My mom and dad are so annoying. They don't understand if we go to England for that long and live in the English ways I am now accustomed to the England behavior. Why can't anyone understand that? It is their fault for the way I act, they are the ones that made me go. I call myself a hybrid, half shona and half English. My father and mother get mad at me for everything talking back to them, talking to boys, the way I dress, and even reading. Yes, I said reading.
My cousin Tambu just came to live with us and I guess she's cool, but she still has a lot to learn about how my family really is and her new world. My father beat me the other night because I was being "disrespectful" to him. I was so scared and I swear I thought he was gonna kill me. I've been going through a pretty hard time, but I think Tambu saved me.
Brittnee, I especially like that you draw attention to Nyasha's reading as a source of conflict. I can picture her saying it that way, too.
ReplyDeleteYou sounded just like Nyasha and her reaction to Tambu coming to live with them was very realistic. But I'm sure a lot of us can relate to her and getting in trouble for petty things.
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