married. Let me catch him with my dick on any parts of another chick, Iâd fuck him up worse than Ashlee had done Jay.
But Ashlee had better not think about coming between Darius and me or sheâd turn up face down floating in the Potomac River. The president would find Osama bin Laden before anyone would find her depressed miserable ass.
Exhaling, I gulped the remainder of my drink, balanced the olive on the tip of my tongue, then swallowed it whole. âBartender, another, please.â The sight of Fancy angered the hell out of me. If I could pick up this black granite countertop and drop it on her head, I would. I didnât have an affinity for kids but Darius was too close to both of them for me to try anything violent.
I had a life-size six-eleven body-length pillow made in the image of Darius. Every home love potion Iâd created to make Darius fall in love with me had failed. My last chance was to visit the two-headed lady. Iâd found her web site online, e-mailed her my information. For five thousand dollars sheâd agreed to cast a surefire love spell on my Darius. He was worth every penny. Next week I had an appointment to take Dariusâs loc to the two-headed lady down in New Orleans. Iâd picked up the dreadlock that fell from his head when he was sitting on the sidelines at one of his games.
The two-headed lady told me, âDonât contact me again. Just come. I will know when you are here. When you arrive, come to the French Quarter.â
I prayed she wasnât scamming me. She was my one last chance to cast a spell. If her spell didnât work, Iâd do the unimaginable. Iâd kill Fancy.
I was Darius Jonesâs number-one fan. He just didnât know itâ¦yet.
CHAPTER 7
Fancy
S he was eerie. The woman seated at the end of the bar. The sound of acrylic nails slowly scratching along a chalkboard pierced my eardrums when she stared at me.
I didnât want to stare back at her. I was temporarily paralyzed. Iâd seen those morbid deep-set eyes before but couldnât recall where. Her pupils seem dilated. Her eyes were darker than her black hair and brows. She was five-feet six or seven without her high heels. Her curly shoulder-length mane was shiny. She was so pale she could pass for black, white, or Latina. Her thick lips were plastered with a vibrant watermelon shine. Couldâve been permanent lipstick layered with a gloss. Her lips were too perfect to tell. She was a B cup, with a flat stomach and narrow straight hips. She was a comfortable size six, maybe a eight.
I noticed two distinct things about her. Her raspy voice, and the fact that her pointed nose had a flat bridge. The sunglasses that she removed from the top of her head, then sat on the counter wouldnât fit her face unless sheâd worn an adjustable strap or had a nose implant.
âBaby, please, can you stop texting for a minute?â I needed my husbandâs attention.
âTwo more minutes and Iâm done,â Darius said, rapidly pressing keys with his thumbs.
One thing I learned the short time Iâd lived in the City of Angels (before relocating to Atlanta with my husband) was most women in Los Angeles were anything but angels. Iâd mastered the LA body scan. Took me three seconds to check out a person. First, Iâd flash the personâs face, then Iâd notice their shoes. Finally, Iâd quickly scroll my eyes back up to their face.
In those three seconds I could vividly recall a personâs eye color, nose, lips, forehead, cheeks, shoes and style, ankles, body size, hips, hands, nails, waist, breasts, and clothes. My karate skills sharpened my memory of people and places.
Knowing karate had saved my life when my momâs ex-man tried to kill me. When I was a little girl, Iâd lied on Thaddeus. Told the police heâd raped me. Unlike Ashleeâs lying on Jay, Iâd done it to save my motherâs life. My mother was