Empathetic brown eyes greeted her as she walked into the tiny apartment. "Hi mommy", the 2 year old girl lisped as she hugged. Kelly's own mother, also her babysitter, put out her hand, and coldy said "before you go to that other job, I'll need some money. You are out of food." Kelly pulled out a roll of money from her glittered chest and counted out 85 dollars."That's all I made waitressing today. I'll have 4 times that dancing tonight. Her mom glared judgementally. Kelly knew she was unseemly to her own mother, she pretended to not care.
*blogger's note* - This is my entry in @velvetverbosity 's aka http://www.velvetverbosity.com/ 's weekly 100 word challenge. This week's one word prompt is UNSEEMLY. I have included an entry from my http://www.nanowrimo.com/ project Hellandback.
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Sad what some mothers have to do to support their children.
ReplyDeleteagreed VV -
ReplyDeleteLance - nice portrayal.