Partnerz in Crime by Kareem

Author:Kareem
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Girl, You Cold!

Keisha

“Keisha,” my sister yelled my name from downstairs, interrupting me doing some legal research. “C’mere. You ain’t gonna believe who just pulled up in our driveway!”

“Who is it?” I yelled, removing my glasses and turning my ear toward the direction her voice was coming from. She had gone downstairs to do some dusting and cleaning earlier. My sister was a freak for cleanliness. My father always said that Kolanda was more like our mother, the real clean, homebody, domestic, wifely type to stick by her man. We never knew our mother. She died giving birth to us. But he said I was more like him. The type with a big heart, but the type who got upset easy and rarely forgave a fault. Both my sister and I were very loving, though, a trait our father said we inherited from both him and our mother. One thing was for sure, I definitely hated domestic work. Household chores and all that. No, I’d have rather hired someone to handle that for me. My condo stayed a mess. Every time Kolanda came over she cleaned it for me out of being a clean freak!

“Come and see. You ain’t gonna believe it!”

I put my glasses on my desk next to my computer and headed downstairs to see what my sister was talking about. I checked my watch on the way down. It was 8:10 p.m. I wondered why Hammer and Korey weren’t back yet from Monroe, where my sister told me they had gone. Neither one of them was answering the phone, either. But they rarely did when handling business. Oh, well.

“Who is it, Kolanda?” I asked her again, standing before her in my sleeveless, short sundress and house slippers.

“Girl, it’s Josh!”

“What? Who? You’re lying.” I walked over to the window and peeked under the shade. Sure enough, his ass was walking up the drive to our front door. “I don’t wanna see him.” I turned to walk back upstairs.

Kolanda grabbed my hand. “Girl, see what he wants. That boy didn’t come all the way over here for nothing.”

The doorbell rang. Kolanda politely answered, with me behind her.

“Hey, Josh,” she greeted him with a smile. She could be so phony when she wanted to because she hated the fact that that bastard cheated on me.

“Hey, ladies,” he greeted us back, slightly smiling. He looked past Kolanda at me. “Keisha, you . . . you mind if I come in and speak with you a moment? I know it’s been awhile, but—”

“But what? Your newfound love leaving you?” I cut in, loaded with attitude.

“I’ma leave you two alone so y’all can talk,” Kolanda said, about to walk away.

“You ain’t gotta go nowhere, Kolanda. What he has to say to me, he can say in front of you. Now, you got thirty seconds, Josh. What do you want?” I said, looking at my watch and setting it to alarm me after thirty seconds was up.

He looked at me all defeated and took in a deep breath, then exhaled.

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