Double Dead by Gary Hardwick

Author:Gary Hardwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: detroit, legal action, romance historical romance, legal crime novel
Publisher: Gary Hardwick

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Fame

They went deeper into the neighborhoods, and Jesse saw the face of Detroit he'd forgotten. On his trips to see his sister and her kids, he had not stayed long and never got the full impact of what the city was. The hard, ugly visage of the street stared at him, into him, from every abandoned house, vacant lot, and hopeless young face. It mocked him. He had walked out of the ghetto a winner and a symbol of something. Now he was back in shame, and the neighborhood seemed to be saying, “We knew you'd be back.”

The two stopped on a plain-looking street called St. Aubin and entered a big two-story house. LoLo's favorite house on Bristol had been shut down after the raid, but this one was still going strong. The place was actually very nice inside with furniture that looked new. All the business was transacted outside through a window, a trademark of LoLo and her crew.

Jesse looked around the drug house with dread and disgust. This was what he'd dedicated his life to stopping, and now he was here, inside this place, seeking help.

They both were patted down by a roller, then led to a back room. Inside were a man and a woman. The man was heavyset and hard-looking with dyed red hair. The woman was dark and attractive with a head full of braids with beads on the ends. They looked at Jesse and Ramona with mean, stoic faces; then they started to clap and laugh.

“Girl, you famous!” said the man. He clapped Ramona on the back.

“Hey, Dell,” said Ramona to the man.

“This him, baby?” asked the woman. She pointed at Jesse.

“Yes, Cat,” said Ramona. “That him.”

Cat and Dell looked at Jesse, smiling. “You one of us now, huh, baby?” said Cat.

Jesse remained silent. These two dealers sold death to children, caused the birth of crack babies, and they stood here joking and laughing at him like he was the criminal. He looked at the dealers and wanted to haul them both off to jail.

“You talk or what, nigga?” asked Dell.

“I talk,” said Jesse tersely

“I need to find LoLo,” Ramona announced.

“Wait a minute, baby,” said Cat. “I wanna know how y'all beat the cops like that.”

“Yeah,” said Dell. “What's the four-one-one on the great escape? That was like some movie shit.”

“Just like the news said,” Ramona explained. “We busted through a wall and snuck out.”

“So y'all fucking like the news said too?” asked Dell.

“What?” said Ramona. “When did they--”

“They didn't say that, Dell,” said Cat. “They said possible

romance.”

“That’s news talk for fuckin',” said Dell.

“That's bullshit,” said Ramona. “He got me out because people are tryin' to kill us.”

“Well, he look pretty good to me,” said Dell. “I'd give him some-or vice versa.” Dell and Cat slapped five.

Jesse saw now. Dell was a big, fat, crack-dealing homosexual. Jesse thought of himself as a liberal when it came to gays. But he was nauseated by Dell's suggestion.

“I'd give him some too,” said Cat. “In fact I got time right now, baby.

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