“The voice and the mole were the dead giveaways for me. Everything
else is different, but I know that trouble follows you wherever you go.”
Charity’s expression morphed from anger to relief. “Seemingly it
does.”
“Tell me the whole story? Why’d you come here?”
“Your father sent me to find you.”
Summer smirked at the response. “You and I both know my father’s
dead.”
“No, he isn’t. He’s in prison for the murder of the man who hurt you
as a kid. Telling you that he was dead was a lie told to you to protect you.
Now that took the wind out of Summer’s sails. “How can you prove
any of that? I have no reason to believe you whatsoever.”
Charity opened the folder she brought in with her, pulled out several
pictures and spread them out in front of Summer
“Juan Carlos had them delivered to your father,” she explained.
“Thinking it would buy his silence and cooperation. Everything I’m
telling you can be verified in the documents your mom sent you before
she died. The cartel went after you to keep your father in line. Your
mother had lied to protect you, Summer. I didn’t know you all were in
witness protection. When I tried to make up for what I’d done by finding
your father, it led them right to you.” Charity took in a deep breath and
blew it out slowly. “It’s my fault your mom died.”
No sooner than the words were out of her mouth, three men burst
through the door. The first one Charity recognized as a man who’d she
spotted at the coffee shop she frequented.
“Ladies,” Juan Carlos said rubbing the tip of his gun on Summer’s
face.
Summer turned her face, wishing she had brought her own weapon
with her today. He moved on to Charity and rubbed the gun around the
baby.
“What do you want?” Summer growled.
“Oh, besides the kid? I think she already told you what I want. Didn’t
you, doll?” Juan Carlos kissed Charity across her lips.
Summer tried to gauge Charity’s expression but couldn’t tell if she was
disgusted or if the frown was because she’d been busted. “So, you’ve been
working for him all along?”
Anita L. Roseboro, a native
of North Carolina. She
has a B.S. degree in MIS
(Management Information
Systems) and a Master’s in
Business Administration from
Gardner-Webb University
and the University of Phoenix
respectively. The road has
finally curved to the path of
her life-long dream of writing,
she stands ready to take on
the world as she lends her
devotion and passion to her
own life long motivations.
www.anitalroseboro.com