Godsend 9: Square In The Mouth

By K Elliott

This ninth installment of the Godsend Series follows the full-length Godsend novel titled The Weight of Echo. After Etceterra runs into a deadly situation during an investigation, not paying attention, Brian recruits a street-smart, attractive white woman named Needles. She shoots two suspects and gets to the bottom of a clever cover-up, proving she’s dangerous and smart. But Needles doesn’t feel so dangerous less than 10 minutes after meeting Echo. Echo and Kiandra become victims of an attempted armed robbery in Dallas, Texas. His eye gets blackened, and she has to get away from a fool who sprays at her with a submachine gun. Echo can’t wait to meet the shooter. He wants to hit the man square in the mouth, in the most unusual way, and he wants to make sure Needles is paying attention when he does.

• Language: English
• Publisher: K Elliott
• Release date: Aug 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463227633

K Elliott

K. Elliott, aka The Well Fed Black Writer, penned his first novel, Entangled, in 2003. Although he was offered multiple signing deals, Elliott decided to found his own publishing company, Urban Lifestyle Press.Bookstore by bookstore, street vendor by street vendor, Elliott took to the road selling his story. He did not go unnoticed, selling 50,000 units in his first year and earning a spot on the Essence Magazine Bestsellers list.Since Entangled, Elliott has published five titles of his own and two more on behalf of authors signed to Urban Lifestyle Press. For one book, The Ski Mask Way, Elliott was selected to co-author with hip-hop superstar 50 Cent. Along the way, he has continued to look for innovative ways to push his books to his fans while keeping down his overhead. Not wanting to keep such valuable experience to himself, Elliott did two things.First, in 2010 he forged his vision of low-cost publishing by in 21 Black Street, an eBookstore to mirror a traditional African-American themed bookstore - except it could totally cuts out a publisher's printing costs.Second, Elliott created the Well-Fed Black Writer, a blog for authors to find life-hacking tips for more efficient, effective self-publishing. The Well-Fed Black Writer includes podcasts, video and blog posts, all to help aspiring authors turn their manuscripts into publishing success stories.

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Godsend – Square in the Mouth

By K. Elliott

Copyright © 2012 by Urban Lifestyle Press

P.O. Box 12714

Charlotte, NC 28220

http://www.kelliottonline.com

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electric or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission from the publisher or author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

This is a work of fiction. It is not meant to depict, portray or represent any particular real persons. All the characters, incidents and dialogues are the product of the author’s imagination and are not to be constructed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or person living or dead is purely coincidental.

Publishing Date: June 2012

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 1

Mary Regal invited Echo and Kiandra inside her Malibu mansion. She led them to a spacious living room with genteel furnishings and a trio of chandeliers high above their heads. A romantic spiral staircase with a white-pine baluster, embellished with a seemingly faraway background.

Echo’s eyes roamed from the 18-foot embossed ceiling to the long sofa that strangely had slight humps between each plush seat cushion. When Mary closed the door, Echo said, Two months ago, I bought a nice home for $950,000. Your place makes me feel like I bought an apartment in the projects.

Aw, I’m sure you got yourself a lovely home; have a seat, please. Mary was a 61-year-old-black woman who could easily pass for 40-something. She wore a well-designed chiffon dress that dropped just below her knees, displaying gorgeous legs and healthy calves.

Echo and Kiandra sat a hump apart on the long sofa. Kiandra thought the woman looked good for her age and believed Mary was once a beautiful showstopper many years ago. The woman’s breasts were too damn big, though, and Kiandra wondered how much the double D’s would sag without the bra. She imagined big, wrinkly prunes, even though Mary’s face, arms, hands, and legs suggested otherwise. Echo glanced at the iPad in Kiandra’s hands then said to Mary, The head of UCASTU asked Godsend to take your case as a favor to her. Normally, a case like yours would have been bypassed.

Mary sat in a curved love seat and crossed her legs at the knees. A favor? I thought you were here to collect a down payment of $30,000.

Yes ma’am, we are.

And you think I can’t afford the other $45,000?

I don’t recall saying that to you. He locked eyes with her.

Well, I don’t understand why you’re saying the case is a favor to Angel if I’m paying for your services.

He smiled at her and displayed teeth for only a second. Maybe Angel didn’t tell you, but Godsend normally takes cases concerning children, women, and elderly people.

You’re an investigator, and I’m told that you guys are the best, so I’m sure you know that I’m 61 years old. I’m also a woman, I can assure you."

He smiled again. I’ll bet my damn house you’re a woman. You look 45, 48, but I know you’re 61, ma’am. I’m saying the victim involved in the case has to meet one of the criteria. Your husband was killed 15 years ago, and he was only 47 at the time.

Kiandra said, "None of that matters, ma’am. We’re taking your husband’s case. The rule was bent as a favor to Angel because her organization has brought us a lot of