How Far? (Book l)

Part 7: "How was work harold?"

I watched her eyes examine my body "Nice to finally meet you of age!" She reached out her hand in an attempt to greet me. I hesitated but I responded. "I use to babysit you when you were little you were so adorable then!" "Then?" I questioned, but Carson ignored it."My old colleague here mentioned great things about you." she pointed to my mom and then she leaned over "You was supposed to be my godbaby!" My face expression stayed the same , I didn't care at all about allegedly being her 'godbaby' all I could think of was, 'This is the same lady who performed the abortion on Tash! Not only did she perform it ,she encouraged her, who does that? In an effort to change the weirdness she continued "She expressed how excited she was about you attending your dream school after graduation!" I continued to stare at her with a dull face why was she so happy and my mother looked like she left a funeral! "Uh yeah can't wait I loved the school the moment I saw it!" I forced out my mother never knew I didn't get accepted nor about the assault charge my dad had help us keep it hidden from her. It would hurt her too bad and ruin the perfect daughter image she had of me.. Carson continued. "But it was a pleasure meeting you. hope to see you often I have to get going." ..She rushed her way down the steps ,I turned to glance at her and saw my dad heading up the steps. 'Maybe that's why she was leaving I thought.' "Heyy baby girl! how was school?" " How is your case?" I responded he acted as if my mom was invisible and proceeded to walk in not acknowledging her, but she made it known. How was work harold?"  My dad stared at her with a look of understanding of where my mom bitterness was coming from.  Great Faith. if that's what you want to hear." The moment my parents uses each other real names it usually ended in an argument. He glanced at the both of us "Speaking of work we need to talk. have a seat." He slammed the door shut and begginned his lectures.

" In 2 weeks my force has decided to go public with my ongoing investigation of the Huegos. Also they are placing me in a temporary apartment to ensure my safety and yours as well, as I get deeper into this case. Also you guys will be under surveillance and due to the rising amount of homicides I want you to be able to identify and Huego member. distance yourself and disengage in any interactions even social conversations!" Me and my mom watched as he pulled out a huge sketchpad and placed it against the wall for drawing support. He flipped to the second page leaving the first one as a cover for the second. "The normal way to identify a member is a tattoo of and capital H. If the H is shaded in red it means the member bled in.  You rarely see an exponent in those cases. If the H is filled in black with a number to the right similar to an exponent it means the new member killed their way in  and the exponent is amount of kills they committed. He took a sip from his cup to and continued. "If the H is not colored in at all.. well I don't that yet." He signed letting out a huff as if he was disappointed with his  own lack of information. "All the H's have something in common they are surrounded  with flames. The flame is .. the flames is" .. He bowed his head down staring at the ground trying to hold back his tears but I saw them hit the carpet like rain. My mom rushed to his aid forgetting about whatever anger she had against him " Let it out Harold Hope need to know these things." She said rubbing his back. "The flame is their signature way of killing what they call intruders.  People who disrespect, agitate, threaten, and secretly follow up,on the gang suffer in a burned alive death. some lucky enough to be dead before the burning." At that moment I knew he was talking about his old partner. But with a little more confidence than before he continued. "The tattoo is normally on the back in the upper right area or behind the ear! We are no longer able to speak in public. To you I'm Harold Jackson." he pointed to the door "it's officer Todd Greenluck. For any reason you may need help I now have an additional phone one personal the other is todd greenluck! any questions?" he added. After  giving the presentation of his life. "So what  if someone bleed in and kill  their H is half black and half red with an exponent?" I asked  " Yeah they are the most dangerous, they climb quickly to the top of the ranks, it's all a ranking system I target them I can take them all down." My emotions started to boil . Why was my dad doing this ? It wasn't worth his life but I can tell he was never going to back down. He felt within that he owed this to his partner. My mom and I got up to hug my dad we stood in a group hug for minutes. I loved my dad dedication, but I feared what would happen the moment him and his force go public about the ongoing investigation. tears poured  I didn't want to believe it. " I'm going to go for a drive."  "Don't stay out past 12!" said my mom reading my facial expressions. She knew I wanted to be alone  "I won't". I replied I grabbed my coat and headed out.