Alibi by Teri Woods

Author:Teri Woods [WOODS, TERI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: FIC000000
ISBN: 9780446552066
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

The only problem with the alibi was going to be Calvin Stringer, and unfortunately, she was the only one who knew that he would blow Sticks’s alibi right out of the water in order to save his liquor license and the Honey Dipper. She thought about speaking to Sticks about what Calvin had told her, but decided not to. Truth was, she had no intention of giving that alibi, let alone even being in town next Wednesday.

Sticks turned onto Hadfield Avenue, pulled his car into a parking spot, and cut his ignition. He looked at Daisy for a moment, wondering what she was thinking. He had had a bad feeling about her, a bad feeling that she wouldn’t come through, ever since last week when he tried paging her and calling her house and she didn’t answer or return his calls. He knew then. He didn’t dare speak, though; that would only bring heat on him. Daisy didn’t understand the situation fully; it wasn’t necessary for her. The only thing to do was to stick to the story. Nothing else mattered, at least not to Simon Shuller. As long as there was nothing that would or could end up leading back to him, no one needed to panic. But, the minute anything went down in the streets, a bar, a club, a train, a plane, wherever, and there was a remote chance it would bring heat back to him, he had no choice but to pick up the phone. And when he picked up the phone, oh, boy, it was a wrap. Reinforcements, silent soldiers, eliminators, and the cleanup squad would come through, and before Sticks could count to ten, Nard, Daisy Mae, and Sticks’s black ass would become invisible, and poof… just vanish into thin air never to be seen or heard from again. Houdini couldn’t do a better job. And the only reason he was still running around in the streets was that Simon Shuller was giving him the benefit of the doubt based on the fact that Nard was riding like a soldier, riding the time, riding for the murder trial, riding to win, riding to come home. That was the only reason Simon Shuller didn’t blame his ass. He wasn’t working the police, he wasn’t snitching, and he wasn’t cooperating. But had Nard spoken one word to the police or the DA’s office, you best believe, the first weasel on Simon Shuller’s eliminator list would have been Sticks, because it was Sticks who had brought Nard around and vouched for him. The second on his list would be Nard, and next up would be the last link to him, the chick who was giving the alibi, Daisy Mae Fothergill, or whoever the hell she was.

“So, we straight?” he asked, waiting for her to stick him for a couple of dollars. Everybody had some kind of story when it came to the almighty dollar. Sticks had heard eight million and one and counting.

“Yeah, I guess, Wednesday, right?”

“Yeah, Wednesday, you gonna be ready?”

“Mmm hmm,” she said, looking away from him.

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