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park?
    “Yeah. Seems like somebody out there’s runnin’ a good old fashioned brothel.”

 
    CHAPTER 8
     
     
     
    “Look what the cat dragged in,” Vivi announced as she entered the kitchen from going out to my car for the cell phone.
    Kitty and Meridee, my mother and grandmother were right behind Vivi. Meridee was pretty much the matriarch of everyone in my little circle. Meridee was a tiny little spitfire who had just turned eighty years old last summer. She had thrown herself a Hollywood nights themed party complete with half naked cowboys carrying her in on a Persian cot. That tells a person a lot about my Meridee. This tiny woman was the center of my universe when I was little.
    “Hey y’all. How my girls doin’ on this cold winter day?” Meridee asked reaching to hug me as she entered the warm kitchen.
    “I’m good,” I said still thinking about the news Bonita just shot out there. It was no secret, Myra Jean; the Trailer Park Psychic lived out at the trailer park where Sonny and Bonita made their discovery. And Meridee had been friends with her for as long as I could remember. I needed to talk to Sonny but not now, not in front of Meridee. Lord knows she’d call Myra Jean and then Miss Myra would get the whole trailer park all in an uproar. I had no choice but I had to wait. Plus, Kitty was known as the town crier so nothing was safe around her.
    “Hey Baby”, Kitty said snagging a grape from a ceramic bowl of fruit near the corner TV. “You get Vivi up to speed on that ass of a husband of yours?”
    “Yes, Mother and he’s pretty much not my husband anymore.”
    “Well, legally he is and I don’t want your name dragged across the mud with his. Hell, there’s already a petition circulating to get that man kicked out of office,”
    We all looked at her.
    “For real, y’all. I just heard it at Krispy Kreme. Everybody was chatting about it.”
    “You mean you got Krispy Kremes in that car and you didn’t even bring them in?” Vivi jumped in.
    “Were they Hot Now ? What were you thinkin’?”
    “Okay Okay, I’ll share. If I have to.” Kitty pouted then turned to head back outside to get the warm sweet fried confections.
    “Meridee, what are you and Kitty doin’ out together today?” I asked.
    Meridee looked down and then away. I instantly felt my stomach drop. “Is something wrong?” I asked.
    “Oh you know that crazy mother of yours. She keeps dragging me to doctors for checkups. She’s got the craziest ideas that I need regular check-ups.”
    Kitty came through the dining room door with the Krispy Kremes just as I heard the catch in her voice. I detected something. My eyes darted over to Vivi just as her eyes grabbed mine from across the table. It didn’t feel right.
    “Mother, y’all been at the doctor this morning?” I threw it out there. I wanted to get a look at Kitty. She was the very worst at keeping anything a secret.
    “Yeah, that old woman is so damn difficult. I told her she’s not a spring chicken anymore and maybe we need a check-up. Finally I convinced her.”
    But I wasn’t totally convinced. About it being just a check-up. I quickly looked at Vivi again and she looked concerned too.
    “Just a check-up huh?” Vivi pushed.
    “Oh, Yeah. You know, just making sure everything’s still in the right place. Now give me one of those doughnuts. I’m starved.”
    “She had to fast for all the blood work so I know she’s hungry.” Kitty just let the cat out.
    “What do you mean? Blood work? Why?” I was getting anxious.
    “It’s nothing,” Meridee said biting into the sweetness. “I’m just fine. Kitty is just insistent that I get my blood done and all that since I’m so old .” She smiled as she chewed, trying to keep us from getting too upset. Making like it was no big deal. But I felt a twist in my stomach.
    “I finally got her there by promising to take her to see Dr. Riley.”
    “He’s a stud, I’ll say. Hard from head to toe,” Meridee took