Fences Page #4

rose:
There’s a lot of people don’t know they can do

no better than they doing now. That’s just someThere’s a lot of people don’t know they can do

no better than they doing now. That’s just something

you got to learn. A lot of folks still shop

at Bella’s.

troy:
Ain’t nothing wrong with shopping at Bella’s.

She got fresh food.

rose:
I ain’t said nothing about if she got fresh

food. I’m talking about what she charge. She

charge ten cents more than the A&P.

troy:
The A&P ain’t never done nothing for me. I

spends my money where I’m treated right. I go

down to Bella, say, “I need a loaf of bread, I’ll

pay you Friday.” She give it to me. What sense

that make when I got money to go and spend it

somewhere else and ignore the person who done

right by me? That ain’t in the Bible.

rose:
We ain’t talking about what’s in the Bible. What

sense it make to shop there when she overcharge?

troy:
You shop where you want to. I’ll do my shopping

where the people been good to me.

rose:
Well, I don’t think it’s right for her to overcharge.

That’s all I was saying.

bono:
Look here . . . I got to get on. Lucille be

raising all kind of hell.

troy:
Where you going, n*gger? We ain’t finished this

pint. Come here, finish this pint.

bono:
Well, hell, I am . . . if you ever turn the bottle

loose.

Troy hands him the bottle.

troy:
The only thing I say about the A&P is I’m glad

Cory got that job down there. Help him take care

of his school clothes and things.

Rose straightens up. Cory is a sore

subject.

troy:
Gabe done moved out and things getting tight

around here. He got that job . . . he can start

to look out for himself.

rose:
Cory done went and got recruited by a college

football team.

troy:
I told that boy about that football stuff. The

white man ain’t gonna let him get nowhere with

that football. I told him when he first come to me

with it. Now you come telling me he done went and

got more tied up in it. He ought to go and get

recruited in how to fix cars or something where he

can make a living.

rose:
He ain’t talking about making no living playing

football. It’s just something the boys in school

do. They gonna send a recruiter by to talk to you.

He’ll tell you he ain’t talking about making no

living playing football. It’s a honor to be recruited.

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