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Redix was the wild one who made us laugh. I was the moody giraffe, the one picked on, and Pamela was light and smiles, loving me despite my scowl.
And now I know…
How much she loved Redix too. I understand.
And that she dated TJ before she went missing. I don’t need to know more.
There’s glass in my throat thinking about her. My heart hurts too, rejected by Redix and scared for him. It’s been three days, and I’ve heard nothing from him.
Deep down, I fear it. Like he’s gone for good. So I’m not waiting anymore.
Too much pain, too many people hurt, laws that don’t work, fuck it, I know what I need to do.
Checking my makeup in the mirror, I have it all planned.
Flat sandals so I won’t be too tall. Bare legs lotioned up to a sheen. Jean shorts, their hem kissing my ass cheeks. Hair swept softly back with sparkling butterfly clips. Eyes done to doe-eyed perfection. Lips glossed, asking to be kissed.
And yellow.
A yellow sweater tank secured around my neck by one thin strap barely conceals my braless breasts.
I look harmless. Ready for a date. A drink. A night of fun.
A murder.
“Wanna come over?” Penny calls me for the fourth time today, worried. “I got pizza, beer, and Lemonheads.”
“No, thank you.” I love her, so she can’t know. “I just need time.”
“Tomorrow then?”
“Yeah.” But she can be one of my alibis. “I’ll get coffee and donuts.”
“The breakfast of cops?” She snorts. “I’ll take a dozen powdered ones.”
“You got it.” I end that call to Jameson calling too.
“Hey.” I try to sound calm, not ready for blood. “What’s up?”
“Going out for a beer. Wanna come?”
“Where you going?” Because I gotta avoid him.
“The Deck Bar. I can pick you up in fifteen.” He’s checking on me. He’s also scoping Gentry. “You need to get out of the house.”
“I need to stop crying.”
That isn’t a lie. Because all I feel is tears dripping with rage.
“For all the shit I gave you, Bryant, he loved you. It was obvious. You just can’t fight anyone’s demons but your own.”
Fight my demons?
No. I’m going to kill them.
“Thanks.” Someday, Jameson’s going to make a lucky woman very happy. Not me. My heart is lost on another man… who’s gone. “I’ll finish my pity party tonight. Wanna fish with me and Silas tomorrow?”
Because I like my life complicated and my alibis simple.
