Kiss Lonely Goodbye (2006)
Kiss Lonely Goodbye
“Marcus drove them through Bloody Fifth, the grim nickname for the Fifth Ward in Houston because of the high murder rate. An oppressive summer breeze that didn’t cool or refresh stirred a few pieces of paper in a vacant lot. Late-model cars with speakers booming so loud that their frames shook cruised by or were parked on the curb. Groups of fierce-looking young men, some with bare chests, stood on a street corner. All wore tattoos on their arms. Nicole checked to make sure the doors to the Dura...ngo were locked.
“Why are you showing me this?” she said, still looking around uneasily.
“I want you to see where I came from,” he replied. He turned a corner.
“The Fifth Ward isn’t you anymore.” Nicole glanced at the poised, handsome profile dressed in a Brooks Brothers gray pinstriped suit.
“The Fifth Ward will always be a part of who I am. If you’re going to be with me then you have to know that.” Marcus nodded toward a teenager with an angry scowl at no one in particular.MoreLess
“Why are you showing me this?” she said, still looking around uneasily.
“I want you to see where I came from,” he replied. He turned a corner.
“The Fifth Ward isn’t you anymore.” Nicole glanced at the poised, handsome profile dressed in a Brooks Brothers gray pinstriped suit.
“The Fifth Ward will always be a part of who I am. If you’re going to be with me then you have to know that.” Marcus nodded toward a teenager with an angry scowl at no one in particular.MoreLess
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