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no more. She left that lil gal wit no motha. Mr. Cole…you ha uncle. She’s beautiful, Mr. Cole, beautiful!” Thomas was sobbing now. “She won’t rememba her mother…she never know her father. Don’t want her ta know me. I beg you sir – please let her know you ha family! Please!”
Marcus remained in the same position; the wall was the only thing rooting him to consciousness. His mind was reeling at what Thomas had just told him. At that moment, emotions both foreign and familiar were bombarding him. He and his parents had assumed after all these years that Randy was gone, and he was somewhat relieved to finally put an end to the mystery. However, hearing how and why was like a punch in the gut. He felt like the wind had literally been knocked out of him. He was angry, hurt and confused.
After a few minutes, Thomas was able to collect himself and continue. “Outta guilt I felt I need to give back. In prison I made friends wit a black man, Raheem Jones. I protect him. I could’t squash them damn demons o his. He would’t say who, but someone offer him a lot of money to kill his best friend and his gal in that ole club. They sent three thugs to help him do it. He says they promised to keep his drugs coming for life. He told me he was using so much he could’t pass it up.”
Marcus had sobered with this new information. He was once again watching Thomas as his tale continued to unfold. How did he know I’ve been assigned the Johnson case? How did he know it had been reopened ? he wondered.
“You find her, let ha know he was sorry. He just messed up, that’s all. It tore him up something bad; he kilt himself cause of it. I tol ya this cause I owe ya. I owe Raheem too. I gone die tonight with a clear mine. Goodbye Mr. Cole.” With that he turned to his cot and laid down with his hands under his head. His harsh eyes softened, as a sense of peace fell over him.
Once again, Marcus found himself staring at the man behind bars, noticing that those cold gray eyes had tempered considerably. It wasn’t fair. He wanted him to live longer, to feel his pain longer after what he had taken from his family. He had to get past this yearning because it wasn’t going to happen. The guard reappeared and escorted him out. Ratcliff’s confession would undoubtedly keep sleep at bay for him tonight.
Chapter 5
Evy hardly noticed the weather during the second Friday of October. As far as she was concerned, it was cloudy with a chance of disarray. The girl working at the boutique had gone into labor during her shift. The other young employee purposely put on shift with her in case this should happen panicked and ran from the store. The one in labor was so scared and confused she wasn’t sure if she should call an ambulance or Nita to inform her of what was going on. Fortunately, mall security had seen the other girl running from the boutique and had investigated the situation. By then the girl’s water had broken. He managed to get her on her way to the hospital and apprise Nita of the situation.
Evy had to fill in until Nita could get someone else to cover, which she was all but thrilled about doing. The boutique was different from the consignment shop. Evy didn’t like working there because she found the crowd to be a little too snobbish for her liking. Grinding her teeth the whole time, she had dealt with it only to find that her stock broker had been trying to get in touch with her all day. He was in a tizzy because he thought he had purchased ten times as much of a particular stock she had requested. After she had calmed the perpetually hyper man down, she was able to verify that no mistake had been made and assured him all was well.
After resolving that issue, she had gone to the Healing Inc.’s official headquarters for the usual Friday meeting only to discover
Marcus remained in the same position; the wall was the only thing rooting him to consciousness. His mind was reeling at what Thomas had just told him. At that moment, emotions both foreign and familiar were bombarding him. He and his parents had assumed after all these years that Randy was gone, and he was somewhat relieved to finally put an end to the mystery. However, hearing how and why was like a punch in the gut. He felt like the wind had literally been knocked out of him. He was angry, hurt and confused.
After a few minutes, Thomas was able to collect himself and continue. “Outta guilt I felt I need to give back. In prison I made friends wit a black man, Raheem Jones. I protect him. I could’t squash them damn demons o his. He would’t say who, but someone offer him a lot of money to kill his best friend and his gal in that ole club. They sent three thugs to help him do it. He says they promised to keep his drugs coming for life. He told me he was using so much he could’t pass it up.”
Marcus had sobered with this new information. He was once again watching Thomas as his tale continued to unfold. How did he know I’ve been assigned the Johnson case? How did he know it had been reopened ? he wondered.
“You find her, let ha know he was sorry. He just messed up, that’s all. It tore him up something bad; he kilt himself cause of it. I tol ya this cause I owe ya. I owe Raheem too. I gone die tonight with a clear mine. Goodbye Mr. Cole.” With that he turned to his cot and laid down with his hands under his head. His harsh eyes softened, as a sense of peace fell over him.
Once again, Marcus found himself staring at the man behind bars, noticing that those cold gray eyes had tempered considerably. It wasn’t fair. He wanted him to live longer, to feel his pain longer after what he had taken from his family. He had to get past this yearning because it wasn’t going to happen. The guard reappeared and escorted him out. Ratcliff’s confession would undoubtedly keep sleep at bay for him tonight.
Chapter 5
Evy hardly noticed the weather during the second Friday of October. As far as she was concerned, it was cloudy with a chance of disarray. The girl working at the boutique had gone into labor during her shift. The other young employee purposely put on shift with her in case this should happen panicked and ran from the store. The one in labor was so scared and confused she wasn’t sure if she should call an ambulance or Nita to inform her of what was going on. Fortunately, mall security had seen the other girl running from the boutique and had investigated the situation. By then the girl’s water had broken. He managed to get her on her way to the hospital and apprise Nita of the situation.
Evy had to fill in until Nita could get someone else to cover, which she was all but thrilled about doing. The boutique was different from the consignment shop. Evy didn’t like working there because she found the crowd to be a little too snobbish for her liking. Grinding her teeth the whole time, she had dealt with it only to find that her stock broker had been trying to get in touch with her all day. He was in a tizzy because he thought he had purchased ten times as much of a particular stock she had requested. After she had calmed the perpetually hyper man down, she was able to verify that no mistake had been made and assured him all was well.
After resolving that issue, she had gone to the Healing Inc.’s official headquarters for the usual Friday meeting only to discover
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