Who Is Gianna?
Gianna’s Point of View
The air is crisp and cool with fall rolling into Chicago as the school year begins. It seemed like a typical day as I walked into class to kickoff the first day of junior year, but what was about to unfold that night and into the next couple of days was anything but ordinary. I do not know what I expected, because my life has never been normal due to the family I was born into.
Image of Gianna at school
My story begins with a star-crossed love affair, not my own of course, but rather my parents. As a college freshman my mother was struggling to find funding for her education, which she tried extremely hard to do. Skylar, or my mother, wanted to be a nurse, which schooling for nursing is highly expensive. She worked two part-time jobs, which proved to provide insufficient funding. She even applied to thousands of scholarships, well maybe just hundreds, but she only won a few. From the few scholarships she won she was only able to cover a couple of classes and her textbooks. Unfortunately, her parents did not provide her with a college fund and they believed she would feel better about earning her degree if she paid for it on her own, which did the opposite. Due to her financial struggles she eventually found herself on the wrong path. When talking about her financial struggles, one of her friends in class said she knew a lady who could “hook her up” with the money she needed for school, and told her to meet her by the dumpsters that night after class. No matter how many knots she felt in her stomach when thinking about the situation she was desperate for the money and so she met up with her friend. This friend met up with her that night behind the dumpsters, as they had planned, and took her down the back alley until it opened up to a small court with more dumpsters. Suddenly a woman approached in a dark trench coat, a black fedora, and some sparkly silver high-heeled boots. She walked up to Skylar and took her hand and asked, “Are you looking for some college funding, darling?” My mother in a slight shock goes, “Well she ma’am I am, are you able to help me?” The mysterious maiden laughed and said, “Honey I am no ma’am I prefer my gang name, Lady Killer.” Skylar looked over at her friend in horror and shock before responding to the woman. She responded, “Well excuse me Miss Lady Killer, but I come looking for funding for nursing school.” Lady Killer asks, “How far are you willing to go young lady, to follow your dreams?” Skylar responded, “ I will do whatever it takes. It has been my dream since I was a little girl to grow up and be a nurse someday. There will be nothing that stops me.” Lady Killer says, “Well young lady, for your first payment of your nursing school I need you to do me a small favor.” Skylar said slyly, “Your wish is my command, Lady Killer.” Her response was, “I have been eyeing this priceless diamond necklace in the window of the Tiffany store downtown and I already have a duplicate of it to replace the one in the window; however, my problem is I am banned from the store due to past conflicts. I need a fresh face to do my bidding, are you the fresh face I am looking for?” Skylar even with the pit in her stomach responded with, “Yes Lady Killer. I will do as you ask.” This then opened the floodgates of my mothers criminal history, and it only escalated from there. Eventually, she became a part of the Lady Saints gang and started using the name Eye in the Sky, because now she is in charge of the gang.
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Jackson and Skylar at their wedding.
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The prize winning show dog, Wasabi.
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Now there has to be a second individual in a star-crossed love affair, which is my father, Jackson, or as he’s better known as Jack Sparrow by the members of the Gangster Disciples. His story with the Gangster Disciples began when he was a young child. Jackson’s father, or my grandfather, was the head of the Gangster Disciples from the day Jackson was born, so when he died it was only logical to make Jackson the new leader. He stepped into this role as a nineteen year old, which he already had obtained ten years of experience. During my mother’s first raid of a pet store downtown was the day they met each other. It turns out the Gangster Disciples were plotting to steal the same prize winning dog that was there for photos at the pet store. When one of the Lady Saint’s ran into a Gangster Disciple while undercover in the store, Skylar decided to have a conversation with the leader of the Gangster Disciples about how the Lady Saint’s were going to be the ones taking the award winning dog. However, this confrontation led to a deep love for one another, with each of them falling in love with the other's leadership. Now just imagine for a moment you're an offspring of these two individuals, who are supposed to hate each other based upon the rivalry between the two gangs. I think you now get the picture, which just happens to sum up my entire life.
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Now that you’re caught up on the past let’s get to the present of the moment my life completely fell apart. After a great first day of school, where I finally got to spend some time with my boyfriend, Maddox, is where the problem begins. Now my sister Valentina is also a member of the Lady Saints, and it just happened that she was going out on a solo job on my first day of school. Valentina was sent out to do a high stakes drug deal, and which the dealer specifically requested for a young woman to come to him with the money on her own. The dealer also said if someone was found to be coming with her the deal would be called off and Valentina would be killed on the spot. Now little did she know our brother, Elijah, was sent by the Gangster Disciples to steal the drugs away from the Lady Saints. Neither Elijah, being instructed by Jackson, nor Valentina, being instructed by Skylar, knew that their solo jobs would lead to the death of Valentina. Once Valentina obtained the drugs from the dealer Elijah hopped down from the ceiling and chased after her, which then caused the dealer to chase after them. In the abandoned warehouse, Jackson was watching everything on camera and quickly got up when he realized that Elijah was being followed by the dealer. When he caught up to them Jackson quickly realized that the dealer had Elijah and the unknown Lady Saint cornered. Quickly Jackson pulled his gun out and pointed it at the dealer stating, “Let my disciple go!” The dealer responded, “If you kill the girl I’ll let your “disciple” go.” Jackson says, “That will not be a problem seeing as we are from rival gangs.” Without any hesitation, Jackson pointed the gun at the Lady Saint’s chest and blew out three fatal shots right into the heart and lungs, killing her on the spot. He returns his gaze to the dealer and says, “Now can we take the drugs since I just did you a favor.” The dealer replies, “It is better if I do not return to my boss with it, and I already have the cash from the young girl, so I do not see a problem with that.” As soon as the dealer left Elijah and Jackson decided to start hiding the body, but out of curiosity they began to take off her disguise. However, they got hit with the stark reality of the thing they had just done, because unknowingly they had killed a family member. Now they knew that this was going to quickly come back to bite them, but they did not know how this would come back to them.
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The drug deal between the dealer and Jackson.
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Skylar pointing her gun at Jackson.
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Skylar's Point of View:
The line goes dead after I heard three gunshots go off in the background. I quickly get up from my stake out point and follow the GPS tracker attached to Valentina’s mask to a back alley way away from the original meeting place. When I arrive at the scene all I see is blood on the ground in the corner, but there is no sign of Valentina. That is when it hits me, the Gangster Disciples take the bodies of those they kill and dispose of them at a secret spot they have, and they are the only gang around here that does that. Most of the gang will try to hide them in dumpsters because they are too afraid to attempt to move the bodies in broad daylight. I am immediately filled with rage knowing my husband killed our daughter in order to obtain some drugs. My daughter never deserved to die, all she was asked to do was do an extremely simple task. I did not need those fools getting into my business, which they somehow always do. Not to long ago a diamond necklace heist of mine went wrong, because those idiotic Gangster Disciples cut the lines between my accomplice and I. This loss of communication led to the imprisonment of my young lady, Firebird, and will now be serving a ten year sentence. It is about time I pay those Gangster Disciples back for all the times they have sabotaged my team, and I will do so by killing off their leader, my husband. I immediately call Jackson to let him know about the horrible news I have, and I pretend I do not know how this happened. He then offered to take me out for dinner to help me cope, since he knows that is something that brings me comfort. I ask to go to the bar downtown where many different gangs come together to relax, and they put aside any rivalries. In fact, right outside the building is the beautiful abandoned office where no one ever goes. After getting some food and a couple rounds into him I convinced him to come with me to go check out the abandoned office, and my excuse was I was looking for a new hide out spot for the Lady Saints. He agrees and we walk into it together around 10:00 pm. We walk around and I pretend to be wowed by the amount of space the office provides and give a list of benefits as to why I should make it the Lady Saint’s new hideout. He starts to get tired and he sits on the dusty floor of the building, and he lays himself right into my trap. While I stand behind him I pull out my pistol and point it at the base of his head. I quickly yelled at him, “Jackson I know you killed Valentina today, and now I think it is time for some payback.” Before he could even get off the ground I fired one shot into the back of his head, which killed him instantly. Lucky for him I only need one shot to kill someone. I think I'll find a barrel and put him in the back of the abandoned office building, where no one will ever find him. Once I disposed of him and walked myself home I felt a weight come off my shoulders, almost as if Valentina felt that she had been avenged. I am glad, because I will do anything to make my daughters happy. |
Elijah’s Point of View
My mother returns, but my father does not. I have a bad feeling about this as I see her give a sly smile before heading into their bedroom. Not even thirty minutes later she comes out with trash bags filled with my father’s clothing. I ask her, “Mom, what are you doing with dad’s clothing?” She looks at me and responds. “Oh, your father thought that it would be a good idea to give his clothes to charity. He really only wears three outfits anyways, and he wanted to try something nice for a change.” She then quickly walks out the door and I hear the trash cans being opened and the bags being thrown in. Not only did I not believe the idea of my father giving to charity, but the fact that I heard her throw out his things really caught my attention. I could tell whatever was going on was not good for me, nor my father. A pit grows in my stomach as I think about when dad and I disposed of Valentina early in the day. We went to our abandoned office right next to the gangster bar in town, because no one ever goes there so it makes the best place for hiding bodies. After grief over the death of my sister filled my soul I decided that I need to go pay her some small respect. That night I snuck out of my window and walked to the office around 1:00 am. I arrived there and went to the back where we hid her under a sheet in a corner, which was just like the place where she died. As I stood there looking at her lifeless body I placed the white rose I purchased, because I always appreciated the innocence she had at home that made you never expect her to be a gang member. Once I laid the rose on her and covered her back up I smelled something fresh. The smell intoxicated the air, and it was the smell of rotting flesh and fresh blood. After some investigating I found a barrel with blood flowing out of the bottom of it, which piqued my interest. I quickly dumped out the barrel’s contents to find my fathers body with a gunshot wound in the back of his head. It was extremely clear that he was dead, but who would have done this? As I begin to recollect my day the one odd thing that was there was tonight with my mother. She came home extremely happy, but when she returned she never did return with dad. Now, maybe if she had not begun to throw his clothing in the trash I could have just dismissed the absence of my father as something he had to do. Oftentimes my father would not return, because he had things to take care of, and most of the time I did not know what those things were. After some close consideration it was bright as day that my mother had murdered my father, and she would have gotten away with it if the abandoned office next to the bar was not the body dump zone for the Gangster Disciples. |
The white rose that Elijah laid on Valentina.
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Elijah point his pistol at Skylar.
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Skylar’s Point of View
I feel the pride of success as I lay in bed that night by myself. For once I had overthrown the leader of the Gangster Disciples; however, I will have to quickly step into their headquarters before my son steps up, since he would be the next logical leader. All I have ever wanted was to take over the Gangster Disciples, but since my husband was in control I never had the chance to in the past. I loved my husband with all my heart; however, after murdering our daughter over drugs it was something that was simply unforgivable and it provided the opportunity to overthrow the Gangster Disciples. They always told us they were better than us because the Lady Saints were women, and they always down played our strength. A woman can not be confined to just a simple role at home, and the women members of the Lady Saints clearly embody this. We are strong, intelligent, and fearless women, but the men who are part of the Gangster Disciples always belittled us and our ability. Now I can demonstrate my strength to them by stepping up and taking over their little business they have going. They stand no chance against me and my gang without their leader. The next day I woke up around 6:00 a.m and I put on black jeans, black blazer, shiny black heels, and bright red lipstick. After getting myself ready to impress I sneak out of the house and head downtown to get into the underground tunnels to go to the Gangster Disciples’ headquarters. I walk into a pod of men who are filled with confusion as their leader has yet to appear, and he’s normally the first person there and the last to leave. I climb onto a table in the middle of all of them and yell, “Hey!” Suddenly, all of the men go silent and stare at me with blank stares, which quickly become stares filled with rage. I smirk and say, “Your leader died in an unfortunate accident last night and never returned home. My husband Jackson was a strong leader who had charm and charisma. He deserves to be followed by a worthy leader who embodies who he was when he was alive. This is the very reason I have shown up today.” All of them men become even more filled with rage, yet they remain silent to see what I have to propose to them. I continue, “I was extremely close to your leader, since we were married. With this close relationship I know what he wants for you guys and he often shared with me future stunts for you all to pull to continue building revenue for the organization. With all of this taken into consideration I feel that it is clear that my husband would want me to be the leader of the Gangster Disciples, since he has passed. As your new leader we will be able to join the Gangster Disciples and the Lady Saints together to build a gang empire, and we will be able to take over Chicago together.” Now the truth was I did not want to bring the Gangster Disciples success, but rather I wanted to bring in my Lady Saints to overthrow the Gangster Disciples and make them our minions. By doing so we can assert female dominance and prove to them that women are so much more than they believe we can be. After my small speech to them Elijah quickly runs in and looks up at me. Elijah yells, “Mother I know that you killed dad!” All of the men let out a gasp and turn their attention away from me and onto Elijah. I responded innocently, “ Have no idea what you are talking about. Your father got into a fight last night after we went to the bar. The man had some problem with him in the past and he took him away and strangled him until he died.” Elijah’s face filled with anger, “That’s not what happened and you know it. I found him in the barrel you hid him in at the abandoned office next to the bar downtown. You shot him in the back of the head and tried to hide the fact you killed him by creating this fake story.” I yell, “HE KILLED YOUR SISTER!! HE HAD IT COMING, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE KILL OUR DAUGHTER, BUT HE KILLED MY BEST MEMBER! YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE PAIN AND HEARTBREAK THAT THIS SITUATION BROUGHT ME! HE DESERVED IT FOR KILLING VALENTINA AND YOU CAN NOT CHANGE WHAT HAS HAPPENED.” Elijah pulls out a pistol and responds, “I know he killed Valentina, because I was there when it happened and it broke my heart too. However, I must do what is in the best interest of my fellow gang members, which means I can never allow you to be the leader over them.” He pointed the pistol at the middle of my forehead and he pulled the trigger. |
Gianna’s Point of View
The day after my mother’s death Parker shows up at my house. Parker was a close friend of my sister, Valentina, and she always wanted to please my mother. When she showed up at my house she insisted that I come with her to the back alley that the Lady Saint’s call their headquarters. I reluctantly follow her to the back alley where chaos has ensued, and all order that was established by my mother is gone. There are women crying hysterically while others are trying to comfort them. Some women are attempting to step into my mother’s shoes to become the next leader. Parker walks me through the middle of all of them until we get to a dumpster which she jumps onto and pulls me up with her. Parker yells, “Listen up everyone!” The swarm of women got so silent that you could hear a pin drop. Parker continues, “ We have all heard the sad news about the death of both Skylar and Valentina, who were extremely important and strong women in our gang. However, we can not allow this sad news to slow down our work, because we all still need the revenue to support our families. Here with me I have Gianna, who is the youngest and only daughter left of the late Skylar White. I believe that as a close confidant of both Skylar and Valentina they would want Gianna to be our new leader.” All of a sudden an uproar happened in the crowd. One woman yelled, “She is too young to be our leader, she is like only twelve!” Actually ma’am I am sixteen thank you very much. Another yells, “She has never been a part of the gang and she does not know what she is doing!” I mean she is right, I have not done any work for my mother. A woman in the back yells, “Parker is more deserving than that little rat to step into the position of leader!” Well excuse me, I did not know I was a rat ma’am. Parker responds, “Sure Gianna is young, but her youthful brain and her understanding of what youngsters are into in today’s world might be useful to us. And sure she has never done anything for the gang but it does not mean that she will not be good at it. Also, I am not deserving of being the next leader, because I could never fill Skylar’s shoes.” Then Parker looks over to me and asks, “What do you think Gianna?” The truth is I never wanted to be part of the Lady Saints, because all that my mother and sister did to bring in money really made me uncomfortable. I just felt that deep down all that they were doing was wrong and I wanted a different path for my life. I responded, “I can not accept to be your new leader, because I am not fit.” Parker says, “Sure you are Gianna! You will make a great leader.” Shaking my head no, I respond, “I really can not accept the offer, but I am honored that you thought of me.” Parker responds back, “Really we have no better leader.” I angrily say, “ I DO NOT WANT TO BE PART OF THE LADY SAINTS!!!” Quickly the women in the back alley fill with anger, and I make my great escape back home. |
The back alley that is considered the Lady Saints headquarters.
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Victor, the school bully.
Juniper, Gianna's school friend.
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At Gianna’s School
I walk into my Chemistry class heavy with sadness and guilt. The death of my mother, father, and sister has really weighed down on me. I may have never agreed with their methods of gaining income, but they loved me and provided for me. It is official, I am an orphan with both of my parents gone, and the only relative left is my brother who is a murderer. I miss my mother for the amazing food she made and for how she always made time to be with me. My sister Valentina and I were extremely close and she was the only one who knew I never wanted to get into the gang life and she said she supported my dreams. In all honesty my father was rarely around, but when he was he made it a point to show how much he loved me. No one is perfect, and my family is extremely far from being perfect, but even with all the imperfect and terrible things they did for a living, they still had their good moments. As I sit there reminiscing and feeling into my grief, Victor walks in and smirks at me. I can already feel the bullying coming, and I am in no mood to deal with it. Victor has been our class bully since we were in sixth grade, and he is known for dealing drugs and being in the Spanish Cobras gang. Victor walks up to me and says, “Why the long face, Sweetheart?” I growl back, “It is none of your business.” He smiles and responds, “All I want to do is be there for you if you’re in pain, honey.” I ask, “Since when do you care about others feelings, Victor?” He cheerfully replies, “I have turned away from my past of not being kind, because I understand to make better people for the future we need to show love for each other.” I roll my eyes and say, “Victor I do not believe that for a moment, and you do not need to know about my personal life.” Victor whispers, “I know your family is dead, so stop acting as if you have it all together, Miss Perfect.” My eyes start to swell with tears and it feels as if my throat is closing shut. I try so hard to not let Victor bother me, but this was an extremely sensitive subject and I just can not deal with it anymore today. I quickly ran out of the classroom and into the bathroom down the hall. In the bathroom I lock myself in the handicap stall and sit in the corner of the stall crying. As I sit there crying a small knock comes from the door of the bathroom stall. I sit there and in tears respond, “Please go away, I do not want to talk to anyone at the moment.” A small voice responds, “I am not going away, because I know that you need someone at this moment.” I recognize the voice, it is Juniper. Juniper was new freshman year and I took her arrival as my opportunity to do a small act of kindness. I showed her around the school and gave her a debriefing on the people in our class, but our friendship did not go outside of the walls of the school. We are not very close, but we take care of each other when we are within the walls of the school. Juniper then asks, “Can I come in? You do not have to tell me what is wrong, I just want to be able to see you.” I get up and unlock the door and let her into the stall. Then I go back to my corner and sit back down to continue crying. Juniper stands there by the door and stares at me with her perfect innocent stare, which makes you want to spill all your deepest secrets because the way she looks at you let’s you know she is actually listening. I sniffle a little and look up at her, “Listen, I have had a very rough week this week. My father killed my sister, which made my mother kill my father. Then my brother killed my mother for killing my father.” Juniper’s face goes into shock for a moment, and then she responds, “Oh Gianna, I am so sorry for your loss.” I smile and say, “Thank you Juniper.” She then asks, “Is that what you and Victor were talking about?” I nodded and replied, “He started harassing me by asking what was wrong, and then he whispered to me about my situation. He is the last person I needed to know about the murdering going on in my family, but I can not be surprised when he is in the Spanish Cobras gang and all of the gangs gossip about the others. The gossip in gangs spread faster than the gossip in our school.” Both Juniper and I let out a small giggle at my last remark. Juniper tells me, “I know that dealing with loss in your family is hard, but you can not let whatever Victor says bring you down.” She was right and I knew that, but it was still hard to deal with and I knew that she also understood that. Juniper then says, “Let’s get you cleaned up and we will go back to class together. What do you say?” I nod and we get me all cleaned up and we return to class. |
After School
I finally make it through the worst day of school in my life, and I meet up with Maddox and Rose. After school we head back to Maddox’s house, where he lives in the suburbs of Chicago in an adorable cookie cutter neighborhood. His mother greets us with freshly baked cookies and glasses of milk and then we sit at the countertop in the kitchen to do our homework. I always loved his mother, because she was everything my mother was not, and she really had taken me in as a daughter. I sit there for a moment trying not to let the sadness get to me again, but it creeps in still even as I patch up a wall to keep it out. My face sinks and I begin to stare at my feet as they kick back and forth under me. Suddenly Maddox puts his hand on my shoulder and says, “Babe, what’s wrong? You know you can tell me anything.” My eyes welled with tears again, and I responded to him in a broken voice, “My father, mother, and sister have died, Maddox. I am an orphan. My father accidently killed my sister in a drug deal. My mother was filled with rage and killed my father in revenge for the death of my sister. Then Elijah killed our mother when he found out what she did to our father. I do not know what to do anymore and I am an orphan. Parker wants me to become the new leader of the Lady Saints, but I do not want that to be my life. I want to be able to live my own life and turn far away from the life my parents lived. All I want to do is help people, but I feel so hopeless right now.” Both Maddox and Rose stare at me like I grew another head. Then Rose has the courage to speak up, and she says, “Hey, Gianna you know that we will always be there for you right? We will not allow you to carry these burdens on your own. If you would feel better you can always stay at my house.” I nod my head to agree to the idea of staying with her, because I no longer feel safe in my own home, considering my own brother is a murder. Who knows I could be next on his list if I get into his way to power. Maddox gives me a tight hug and kisses my forehead, and he just allows me to cry it all out. After a little while I begin to calm down and he takes his hand to wipe my tears away. Finally, we get to the homework we need to work on and we finish all of it after two hours. |
Maddox, Gianna's boyfriend.
Rose, Gianna's best friend.
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Xander, a member of the Gangster Disciples and Elijah's friend.
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At Gianna’s House
Rose’s mother drives me home to pick up my stuff so I can stay the night with them for a few days. When I walk into the house Xander is there with my brother on the couch in our living room. I have never liked Xander, because he is a lying thief just like my brother and every time he is at our house someone has something missing by the time he leaves. Rather than start a conversation I walk into my room and begin packing my bags. I grab three nice shirts, two pairs of leggings, a pair of jeans, a pair of boots, a pillow, a blanket, some undergarments, a few pairs of socks, a set of pajamas, and my toiletries. As I walk out of my room I am stopped by Xander, who is standing right in front of my door. Xander gives a sly smile and says, “Where do you think you are going?” I reply, “It is none of your business Xander. Now get out of my way.” He responds, “Well did you get clearance from Elijah to go anywhere?” I angrily say, “I do not need to ask my brother if I can go places, because the last time I checked he is not my father. Actually, my father is dead so I do not have to tell anyone where I am going.” Xander grabs the front of my shirt, and says, “If you do not tell me where you are going I will make sure you are not going anywhere. I have so much more power over you and you do not stand a chance against me.” I glance over at my brother, who is sitting on the couch just allowing it to happen. Clearly my brother has no regards for my safety, which is no surprise considering he is a MURDERER. I finally respond to Xander, “Let me go right now or you’ll regret it. Remember I know where the Gangster Disciples dispose of their bodies. In a few seconds I can call the police and lead them right to your body dump.” Xander drops me and says, “If you ever tell the police you will not live to see another day.” I roll my eyes and head out to the car where Rose and her mother sit waiting for me. Rose asks, “What took you so long?” I just look at her and say, “Long story, but it involves Xander.” Rose knows about Xander, because I constantly complain about him. We leave it at that and enjoy a relaxing, quiet ride back to Rose’s house. |
The Next Day After School
Rose, Maddox, and I head back to Rose’s house after school to hang out. We finally made it to Friday and we were all ready to relax over the weekend. Since no one could pick us up we just walked to her house. As we walked I said, “I think I know what I want to do with my future.” Maddox and Rose give me a surprised and confused look, and Rose asks, “Well what do you want to do?” I respond, “I want to help bust gangs, and then turn members of those gangs lives around. I mean since my mother was in a gang I know where most of the headquarters of the gangs are around here. Someone has to go out and begin changing those people’s lives around, and set them back on the right track. Everyone deserves a second chance, and I want to provide that to gang members.” Then Maddox says, “Well, how do you plan to do that?” I continue, “I think my first move is calling the police and leading them to the body dump the Gangster Disciples have, because all of those who were murdered by them deserve justice. Both my father and my sister lie there, but they need justice.” So as soon as we get to Rose’s house I explain the situation I have been in to her mother and we call the police. When the police arrive at Rose’s house I get into the police car and direct them to the abandoned office, and explain how my father was part of the Gangster Disciple gang and made the mistake of telling me where they keep the dead bodies. I then proceed to show them a photo of Elijah and Xander and tell them where the underground headquarters is. By the end of the afternoon Elijah, Xander, and many other gang members were taken into custody for their crimes and were given a day for their trials. I suddenly feel this weight lifted off of my shoulders, which it turns out I had never felt this light in my life. My entire life I carried the weight of knowing my family had killed many people and were doing terrible things just to make money. Never had I let this go, but with the death of my parents and sister, and knowing that my brother was being taken to jail I could now feel free. This moment inspired me to turn around my life, and from that moment I knew I wanted to be a financial guide and therapist. I felt that this occupation would help to prevent people from turning to gangs in order to provide for themselves or their families. As soon as we saw the police leave Rose’s house Maddox gave me the biggest hug and we just stood there smiling. Then Rose’s mother appeared and said, “Gianna, after some careful consideration and conversations with the police. We have decided we will adopt you, since you have no living relatives and we really want to help you with your future dreams. So, we were wondering if you would be okay with that?” I smile, hug her, and say, “I can not imagine a better mother and father for me. Thank you!” It was that moment that I got my life onto the right track, and I never turned back. |
The Chicago Police.
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Links to Resources Used for this Story
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