Sunday, May 11, 2008

Lulu Lamar woke up to a beautiful morning. It was finally sunny and there was not a cloud in the sky. She preformed her usual tasks and turned on the television to see the morning's news. The reporter was standing in front of a park. It was her park. Something had happened in her neighborhood surprise, surprise. Something always happened near Washington Heights but she decided to continue reading the subtitles for the program. Apparently the old woman Pearl had found a body in the park. She was sobbing and carrying on about the poor dear. Lulu wondered who this person was. Who had died in the park? What had happened? She saw the name flash across the screen. Fill the little homeless boy had died. Lulu gasped. What a tragedy. No one seemed to ever help that poor boy. He was all alone with no one to care for him. Lulu turned off the news too shocked to watch any more. Besides today she had an interview with the man that owned the grocery store. What was his name? Achilles that's it. What a strange name. Lulu said goodbye to Sinclair and left him alone in the apartment. They had never really been apart and she didn't know how he or she would handle being separated. She walked down the hall toward the elevator, pressed the button and waited for it to reach the fifth floor. When she reached the lobby, she headed toward the door off to her job interview. As she was walking down the street, she passed Marcus heading very quickly back to the apartments, hands in pockets and looking back over his shoulder every couple of seconds. Someone else up to no good. This neighborhood was really getting to be a dangerous place. Hopefully with a new job she would be able to move out pretty soon but Lulu still had an interview to get through. She had reached the entrance Lulu took a deep breath and walked in thinking this good be the start to a new life.