CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
The doorbell rang as Celetia awakened in a frenzy. Her alarm clock revealed that the time was half-past five in the morning. Who would be so brazen as to ring her doorbell this early? The bell rang again. She rolled to the other side of the bed and pulled out her nightstand drawer. She kept a loaded Heckler & Koch USP .40 caliber pistol hidden under a burgundy cloth. She reached inside the drawer and pulled out the weapon.
Celetia ran into the bathroom and put on her robe. She entered the hallway and stopped in front of the window to look down to the street. There was a Black man standing in front of the house, not far from her fountain vase. His back was to her. A Toyota Corolla was also parked in her driveway.
She debated whether or not to call the police, but the ma
