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bought up Cyn’s name. She said it’s been hard to reach you over the phone.”
    “Yeah, I know, I’ve just been real busy that’s all.”
    “Well, she just recently moved and opened her own real estate company.”
    “Oh, wow! She’s been talking about opening her own business for quite some time.”
    “Can I ask what happen between you two?”
    “Nothing happened, I just told you, I’ve been extremely busy.” Her voice had gotten an octave higher, and I tilted my head some, looking at her ass sideways. “You may wanna use your damn inside voice with me. Are you okay? Because you seem to be agitated.” She stood up, grabbing her keys and her purse with tears in her eyes. I stopped her before she could walk off. “Marcy, what is wrong with you?
    “Nothing, Dawn. Just let it go, damn it. I’ll call you later, so we can discuss the job details. That’s if the offer still remains.”
    “Yes, it does! Why wouldn’t it? I don’t know what you’re going through, but I’m here for you.”

Chapter 13
    Cynthia
     
    Thank God, I was finally home home. It had been a long day with holding interviews, and the contractor was still working. I couldn’t wait for the grand opening. I was so anxious to get this business off of the ground.  Suddenly, my phone rang, and it was Dawn on the other end.
    “What’s up, girl? How are doing?”
    “I’m doing fine, just had quite a strange visit from Marcy today.”
    “What you mean, ‘strange’?”
    “You know how her ass is. You never know what’s going to come out her mouth. Well, I offered her that assistant position that opened up, and she accepted.”
    “Now, that’s is strange. Whatever happen to, ‘I don’t need to work, I can just lay on my back while men throw money at me’?”
    “She claims she’s been doing some soul searching and she wants her girls back, so that’s why she was job searching.”
    “That must of been some serious soul searching she was doing!”
    “But wait, there’s more to it. So, I bought up the fact that you were worried about her, and she began rolling her eyes, like hearing your name made her sick. I’m not sure what that’s all about, but she been acting funny towards me for a minute, too. I tried to get her to open up, but she left out of here like satan himself was on her ass. I kep saying I was gonna stop pass her house, but I always got sidetracked, but after talking with you, I’m not sure what to do.”
    “Well, let’s just pray for her.
    “Enough about Marcy’s psychotic ass, how’s my godson coming along?”
    “Girl, he doing all kinds of flips and stretching up in here. I can’t wait for him to get here!”
    “Just a few more months, honey, you better enjoy the peace and quiet while you can.”
    “Yeah, Deja said Aniyah is up every four hours like clock work. Something my ass isn’t looking forward to. So, what you got planned for the rest of the night, girl?”
    “Jonathan decided to prepare dinner for us tonight at his place. So, I’m going to try to get some rest until it’s time to leave. Damn!”
    “What’s wrong?” I asked.
    “I forgot to get the mail out of the mailbox. Plus, I got this damn box of knickknacks sitting by the door. I’ve been neglecting to unpack it.”
    “Well, you go ahead and get yourself together, I’m about to take a nap. Just give me a call tomorrow maybe we can do lunch.
    “That sounds good to me. Love you, Dawn.”
    “Right back at you, girl.”
    After hanging up with Dawn, I went outside to retrieve my mail. I should have  known it was nothing but bills and junk mails. I laid the mail on the table in the foyer and started towards the box I still needed to unpack, but I stopped in my tracks when I noticed a big manila envelope that had fallen behind the table. My instincts were telling me to open it, but I had a gut feeling something was wrong. I tried to shake the feeling I had. When I opened the envelope, out fell some pictures. I instantly became sick and