Some days we finished early, and I helped out around Just Us for Justice.Īnswered phones, passed out flyers, anything they needed me to do. Ofrah prepared me for this interview every day after school. Momma said I need to get my mind off things. With all this Khalil stuff, I’m not sure I wanna go. Something about the tailor needs to know ASAP. My mom wants to know what color your prom dress is. I’ve talked about that night so much I can repeat it back in my sleep. I’ve talked to detectives and the DA, and next week I’ll talk to the grand jury. I drum my fingers on my knee as I watch the neighborhood pass by. It’s never “All right now, Big Mav’s daughter who works in the store.” It’s a simple way people let me know they got my back. Word’s spreading around the Garden that I’m the witness. I get that just about every day in the neighborhood now. “All right now, Starr,” one of our neighbors calls out. It’s ‘yes, ma’am’ and ‘yes, sir,’ or ‘no, ma’am’ and ‘no, sir.’ So as we’re walking to the car, she’s all, “When we get there, don’t touch anything and only speak when somebody speaks to you. She says we’re not gonna have the news people thinking we’re “hood rats.” Momma made all of us, including Daddy, dress up like we’re going to Christ Temple-not quite Easter formal but not “diverse church” casual. Some neighbors watch curiously from their porches and yards. There was drawing of me crying over Khalil, and I had devil horns. Sekani claims he does too, but really he’s hoping he’ll get “discovered” somehow with all those cameras around.Īs much as he gets on my nerves, it was sweet when he gave me a handmade card that said “Sorry.” I doubt my brothers will be interviewed, but Seven wants to support me. It’s around six o’clock when the limo that the news program sent arrives. Ofrah arranged for me to do an interview with one of the national news programs today-exactly a week before I testify before the grand jury next Monday.
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