Good Boy

chapter 1

it was a year before slavery was abolished and before people of color had rights my mama was given the name Lonny and was a very hard working woman my father worked harder and people of color are allowed to have rights but we get paid less then white people we don't some colored people got lucky then others they got to marry a rich white man or woman then forgot all about where they came from after a while they became spoiled black men and women but they know they all never be excepted in the white community colored people are always treated with less respect and don't get the happiness they deserve but not everyone is good not everyone is bad we're just people or not everybody understands that...

shiny: grandpa!

Grandpa: yes?

shiny: can I go play?

grandpa: make sure them white people don't see you

shiny: yes sir

shiny goes outside*

people of color aren't aloud to know certain things like know how to read and stuff like that but since slavery had been abolished we can read and everything me and grandpa live in New York City we sell newspapers for our living we don't get paid that much but you know Grandpa is really nice but whenever it has something to do with someone White grandpa automatically gets either upset or he tells me to go inside he doesn't want people who are not of color to hang around me i never know why Grandpa calls them racist but I really think their skin is very beautiful never really seen anything so white before kind of like paper I wonder if they taste like vanilla would they wonder if I taste like chocolate this nice white lady I get to see whenever I go outside she's a florist she said when I get too good age I can work with her or for her I can clean up and I can get some flowers for Grandma she died a last year my parents became very rich but that's only because they had to make a deal with someone after the deal my parents got in a bad accident grandpa said that that's a lie they took off and left me behind then when they got found they both got shot because the person they owed money to they didn't pay I'm okay living with Grandpa I do miss grandma though

shiny goes to flower shop*

Amy: hello dear how are you and your grandpa

shiny: we are good!

Amy: your all dirty...how about you go upstairs and I'll draw you a bath and give you some nice clothes so you can start working

shiny: I'm old enough now I can start working for you?

Amy: with me I'll be paying you as much as I get now go upstairs

shiny: yes ma'am *goes upstairs*

John: hello honey *kisses Amy*

Amy kisses John: hello John

John goes upstairs sees shiny: hello shiny ready to work?

shiny: yes sir

John: that's good maybe later I could teach you how to play ball?