THE THRESHOLD!

         "La-Roke! ,hollered the disheveled man standing on the sidewalk,"La-Roke, I want my money!", he continued.

  Inside, Carlos La-Roke peered through the slice in the curtain from the third floor,"Shit Maria," Carlos whispered"why did you spend that welfare check? Now how will I pay this Negron?"

         "---Carlos yous a bum ass nigga, anyway and I should tell Negron you up here too..." ,Maria was a bitch and she knew it," big man Carlos,uww you so tough look at chew now...",she taunted.

         "La-Roke, I'm gonna find chew!",screamed Negron once more before walking off to another soul to torment.

         "Maria,what am I gonna do? I cant pay these bills,there is no work and on top of it all Negron wants to kill me!"

         "I don't care no more Carlos. I want you out of my house!" ,Just then the baby started to cry. Maria went to Carlito jr. , picked him up,"shhh-hush up baby...daddy,s leaving and mommy is moving, I'm gonna get you away from all this," Maria looked sideways at Carlos who was still peeking out of the window sweating.'He looks like a pussy! ',she thought to herself.

  Carlos, pulled himself from the window and turned to face Maria,"--ria..?" he pleaded, "why do you do these things--"

         "Fuck chew man!" she fired back,"I'm going to live with my mother."

  Something burning inside Carlos began to get hotter and suddenly pressure was so hi within, that he felt like he would explode at any second. Maria turned her back on Carlos and cried.

  A heavy ashtray rested on the coffee table and Carlos eyed it, and than looked at Maria,'You bitch..' he thought, and taking the marble ashtray in his power hand Carlos smashed Maria,s head.