MurderVerse
Part 2 Maxine's Secrets
FBI agents are searching the home of a sitting President
Looking for secret documents
Looking for Joe's stash
Next to the Corvette
In a locked garage
Spare rooms
Thirteen hours looking through his stuff.
Trump, former President, had his home searched too
Looking for anything to connect him to legit crimes
Desperately searching for prosecutable, illegal-to-have
Secret paper
Trump's docs were all in one place, under lock and key
Biden's docs are all over the place, in open boxes
Carelessly thrown on the floor
In offices
Homes
Next to the now, infamous Corvette.
The difference between these two searches is
1. They want to put Donald in jail
2. They want to give Joe a pass
The Problem: Politics
2.
Today I had my own search to conduct
Within the confines of six small notebooks
Gina says, take a look at these
Placed on the kitchen table next to my morning coffee
On the cover of each book Max had written, Johnny
Gina said Breakfast coming right up
Waffles, eggs, and bacon.
I said, can't wait
Gina always did breakfast right
Did everything right.
1st page
Max writing: Johnny showed up with his dad, John
John said, I understand a young man can find work here
I was surprised at how good-looking he was, the dad.
A family man with slim links to friends of ours
He played cards once a week in NYC
With Frankie, Melvin, Jimmy
In a back room of Jimmy's bodega
A bad crowd, the three of them
Evil men.
They befriended him, took him in
Made him believe they were harmless
Sharks without teeth
He was careful with his money too
Never bet more than he could pay back
He'd bet his limit and returned to Brooklyn
To his wife and son
Happy family, legit guy
Jimmy said, he had things we wanted like his wife
The wife was good-looking, she could be useful
And we noticed the kid was sharp and teachable
the three of them started reeling him in.
Slowly
Every gambler has his price
And they found John's price.
2nd Page
It started small a couple dollars here, a few dollars there
Just enough to keep him in the game
With the tiniest bit of interest cause hey, we gotta eat too
When he was into them for two thousand they came calling
We need our money John
At first he tried to gamble his way out; didn't work
The interest was adding up
Final offer: Your wife or your kid
He didn't have to guess what his wife would be used for
What about the boy?
Give him to Max.
About the Creator
David Parham
Writer, Filmmaker, Digital artist.
The ever Changing Complexities of Life, Fear, Mysteries and Capturing that which may not be there Tomorrow.
Complex, Change, Fear, Mystery, Tomorrow & Capture. Six reasons I write.


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