“Your parents tried to create a protective shield around you to keep you isolated from the trouble going on around you in this neighborhood.”  Tío Marcos

By Richard Juarez

Bam!

The door slammed behind me. She almost hit me with it, but I didn’t care. She wanted me out of the house, and I was glad to get out of there. She had been crying all day, just like yesterday and the day before, crying and yelling. It seemed like it went on and on nonstop since two cops and the Coke delivery guy showed up. The three of them gave me a long lecture in front of my parents. The Coke guy said he would not press charges, but the cops said it would be on my record anyway, in case I ever did anything like that again.   [Read more…]