A Novel by Kawika A. Stafford

Chapter 40

Not counting the last stand of Custer, which was exposed as a big pile of horse poo in the pastures of imagination of history buffs everywhere; Nadia couldn’t recall a time that she felt so much joy about the news she had just received.

Apparently, in an ill advised stop, officer Bob had misplaced a piece of his jewelry, and it had now fallen into the possession of her friend Dwayne Notah.

Nadia dialed up her Chief of War.

Prior to Dwayne calling her from Gallup, Nadia had sat alone in her quiet office, dejected. But as the saying goes, it doesn’t matter how you start; it’s how you finish.

Dwayne had given her the details with regards to the recovered bracelet, as told to him by Sonny Ray. Dwayne had taken several photographs of Sonny Ray’s eyebrow gash prior to him receiving one hundred and forty stitches in the emergency room. The injury he had sustained of his left eyebrow was fierce.

Dwayne had emailed her all the pictures of Sonny Ray that he had taken of him at the emergency room, but she wanted to take a few more close up pictures of Officer Bob’s bracelet, when they returned from New Mexico.

Nadia and Natalia decided that they would call it a night. They were going to meet up with some friends for some ‘ndn’ tacos at this little trendy hole in the wall; and after that they would stop by and see her former college roommate, Carla Matten. Carla was in her fourth year towards earning her degree as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Carla had a spacious house and loved the company of like minded women. They could have a glass of wine, partake of a little cannabis and catch up with their lawyer friends.

Many women were pragmatic in dealing with adversity, and these two ladies were no exception.

Tonight they would unwind. In the morning it was war.

As the two men traveled down interstate forty they began to discuss their plans on how they planned on dealing with officer Bob. “Sonny Ray do you recall when you first showed me officer Bob’s bracelet?” Sonny Ray glanced over at his friend.

“The reason I ask that is because I have been waiting for an opportunity like this for over two years now.”

Sonny Ray sat up a little now. “Why, what happened?” Sonny Ray asked.

“Well, a little over two years ago officer Bob pulled over my cousin Sterlin on a lonely stretch of interstate forty. Officer Bob claimed that my cousin resisted arrest. Officer Bob ended up putting a choke hold on him. As a result, my cousin suffered brain damage as well as spinal and neck related trauma. Sterlin is now on full disability. This bracelet means a lot more to me than you realize,” Dwayne said.

“Don’t worry Dwayne, we’ll get the bastard.”

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