CHAPTER EIGHT Briiiiiing! Briiiiing! Briiiiing!
“Mar Mar, answer the phone baby!” Odette called out from the bathroom, where she was perched on the toilet while reading a novel called Mama by Terry McMillan.
The telephone rang while Marquise was sitting in front of the television Indian style, playing his PlayStation 4. He looked back and forth between the tv and the telephone, which was on the kitchen wall. He was kicking ass in the game and didn’t want to pause it. But, his mother calling out from the bathroom for him to answer it while she was relieving herself changed his mind altogether. Pressing pause, Marquise jumped to his feet in his Superman pajamas and jogged inside of the kitchen. Seeing the name on the caller I.D. caused a smile to stretch across his face. He hurr
