Left for Garbage

to be, America.
    On the second day of this celebration Margaret Brown ended it for everyone by throwing her aged parents out of the condo rented solely for the celebration of those same parents ’ Golden Wedding Anniversary. And why she did it, America … I’ll tell you why. Margaret Brown threw out her elderly parents because her mother, her eighty-five year old mother, refused to make French toast for her then fifteen year old granddaughter, Denise.
    That , America, is how things were in the Brown family. Denise would say jump, and if anyone didn’t say ‘How high?’, instantly they were out the door. Whether it was Margaret’s own son Seeley or her elderly parents in that family, Denise’s will was her religion.
    Even D addy Keith had found himself put outside with the trash a few times and forced to sleep in the car, merely for asking Denise why in three years she’d never once brought home a paycheck.
    But d espite all Margaret’s adoration and fierce protectiveness of her daughter, Denise Brown was not happy, America. She resented her mother for occasionally forcing her to stay home and care for the baby she had given birth to, and as the summer of 2008 rolled around, her resentment seemed to reach a fever pitch.
    Denise began telling friends that her parents were divorcing and that her mother was signing the house over to her. Other lovers heard her referring to her precious baby girl as ‘little snot-face’. One whining text states, “I’d rather work twelve hours straight than spend two with Deeley. Minutes drag with her.”
    That’s right , America, minutes drag , and there were other places she wanted to be. A new lover, Aaron, had entered the picture, a boy who had told her it was a shame she couldn’t go back to New York with him and live the high life, if only she didn’t have a child. A group of friends invited her to head down to Puerto Rico for a week and party, but now Mama Margaret was saying, ‘No, it’s time for you to start caring for your own child.’
    Denise Fibber was getting more and more frustrated , and then came Father’s Day, when all the thin straws holding up the house of Brown collapsed at once, and by the next morning Baby Deeley Brown would vanish. Vanish , America, though as the prosecution contends, as do we here at ‘Eye on America’, Baby Deeley did not just vanish that night. We believe, to our sorrow, that she died that day and died at the hands of her own mother, the person she trusted most.
    What happened to make Fibber decide once and for all that Baby Deeley had to go? It’s a question millions have asked and tonight, thanks to the brave honesty of a member of Margaret’s family, I can tell you.
    As we all know , America, Margaret spent Father’s Day with little Deeley, visiting her nursing-home-bound father. Margaret says it was a lovely visit, America, and then later that night she, and Fibber and Baby Deeley shared a wonderful evening filled with sentiment and warm moments while looking over the pictures she, Margaret, had taken earlier that day of her frail father and his tiny great-granddaughter. That’s her story, America, and she’s sticking to it, but here is the truth …
    After Margaret and Baby Deeley visited with her father, the two of them went next door for a chili lunch with Margaret’s mother, Elaine. Elaine served lunch, and as soon as her daughter finished eating, she told her she had something to tell her. That something, America, was that earlier in the day Elaine had discovered someone had stolen one of her incapacitated husband’s social security checks, and when Elaine reported it, the bank did a search and informed her that it was her granddaughter, Denise Brown, who had cashed the stolen check.
    Saddened more than angered , Great-Grandma Elaine told Grandma Margaret, “I’m going to call the police and have Denise arrested. I have to, Margaret. Somebody has to do something before Denise does something really bad.”
    America , that ominous statement was made on the last day that anyone ever saw Baby Deeley’s alive and well. We can only speculate, America, what would have happened if only Great-Grandma Elaine had carried through. She has told our team here at ‘Eye on America’ that her lack of courage will haunt her every day of her life - every day , America. Why didn’t she call? Because her daughter, Margaret, in a fit of rage screamed at this old lady and threatened her. She told her elderly mother that she,