Bree Jalil Tysen
Bree walked slowly toward the man that had beckoned her. She was
trembling, this man looked big and rough. Once she reached him she told him
her price he grinned handed her the money then, grasped her arm and drug
her to a room in the hotel. He tossed her on the bed and tore her clothes
off, and then took off his own. He forced her onto her knees and elbows and
entered her, he rode her hard, hard enough that she was crying by the time
he left. She lay in the bed for a moment resting a bit, getting ready to go
back down and find another customer and do it again. She got dressed and
went down to the lobby of the dreadful hotel and sat in the corner, almost
wishing no one would see her. She rose and took a pill out of her pockets
and swallowed it with a drink of water from the dirty fountain, then sat
back down a again. The pill was so that she couldn't get pregnant and the
bitter taste lingered in her mouth. She did this every night; after she had
had enough customers to buy food for her three brothers she would go to the
grocery story and bought them food. She had two younger brothers and one
that was her twin; they were now 14, Tommy had objected to her job choice,
but it was the only way she could make enough money, Tommy worked for a man
bucking hay and working on the ranch. Her middle brother, Binh was 11 and
did not have a job because he had to watch the youngest brother, Anthony,
he was 2. She had two more customers that night then she left and bought
food and started on her way home. The house was small, one bedroom one
bathroom, a small kitchen and a small room with some old furniture. She
went inside and was greeted by her brothers, "You home early" Tommy said
with a smile as he relieved her of the bags and headed towards the kitchen.
"Yeah," she nodded and sat one an old dusty couch between her to younger
brothers. She took Anthony in her arms and hugged him close, snuggled
against her breast and fell asleep. Binh got up and gently pushed her down
onto the couch gently, "You are tired Bj," he brothers called her that
sometimes; Binh was also Bj, Binh Jacob. "Sleep for a bit, I'll wake u up
when Dinners ready." He smiled and went to help Tommy I the kitchen. She
did fall asleep, almost immediately with Anthony's warm body keeping her
warm. Tommy shook her awake, he lifted Anthony into his arms and tickled
him; the little boy squirmed and laughed. "Dinners ready," They all
gathered in the kitchen, the meal was eaten in silence. They retired to bed
after dinner; they always ate dinner late, when Bree got home. In the small
bedroom there were too twin size beds, Bree and Anthony shared one and Binh
and Tommy shared the other.
Bree woke up late that morning, Tommy had already left for work, and
Binh and Anthony were sitting on the living room floor, Anthony had some
plastic toys he was playing with while Binh played solitaire with an old
pack of cards. Bree wasn't hungry but knew she should eat something anyway,
so she made a couple pieces of toast, she forced herself to eat one piece
and gave the other one to Binh. Who grinned at her and stuffed the whole
thing in his mouth, "Hey, Bj, look what I've been working on." He quickly
set his cards down, came to his knees, then back down in the splits. Bree
smiled at him, "That's cool, but don't hurt yourself." "Ah come on, you do
the splits all the time, you never hurt yourself." She shrugged as he sat
back in a normal position and continued him game.