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Personal Narrative: Thanksgiving At The Grocery Store

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My week was going great, Thanksgiving was only a few days away. I planned to go to the grocery store later this evening. I didn't think twice about going to the store at night since Trevor was locked away. I could finally let my hair down and enjoy myself. I was happy as a pig in cool mud. I had a chance to talk to Mark this morning while Shay went out and got us some breakfast. Now Johaly and I were on the way to do some furniture shopping. Most of the stores were having Black Friday sales earlier this year for some reason. We entered the store moments ago and split up because of our different taste in furniture. She likes contemporary, and I love the anything that's a solid color and comfy. I'd just sat on a fancy blue leather sofa when …show more content…

Just go home. Go home now.” “Okay. Okay. I'm about ten minutes from home. I'm on the way there now. Have you talked to Lester?” “No. I tried to call him, but I didn't get an answer.” “Where are you? I'm on my way to the house too.” “Okay. If you get there before I do call me back. I'll do the same thing.” “Okay.” After she had hung up, I tried to call Lester again, but I still didn't get an answer. I prayed for Imani and hoped that she didn't lose to much blood.It seemed like every red light in town caught us. I was panicking, and at one point I wanted to get out of the car and try to run to my mother's house. I begged for the light to turn green so we could go but as soon as it did an ambulance shot through from the opposite direction with the lights flashing. “Do you think that ambulance is going to my mom's house?” I asked Johaly as we both watched the speeding vehicle. “Yeah. There's a good chance that it could be.” I took a deep breath and my cell phone started ringing. I looked down at the screen to see Shay's name pop up. I answered the call and let her have it. “What in the hell did you tell Imani?” “What?” “You heard me, Shay. What did you tell my sister? She attempted to give herself an

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