Angela of Death by John Cady
Author:John Cady [Cady, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Watertower Hill Publishing
Published: 2024-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 9
Angela
I was relieved to discover this wasnât his doing. It was strange; he looked guilty and even felt guilty, but he wasnât guilty.
Marie quickly lost whatever respect she had for him; she thought he was whipped. I was surprised she didnât make that corny as hell whipping motion. Perhaps this was mostly a guy thing and not so much a girl thing.
Made sense, I guess.
There was an awkward silence, but it fortunately didnât last long. Lilâ Marieâs phone interrupted it; she had received a text.
âItâs Kiki,â she said, without looking up from the screen. âShe wants the address.â
Shawn hesitated. He wasnât too sure about this. One gangsta girl staying there seemed fair enough to him; now, he was worried his house was going to become the new Destina hang-out.
His grandfather would be rolling over in his grave. His thought, not mine.
âDonât worry, Shawn,â I said, hoping this would comfort him enough. âNothingâs gonna happen. They like you, remember?â
âTwenty-seven Crenshaw Street,â he reluctantly blurted out. She immediately typed it and sent it off.
I hated forcing him into this, but itâd be in our favor to have them here even if it was for just a little while. I mean, we honestly should have invited them sooner.
âTheyâre on their way,â Lilâ Marie announced, shutting the phone off for the time being.
âThey are?â he asked. âAlready?â
She grinned, clearly enjoying his nervousness. He could wave bye-bye to his comfort zone. Wow! She thought this was great. I never realized she had such a mean streak to her; she never seemed it.
âYup,â she gladly responded.
âWhy?â he continued.
âShe didnât say, but it probably has something to do with either the Rivers Street Girlz or the boys.â
âThe cops?â he asked, too nervous to be impressed with himself.
âYeah,â she said. âThe boys
He was definitely regretting his decision now. No good could come of either of these scenarios.
âDonât worry,â I repeated, taking his hand in mine. I wasnât sure why I did this; it was something a girlfriend normally did. Lilâ Marie noticed and then smirked, so I quickly let go of it, which probably didnât help my case any.
What was that all about? This was an earthly desire, wasnât it? I wasnât supposed to have those anymore; Michael said so. Or did he say I shouldnât have those anymore? I was definitely confused.
Come to think of it, though, I was a little jealous when I walked in on them. I didnât think anything of it at the time.
I had definitely surprised Shawn as well with this gesture. He quickly wrote it off, though, reminding himself I couldnât have been acting on an earthly desire because I didnât get those anymore. Phew! That was a close one. I thought I left myself wide open there, and he didnât capitalize.
I wish I could have said the same for her, but I found her eyeing me suspiciously as a result. She knew. He didnât notice her stare, I donât think. Unfortunately, his mind was back on my apparent PDA.
âWell, we should all head downstairs,â I interrupted, before he had the chance to read too far into it.
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