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working together, then she had no one to turn to for help. She was the only one left to find out what happened to the girl and gather enough evidence to bring down this whole circle of corruption.
* * *
“ Ciao Mama.” Danielle slipped another quarter into the payphone.
“Bella! We’ve tried calling, but your cell phone goes straight to voicemail. We were so worried that we almost came looking for you.” She heard the relief in her mother’s voice and felt horrible for not calling her parents sooner.
“I know, I lost the phone at the spa and then we got this huge case. We’ve been working non-stop for the past month. It looks like we’ll be at trial in a couple of weeks, so my schedule is insane. I just wanted to let you know that I am okay. I haven’t gotten around to replacing my phone either. I will do that soon and call you with the new number.”
“Are you eating? Are you getting enough sleep? It’s not healthy to work so hard.”
“Yes, Mama. I am fine. Hold on.” She put her hand over the receiver and pushed away the tears falling from her eyes. She wanted to be in the safe embrace of her parents so badly. “Ma, that was Kenna. We have to go. There was an emergency hearing called before the judge! I will talk to you soon. Love you and tell Papa I love him too.”
She waited to hear her mother tell her she loved her too and then hung up. She walked into the building behind the payphone and changed into her street baller gear before heading out the back door and circling around. Based on her location, the men in black would get to her within eight minutes. They made it in seven. She watched from the basketball court across the street as the regular three men in black got out, this time accompanied by Chad. The men looked over to the basketball court, but only saw the ten men playing on the court. They did not see Danielle sitting in the stands with some others watching the game.
It had been three days since she’d seen Chad and she needed to know if he was still in town. She pulled out her notebook and wrote May 1st on top of the page and detailed the time and who showed up. They walked up and down the street and then came over to the court.
Chad walked onto the court as arrogantly as possible. Her stomach turned. He was only fifteen feet away from her. She took deep silent breaths to calm herself and acted alarmed as everyone else was that someone had the audacity to interrupt the basketball game.
“What the fuck, man?” One of the players screamed as he stormed over to Chad.
Chad calmly took out his wallet and pulled out five hundred dollars and held it in the air.
“Whacha want, man?”
“I want to know if any of you have seen this woman?” He pulled out a picture of Dani from the birthday party. It was clearly taken when she wasn’t looking and it disgusted her knowing Chad had probably taken it.
Everyone looked at it, including her. Some shook their head but one boy of about thirteen spoke up, “Yeah, I saw her on the payphone. She went into the building behind it.”
Chad stripped off a hundred and handed it to the kid. “Did she come back out?”
“I don’t know. I wasn’t watching for her.”
“Did anyone else see anything?” When he got no response he turned back to the kid and gave him another hundred. He looked up, examining every person in the stands. Dani had to keep eye contact. Her heart was racing and she was surprised Chad couldn’t hear it.
Before he could get to her, one of the men in black came jogging over from across the street and stopped next to Chad. “The woman at the front desk said Danielle came in through the front doors then went to the stairs. She hasn’t come out the front door, but could have left through the basement.”
“Shit. She’s long gone then. I think it’s time I went and paid Kenna another visit. This time I will stick around to say hello.” Chad’s lips curled up into a twisted smile.
Dani’s stomach rolled as if
* * *
“ Ciao Mama.” Danielle slipped another quarter into the payphone.
“Bella! We’ve tried calling, but your cell phone goes straight to voicemail. We were so worried that we almost came looking for you.” She heard the relief in her mother’s voice and felt horrible for not calling her parents sooner.
“I know, I lost the phone at the spa and then we got this huge case. We’ve been working non-stop for the past month. It looks like we’ll be at trial in a couple of weeks, so my schedule is insane. I just wanted to let you know that I am okay. I haven’t gotten around to replacing my phone either. I will do that soon and call you with the new number.”
“Are you eating? Are you getting enough sleep? It’s not healthy to work so hard.”
“Yes, Mama. I am fine. Hold on.” She put her hand over the receiver and pushed away the tears falling from her eyes. She wanted to be in the safe embrace of her parents so badly. “Ma, that was Kenna. We have to go. There was an emergency hearing called before the judge! I will talk to you soon. Love you and tell Papa I love him too.”
She waited to hear her mother tell her she loved her too and then hung up. She walked into the building behind the payphone and changed into her street baller gear before heading out the back door and circling around. Based on her location, the men in black would get to her within eight minutes. They made it in seven. She watched from the basketball court across the street as the regular three men in black got out, this time accompanied by Chad. The men looked over to the basketball court, but only saw the ten men playing on the court. They did not see Danielle sitting in the stands with some others watching the game.
It had been three days since she’d seen Chad and she needed to know if he was still in town. She pulled out her notebook and wrote May 1st on top of the page and detailed the time and who showed up. They walked up and down the street and then came over to the court.
Chad walked onto the court as arrogantly as possible. Her stomach turned. He was only fifteen feet away from her. She took deep silent breaths to calm herself and acted alarmed as everyone else was that someone had the audacity to interrupt the basketball game.
“What the fuck, man?” One of the players screamed as he stormed over to Chad.
Chad calmly took out his wallet and pulled out five hundred dollars and held it in the air.
“Whacha want, man?”
“I want to know if any of you have seen this woman?” He pulled out a picture of Dani from the birthday party. It was clearly taken when she wasn’t looking and it disgusted her knowing Chad had probably taken it.
Everyone looked at it, including her. Some shook their head but one boy of about thirteen spoke up, “Yeah, I saw her on the payphone. She went into the building behind it.”
Chad stripped off a hundred and handed it to the kid. “Did she come back out?”
“I don’t know. I wasn’t watching for her.”
“Did anyone else see anything?” When he got no response he turned back to the kid and gave him another hundred. He looked up, examining every person in the stands. Dani had to keep eye contact. Her heart was racing and she was surprised Chad couldn’t hear it.
Before he could get to her, one of the men in black came jogging over from across the street and stopped next to Chad. “The woman at the front desk said Danielle came in through the front doors then went to the stairs. She hasn’t come out the front door, but could have left through the basement.”
“Shit. She’s long gone then. I think it’s time I went and paid Kenna another visit. This time I will stick around to say hello.” Chad’s lips curled up into a twisted smile.
Dani’s stomach rolled as if
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