It Needed Doin' - Lamarr WIlson
Date: 7/14/2024,
Categories:
Loving Wives,
Author: byWandering_Mongol
... himself.
Every day, there seemed a new problem, and with it, Lamarr became more angry and vocal.
Today, Lamarr couldn't even pick up DL from school, and she knew the reason wasn't going to be something she would enjoy.
DL wasn't allowed on the bus anymore, due to incidents of fighting. He had to be picked up by a parent or a designated responsible party. Shawna suspected something had happened to cause Lamarr to fall off that list.
On top of that, she knew Lamarr at some point tonight, would start blaming all his recent issues on DL's father... 'that cop is puttin' heat on me!'
Lamarr wouldn't accept his problems stemmed from his simply neglecting aspects of his life, or scoffing at certain laws. Of course such things would come back to bite him.
The more personal danger was with DL.
These were lessons Shawna didn't want DL learning. She wanted him to learn to handle his issues, and not be limited by the thinking that others were 'keepin' him down as a black man!'
Shawna knew an end was coming.
DL loved Lamarr.
She couldn't see any way to avoid hurting her son in this situation.
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Lamarr wasn't allowed to pick up DL because the school system had received a flag on him, from Child Services.
By law, the school wasn't allowed to release DL to Lamarr.
Shawna saw nothing but diminishing returns, as far as keeping Lamarr in her life meant. She kept that to herself.
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One of Lamarr's street operations got lazy, and was ...
... picked up by the police.
The operation, a street-cart that sold fresh cookies near clubs at night, was a five-person operation, and all but two of the operators were picked up.
Those in the know would ask for a certain kind of cookie, prepared a certain way. The cookie would be made (sauces, toppings) and then handed over, in a specially marked wrapper.
Another operator, further down the block from the cart, would verify the wrapper, then 'panhandle' from the person with the wrapper for a certain amount of money. Once the money was 'donated,' the operator would smear a certain color on the wrapper, and hand the wrapper back to the purchaser.
Then the cookie-buyer would make their way to another section of town, meet another operator who would verify what was on the wrapper, then direct the buyer to a different location... a back alley would be a good place to 'take a leak,' or 'there's something someone saw over at the cans on 14th,' or something along those lines.
The cookie buyer would go to that location, and would find a package waiting for them.
A bit convoluted for the uninitiated, but simple enough.
Someone in the chain of first three operators made a mistake, and an apparently sharp officer noticed. People were followed, evidence was seized, people were arrested.
All three operators refused to confess to anything, claiming to not even know each other. Evidence was considered circumstantial.
Except a week after the operators release, they were ...