Jessica merged into highway traffic and we both went silent. I understood Aunt Rita’s concern. Governor Lewis happened to be a presidential front-runner and clearly intended to use Pokey’s status as a black police chief to boost his poll numbers among black voters. Although I had no beef with the man, Governor Lewis’s shrewd tactic had the potential to harm Robert Charles. When Democrat and Republican opponents perform opposition research on Pokey, my name would surely come up. That had to bother Aunt Rita, because it sure as hell worried me.
If Governor Lewis’s opponents caught wind that he had associated himself with a man that had ties to a group of black assassins, the media fall out would be sensational. Pokey’s jets had to be cooled or we risked being outmaneuvered by our enemies.
