No tears for Sonya- Excerpt # 2
No Tears for Sonya Excerpt # 2
by
Austin Mitchell
“We don’t know what he’s up to. I think we should wait.”
“What if that detective is spying on us and reporting to Chester?”
“What could he report? The money from the apartment is sent straight to my bank account and remember that you manage my taxis.”
“Suppose he finds out about us?”
“He doesn’t know that I’ve stopped seeing Evert.”
“I’m tired of this kind of life. We have to be hiding just because of one man.”
“You’ve just got to be patient. Things will work themselves out.”
“It’s like all his employees are slaves. He doesn’t trust any of them. That’s why he fast into their business so much. I’m glad I’m no longer working for him.”
Sonya came and hugged up Mickie. She could feel his frustration. Maybe after tomorrow she would know what to do about Chester.
“Let’s go down to Randy Chin’s bar and have a few drinks. It might make you feel better.”
“Okay, but I just feel like going with you tomorrow and let him know about us.”
She wondered what Mickie was talking about. They had too many break ups over the five years they had known each other. She certainly didn’t want anymore relationships with him. She would soon tell him that they should let their relatioship remain as employer and employee. That would put him down a peg or two, but she didn’t care.
“I’ll lock up the house and we can go.”
***
That morning, Sonya left for her work place at nine o’clock. Being a Sunday there was hardly any traffic on the roads. As she drove down, she thought of calling Mickie. He had dropped her home last night before leaving for his flat. As she neared the entrance to the store on Barnes Avenue in Constant Spring Gardens, she was shocked to see yellow tape and policemen. A crowd had gathered. She stopped her car on the other side of the road. She saw a security guard and called to him. She couldn’t remember his name, their employer changed them so often.
“Just as me come on duty, Miss and Missa Chester drive up, me hear the shot them. By the time me turn round, the car shot round the corner and gone.”
The guard left and went to stand with a group of onlookers.
Sonya took out her cell phone and called Mickie again, but all she got was his voice mail. She decided to wait around and see what was happening. She got on her cell phone to other staffers and told them about what had happened. Within a half an hour most of the staff members were there including Chester’s wife, Delta and other family members.
Everybody left after the police finished what they were doing. Sonya returned home and tried to call Mickie but all she got was his voice mail. She wondered if she had mislaid her gun, but she searched all the places she would have put it but to no avail.
Her cell phone was ringing. She picked it up and pressed the call button.
It was Kirk Palmer one of Mickie’s friends.
“Sonya, I have to talk to you. We can’t do it on the phone. Can I come up and see you?”
“What for, Kirk?”
“It’s about Mickie.”
“What about him?”
“I can’t talk now.”
“Okay, so come up then.”
Please visit the Austin G Mitchell pages at Amazon and have a look at some of my books.
by
Austin Mitchell
“We don’t know what he’s up to. I think we should wait.”
“What if that detective is spying on us and reporting to Chester?”
“What could he report? The money from the apartment is sent straight to my bank account and remember that you manage my taxis.”
“Suppose he finds out about us?”
“He doesn’t know that I’ve stopped seeing Evert.”
“I’m tired of this kind of life. We have to be hiding just because of one man.”
“You’ve just got to be patient. Things will work themselves out.”
“It’s like all his employees are slaves. He doesn’t trust any of them. That’s why he fast into their business so much. I’m glad I’m no longer working for him.”
Sonya came and hugged up Mickie. She could feel his frustration. Maybe after tomorrow she would know what to do about Chester.
“Let’s go down to Randy Chin’s bar and have a few drinks. It might make you feel better.”
“Okay, but I just feel like going with you tomorrow and let him know about us.”
She wondered what Mickie was talking about. They had too many break ups over the five years they had known each other. She certainly didn’t want anymore relationships with him. She would soon tell him that they should let their relatioship remain as employer and employee. That would put him down a peg or two, but she didn’t care.
“I’ll lock up the house and we can go.”
***
That morning, Sonya left for her work place at nine o’clock. Being a Sunday there was hardly any traffic on the roads. As she drove down, she thought of calling Mickie. He had dropped her home last night before leaving for his flat. As she neared the entrance to the store on Barnes Avenue in Constant Spring Gardens, she was shocked to see yellow tape and policemen. A crowd had gathered. She stopped her car on the other side of the road. She saw a security guard and called to him. She couldn’t remember his name, their employer changed them so often.
“Just as me come on duty, Miss and Missa Chester drive up, me hear the shot them. By the time me turn round, the car shot round the corner and gone.”
The guard left and went to stand with a group of onlookers.
Sonya took out her cell phone and called Mickie again, but all she got was his voice mail. She decided to wait around and see what was happening. She got on her cell phone to other staffers and told them about what had happened. Within a half an hour most of the staff members were there including Chester’s wife, Delta and other family members.
Everybody left after the police finished what they were doing. Sonya returned home and tried to call Mickie but all she got was his voice mail. She wondered if she had mislaid her gun, but she searched all the places she would have put it but to no avail.
Her cell phone was ringing. She picked it up and pressed the call button.
It was Kirk Palmer one of Mickie’s friends.
“Sonya, I have to talk to you. We can’t do it on the phone. Can I come up and see you?”
“What for, Kirk?”
“It’s about Mickie.”
“What about him?”
“I can’t talk now.”
“Okay, so come up then.”
Please visit the Austin G Mitchell pages at Amazon and have a look at some of my books.
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