Notorious by Kiki Swinson
Author:Kiki Swinson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2012-06-21T21:49:10.329000+00:00
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formation about the shooting. But when I turned it to one of the news channels, there was only regularly scheduled programming. I looked down at my watch and realized that it was five minutes till eleven. Frustrated, I flopped down onto the edge of the bed. “Come on now, cut this bullshit!”
I snapped.
I sat there and waited patiently for the next five minutes to roll around and it finally did. And just like I had thought, the local news station had one of their field journalists on the scene, broadcasting the story live. The Black female reporter didn’t have much information, but she did indicate that the man found in a dark alley in the rough neighborhood of Huntersville was pronounced dead when the police arrived.
The reporter also indicated that it wasn’t clear why he’d been shot four times, but the authorities did believe that it was drug related and that the identity of the murder victim would be revealed after his family had been notified. “If you have any information about this murder, please contact Norfolk Police Department at 1-800-LOCK-U-UP,” the woman urged.
“Oh shit! He is dead!” I said, my hand covering my mouth as I turned away from the television.
I sat there on the edge of the bed with the remote in my hand and turned the volume down. My heart was racing at the speed of lightning. I honestly couldn’t believe what I had just heard. I mean, it was a no-brainer that the guy was dead. Maceo and his partner put four slugs in his body. I turned back to the television and saw the news station flashed the one-eight-hundred number across the screen once again.
One part of me wanted to make an anonymous call, but then I had to remind myself that if I made the call from Mario’s house, it could be traced. It would be fucked-up around the board, especially if they somehow found out I was a fuck-
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