Free Red Hot Liar (9781617738654) by Noire

day and suddenly find yourself an heiress to an oil fortune?”
    Slum ghetto? Did this butter-fried trick really just tell America that my fuckin’ town was a slum ghetto? I tried to stop my foot from tapping but Mizz O had some shit about herself and she needed correcting!
    â€œUm,” I said, poking out my titties and flashing my pearlies at the cameraman even though the producers had already told me twice not to look over there, “I don’t know about all that slum ghetto mess you talkin’, but I’m just happy to be back with my family and working on putting my life back together. I’ve been through so much and there’s a big cobweb of lies in my mind that I’m still trying to clear out. Luckily, I have a lot of support from two wonderful and loving parents to help me through this process. I know it’s been hard on them as well, and we’re all taking it one day at a time trying to mend what was lost to us so long ago. I mean, all the money and the T.V. cameras are cool like that and everything, but all I’m really looking forward to is the future I’m going to have with the people who really love me and care about me.”
    I turned and smiled into the camera again, thinking I did pretty damn good with the lines I had practiced, but Okrah must didn’t like it because right away she cued up for another commercial break. As soon as the camera cut away she turned toward me and blasted me with her cold blue eyes.
    â€œIs there something wrong with you?” she asked me, and she said it real stank-like too.
    I shook my head with a quickness. “Ain’t nothing wrong with me! Why you asking?”
    â€œStop patting your foot and try to stick with the program,” she said, dissing me like I was some little-ass kid. “Give me a little more sugar and a little less vinegar, okay? Try to concentrate and think before you answer.”
    â€œ Welcome back, America, today we are here on Okrah Sinfree Live with our guests, the Dominion family of Texas. We’re discussing missing and abducted children who have been miraculously found and reunited with their families. The Dominions know the pain and the joy of losing and recovering a child firsthand and the immense grief and heartache it causes an entire family. You’ve already heard from Barron Dominion as he shared his personal experiences from a sibling’s perspective on what it was like to lose his sister when he was merely a child himself, and now you’ll have a chance to hear this story from a mother whose heart ached from the loss of her child for many years, only to discover that the daughter who was stolen from her was alive and well and living right there in New York City.”
    Okrah smiled and looked all misty-eyed as she reached out and took Selah’s hand. “Thank you for being here on Okrah Live , Selah. We’ve heard from your son, Barron, now tell us what you remember about that day.”
    Selah took a deep breath. “It was just a normal day,” she said softly, reciting all the stuff she had already said on all them other shows. “It started out wonderfully. My husband and I had taken our three children on what was supposed to be a vacation in New York City. But my husband . . . he was called away on business unexpectedly and the kids and I were stuck in the hotel room and they were getting very restless.”
    â€œSo you left the hotel and just started wandering around Manhattan?” Okrah asked, her voice soothing and gentle.
    Selah nodded. “Y-y-yes. The children needed some fresh air and so did I. We decided to go for a walk. The boys really liked being outside and seeing the sights. I happened to spot a drug store and I left my oldest son outside to watch my younger kids. I ran in the store just for a bit. I couldn’t have been gone for more than three, maybe four minutes tops. But when I came outside my three-year-old daughter was gone.