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Barry slowly turned and walked away in the same direction he came.
Samuel kept a loose grip on my elbow when he led me to the car. He opened the rear door and held my bag when I got inside. He walked around to the other side and got in.
“Hi, Ms. Patterson,” Ray said as he navigated onto the highway.
“Hey, Ray. Good to see you again.”
“See, I turned to Samuel. That’s why I can’t stand him. Taking the deal off the table…amending the charges…keep my firm? He is out of his mind!”
“They obviously have more evidence,” Samuel said thinking out loud.
“Or a witness that can corroborate those statements.”
“Yeah…” He sat back in his seat and looked out the window of the car.
We rode in silence for a while listening to Miles Davis’Blue in Green.
Going over Barry’s statements over and over again in my head had almost driven me insane. I needed to have a conversation to steer my thoughts somewhere else.
“Are Torrey and Princeton your only siblings?” I turned and asked.
He stared out the window and didn’t answer.
“Samuel,” I grazed his hand.
“Yes?” He responded quickly. “Did you say something?”
“It’s okay. I didn’t mean to interrupt. I can leave you to your thoughts.”
“No, I need a break. What did you say?”
He turned his body to face me.
“I was being nosey and asked if Torrey and Princeton were your only siblings?”
“Yes. Torrey and I have the same mother. Princeton and I have the same father.”
“Is Deyshonda someone you would have chosen for him?”
He chuckled. “Dey is loyal. She is a rider. I believe in loyalty so, yes, I would have chosen her. She loves him and treats him well. Plus, she is the mother of my niece and nephew, both of whom I adore even though my niece has a love/hate relationship with me.”
“What does that mean? How old is she?”
“She’s five and is her mother’s clone. She has a mini attitude so sometimes she is happy to see me and other days she says, ‘oh no not Uncle El,’ and rolls her eyes,” he chuckled.
“What did you do to her?”
“Nothing!” He laughed. “She’s a Princess, and that’s her name.”
“Princess, after her dad?”
“Yes. What about you? Are Keeva and Kenzie your only siblings?”
“You remembered their names?”
“I did. They are unforgettable.”
After the taste testing atUntraditional,my sisters had drank enough liquid courage to challenge each other to an old-school dance competition. Skip, Frannie, Raymond and some of the workers were encouraged by my sisters to dance along.
