Chapters (95)
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by David Swinson
- Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.
“The kind you want as a friend.”
He takes it. A gentle manner.
“What you want me to do, then?”
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Two
I need you to take me to the location where Biddy beds down. Also, I wanna know where he buys his drugs.”
He looks down, then out the window. I’m assuming it’s at nothing in particular. He just needs a second or two.
Turns to me and says, “Yeah, I can do that.”
“And whatever other fencing locations he sells property to.”
“I only know of the two. The ones you already mentioned.”
“You remember a place he hit right around the corner here? He came out with a couple hundred record albums and CDs, a flat-screen, and stereo equipment.”
There he goes with that fucking guilty head drop. Then he’s got another expression. Fearful.
“Talk to me,” I tell him.
He’s hesitant.
Then he looks at me direct.
“I just wait where they tell me to wait. Nothing more. You understand?”
“Yes, but then there’s that whole aiding-and-abetting thing. You go down just like the one who did it. It doesn’t have to be that way, though, ’cause you can lead me to the one responsible. It’ll go a long way for you, especially if it leads to who was responsible for what went on inside that house.”
See what he says to that last bit.
“I just sit in this here car. That’s all.”
“Like I told you, I know, otherwise we wouldn’t be having this conversation.”
“He took everything to Thrift World, but they only bought the stereo equipment. The rest of the stuff he sold to the store on Fourteenth Street.”
“Okay, I already know about the stereo equipment, so you’re telling the truth. I appreciate that.”
“All right.”
“Did the convenience store buy the gun that was stolen from that house, too?”
“I don’t know nothin’ about a gun.”
“The convenience store bought everything else, though?”
“Well, the boy didn’t come back out with anything.”
“But that shit’s old. Why would they want that?”
“Lord if I know.”
“What time did you take Biddy there to hit the house?”
“I can’t remember. Early morning, though.”
I have a feeling he knows what happened in my house, and now he’s scared. Shit, for all I know, he’s the shooter and I’m totally off my game, but I have a stronger feeling he’s not capable of something like that. I want to go easy on this.
“Let’s roll, then,” I say.
“You mean you want to do this now?”
“Yeah, of course. That was a substantial fare I gave you.”
“I thought you said that was in good faith.”
“Yeah, but it doesn’t come without some good faith on your part.”