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Inez's Cruel Day
It all started on October 14th, 2016. It was a cool crisp day yet it was not too cold. Inez was awakened by a friend who was in the mood for venting. That was at about 7:15 am. A few minutes after her phone session with her friend ,Inez did the only that a girl her age would do at 7:15 in the morning. She picked up her phone and headed straight for social media. “ There’s nothing else to do this early in the morning”, she said. As she lays comfortably in her younger sister’s bed she raced down her facebook page for funny videos to start her day. This was one of her favorite pastimes. However, all she found were articles about people doing the unthinkable. On the same note, she couldn’t stop thinking about when she and her god sisters were …show more content…
After her conversation she calls Ann,her eldest sister, to remind her of an appointment that she had. After that Inez just lays in bed and thinks about a friend of her’s and daydreams about her family’s possible future. After a while, she starts to think about what she might eat for breakfast. “Chicken and red beans and rice would be the perfect breakfast”, she said. At about 9 , she finally gets up to eat breakfast. She walks out of her God sister’s bedroom , strolls down the stairs and enters the kitchen. She thinks to herself ,” To fully grasp my day ,why don’t I kill two birds with one stone?”. So, after she makes her wonderful breakfast she brings her plate into the living room, turns on Mean Girls , hits the couch , and finally commences to enjoying her breakfast. Eating dinner food while watching a movie was the closest she could ever get to the famous “Dinner and a Movie”. Even if it was for …show more content…
When they dropped off Jewel Inez and Ann went to Boston Market to get a bit to eat. It was not long before Jewel called to be picked up. Before they all hit home their mom ,Valencia , called and asked them to go to the store to pick up something to eat for dinner. They even had fun there. Soon they were home and Inez started up a wonderful marathon of movies with Danielle. A session of a touchy-feely talk was obviously in order before the day was done. Ann brought together the girls a talked about the importance of their

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