I thought it was going to be like any other day, just doing what I usually do homework, cleaning, napping etc. The day just didn't feel normal "My heart is beating as fast as the hooves of a horse on a racetrack. “I just could feel that something was wrong it didn't seem right to me the day just felt weird. As I waited for my mom to come home I just read a book to just focus on something else, she had finally come putting her bags on a green stool walking into the kitchen to make supper, as she walked in her phone had rang she answered it was my grandmother I don’t know what they were talking about I could tell from my mom’s face expression that something bad had happened , I just sat down and waited until she had finished ,she called me over her voice was high like a piccolo but louder than a trumpet.” Your cousin had just passed” she said. “What how did it happen”! I said.

I could not believe that my cousin had passed its just so shocking he wanted to live his life with his family he wasn’t ready to go, I had another family member that had passed a week before him ,I just don’t understand why my family has to go through this emotional pain right now ,I couldn't concentrate on school as I should failing test, grades going down I was to heartbroken to deal with everything .I barely had the chance to see him ,I had seen him this one time we were on our way home and we saw him walking stopped “who are you guys” he said. “We are your younger cousins” I said. He was so shocked he didn't know he had younger cousins we haven’t seen him in so long, I did not know that he was my cousin I haven’t seen him before so that’s part of the reason and no one told me .

He was just an innocent man named benny, only 36 years old just walking into a store minding his own business then bam two men walk in trying to rob him of his money, merchandise and car but he stood up for himself and said no so one of the guys had got mad and pulled out a gun and just shoot him in the head because he didn't give him what he wanted. I was just so mad he shoots my cousin for nothing and stole his car.” He just wanted to live life to the fullest”; he wasn't ready to go he had 2 sons and a wife waiting at home for him and when he didn't come back they were so worried ,when we told them what happened they were heartbroken I could feel their pain because I felt the same way. I love him so much even though I didn't know he was my cousin I still loved him I will always and never forget you Benny I love you.