Dead on Arrival by Kiki Swinson

Author:Kiki Swinson [Swinson, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

29

REESE

I was sitting on the sofa watching television and drinking a beer when Dawn walked into the house. She looked flustered when I looked at her. “You all right?” I asked her.

She dropped her purse and car keys on the table by the front door and let out a long sigh. “You will not believe how my parents ambushed me when I pulled up in their driveway,” she said as she flopped down on the sofa next to me.

“I can imagine,” I told her, and then I turned my attention back to the TV.

“You know he asked me if you were involved in that thing with the Asian people.”

“Come on now, that was expected. I would’ve thought something was wrong with him if he didn’t.”

“He said that the people down at the terminal are pointing fingers at the niggas you work with.”

“And what did you say to him?”

“I told him that I knew for a fact that you weren’t involved in that.”

“What else did he say?”

“I really don’t think it’s worth repeating. He has his opinions about how you should be and how you should treat me, and you have yours. So let’s just leave it at that.”

“What is your mother saying about all of this?”

“She only repeats what my dad drills in her head. You know whatever my dad says or does, she rides with him.”

“Why can’t your parents act like my grandmother?”

“And how is that?”

“She knows how to stay out of our fucking business.”

“She only does that because you’ve fed her a bunch of lies about how perfect our lives are.”

“That’s a damn lie. I don’t ever tell her shit. I can’t say the same for you.”

“Oh, fuck off, Reese! That’s a low blow.”

“No, what’s low is how disrespecting your sister is. I know for a fact that she had something negative to say.”

“I didn’t see her when I first picked my mother up. I saw her for about two minutes when I was dropping my mother off. Alexia tried to talk slick by saying that I was rushing home to be with you.”

“Next time she mentions me, tell her to get her own man and stop worrying about me!” I spat. That fucking bitch always gotta say something negative about me. Dawn doesn’t see that her sister wants me. I would bet every dollar in my pocket that if I gave her some dick she’d probably act better. I wouldn’t have another problem with her ass.

“Enough about her. Have you talked to Ed yet?”

“Fuck no! I went by his house, but he wasn’t there. I saw his wife. She gritted on me when I pulled up and asked for him.”

“That’s because he probably fed her a bunch of fucking lies.”

“Yeah, I felt the vibes.”

“Have you talked to anyone else?”

“Yeah, I got in touch with Todd, and you won’t believe the shit he told me.”

“What did he say?”

“He told me that Ed reached out to him and told him about the investigation, but he told Todd he didn’t

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