Perfect

𝟎𝟏𝟓

𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 | 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢 | 𝟏𝟗

"Detective Cadell, nice to meet you." The woman reached for Kenori's hand. Kenori looked at the woman with a blank facial expression, with her arms still crossed. The detective cleared her throat before retrieving her hand back to her side.

"I'll get right to the chase, this is Detective Sinclair. You're a key witness to the shooting that happened at that club last night." Detective Cadell stated, slapping the folder on the table in front of Kenori.

"I don't understand what I'm here for." Kenori stated dryly as she crossed her legs under the table to comfort herself. That's what she did, every time she crossed her legs, it gave her a sense of comfort.

"You're here to tell us what you saw." The blonde detective; Detective Sinclair stepped up, with a dead expression on her face.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Look, you seem like a smart lady, give it to us straight. Who did you see shooting? Just give us a name and you can leave." Detective Sinclair stated, leaning down on the table to be face to face with Kenori.

Kenori knew who was shooting, but she wasn't a snitch. It bothered her how she was even in the police station, it made her skin crawl.

"I said I don't know what you're talking about." Kenori repeated, with a firm tone this time.

"Look Miss Bailey, we've been told that you started hanging around a drug dealer by the name of Mekhi Collins, or as you may know him, Khi." Detective Cadell stepped up, opening the folder she previously sat down.

Kenori didn't respond, her head replaying the words, "Drug dealer by the name of Mekhi Collins." Who would've known that this happy man who made the world just a little bit better, would be a drug dealer. Along with his homeboys, the homeboys who Kenori all knew.

"Tsk tsk" Cadell clicked her tongue before grabbing the many photos, and spread them out in front of Kenori.

"Here he is, with you, one month ago at Ruth's Chris , and before that the movies. Before that, at the movies, with his other two friends, Messiah Trent and Nasir Edwards." Detective Cadell pointed them out in the printed out photos in front of them.

Kenori kept her face straight as she combed through the multiple photos.

"Okay, I know him. So what?" Kenori asked, flipping her hair and returning her attention back to them.

"How close are you with him?" Detective Sinclair asked.

Kenori opened her eyes lowly as she felt her door creak open. She couldn't sleep anyways, so the noise slightly shocked her. She knew it wasn't Shae, so it had to be Mekhi. Since no one else she knew was 6'0 besides Nino.

"You awake?" Mekhi's mellow deep voice called out softly. Kenori didn't respond, she continued to look ahead of herself. After a few moments of silence and a few ruffles she felt him getting on the left side of the bed. They sat in silence for a while, neither of them knew what to say.

"Phat, I know you up." Mekhi implied with his voice raspy.

"Yeah." Kenori responded, clearing her throat afterwards.