a twenty-year stintâ he was going to come back and kill my ass. After him, I left them ballinâ muâfuckers alone and moved onto the niggas that were more apt to commit white-collar crimes. Whoever it was on my phone calling collect from the county jail, it was beyond me.
When it came time for the person to state their name, all I heard was the same unknown female voice that called earlier say, âCome get me!â And then, when I pressed two for the person to repeat her name, she said, âRight now, goddamnit, Babygirl!â Thatâs when I realized that it was Aunt Cookie. Immediately I jumped out of the bed and left Taj, and his hard-on waiting for me.
When I got to the precinct, it was six oâclock in the morning. I hadnât seen the inside of this place since Shannon and I were arrested over a year ago. I walked in and asked the officer at the desk what the charges and bail were for Cookie Turner.
âAssault with a deadly weapon,â is what the officer said as he looked on his computer screen. âYep,â he said, pointing to the screen but looking in my face. âAssault. She lucky he didnât kick her ass, is all I got to say.â
âWell, nobody asked you what you had to say.â
He rolled his eyes and informed me that Aunt Cookieâs bail was five thousand dollars cash. No exceptions.
No exceptions , I thought. No exceptions? Humph, weâll see about that. I stepped away from the counter where the officer was, flipped open my cell phone, and hit speed dial.
âRoger?â
âNo, Roberta.â
âRoberta?â Oh, his wife. She had answered Rogerâs cell phone. âExcuse me, but is Roger available?â
âMaybe I should ask you.â
âExcuse me?â
âExcuse you? Excuse you? Excuse you for which time? The time where you had my husband and he missed his daughterâs graduation? Or excuse you for the time I waited at home with candles and dinner and my husband tripped over my bed and fell into yours?
âLook, hun, perhaps you have me mistaken for someone else, but as far as I know, your husband loves you too much to be tripping over you and falling for someone else,â I said, lying like a damn dog. âDo you need to talk? Is something wrong?â
âListen, donât patronize me!â she shouted.
âPatronize you? Sweetheart, from what I can see, your husband thinks of nothing but you.â Then I hit her with the famous line, âRoger and I are just friends.â
âOh,â she said, sounding as if she were taken aback. âWell, you just remain friends, because he is my man. In any event, he isnât here, but Iâm sure that at some point, if youâre to be reached, heâll find you.â
Oh, no this bitch didnât! Now see, if I ainât need a favor from Roger, I woulda blew up her whole spot. I just about gagged at the thought of biting my tongue and spitting out this one: âIâma pray for you, because Iâm sure that youâre much too beautiful to be worried over Roger like this. You take care, Roberta.â Witâ yoâ stupid-ass!
âExcuse me,â I said, stepping back to the counter where the officer was. âIs Captain Roger Sims due to come in?â
âCaptain Sims? Is he here? Yeah, this is his shift, but he doesnât wanna see you.â
This muâfucker was working my last nerve. âCan you please call Captain Sims?â
âWell, since you said please.â
A few minutes later, Roger appeared with his back arched, like he actually had some backbone and wasnât the same liâl weak link that liked his dick sucked and his asshole played with. The thought of that made me snicker. He actually looked good. He still seemed old, but he looked nice. It had been a month since I gave him the time of day, and I was sure that he would want some pussy when this was all over with, but I would have