by Lucinda John
The mayor and my father were very close. He tried his best to keep me on the force, but I became unfit to perform my duties. I knew that my chances of being heard would be better if I came here first.
“One moment please,” she said picking up the phone.
After a few minutes of whispering, she hung up the phone and led me to the mayor’s office. Walking inside of the spacious office, I spotted the mayor looking outside of the huge bay window that overlooked the beach.
Next to the picture of him and the president was a photo of him and my father. My father was a very honorable man and I would give anything to have half the honor he had. My father’s voice rang in my head telling me that I would never amount to shit. Shaking my head, I cleared my throat and took a seat on the peach couch that decorated the middle of the room.
“Brenda told me you know something about your father’s death,” the mayor said, never taking his eyes from his view.
“Yes. I know for a fact it was Anthony Jones and his clan.”
“And you have proof?”
“Yes and a witness.”
“Witness?”
“Yes.”
“Who may that be?”
“Carla?”
“Carla who, Carl’s daughter?” he said finally turning around and facing me.
“Yes, that Carla.”
“So you’re telling me that Anthony’s ex business partner is willing to turn on him? What is the catch?”
“There’s no catch,” I replied with my eyes falling to the ground.
“Come on Joey, don’t lie to me, I’m on your side. What did you promise her?”
“Immunity.”
“Immunity?” he asked unbuttoning his vest, then taking a seat in his brown Eames Executive swivel chair.
“Yes.”
“That cannot happen!” he snapped pounding his fist on the desk. “Just like you have your reasons for going after Stacks, I have my reasons for wanting Carl.”
“You are the reason the FEDS are after Carl?”
“Yes, and I will not give him or his daughter immunity. Let’s make a deal.”
“I’m listening,” I said sitting up.
“I want you to use her to take Stacks down, and then we’re going to use any information we have against her to bring her father down.”
“What if she signs the confidentiality form? Then nothing we use against her will be admissible in court.”
“Does she have a lawyer?”
“No.”
“Great, just leave everything up to me. I will be calling Commissioner Becker to let him know you will be returning back to work tomorrow, nine am sharp.”
“Thank you Mayor Regalado,” I said shaking his hand.
“You’re welcome.”
“Joey?” the mayor said stopping me from walking out the door.
“Yes sir.”
“Don’t fuck this up. Make your father proud.”
“I will.”
Yeah right, my father’s voice responded.
The next day I arrived to the police station thirty minutes early. I was excited to be back on the field and working a case that meant so much to me. Walking through the precinct was bittersweet for me. I could still feel my father’s presence lingering around.
“You have thirty days to crack this case or you’re out,” Commissioner Becker said walking up behind me.
“That’s not my order from the mayor.”
“Fuck the mayor! This is my house! You do as I say or you get the fuck out. I don’t need your drunken pathetic ass here!” he shouted causing passing officers to stop and stare.
“Where is my office?” I asked brushing him off.
“Office?” he laughed. “Take your ass in the training room; you can work from there. You are not officially a part of my squad until you successfully crack this case in one month!!”
“Whatever,” I replied heading towards the training room.
I was greeted by the hall of fame collage when I walked through the door. Browsing through the picture I found my father and read the brief description they had of him and his accomplishment. I was honored to be the son of a man that held so much power.
“Look who took a break from the booze,” Officer Shaw laughed as he walked in with a few other officers.
Paying them no mind, I went to the far back corner, powered on the computer and got to work. The first thing I did was access the SD card that Carla provided me with, with all the information on Stacks’ connects. I just hoped and prayed this information was legit. Browsing through everything, I came across a name that I recognized. Running his name through the database, a smile spread across my face. This was going to be easier than I thought.
Chapter 22
Lala
“Amire, come here now!” I yelled after a naked Amire. I was getting ready to give him a bath and he would not cooperate.
“Why you yelling at my goddie?” Lisa said walking through the door.
“He won’t listen to me. I swear Stacks is the only one that can deal with his bad self.”
“Amire, NO!!” I yelled running after him.
He was holding his little wee wee and peeing all over my white orchid faux flower.
“That shit is not funny,” I said throwing the bath towel at Lisa and picking him up.
I popped him on his little butt then carried him to the bathroom for his bath. Once I was done, I dressed then laid him in his bed for his nap.
“Where is Amiracle?” Lisa asked as I was coming down the stairs.
“She went to the grocery store with Anna,” I replied taking a seat at the island. “Why you eating up all my shit?” I asked Lisa who was munching on a bag of Lay’s potato chips, while prepping items to make a sandwich.
“Girl bye! A bitch ain’t say shit when yo’ pregnant butt was eating up all my shit!”
“What the fuck!!!!” I yelled out grabbing the remote and turning up the volume on the TV.
“What?”
“That’s him,” I replied as the story flashed the death of Jacob. The news reporter was saying how his car blew up on 595 as he was heading south.
“Who?” Lisa asked confused.
“Look!” I said pointing to the TV.
“OMG, that’s that sexy ass white man. That’s a shame. RIP,” she replied touching her forehead and across her chest like the Catholic priest does in church.
“Why you play so much.”
“I ain’t playing, shit I’m paying respect. You lucky we in the house or I would have poured some wine out for him,” she laughed. “That nigga can’t drive though, getting in accidents on the highway and shit.
When she said that it made me think of Stacks for some reason. I just hoped and prayed that he did not lose his life because of me. Rolling my eyes at how childish she was acting, I turned off the TV and grabbed half of Lisa’s sandwich off her plate and started eating it.
“Bitch,” Lisa said rolling her eyes.
“The baddest,” I smiled.
“Terri wanted me to invite you to Cole’s birthday party.”
“You know I ain’t tryna be around Stacks.”
“Girl, fuck Stacks! I’m still mad you ain’t let me pistol whip his ass for putting his hands on you.”
“It’s cool. We cool. I’m just not tryna see him with that bitch,” I replied.
Since that day Stacks and I had that big fight, he basically made it clear that we were over. I was hurt at first, but the more I thought about it the more I figured it was a good decision.
“Fuck her,” Lisa shrugged. “She ain’t shit but an STD, Something To Do. He’ll come crawling back when he sees you’ve moved on.”
“I ain’t move on though.”
“He don’t have to know that,” she winked. “Come on, let me find you something to wear.”
“I’m not going nowhere.”
“Girl, stop mopping around the damn house. You
let that man dictate you. He ain’t can’t tell you what to do with your pussy if he out there slinging his dick.”
“Mm, I guess you’re right.”
“Don’t guess, know. Now go wash your funky ass and I’mma find you something to wear.”
“My ass don’t stink, bitch.”
“You could have fooled me. I smell you from over here,” she laughed.
Before getting ready for the party, I made dinner for the kids to eat so that it would be one less thing Anna had to do. Annna has become the mother I wish I had. She was great with the kids and she never had a problem with keeping them so that I can have time for myself.
“What’s in here smelling so good?” Anna said walking into the kitchen.
“Dinner. I made peppered steak, rice, and corn,” I replied lifting the lids to the pots.
“Oh baby, I was gonna come home and cook dinner,” she said putting up the groceries.
“I wasn’t doing anything.”
“Her lazy ass so spoiled about time she did something,” Lisa chimed in.
“Leave my baby alone,” Anna said, smacking Lisa on her ass. “Lawd Jesus, you women have ass for days. What y’all doing, pumping it with collard green juice?” she joked causing us to laugh.
“I’mma finish up here. Go on and get ready,” Anna said.
“Get ready for what?” I asked playing dumb.
“Chile, I know about that party Lisa came over here to drag you to and you better go. Put on those cream bubble gum high-waist shorts, that off the shoulder peach crop-top with those Christian Louboutin daffodil peach Red Bottom pumps. Put that all together with your Bloomsbury rose gold watch, those gold chandelier earrings and that gold Fendi bag. Wand curl your hair and pin those curls to the side. Put a dab of foundation, eye shadow, and that nude MAC gloss, and baby you gon’ be all that in a bag of chips,” Anna said with a snap of her fingers.
Lisa and I were both staring at her with our mouths wide open. I did not know Anna had style like that. I didn’t know if I should be mad that she was going through my stuff or happy that she just put together the perfect outfit.
“What y’all looking at? Just because I’m old honey don’t mean I ain’t got no sense of fashion. Now go on and get ready and show Ms. Staci who the real MVP is,” she said with a wink.
After wand curling my hair, Lisa went home to get ready. As I was getting dressed, thoughts of Stacks kept dancing through my head. I wondered if he still thought about me like I thought about him. The few times we did have to see each other when he came and got the kids, his eyes held no emotion. I didn’t know if he was really over me or if it was all just a front. Part of me prayed that he would stop playing and bring his ass home.
“That’s how you do it,” Anna said as I walked down the stairs. “You are going to have that man following you around like a lost puppy in that get-up,” she smiled.
“You think so?” I nervously asked.
“Baby, I know so. Let me tell you something. That man ain’t over you. I am under strict orders to call him ASAP if I see you even thinking about going on a date with another man. That young man is stubborn as hell but he’s a great guy and father. If he wasn’t then I wouldn’t been pushing you to get him back.”
“Thank you for everything, Anna.”
“It’s my pleasure. Now go on nah, before I strip you out that outfit and wear it to that party myself,” she laughed.
My new garage wasn’t anything like I had built in my old house, but it would have to do until I was able to have the contractor start on it. I was feeling sexy so I decided to push snow bunny, which was my all white Ferrari. Dropping the top, I put my big face shades on and eased my way on to the block. Lil Boosie’s “Face Down” was bumping through my speakers when I made my way to the street Terri’s house was on.
All eyes were on me as I whipped my baby in a parking spot and hit the alarm on it. Combing my fingers through my hair, I gave it a little shake then checked my lipstick. Once I was sure everything was on point, I made my way into the house.
Terri’s mini mansion was packed with people as the celebrated Cole’s birthday. I didn’t have time to get him a gift since it was last minute, so I wrote my name on a white envelope and placed five grand in it.
“Happy birthday Cole,” I said giving him a hug.
“Damn ma, you looking fine as fuck,” he said licking his lips.
Cole was wearing a white wife beater, and some baggy, white Gucci pants that was tucked in his white Timberland boots. He was looking fine as fuck, looking just like Hakeem from Empire. The only difference was that his body was filled with tattoos. Hell, if he wasn’t so close to Stacks then I would have jumped on that.
“Thank you, you don’t look to bad yourself,” I replied looking him over again. “Here,” I said handing him the envelope.
“This for me?” he asked licking those damn lips again.
“Yes boy, now take it,” I said ready to get away from him. I was too tempted to take his ass in one of those rooms and give him a slice of my cake.
“Good looking out ma,” he said pulling me into a hug. I was so lost in the smell of his cologne that I didn’t even feel his hands on my ass.
My phone started beeping which caused me to break the hug. Swiping open the text from Stacks I had to laugh to myself.
Stacks: Stop playing with me.
Looking around the room I tried to see if I could spot his ass. I was unable to so I excused myself and went to say my hellos. After greeting everyone, I grabbed me a Bud Light Straw-Ber-Rita and took a seat on one of the decorated chairs.
I felt someone staring hard at me; when I looked up I spotted Staci. She was looking cute in her long, fitted black dress. At least Stacks ain’t downgrade too far down, I thought, taking a sip of my drink. Staci’s ass was on some extra shit trying to make herself seen. It was as if she had something to prove. I caught her looking at me again. I just simply held up my index and middle finger, sticking my tongue in between them as if I was licking pussy. Hell, the hoe must have been gay by the way she was looking at me.
Stacks came up behind her and whispered something in her ear making me real uncomfortable. I wanted to get up and walk to another section of the house, but I didn’t want her to see my sweating. I sent Lisa a SOS text and continued to sip on my drink as if the sight before me wasn’t fucking with my head.
“You want me to fuck her up?” was the first thing Lisa said as she took a seat next to me.
“Nah, she can have that,” I lied.
“Lala, your stubborn ass is the reason you in this mess. When he wanted you, you ain’t want him. Now that he done started fucking with the next bitch you want to sweat him.
Shit, if you really want that man you’ll get him. Fuck that bitch!”
“Oooh bitch, this my shit,” Lisa said, bouncing up and down in her chair. “Take that ass out of retirement and come twerk some shit with me,” she said dragging me with her before I could answer.
“Ayy Ladies” by Travis Porter was playing as we fucked up the dance floor. A guy grabbed me by the waist and I just kept dancing. When “Red Nose” started playing he really started to cut up. He bent my back real low as we started doing the dance. I had to give it to the stranger, he really had some great dance moves.
“You tryna get us killed,” I half joked when I realized I was dancing with Cole.
“Just because I work for your baby daddy don’t mean that I’m scared of that nigga. He bleeds just like me. That nigga ain’t invincible.”
“Cole just chill,” I said walking away from him just to be grabbed again.
“What the fuck!” I snapped as the person who grabbed me from the back pushed me into the bathroom.
“So you playing with me?”
“Stacks, what now? I just came to enjoy myself.”
“With Cole? That’s like my little brother. You just love fucking with people I associate with.”
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�IT WAS JUST A FUCKING DANCE! So what, his car gon’ explode on 595 too?” I snapped.
“Anything is possible with Stacks,” he said pulling me between his legs.
Stacks buried his head in the crook of my neck inhaling my perfume. He cupped my ass with his hands and then grabbed it. Licking my neck, he caused me to let out a soft whimper.
“Why you trying me by wearing these little ass shorts?”
“I’m single and free to do as I please.”
“You still my baby mama.”
“So BABY DADDY, you ain’t running shit over here. You better go find Staci.”
“She ain’t shit.”
“Oh, but you was just all on her,” I laughed.
“I was telling her to stop staring at you so hard. I told her your pussy was off limits.”
“Off limits?”
“Yes, she eats the pussy too,” he said grabbing my pussy through my shorts. “But I doubt she eat it better than me.”
“Stacks, can you move so we can go back to the party?”
“Why the rush?” he asked pushing me up against the wall. “You thought you was gon’ come through here looking this fine without letting me hit.”
“I ain’t looking for a fuck buddy, I need a man.”
“Who said I wasn’t yo’ man?”
“YOU DID!! You made it clear you ain’t want me no more.”
“I dropped three kids in ya, of course I’mma always want you.”
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh,” I moaned as he entered me.
He was so smooth with removing our clothes that I didn’t even notice. Stacks lifted me up and had both of my legs on his shoulder. He used the wall for support as he banged me against it. He was fucking me so hard that one of Terri’s bathroom’s wall decor fell down and shattered.
“Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhh Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!” I yelled out as he fucked me with so much force causing my pussy to scream out his name.
Stacks then lifted me up high over his head so that my pussy was in his mouth. He sucked every drop of cum that dripped out of my hole. Once he was done, he placed me on the counter and entered me from the back.
“You on birth control?” Stacks asked.
“No, why?” I moaned out.
He didn’t reply he just kept pounding in and out of me like a jack rabbit. His dick started to twitch letting me know he was close to cumming. I used the palm of my hands to push him off of me but he just grabbed onto my hips and fucked me harder.