Alicia waltzed into the diner big as life at 3:45am. She was tall and shapely. She was often complimented on her voluptuous figure. Her response was "Mama blessed me with booty." Alicia had creamy golden brown skin, thick black hair that could be molded into any style she chose. She was raised in the bronx and was proud of it. She felt it was what gave her the skills required of life. She was bold, strong, and courageous.

Admittedly she learned some lessons the hard way. Women in the bronx tended to marry young and usually because they were pregnant. This usually happenned for one of two reasons; either from a lack of education or else from a strong desire to remove oneself from the family home where you were just another mouth to feed. Alicia was one of these young women.

She wanted out of her family home solely for the purpose of finding a home where her voice would be the loudest and would be listened to. She came from a family of outspoken parents and bold siblings. This wasn't a trait special to her it was just genetics. Alicia's family was large. She was the sixth child of seven siblings. Being that far down the line she didn't have much say in anything not that it had kept her from trying.

Alicia met Jackson Diamond when she was sixteen years old. She was pregnant at seventeen and had her baby boy Rysan James Diamond all before her 18th birthday. Once Alicia started to show her pregnancy Jackson's attentions began to diminish. From the time Rysan was born until he was two years of age Jackson all but disappeared from the scene. Alicia struggled to make ends meet for as long as she could. When that failed she returned to her family home not just bringing back one mouth to feed but two. Her mother and father reminded her of this fact daily so when Jackson showed up out of the blue just after Rysan turned two Alicia packed up almost willingly to make one more attempt at making her own family.

The first two months was like a honeymoon. Rysan was out of the new born stage and was a peaceable baby boy. A boy parents could be proud of. However after the first months went by Jackson's attentions once again began to wander. At first it was infrequent but after a few more months he was once again gone more often that not.

Alicia had quit school in the eighth grade. She had no marketable skills and once again struggled to survive. Alicia vowed she wouldn't go back to her family. She didn't want to face them. They

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