Ready for Love by Erosa Knowles

Author:Erosa Knowles
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Drama & Plays, Dramas & Plays, convict romance bdsm interracial romance, United States, African American, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Sitting Bull Publishing
Published: 2011-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Two days later, Red was at Denise’s with the girls. His shoulder hurt like fire, but he could still move, get around. His daughters were excited to see him and had dozens of questions. Denise and his brothers ran interference so he could get some rest. Later, Smoke, Ross, Cherise and their daughter, Lenora joined the welcome home party. Denise and Cherise corralled the girls upstairs, so the men could talk.

“I found that punk,” Roark said, “the white boy with the guys that shot you. Name was Cleo, he claimed he was buying a rock when the stuff went down. Said he only knew them as dealers.” Roark closed the notepad he had and looked at the seven men in the room.

“You believe him?” Frank asked.

“Yeah, not that it mattered.” There was silence for a heartbeat.

“What about Romeo?” Ross asked Smoke.

Smoke sat in the overstuffed chair near the sound system. “He said he heard the noise from some fellas who’d just been released from the yard. He couldn’t believe it, so he asked a couple of questions and the guy just told him, somebody was looking for you. When he saw Red, he told him what he heard.” He rolled the toothpick around his tongue.

“You believe him?” Frank asked.

“No.”

“Me neither, too compact. Too tidy. He’s hiding something.” Ross tapped his leg.

Smoke and Red looked at each other before glancing at Ross. “Roark, why don’t you and Donald pay Romeo a visit later,” Red said, not wanting Ross to go after the man. He was too close to the edge. It took a lot to move his partner to violence, but when it did, it wasn’t pretty. Red could almost feel sorry for Tango. Almost. “Chances are he’s hanging in the open, so he can be seen with whoever. He’s wily and slick.” Red grinned at the light of challenge in his brother’s eyes.

Roark pulled out a ten-inch blade and stared at it. “Where can I find Romeo?”

Smoke asked for his pad and wrote the information on it.

“How does he look? How will I know him?” He looked at Red.

A scream rent the air as Denise ran down the stairs, phone in one hand, mouth covered with the other. Her large eyes wide and fearful. Red slid forward, prepared to catch her.

“What’s wrong?” He stood, stopping her.

“It’s, it’s Brenda, my girl. She was at the club the other night.” She paused to catch her breath before speaking on the phone. “Tell me where you are, I’ll come get you.”

Red tensed, and shook his head.

His brothers stood.

“Okay, Bren…ohmigod, Bren. Don’t move, hide in the restaurant, stay around a lot of people.” She tried to walk around Red, but he held her in place, wondering what the hell had happened to cause this type of reaction from Denise.

“What’s wrong?” He asked the moment she disconnected.

Glassy eyes looked at him as she took deep breaths, shaking in his arms. He pulled her close. She relaxed and then pulled away.

“No, I don’t have time. They’re after Bren.

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