The Bancrofts 3: Private Dancer by Brenda Barrett

Author:Brenda Barrett [Barrett, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Urban Life, United States, African American, Christian, Urban
Amazon: B00EVB9N48
Publisher: Jamaica Treasures
Published: 2013-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

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Nanjo was at Cat's place pacing her apartment floor. He had her phone in his hand. He had put it on vibrate and every time the strange number came up on the screen he glanced over at Cat. She had pleaded with him to hand over the phone, but he had already told her no.

"Is this him?" He asked her for the umpteenth time.

"No." Cathy moaned. Nanjo had slapped her across the room earlier and grabbed the phone. She was sure that she would have a black eye later; already the right side of her face was swelling.

He had never hit her before now, and she seethed inwardly. She had always vowed that this would be the last straw for her where a man was concerned. She didn't care who it was, she would walk.

She had always viewed women who took abuse as weaklings who deserved it. Her own mother had been a weakling in her mind, but here she was, still lying at the corner of the white settee, her toes curling in fear in the three-inch-thick white carpet.

She had no idea who kept calling her. She was fearful that it was Adrian. Yesterday he had said the words that gave her a second chance with him, and like an idiot, she had run right back into the claws of Nanjo.

He was dressed in all black and now had a sartorial glare in his eyes. "I am going to answer this call,” he said menacingly, “and if it's that man, he is dead and you are dead."

As if death was the worst thing that could happen to me, Cathy thought feverishly.

Nanjo flicked open the phone and growled. "Why do you keep calling this phone?"

"Er..." Mrs. Pink felt chills running through her at his voice. She had never met Nanjo before, but the news accounts and his street reputation preceded him.

He sounded like he was angry. She had never called Cathy before and had him answer, and for a moment, she was tongue-tied.

"Er..., may I speak to Catherine Taylor please?" she asked, with a tremor to her voice.

Nanjo frowned. He had genuinely expected the call to be from Adrian Bancroft.

"Why'd you want to speak to Cat?" he asked suspiciously.

"Tell her it's Nurse Pink." Mrs. Pink’s voice was a bit stronger. "I just wanted to check up on her. "

"Nothing is wrong with Cat," Nanjo said, snapping.When since had Cat acquired so many friends and people he did not know, and why where they checking up on her, he wondered. He glanced at her cowering at the corner of the settee, and he knew, for certain, that she was hiding something from him. Maybe this lady was working for Adrian.

He handed her the phone abruptly and watched as her hands trembled as she took it.

"Mrs. Pink," her voice was a hoarse whisper, "what's up?"

Mrs. Pink could sense that something was wrong, "I just wanted you to know that Avia had an attack early this morning. She is in hospital. I didn't know your calls were being screened, sorry for the intrusion.

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