Page 108 of The Prodigy

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Jakari

BrettHightowerhadtodie.

There was really no other way this could end. It was really a question of timing, but just knowing I was gonna put his ass in the dirt was enough to satisfy me for now.

That motherfucker was walking around on borrowed time and he ain’t even know it.

“Joe. Why the fuck you got your shirt off, man?”

He laughed and pulled a white t-shirt over his head. “I just got out the shower, bruh.”

We were on FaceTime, and I’d just seen more of him than I wanted to. “What you got for me?” I demanded, eager to get things going.

“Man, listen. I done found some shit.”

“That’s what I asked for.”

He sighed. “Alright. First off, in a span of three years, Kenya Andrews had eight arrests for drugs. Possession, mostly. One intent.”

“Yeah, Mal said she was an addict.”

“Okay, but that ain’t the worst part. She was off the radar for a few years, then three more arrests. Each time, she was bonded out by Bo Thomas.”

“Wait—”

“McGrady’s man.”

“One of the niggas that’s guarding me right now.”

“Exactly.”

“Okay, so maybe…fuck. How did he know her?”

“She must have been mixed up with the family some kinda way. Maybe she bought offa one of our guys—”

“We been out that game for too long. The timeline ain’t adding up for that.”

“You think Gab would know something?”

“I don’t know. I doubt it.” I took a deep breath. “Alright man, what else?”

“Last sighting seems to be around eight years ago, somewhere around June. It’s hard to pin down, though, because the police didn’t really investigate it and it doesn’t look like she was working when she disappeared. She’s like a ghost.”

“Where was the last sighting?”

“Her house. Daughters woke up and said goodbye like a regular day. Came home from school and she was gone. Never saw her again. The oldest daughter called it in the next day. She said something just didn’t feel right.”

I shook my head. Poor Malika, having to go through that.

“Anything else?”

“Not on Kenya, but I’ll keep digging. I still ain’t found no links between Tank and the fam. My people looked hard, Knight. We did a deep dive on Tay and all them barbershop niggas, too. Nothing.”

“Keep looking.”

“We will.”

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