Page 59 of Anonymous Acts


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She sucked her teeth. “Boy stop, you know you wanted to ask for my autograph. I’m guessing “Kay” dragged you to one of my shows?”

“Multiples, actually,” I grinned. “How did you know?”

“Because you didn’t ask, when we were introduced. Most people I meet, they recognize my face as familiar, even if they can’t exactly place it, so they ask. You didn’t. So I assumed… correctly.”

A satisfied smirk spread across her lips, and I laughed.

“And here I was thinking you were just cocky,” I teased.

“Oh, I’m that too. I’m very good friends with four other beautiful women. Wehaveto be cocky, or we’d eat each other alive. Confidence is a prerequisite around here.”

I nodded. “I see. So… why don’t you go ahead and spill the beans on why you sparked up this conversation with me now?”

Kora’s eyebrows lifted. “Am I that obvious?”

“No. I just assumed…correctly.”

“Ahh. Well-played.”

“I know. Now…. You wanna answer my question?”

She pushed out a little sigh while her gaze moved to Asher and Monica. It settled there for a few seconds before she looked at me again, stepping a little closer, speaking a little lower. “I don’t trust him.”

“You think he did this to her?”

“No,” she said quickly. “Not this. His concern feels genuine, but it’s like he’s… too concerned. I don’t know if he did anything or not, but something isn’t right. I feel it.”

“What do you know about him?”

She shook her head. “Not a lot. I know he invested money inVivid Vixenfour or five years ago, before it really exploded. He was good friends with Kellen. They all went to college together. He was dating Monica’s friend.”

“You know the friend’s name?”

Kora frowned. “Um… Ashley? Amy? Amber? Something with anA.”

“You met her before?”

“Yeah,” Kora nodded. “A long time ago, maybe six or seven years. She was… odd.”

“How so?”

Kora shrugged. “I’m not sure how to describe it. Just, the way she looked at and interacted with Monica. A little too eager, a little too interested. A little too… enamored. Like she wanted to peel Monica and wear her. Kinda how Asher is looking at her now,” Kora mused.

I followed her gaze to where Asher had taken a seat beside the bed, his profile still blocking my view of Monica’s face. I couldn’t see what Kora could, but the reverence had trickled even into his body language.

A solid knock at the door pulled me from my observation of Asher. I fought the urge to groan when I went to answer and saw who was on the other side, but still stepped aside to let the officers in.

“Well, look who we have here,” Detective Crowley said, loud as fuck for no good reason. “Loverboy. We thought you would’ve skipped town once you were cleared.”

“Loverboy?”

I stopped fighting that groan at the sound of Asher’s voice, and a few seconds later, he was right in front of Detective Crowley.

“What the hell are you talking about?” he asked the detective, and then turned to me. “What the hell is he talking about? I thought you were security?”

“I am. And you can see yourself out, so that Monica can talk to the detectives.”

“Not until someone explains what the hell is going on,” he said, crossing his arms as he looked me right in the face.

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