Not Quite Right by Williams Tammy

Author:Williams, Tammy [Williams, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural
ISBN: 9781585716081
Google: TXb4_hFv11kC
Amazon: B008YJ19EA
Barnesnoble: B008YJ19EA
Goodreads: 7286033
Publisher: Genesis Press
Published: 2010-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Ten minutes after leaving the station, Steed reached Hyde’s boarding house. The owner, Flora Dupree, a sassy, white-haired, brown-eyed grandmother showed him to Jason’s room. Her pink house shoes brushed softly against the spiraling hardwood staircase as she ambled up the steps and shuffled down the hall to the third door on the left. She pulled a ring of keys from the pocket of her lime green housedress and unlocked the door.

“He paid up the rent until the end of the year, so I couldn’t show the room to anyone else,” she said with the faintest hint of a Creole accent. Curious eyes turned to him. Her tiny frame blocked the path to the door. “Jason’s not in any trouble, is he? I know he had a bit of a checkered past, but he’s a good boy. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

“I can’t say that he is, ma’am. I’m just wondering if there’s something in his room that can tell me where he went.”

“Do you have a warrant? I watch Law & Order. I know you need a warrant to search his room.”

Steed chuckled. This old lady reminded him of Nana Jean. She watched Law & Order, too.

“I do need a warrant to search his place, but I’m not looking for anything that would get him into trouble, and his mother wanted me to come. I’m trying to help him. You wouldn’t want anything to happen to him, would you?”

“No, I wouldn’t, but I do think I should go in with you.”

Steed opened the door and extended his hand through the walkway. He would show Rogers and everyone else how much of a people person he could be. “Feel free,” he said.

“This isn’t going to take long, is it?” She checked the slim gold watch on her left wrist. “My show comes on in ten minutes.”

“I’ll try to be brief, ma’am, but if you need to leave, I won’t hold you. I like my shows, too,” he added with a wink.

Her brown eyes widened. “You watch the shows?”

Steed nodded. “Sure do. I like the one on Channel Two at three,” he confessed with a laugh. The officers at the precinct would flip with the knowledge of his guilty pleasure and the fact he recorded it religiously every day.

“That’s my show, too. Such nice-looking young men on there.” A deep rouge colored her caramel cheeks. She bowed her head slightly. “Just like you.”

“Why, thank you. I’ll take that as a high compliment.”

Her wrinkled old hand covered his. “You’re a nice young man. I like you.” She raised an eyebrow and smiled broadly. “Are you married? I don’t see a ring.”

“No, ma’am, I’m not married, but I am spoken for.”

“Too bad. There’s a young lady next door that— Oh, what does it matter now? Let’s go on in.”

Steed stepped inside the room and looked around. A bed, mirrored dresser, and chest of drawers. Nothing struck him as unusual. “Are his things still here?”

“Yes. I haven’t touched anything.” The shrill ringing of a telephone turned Mrs.

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