Listen to Fààjí by Joeboy ft Mr Eazi
I arrived Selena's cafe at 8am, ordered a black coffee with $5. Started to surf the Internet for a job but found nothing.
I didn't realize how late it had gotten, 7:30pm already. I decided to go home, I can't be alone right now so I'll go to Sams', he must be home by now, he always gets home 7 sharp. Sam works in Manhattan, but lives in the Bronx because Manhattan rent is super expensive and he needs to support the people around him and in the church as well, he's an angel.
On getting to the apartment floor I saw the unexpected, two cops, interacting with Sam, I got scared but I've handled this before, so how hard can it be. Nace you'll be fine.
"What's going on here"? I asked
"Are you Nancy"? One of the cops asked. He looks nice, but I wouldn't know because looking nice and being nice are two different things.
"Yes I am and how may I help you"?
"Someone robbed Mrs Macburry's store last night..."
"As in with guns"? I interrupted
"No miss, just petty theft"
"Oh, poor Mrs Macburry".
"Where were you at 6:50pm last night"?. The other cop asked, now this one is hostile, he is always sent as a first responder to my neighborhood and this dude right here is a real son of a bitch, emphasis on son of a bitch.
"Excuse me, Am I a suspect"? I got no response, so I continued. "How fantastic, I'm a suspect now because I'm black". I played the race card.
"Calm down Miss. Mrs Macburry said you were the last person at her shop before the circuits wire were cut and you didn't exactly have the money to pay for what you wanted, so it's only protocol we ask you this questions". The nice cop said, he must be new or something, cops are not usually this nice to blacks, especially in this part of town.
"I was at Sam's"
"Why were you at Sam's". The hostile cop asked
I was gonna scream, non of your business but that would just land me in jail so I took the easy road.
"I didn't pay my electricity bill and Sam gave me his key, so when it's getting late I could stay in his apartment".
"So you don't pay your bills "
"I didn't say that, I'm just a little short on money right now"
"So you can't pay your bills, you probably can't afford food, sounds like the kind of person we're looking for. We would like to search your apartment"
I was startled and confused, I didn't know what to say, all I knew is they can't search my apartment, with a record like mine I'd end up in jail for sure.
"You can't search her apartment without a warrant officer, this is America, and besides you're in the Bronx such things happen all the time" Sam came to the rescue.
All the hostile cop did was laugh cynically, which made me kind of scared, I got goosebumps even. I saw a wedding band on his finger earlier and I immediately pitied his wife, this man right here is a psychopathic bastard, now that I'm sure of and I just became his obsession, talk about unwanted attention.
"It's time to go Bob" the nice 'in quote' cop said. "We'll be in touch miss have a lovely evening"
"Sleep with one eye open"
What a cynical bastard, I murmured.
"Thanks Sam, my... " he gave me the don't say another word hand.
"Stealing, really Nancy, you should get rid of those things they might get a warrant by morning"
"Sam..." he turned around, went into his apartment and shut the door.
I took a deep breath, went into my apartment, arranged everything I stole, well the cartons of everything I stole, turned the water into my old gallon, packed up everything then I had a rethink and decided to wait for about 2 hours before going downstairs to dispose them, you never know with cops, they might be down there waiting for me, they're smart like that.
I later went downstairs and walked four blocks from mine to dispose the items then headed back. On getting to my apartment I saw my door a bit open, I don't remember leaving it open, so I went in. "Hello", I called out but no response, so I took off my jacket, my top and my bra, I was about taking off my trousers when I heard, "you shouldn't leave your door open princess, they are creeps out here and we wouldn't want you brutalized now would me". I had goosebumps, who the fuck is that?
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