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She stopped in Marshall to see her oldest brother Nehemiah. Her mother being a religious woman and raised by a reverend decided to give all her kids biblical names, it still made Tina smile that until she was born her name was going to be Ezekiel. But her big brother “Miah” was a spitting image of her father, big body and bigger voice but his uncanny ability to tell the truth without censor and sometimes surly demeanor left him out of a lot of family heart felt conversations. Despite her father’s instruction he did not join the marines and follow in his foot steps he pursued his passion for football but a severe injury to his back put that dream to rest.

He was always glad to see Tina, he was planning a trip out to L.A. to see her next month as a surprise before her wedding. Miah was fixing a belt on his truck when he heard the sound of his little brother’s Chevelle roaring up the road he stood up straight and turned and saw the midnight paint gleaming in the summer sun. But it was kind of disconcerting to see Tina all of sudden like this, mentally he checked to make sure there was no visit planned for Tina that he might‘ve forgotten about. She was not one to surprise people, like her father she liked things to have order and a plan. The smile on his face couldn’t hide his excitement he loved having his little sister around, he always felt like she made him out to be bigger than life, he missed that about her. The license plate that read NASTY1, always made him laugh with a touch of sadness, like the rest of his family he still missed his little brother. Tina pulled up and a cloud of dust shrouded the smile she was beaming straight to her brother.

“Well I don’t see a trail of cops so, I guess you kept it up there, huh?”

“I only took her up to 135ish. That’s actually slow compared to what I could’ve been doing.” she smiled wickedly at him.

“Come here Teeny.” he said stretching his arms out for her to fall in. “I missed you midget.”