Chapter 21
The Untouchable Sergeant
HERBERT ANDERSON BANGED on Roberta McGurt’s door at a little before midnight. After receiving no response, the sergeant walked to the window of her first-floor apartment and noticed candlelight glimmer coming from inside. He returned to the front door. The resumption of the banging disturbed Roberta’s interactions with her two lady friends, and she lost her focus. “Goddamn it! Got to go to the door. Remember, I’m throwing this party, nothing else happens ’till I get back.” Her two guests nodded and one offered a giggle—Roberta’s take-charge personality, arguably, was one of her sexiest traits. After donning a robe over her otherwise n***d body, Roberta excused herself, and walked toward the door with a hammer.
“Who the f**k is banging on my door!”
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