A LaLa Land Addiction by Ashley Antoinette

Author:Ashley Antoinette
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

14

Iman stood stoically, brooding silently as he watched the coroner roll his Tan’s body out of his home. The white sheet that covered her hid the gruesome sight, but it was an image that he would never get out of his mind. A numbness took over him. He had grown up with Tan. She had watched him grow from a boy to a man. Divorcing her had been one thing, but having someone snatch her out of his life infuriated him. She was his wife. He didn’t know if her murder was directly connected to him or if it was repercussions from a beef that Sandoza had acquired, but either way, somebody owed Iman a debt. It was one that had to be paid in blood. He had moved in and out of the game for years without drawing attention to himself. Now within the blink of an eye there were cops crawling all over every inch of his home. He had already covered up his floor safe, but just the fact that he was young and black and now a murder had been committed in the posh, upscale neighborhood put the police on high alert.

As he watched the police move in and out of his house the image of the intruder haunted him. It had been a woman and her eyes had been so familiar. She reminded me of Bleu—

“I’m tripping,” he said as he shook his head and headed to his car. There was no way he would ever feel right sleeping in the house again. Someone had violated him and until he figured out who he would have to adjust how he moved. What if it was Bleu? he thought. He shook the thought from his head almost as quickly as it had formed. It had been a long night and his mind was playing tricks on him. He hadn’t seen or spoken to Bleu in weeks, so he was manufacturing her wherever he went. She had been constantly on his mind. Depriving himself of her had proved challenging. Even now at the most inappropriate time he thought of her. He wanted to go to her because he knew he would find comfort in her arms. She was the one person he could show his vulnerability to, but it would be cruel to mourn over one woman on the bosom of another.

As he pulled away from his home he picked up his phone. He had to deliver the news to Sandoza. He knew it wouldn’t be received well.

* * *

“What’s going to happen to me? I’ve been in here for three days,” Bleu said. The waiting had been torture.

“There is a warrant out for your arrest in Flint, Michigan. The LAPD called it in and Flint P.D. wants you. They are sending someone all the way here to escort you back to Michigan. You will be turned over to them first thing in the morning,” the court-appointed lawyer said.

“Warrant?” Bleu asked. “Warrant for what?” Bleu was terrified.

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