I knew something that she didn’t want people to know.
No, I will not tell you.
A secret is a secret.
I will take that to my grave.
That’s what friends are for.
She fired me.
So I was stealing money.
So I needed to send some to
my mother back home and she wouldn’t let me.
There was a misunderstanding. She came to visit me
in my motel.
I was pissed. I put the gun to my head.
She wanted to be friends but I’m a stubborn woman.
I had my dignity.
I said, “If you don’t leave right now, I’ll kill myself, Selena.”
Maybe that was dramatic of me. I have a way of
leading with my feelings.
She said, “No, Mom. Don’t do that.”
She called me Mom.
She turned around.
I said “Wait.” I told her, “Don’t go.”
I thought the gun was off.