1933-Winter I had just finished gettin my beatin from mama after T.J. had framed me by throwing em dadgum cheat notes that he snatched at my house yesterday while he was ¨looking for his hat¨ in my lap. That chicken knew what he´d done and he was gonna pay for it. He bolted out o the school like it was on fire, not letting anything get in his way I pushed through the door and already knowing what I was gonna do to em asked where he went. Cassie, Christopher-John, Little Man, and Claude all waitin to see what was up, followed me to the only place T.J. went after school, the Wallace store. It was hard to concentrate with all the yelling and dancing at the Wallace store, until I spotted him fleeing out the back where I sped after em catching …show more content…
The last time I went there, it had to of been one of the most racist experiences I have ever encountered. I hoped that this time would be better, Cassie had begged Big Ma countless times to go with us so she had to come. With the recent fight that had occured between me and T.J. made the ride to and from Strawberry uncomfortable, why thats the longest time I think T.J. he's ever gone without saying a word. When we arrived ig Ma stopped by Mr. Jamison´s office and left us kids in the wagon alone, of course T.J. had some sort of plan of something to do while Big Ma was gone. T.J. had a list to fill at Mr. Barnetts mercantile and he wanted to go down to there to get the things he wanted. We went down there to fill the lists that we needed to fill as T.J. eyeballs this pearl handed pistol that he wants. All was fine when we heard this rapid arguing and yelling. Me and T.J. rushed over to the counter where we soon discovered that Cassie had started commotion and Mr. Barnett at the counter had been freaking out that a black child was mad about the bad service directed toward us. I ran across and snatched Cassie's arm and slowly trudged her out of the mercantile. Later Cassie had encountered Lillian Jean on the sidewalk and refused her request to get off the sidewalk, soon leading up to Mr. Simms practically throwing her off the sidewalk. Big Ma eventually turned up and forced Cassie to