Chicago Hustle by Odie Hawkins

Author:Odie Hawkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781504035699
Publisher: Open Road Distribution
Published: 2016-02-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Elijah allowed himself to get caught up in the afternoon, downtown, lunch hour crowd … maintaining his own unhurried pace in the middle of the lemming movement.

He caught sight of himself in a store window and paused to admire his image. No hat because the Toe had explained that sometimes the ladies didn’t trust dudes when they couldn’t see all of him, like from top to bottom. But everything else was there, the very prosperous look of a successful operator. Now. With a hip little attache case yet.

He caught the reflection of the building he had worked in, up until a week ago, at the same time he caught sight of his prey dawdling along, trying to use up that ten or twelve minutes that she hadn’t used up, rushing from her office building to a nearby coffee shop and back.

He locked his step into hers ten paces behind. Everything was timing. Timing was everything. If he hit at her too far away from her job she would feel threatened by a delay. If he approached her too close to her job and she was a priggy type, she might be terribly offended for appearances’ sake, at the idea of a strange dude stopping her on the street.

For the hundreth time, he thought, too bad it’s got to be sisters, but that’s what the program calls for.

He appraised her body as he closed in. Beautiful li’l brown skinned sister, ass stuck out like it had a shelf under it, nice legs too, and a pretty face. Yeahhh …

He suaved himself up to her left shoulder and with a languid motion presented her his card, stopping her in her tracks as he instantly began to rap.

This was a delicate section of the game too. He knew, from past experiences, that he had to give her enough time to read the card but not enough time to think about it.

“Good afternoon, Miss”… nothing too flirty … “my name is Phillip Dobson, Regional Sales Representative for Astro Cookware Products. The card I’ve just handed you can be used for a discount on any Astro product. Now then, at this point, may I ask whether or not you’re married?”

He carefully concealed his urge to strike a hip pose as she gave him the once over. He knew the look … it seemed as though they had stolen it directly from the faces of a thousand bargain-hunting white middle-aged women on a thousand daytime quiz shows.

“Well, no. Not yet. I’m engaged,” she informed him, through white, even teeth and rosebud lips.

Ain’t this somethin’… a sister talkin’ ’bout she’s “engaged.” Why didn’t she just come on out and say she ’n some dude is fuckin’ regular. Lawwwd, I swear! my people!

“Beautiful! that’s fine! Now, to make absolutely certain that you are eligible for Astro Cookware service, may I ask if you are twenty-four or younger? I can just about tell from lookin’ at your pretty skin that you must be about that … am I right?”

“I’m twenty-two.

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