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Read previous chapters of Barrett & Barrett Chapter 20: King Thursday afternoon light cuts through the tinted windows of the First Son’s office. I sit in a chair too low to the ground, a design choice meant to make visitors look up. I look straight ahead, at the man behind the desk. “It’s done,” he …
Read previous chapters of Barrett & Barrett Chapter 13: Deze As sure as death and taxes, I’d known he would come; just as he had known I wouldn’t turn him away. And we’d both known that the time we would spend together could be our last for a long while—maybe even forever. Two highly ambitious …
Read previous chapters of Barrett & Barrett Chapter 12: King The liquid catches the fading afternoon light as I pour two fingers of whiskey into a crystal tumbler. The office is quiet. The usual hum of keyboards, ringing phones and chatty employees is replaced by the sound of the cleaning crew as they start their …
Read the previous chapters of Barrett & Barrett Chapter 11: Deze “She’s pregnant for TJ?” My bedroom door flies open and slams against the wall. Zulu stands there, still in last night’s clothes. He’s angry, and it’s just 8AM. I am dressed for work, not in the mood for anyone spoiling my day. “What are …
Click To Read the First Chapter of Barrett & Barrett Chapter 2: King The first thing I register is the smell of fried plantain. The aroma of home but not my home. The second thing is the weight of a small child on my chest. I open my eyes. Two large, bright ones are staring …
