The witch

Chapter Twelve

Autumn

I really enjoyed hanging out with Lashay yesterday, for a second it felt like everything went back to normal..

"You alright?" Fats asks me, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I nod "I'm okay"

"You don't look okay" Fats sits next to me on his living room couch.

"What's on your mind?" He questions.

I shrug lightly "My life. It's just not the same"

He furrows his eyebrows "& that's a bad thing?"

I raise both of my eyebrows as I start to think about it.. "Maybe not" I reply.

The doorbell rings and Fats stands up.

"I'll be right back" He walks away..

A few seconds later he jogs back into the living room..

"Detective Martinez is here" Fats tells me.

My eyes widen "For what?"

He shrugs

"I hope your cousin ain't drop the location on you, this shit gone have me in fucked up situation" Fats shakes his head.

"Lashay would never do that" I tell him.

The doorbell rings again.

"Just go upstairs and get in the closet or something incase he has a search warrant" Fats pleads.

I run upstairs..

Fats

I stand at the door, looking out the peep hole for a few minutes before opening it so Autumn has time to hide..

"What took you so long?" Detective Martinez smiles.

"I was taking a shit" I shrug "What's up?"

I notice he has a beige folder in his hand and I'm praying ain't no search warrant in it..

Nah, knowing this corrupt motherfucker he would've been pulled it out.

"Our star witness on the shooting of Desmond Bane that occurred by Grace Avenue Church is missing." Martinez tells me.

I furrow my eyebrows "& what the hell that got to do with me?"

"I'm thinking maybe you got rid of her like you do everyone else" Martinez accuses.

"Got rid of her?" I repeat, pretending not to understand.

He chuckles dryly "Killed her, so she wouldn't testify against you"

As if she was going to testify anyways..

"I ain't never killed nobody a day in my life" I tell him.

He squints his eyes at me in disbelief "Sure sure"

He opens the folder in his hand, pulling a photo from it..

"So you haven't seen her?" He shows me a photo of Autumn.

I stare at it, pretending to examine it..

"Nope" I answer.

He chuckles again "If this girls body comes up, you'll be the first person I charge"

He raises the corner of his lip, mean mugging me..

"Attempt to charge" I tell him "Don't forget the word attempt. Like you attempted plenty of other times and it went nowhere" I chuckle.

My lawyer is top notch..

Martinez sucks his teeth.

"Watch your back Jermaine" He calls me by my real name.

"Always" I tell him.

"Now do you mind getting off my property before I call the cops & tell them you're trespassing and harassing me" I smile.

"I know you killed Desmond Bane, I know he worked for you & I will prove it!" Martinez exclaims.

"Good luck with that" I tell him.

He slowly backs away, getting into his crown Vic and driving off..

I close my door, locking it.

I walk upstairs to let Autumn know that she can come out now.

I open her room door and she's not visible.

"Autumn?" I call her name.

No answer..

"Autumn!" I shout, looking throughout the bedroom.

No answer and I can't seem to find her anywhere..

Where the hell this girl at?

"Autumn" I yell one more time.

I walk downstairs to get my phone and call her..

I sit on the couch with my phone, dialing her number.

My back door creeks open causing me to jump up in defense mode.

"It's just me" Autumn walks in.

I sigh in relief.

"I was just about to call you" I tell her.

"How the hell you end up in the backyard?" I ask.

"I went upstairs to find a hiding spot but I figured if he had a search warrant then it wouldn't be smart for me to be in the house period. That's when I ran back downstairs and went out the back door. I waited until I saw his car leave to come back in" She explains..

I smile "Smart and pretty"

She smirks "Thank you"

We plop down on my living room couch.

Autumn

"Now back to our conversation" Fats tells me as we sit on his grey couch.

"Is it a bad thing that your life is different now?" He asks me.

I shake my head

"After thinking about it, no" I tell him

He smiles.

There's a moment of silence.

My phone begins to vibrate in my back pocket..

I pull it out, seeing a FaceTime call from Lashay.

"Hello?" I immediately answer.

"Guess what?" Lashay tells me.

"What?" I question raising an eyebrow in suspense.

"I lost my virginity today" Lashay smiles.

I gasp.

"& it was good" She tells me.

I gasp again..

I look at Fats because he hears the conversation and he begins to cough awkwardly..

"I'm gone head out" Fats tells me like that SpongeBob meme.

He gets up, walking upstairs.

I put my attention back on Lashay in shock.

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