Hello, everyone. Time for another short story. Now that I have a little bit of experience on what it's like to be in this city, I'm going to write a fiction short story, based on it.
Written on 03/04/2023
Published on 03/05/2023
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Sharetta Watkins recently moved to Cincinnati, Ohio from Atlanta, Georgia. She just recently got got a nursing degree. There are plenty of job opportunities in Cincinnati that pay well. Some of them even give you the option to get paid daily. She was loving that!
She just bought a modest house near Colerain Avenue, while she works at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, Kentucky. She loves her job. She loves the flexibility of being near multiple states at once. Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky.
One early Sunday morning, Sharetta's grandmother, Gracie Jean Weston, called her up on her son, Titus's (Sharetta's dad) new iPhone. That was the only way she could contact Sharetta. That was her 1st time ever using an iPhone. Gracie Jean still uses a landline rotary phone. She also has an old Chevelle car. She is determined to not keep up with the times. She's old school.
Sharetta picked up the phone, thinking it was her dad, Titus.
"Hello? Dad?", said Sharetta.
Gracie Jean cleared her throat & said, "No, it's me. Granny GJ."
Sharetta was so shocked that she nearly had a seizure! Granny GJ VOWED to never keep up with the times!
Sharetta asked, What's up, Granny GJ. Why you woke me up so early? & on a Sunday?"
Granny GJ said, "You know I've been thinking about you. I've been missing you. How's Shit-ya-nasty? Chuh-chuh-nad? Or however you say it!"
Sharetta was like, "Huh?"
Granny GJ always has the FUNNIEST ways to mispronounce words. She can never pronounce anything correctly.
Sharetta busted out laughing. She said, "You mean, Cincinnati?"
Granny GJ responded, "Yeah. Shit-ya-nasty."
Sharetta said, "Look, Granny GJ. I know you've always been pronouncing words incorrectly since the crack of dawn, but are you REALLY having a difficult time, trying to pronounce, Cincinnati, or are you just trolling me?"
Granny GJ isn't hip to internet lingo.
Granny GJ said, "What? Are you trying to call me a treasure troll? Whatever happened to you respecting your elders? C'mon wit' it! I'm not senile, either."
Sharetta said, "No, Granny GJ. That's not what I was trying to say."
Then, she went to explain a few internet terms to Granny GJ. Granny GJ eventually had a better understanding & then laughed it off.
Sharetta said, "Well, Granny GJ, I thought you were trying to cuss me out & call me nasty."
Granny GJ said, "No. Never!"
They eventually made a truce over the phone. Titus failed at trying to avoid laughing because he knows his mother has Alzheimer's. Sharetta could be her own grandmother's caretaker, but Granny GJ still lives in Atlanta. She refuses to move or visit out of town. Granny GJ ain't goin' NOWHERE!
THE END