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Chapters (95)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. Twenty-Three
  28. Twenty-Four
  29. Twenty-Five
  30. Twenty-Six
  31. Twenty-Seven
  32. Twenty-Eight
  33. Twenty-Nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-One
  36. Thirty-Two
  37. Thirty-Three
  38. Thirty-Four
  39. Thirty-Five
  40. Thirty-Six
  41. Thirty-Seven
  42. Thirty-Eight
  43. Thirty-Nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-One
  46. Forty-Two
  47. Forty-Three
  48. Forty-Four
  49. Forty-Five
  50. Forty-Six
  51. Forty-Seven
  52. Forty-Eight
  53. Forty-Nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-One
  56. Fifty-Two
  57. Fifty-Three
  58. Fifty-Four
  59. Fifty-Five
  60. Fifty-Six
  61. Fifty-Seven
  62. Fifty-Eight
  63. Fifty-Nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-One
  66. Sixty-Two
  67. Sixty-Three
  68. Sixty-Four
  69. Sixty-Five
  70. Sixty-Six
  71. Sixty-Seven
  72. Sixty-Eight
  73. Sixty-Nine
  74. Seventy
  75. Seventy-One
  76. Seventy-Two
  77. Seventy-Three
  78. Seventy-Four
  79. Seventy-Five
  80. Seventy-Six
  81. Seventy-Seven
  82. Seventy-Eight
  83. Seventy-Nine
  84. Eighty
  85. Eighty-One
  86. Eighty-Two
  87. Eighty-Three
  88. Eighty-Four
  89. Eighty-Five
  90. Eighty-Six
  91. Eighty-Seven
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. About the Author
  94. Also by David Swinson
  95. Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.

“You get a burglar, shoot me a call and we’ll take the arrest,” Tyler says.

“Appreciate that. Saves me a lot of trouble having to deal with the dispatcher.”

“You take care, Detective Marr.”

“Be safe, Officers.”

They return to their car, turn off the emergency lights. Partner waves as they pass me.

I look at Driver’s card and put it and my wallet back into my suit jacket.

An hour quickly passes. I’m thinking Younger and Older are going to be there late, like last night at the other club. I roll on home. I’m not ready yet. And damn, I forgot to call Leslie.

Forty-One

Forty-One

After a late-morning shower, I dress down again, ’cause the suit makes me look like a cop.

I try to call Leslie. It goes to voice mail.

“I’m sorry I forgot to call you the other day. Need to get my mind off things, so I’ve been working this other job. Call me. Miss you.” I disconnect.

After I get what I need, I walk to 11th and U.

It’s hotter, more humid than it was earlier, but it’s a short walk. I get there a few minutes early. So does Diamond. He pulls to the corner as if he were waiting for me at the next block.

I tap on the front passenger-side window. He rolls it down.

“This ain’t my bank, but it’s got an ATM,” I tell him, pointing to the bank behind me.

He nods.

I withdraw three hundred, because that’s all it will allow.

I walk back and hop in the rear of the cab, set my backpack beside me.

I count out two hundred and hand it to him through the open slot.

“I’ll give you the rest when we find Biddy.”

“That wasn’t the deal.”

“I said I need to find Biddy and need your help to do it. You agreed. Besides, how do I know you won’t just drive me around to different spots acting like you know where he might be?”

“I ain’t about that, and I’ve already given you good shit.”

“I don’t know you, Diamond.”

“And I don’t know you, and I don’t think I want to anymore after this is done. So I want you to find him, and then we’re through.”

“That’s a deal, but still, you’ll get the remainder if we find him.”

“Shit. All right, then.” Diamond yields.

He drives off, west on U Street.

“I know where a bunch of them go to smoke their crack. I dropped him off there once. He come and go, but it’s a good place to start.”

“So why didn’t you tell me about this place before?”

“Musta slipped my mind.”

I don’t say what I’m thinking.