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.
I see him look at me through the rearview, tighten his lips again.
Diamond finds a parking place on 11th near the spot he was in before. I stay in the backseat but lean forward a bit to better talk to him through the slot portion in the Plexiglas window.
“The place on Riggs—what does Biddy purchase there?”
“Hell, I ain’t into drugs. I don’t mess with all that.”
“I’m not saying you do, but we both know Biddy does. What does he buy?”
“Mostly crack, but I know he’s got himself some heron on occasion.”
Heron. I haven’t heard that in a while.
“He’s on heroin, too?”
“I never seen him use it. Don’t allow it in my cab. I just know he talked about getting some there.”
“Are these young guys, old guys, what?”
“You mean on Riggs?”
“Yes.”
“Two young punks who think they’re tougher than they are.”
“You ever see any of them with guns?”
“Hell, no.”
“They do a lot of business out of that house?”
“I assume so. One day Biddy spent over four bills there for crack.”
“Did Biddy just walk up to the door?”
“No. No, sir. Can’t do that. Had to call beforehand, then he’d meet one of the young ones in the alley behind the house.”
“You take any other of the boys there?”
“Shee-it.”
“Not anything I’ll write down. I just need to know the extent of their business.”
“Yeah, and I can tell you they rollin’ big-time.”
Oh, yeah. I love hearing that.
“You know their names?”
“No. I don’t know them like that.”
“Any of the boys you bring here ever mention a nickname, anything like that?”
“Not that I can recollect.”
“So here’s the deal. I’m going to hold on to everything I got you on, and I’m not going to write it up or let the detective assigned to all these cases know about you. If I’m gonna do that, you’re going to have to stay away from transporting those boys around.”
“All right.”
“So what are you going to say if one of them calls?”
“That I got a fare, something like that.”
“I’m gonna trade cell numbers. You’re going to call me right after one of those boys calls you, especially Biddy.”
“If you go snatch them up like that, they gonna know I set them up.”
“No, it won’t be like that. I’ve done this sort of thing more times than I can remember, and they won’t have a clue. Don’t worry about that.”
Shakes his head slow.
“I mean it, Diamond. The only way you’re gonna work this off is doing what I tell you. Then you’ll be free of this shit. I’m also going to pay you a buck fifty a day for the next couple of days.”