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Chapter 14 – Mayor
Huey sat in the back of a black sedan with Jazmine who had Rosa on her lap. Since they had come home early that morning Jasmine had not let their daughter out of her sight and Huey would have done the same if it was not for the election taking place that day. The day had passed slowly as the family sat in front of the TV watching the local news with Caesar and Cindy watching the election coverage.
Now the polls were closing and he was waiting in the car provided by the city for his protection while the final votes were being counted so he could start his rally either to congratulate his opponent on his victory and thank his supporters or to thank his supporters for helping him win. He thought it might be the former as he had been behind in the polls since the race started and he could not see things changing this late, even so in his heart he hoped he would win.
In the back of the front seats was a small TV that was playing the news as they waited for the final announcement of the winner. They had moved from election news to a new story, a story that upset Huey and Jazmine and made Huey rather angry. He cursed as they saw Riley's mug shot come up on the screen and the caption 'Safely Behind Bars Again'. It was a tasteless caption considering Riley had been arrested for traffic violations but they treated it as if he had been arrested for the real things he had done and then escaped to go on a rampage.
"How much longer do we have to wait?" Jazmine asked playing with Rosa's hair which they had done up in two ponytails out of the side of her head.
"Not much longer. We should be getting a phone call with the results soon," Huey said unable to watch the news anymore he shut the TV off and looked out his dark tinted window but all he saw with the back of the black suited person and a blonde braided ponytail standing outside to make sure no one approached the car.
"Where is Riley now?" Jazmine asked she had been concerned about her brother-in-law since she found out he had voluntarily gotten arrested again so Huey could rescue Rosa and get away from Flowers.
"Officer Davis called a few hours ago and said they had captured Riley in the middle of taking revenge on a rival mafia group. At least that is what he told them when he was arrested. He said they were holding him at the police station for the day to process his information and all that other police stuff," Huey explained with a bitter taste in his mouth.
"So he won't be here to see this," Jazmine said a little sad.
"No, but maybe its better that way. Knowing Flowers he might try to find some way to connect me to Riley's escape and everything that happened afterwards," Huey said before the phone in the back of the sedan began ringing. He quickly reached for the phone pulling it up to his ear. "Hello."
"Hello Mr. Freeman this is the polling office," a male voice replied his voice betraying his smile through the phone. "The votes have been counted and we have the results of the election."
"So?" Huey asked half dreading the news and half hoping it was good news.
"Congratulations Mayor Freeman you won with a majority count," the voice said and Huey's face split into a large smile. He had beaten the odds. Somehow in the last moments of the polling he had taken the lead. All he could think that would swing this in his way so late was yesterday's incident. Did his trials earn him pity votes? If it did he did not care. He got the votes and now he could finally begin changing things as he always wanted too.
"Thank you," Huey said controlling his emotions to not betray anything as usual before hanging up the phone.
"You won didn't you," Jazmine squealed seeing the smile on his face.
"I did," Huey said and Jazmine grabbed him into a kiss.
"Mayor Huey Freeman who would have thought we'd ever hear that title," Jazmine cooed before kissing him again. "Now go make your speech. We'll be watching."
Huey looked down at Rosa who was looking back at him with a toothy smile. "Go Daddy."
"I guess I have to," Huey said reluctantly unwilling to leave Rosa so soon. He opened the car door slowly giving his security time to move out of the way.
"Is it time?" Cindy asked as Huey got out of the car and fixed his own navy blue suit. She was wearing a black suit and dark shades with an earpiece in her one ear. She looked like someone guarding the president not a simple mayor and Huey could not miss the irony of a known mob boss dressed as a government official. "Did you win?"
"I did. I'm the first black mayor of Woodcrest," Huey said happily. "It's too bad he couldn't be here to see this."
"I'll have to make do," Cindy smiled at him before leading him across the parking lot o the giant stage that had been set up just outside the prison. Huey could only look at the prison as everything came full circle and shake his head. It seemed like another life time that he had broken into the prison to rescue Riley but it had only been two nights ago. It was like yesterday never happened, his family was intact and unharmed and Riley was still in prison. The only thing that changed was his sentence would be extended another four months. It should have been longer but earlier that day Huey had cut a deal with the DA to reduce Riley's sentence as long as he gave some of the information he learned during their chase. Riley would never snitch to the police but if it meant his brother who had risked his life repeatedly for his sake would not be punished for doing so with more years in prison Huey would tell the police everything. Not long after they made the bust on the Temple seizing the drugs Huey had found in the building and found even more in the boat house of Dock Fifty-Seven.
Cindy led him up the back of the stage shielding him with her body as they came into the open. Once they broke the blue curtains the cheers erupted from Huey's supporters and red white and blue confetti fell over the stage and the crowd along with some red, white, blue and black balloons.
Huey walked up to the podium covered in the microphones of different news channels. Behind him and a little to his side Cindy stayed close to him nearly touching him ready to move him if something happened. They did not expect anything serious but they knew one citizen of Woodcrest who had a pension for throwing bricks at black political figures. Before Huey could even say a word one of those bricks did soar up from the crowd, but as usual the aim was off and the brick sailed past Huey harmlessly going through the curtain ten feet to his right.
Ignoring the brick Huey started his speech. "Some of you are probably wondering why I choose to hold this speech in front of a prison. Let me tell you why. This prison symbolizes how this city is. It's sad that there are more African Americans in this prison then there are in all of Woodcrest. This has to change and I intend to be the one to do it. We are here to signal a new beginning. A beginning where the people of this city are not judged by the colour of their skin and where people of all colour are not simply thrown in jail on trumped up charges. This city will no longer be under the power of the white supremacy power. Today is a new day for a new city. I will make sure our police go back to work; no one should get an answering machine when they call the police. No one should have to wait half a day for a police cruiser to respond to that emergency call!" Huey stopped for a breath and the crowd cheered.
Behind the crowd near the entrance to the prison a single police cruiser pulled up to the closed gate. Inside the back of the car Riley sat his hands cuffed in front of him while he looked out the window at the gathered crowd. Even with the prison looming in front of him Riley had a large smile on his face that only grew when he saw Rosa standing beside Jazmine off to the side of the stage. He knew that every moment he would spend in his small damp cell would be worth it just to know his niece was safe and in her mother's arms again.
"It's too bad you can't be out there," Flowers taunted him. "You sure you don't want to tell me how you really escaped?"
Riley half looked over at the special agent with his one eye still on Rosa and Jazmine. "I told ya how I escaped already nigga. I knocked ya da fuck out."
"I know your new mayor had some hand in this and if I ever find it I will bring him to justice too," Flowers said glaring at Huey who was still giving his speech.
"Ya'll just upset because I took ya out nigga and made mah escape like a real nigga. If ya had not been dere I would still be sittin' in mah cell," Riley laughed. "And now ya can't touch me nigga. I have da backing of both da Governor of Maryland and da mayor of Woodcrest. Ya missed ya chance nigga."
"I'll get you both," Flowers vowed as a prison guard came out to verify Flowers' paperwork.
"Don't hold ya breath," Riley continued laughed as Flowers pulled into the prison and he was transferred back in to the hands of the guards. As he was guided back into the prison he looked back at the rally one last time to see Huey raise a closed fist before walking off the stage to hug his family.
THE END!
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