She wasn't the type to make friends and didn't socialize with any of them outside the job. The biggest consensus had been that Sheri was a stuck up bi...ch, to quote verbatim."What about a car?" Michelle called back to him, looking over her shoulder to where he was drying dishes and putting them away.He walked out of the kitchen and grabbed his pack of cigarettes off the end table, setting them back down at a scowl from her. "I put a bulletin out on it today. She drove a," he looked down at the. Aunt Candice was one of those women who was tall and heavy but not actually fat. Thick, Uncle Marcus, always said. She was dark skinned and, unfortunately, often reminded me of Aunt Ester from Sanford and Son. But it was just proof that there's someone for everyone. "My goodness, we must have uh air leak round here somewhere." She grinned at me and I realized that I was sighing."Sorry." I blushed."No cause for it. You may as well get a move on. Good thing you early 'cause you got a trainee. Please leave." Police, police, they have kidnapped my baby. Police, police, save my baby. Pol..."The door was opened, and a large man pulled Susan into the house. Another man tried to slam the door. Instead, he was thrown back against the wall. The door closed, and locked with invisible hands.Susan flung out her hand, and hit her assailant's throat. He let go, and grasped his throat in pain, with both hands. I saw the goon behind the door convulse, when his own windpipe was crushed by Carl's. I only brought up his cheating on me when I wanted something or to make him feel guilty or used it as an excuse not to have sex with him.“Are we going to Deanna’s party on Folly later?” I heard Travis ask me as I rummaged through my top drawer for a tee shirt.Our friend Deanna was having a graduation party at her parents' beach house on Folly Island, and all our friends would be there.“I can’t. You know I have to help Mother clean up after the party, and it will be late,” I answered as I went.