Chapter 49

 

There was no doubt in hell he knew. Coincident? Hell the fuck naw, and now that I thought about it I knew he had inside information. I was trapped.

I called King. “I need you to come get me… us.”

Vicky and I had walked forever and a day and caught a bus to the Emeryville Mall. King picked us up at Ikea and took us to his hotel room.

“What the fuck?” he said after our combined effort to let him know what was going on. I was so not ready for this. I did not pack a damn thing and I didn’t have my car. All I had was 1.5 million dollars in a safe deposit box. In anticipation of Spin getting caught I emptied out my bank account and started using our joint accounts to pay for everything I wanted.

No one could answer the question of how he knew, so we left it alone.

I called the shop. “‘Nee I’ll explain later. I need you to hold down the shop and reschedule my appointments with Biscuit and I’d call.”

“Okay,” she said. “Is everything alright?”

“Of course, why?

“Because, hella people includin’ yo’ husband been lookin’ fo’ you.”

My heart stopped. “‘Nee, don’t tell my husband anything.”

“I wouldn’t tell that sorry bastard a thing. If you ask me-”

“Ra’Nee, who else called?”

“Oh, Janell, like hella time. Said to tell yo’ ass Tam left because the kitchen was too hot.”

“She leave a number?” I wrote down the number and thanked Ra’Nee. I hung up and called Janell. When she answered and heard my voice she sounded so relieved. I told her where I was.

“Okay, good Shi. Stay there. Tamekia and Helen followed Spin, he left a little after you and Vicky.” Fuck! “He, I don’t know how but he knows. I’m sorry Shi.”

“Sorry?” I screamed. “What do I do Janell?”

“Get out of town, I’m sending B.I.T.C.H. to get you. Ain’t no-way in hell you’ll get hurt with them.”

“I like have nothing Janell. Where’s Agent Hodges? What about witness protection? Come on talk to me.”

“Shi, if he found out, then he has someone on the inside. Forget about witness protection, I’m sending B.I.T.C.H. Shi.”

I screamed. I was sitting there tapping my foot, then I thought about my first home.

“Send them to Bay Road. I got shit I gotta do.”

“No Shi, please stay where you are and wait for B.I.T.C.H.”

I looked at King and Vicky then shook my head. I had some things at my first home and they’d been put there for an emergency. This was an emergency if I’d ever seen one. I had brand new clothes there, a closet full. This was bullshit. I knew I should have just up and bounce, fuck all the clothes and shit. Just go and get my money out of the safety deposit box and leave. I could buy all the shit I had again. I knew I should have got the money and went and got on a plane, but something was keeping me here. Something was making me stay in California.

“Janell, I’m worried about Dr. Richards,” I said though that was not on my mind until I said it. Spin did not know where she lived and only knew her as Dr. Richards. He didn’t even know what type of doctor she was.

“I’ll tell Tay and see if we can get some agents out there.”

Didn’t this bitch just say that the feds were infiltrated?

I sighed. “‘Ight, well I left my phone at home. I’ll call when I get to E.P.A.”

“Shi, be careful and whatever you do don’t go back home.”

Why would I do that?

“Bye.”

I hung up knowing that going back home was exactly what I planned to do.