Girl Monologue

aBeing a dressmaker, a lot of people boss me around, “ Flora, do this ” “ Flora, do that! “ Always saying I’m sensitive, yes I may be but that doesn’t mean you should describe me like that all the time. Now it is my turn to describe them.

Turtle, a little girl, sweet once you know her, though she will kick you if you have made her upset. Her name is really Alice, but no one calls her that, I call her that to make her feel special. Her mom doesn’t pay much attention to her, so since she is my partner, I feel like I need to get along with her and make her feel special. She always wears braids in her long beautiful hair, she has me braid it, and it makes me feel like I have my daughter back. I think Alice is the closest thing I will get to a daughter since mine’s death.
She needed crutches, and now everyone notices her. I don’t really know what happened to her and why she needs those crutches but, that could be because I am just a dressmaker, overlooked, but needed, underestimated, but impressive. Sometimes Sydelle can be a little, fake, but that’s just because she wants attention, just like Alice, they don’t get a lot of “ good “ attention, so who wouldn’t be overdramatic sometimes. The strange thing is, why did Sydelle have purple stripes on her