{ Book 1 of the Marino Series }
"Don't ever walk alone." My mother once said.
Well, about that... I might've walked alone & witnessed a brutal murder.
If it isn't the consequences of my own actions...
I witnessed a murder & now I've gained a stalke...
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ZURI
I paced around my apartment, my heart pounding against my chest.
2 simple words.
I've never been so terrified in my entire life.
If I helped him, I would've been dead as shit. I don't help him & the person I witnessed commit murder might kill me.
I sat on my couch & rapidly bounced my leg up & down. I chewed on my inner cheek. So many thoughts are running through my mind.
I don't know what I could do.
He knows where I live & he's well aware that I haven't gone to the police.
I would have if I trusted the police, but I don't. If I were to tell them what had happened, those lazy men wouldn't do anything until I ended up dead.
& they probably wouldn't give a fuck If I did turn up dead because not only am I a black woman, but I'm an immigrant.
They don't care at all.
I sighed. I just had to be the unlucky fucker who witnessed a murder.
I'm afraid of leaving my apartment, but I don't feel safe here anymore.
He knows where I live,
& I have to leave.
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EMILIO
A week ahead. ( After the murder )
Zuri Bassey is her name.
For the past week, I've been keeping an eye on her making sure she'd keep her mouth shut about what she saw.
