Obsession 3 by Treasure Hernandez Page B

sucked her teeth. “Like I said, I could just wipe my hands of all this and—”
    â€œI’m sure you could,” Detective Davis replied, stopping his pacing and looking at Secret. “But in the meantime, while you’re in jail fighting your case, there’s always the issue of baby Dina.” He nodded toward the stairs.
    How could Secret have forgotten that quickly? Dina was the entire reason she’d agreed with this whole deal anyway. Going back to jail and leaving Dina out here to fend for herself would defeat her entire purpose. Secret had no other option but to see this thing through.
    â€œSo, if that will be all, I need to get out of here,” Detective Davis said, walking over to the door. “There’s a lot of bad guys out there I need to be catching, since that’s what I went to college for.” He shot Secret a smug look. “You have a good day.” He went to leave and then turned back around. “Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.” He dug into his pockets and pulled out a folded piece of paper. He extended it to Secret.
    â€œWhat’s this?” she asked, walking over and taking it out of his hand.
    Detective Davis explained as she unfolded the paper. “It’s to get your car out of police custody.”
    Secret wasn’t expecting this. She had forgotten all about him telling her he was going to see about getting her car back. She figured with it being state property, it would be easier said than done. But Detective Davis must have been pretty high up there in rank. He was pulling all kinds of strings. “Thank you.” Secret was relieved she wouldn’t have to hitch a ride on the bus on a regular. Her last bus ride would be the one going to pick up her car. “Thanks for doing this for me.” She relaxed her tone a little bit. Even though it was for his own selfish reasons, Detective Davis really was trying to look out for her.
    â€œNo, thank you.” Detective Davis paused. “This will more than likely be our last time talking in person. We don’t know whether Lucky saw you at the park, if he knows you’re out. I can’t take the chance of him coming around. I’ll call you with details on where to go from here. I imagine here soon Lucky will start coming around again. And you never know; he just might be suspicious of you, watching you. All of this would be for naught if he was to find you out.”
    Secret nodded her understanding. There was a little hint of fear in her eyes. Even though Detective Davis was an asshole, she liked the idea of feeling as though he had her back. But now he would be way back.
    â€œDon’t worry,” he said, noticing the look on Secret’s face. “There are two other sets of eyes keeping a watch on things. It’s all going to work out just fine, Secret. It’s all going to be just fine. Just do what I tell you to do and trust me.” On that note, Detective Davis exited Secret’s apartment.
    The sound of Dina waking up out of her sleep with a whine through the baby monitor prevented Secret from standing there wallowing in the miserable hand life had dealt her. She darted up the steps to go see about Dina, none the wiser that sooner rather than later, someone would be coming to see about her too.
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    â€œSo I hear I got me a grandbaby?”
    Those were the words Secret heard when she opened her front door.
    â€œMa.” Secret was stunned. The last person she ever expected to see at her door was Yolanda, her estranged mother. So many things were going through Secret’s mind. Was Yolanda friend or foe? Because the last time she’d been in her mother’s presence, Yolanda’s hands were around Secret’s throat. Secondly, how did she even know where Secret lived?
    â€œShawndiece had given me your address back when you first moved here,” Yolanda said after reading the surprised look on Secret’s face. “I was being too