Khai Ayah: A Short Story

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There was this girl name Khai'Lyah 13 years old, Khai'Lyah lived with her single mother Ms.Ti'Næché who was 40; Khai'Lyah had two older sisters; Mya 19, Neayah 16, her younger brother Joseph who was 11 along with Mya's son Ja'Syih who was 2. Ms.Ti'Næché was very sick , her two older daughters were pregnant Mya with her 2nd ,Neayah with her 1st . Ms.Ti'Næché loved her beautiful family she had raised along with God . They didn't really visit church much but Ms.Ti'Næché made sure she, and her kids knew that there was a true God. She tried her best to provide for her children, and their children to them she was the coolest SuperMom . Even though Ms.Ti'Næché felt very tired and weak , Khai'Lyah and her siblings didn't know that their mom was in her last …show more content…
Days go by its getting closer to Mya , and Neayah's due date they can't seem to get along. both expecting little girls , Joseph was always under his mom he was her only boy beside her first grandson Ja'Syih , Ms.Ti'Næché spoiled her two baby boys they were very close you could say they were inseparable it was beautiful. Khai'Lyah was becoming a teenager each day she had found a male friend by the name of Josh, he was 14 they would chill after school talk on the phone , he'd even walk her home he met her mom. Ms.Ti'Næché thought he was a cool guy, the more time Khai'Lyah spent with him the more it made her cousins mad so they began to tell Ms. Ti'Næché false things.... like she was having sex ,sneaking Josh into her window late night and that worried Ms.Ti'Næché with kemo slowly killing her , her having different surgerys every other week to her envisioning her baby girl might not be a virgin anymore stressed her out. That made her angry but Khai'Lyah tried to convince her mom that they were telling lies

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