was born in a time where it was thought the only thing a black woman had that was of any use, was the thing between her legs which allow her to have babies for the state and get a little compensation for it. Ann didn’t answer; Sue got up and walked out of the room, walked down the stairs, and out the front door of the hospital with tears in her eyes. That night when she got home, Sue sipped on warm Brandy,and listened to some Johnny Taylor athen fell asleep in Rays arm chair.