Careful of the Company You Keep by Angie Daniels

Author:Angie Daniels [Daniels, Angie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9780758268488
Publisher: Dafina
Published: 2008-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

30

Renee

It was lunchtime and I was on my way home from work when I realized I still hadn’t heard from Danielle’s crazy ass. She should be eating, so I hit her on her cell phone.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“You. I was wondering if you was still alive.”

Danielle got all serious and shit. “What do you mean?”

“Did you get my text message last night?”

“What text?”

“I told you to leave that crazy fool alone. I looked Chance up on Intelius and he has assault charges and some chick put an ex parte on him.”

“What!”

I chuckled. “Yep. That mothafucka is ca-ra-zy!”

“Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.”

“Understanding my ass. Girl, he’s even been sued for back child support payments.”

“Child support? Now I know you’re lying ’cause Chance don’t have no kids.”

“Well, I guess you better tell the mother of his child that, because he’s been sued and she granted back child support in the amount of six thousand dollars. That wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t true.”

She was quiet. Too quiet.

“You still there?”

“Uh-uh. Girl, I’m fin to call him now.”

I knew that was her way of getting off the phone. I hung up and rode home, waiting for her to call me back. Hopefully she kicked his ass to the curb or threatened to get her brother to beat his ass. Kee ain’t no joke. When Portia was running around crying wolf and claiming that Ron was the father of her baby, oh, you better believe Kee whupped that ass! I thought the shit was funny because Ron might be fine as hell, but messing with a teenager is nothing to be playing with. But once we found out Portia’s ass was lying, I couldn’t blame Danielle for putting my godchild out.

I made a left and headed to the Columbia Daily Tribune .

“May I help you?” asked an attractive woman sitting behind the reception desk.

“Yes, is Landon Lawson in today?”

“Yes, he’s in the workroom.” She pointed to the door at my far left.

I strolled down the hallway carrying my purse and a brown paper bag and pushed through the door. There were probably a dozen other workers in there as well, eating their lunch. As soon as Landon spotted me he froze and the sandwich dropped from his hand. “Renee.”

“Well, hello, Landon, sweetheart. How are you this morning?”

“Fine,” he mumbled.

I dropped my bag on the table. “Sweetie, you were in such a rush you forgot these this morning and I thought I better bring them to you,” I replied in a sweet potato pie voice. I then reached into my bag and removed a box of Depends and sat it on the table.

Landon jumped back like it was a dead rat. “What do I need those for?”

A couple of his coworkers started laughing.

“Don’t be ashamed. You know you have a bladder problem.” I glanced over at the women in front of the copy machine. “Just last month, he peed in my bed. Ain’t that right, boo? Don’t be ashamed.” I patted him lightly on the back.

“She lying,” he insisted and looked around the room for someone who believed he was innocent.

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