“Our last meal together was Turkey Necks, Rice and Cabbage”
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Deonka loved my cooking. She always used to say my cooking gave her the itis. It means it made her sleepy, very sleepy. Like, "Yeah, oh man, I'm full. I'm ready to go to bed." I boiled the turkey necks. After it was boiled real good and the meat was falling off the bone, I'd put some golden mushroom soup inside of the water, and it would be like a gravy turkey neck thing you put on top of rice and cabbage on the side. That was her last meal. Our last meal together. The next morning I saw the text messages. I tried to contact her, but her phone was going straight to voicemail. The text messages said "Emily, they shooting at folks. I'm scared." The next one said, "In bathroom. People are shot." The next one said, "I'm scared." The next one said, "Please call the police." The last one said, "If I die, please call my mom." **************************************************** Emily Addison and Deonka were together for seven years. Although not formally together when the shooting happened, Emily and her children spent Deonka’s last meal together. Instructions/Permissions *Interviews are edited and condensed *Tag @dearworld on any social/digital use. We are @dearworld on Instagram/Twitter and we are at *Facebook.com/dearworld *Credit Dear World/Daymon Gardner for portrait