Jojo:

I would have fallen asleep on my mother's thighs if it had not been for a nurse's interruption. It was time for mama to take her evening drugs, it was also time for me to rush home since I knew it was only a matter of time until Valerie returned home. I had to make dinner before Mel and Valerie returned and I prayed to the goddess to help me because I was in no mood for preparing meals for people to eat.

I stood up from the chair I sat in and turned my back to take my ...