He was right though. It was the same case with him. Because of his name. Only I was worried this would reach the head office—my father. He had always been the only person that scared me to death. He would be disappointed. It would remind him of how a failure I was to our family the moment I was brought out to the world. Or not. He probably was already complaining to the person living above when they found out their child would be a girl. It was a shame my mother couldn't take another kid again and that my father wouldn't accept children from adoption. He wanted someone from his blood. He wanted someone he witnessed growing—like Dayshawn.
"Have you ever… cheated in your life?" I asked to go back to where we last left off before I spaced out. I wondered if my mother never felt the need to c
