Kingsley

M. Rashid

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When secrets bury the ruth, can you rely on family? Or...are your loved one's ore of a danger to you than your job?
Raymond Kingsley is certainly no stranger to the criminal world. His family’s history, past and present, is imbedded with that world. But...the only real connection to his family is with his cousin (Sean) and the inherited criminal abilities he uses for his job.
Isolated from the life that brings his family profits... Raymond decides to fight against the criminal world that he was sheltered from.
Ultimately bringing him face to face with parts of his past. Facing enemies he has never imaged and left Soul searching for answers...ultimately causing him to fight for his life.
In the pursuit of the Truth... Raymond Kingsley will learn one of the hardest lessons any criminally gifted good guy will ever have to...

Sujets

• Thrillers
• Kingsley
• Fiction

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• Publié par: AuthorHouse
• Date de parution: 26 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781665568746
• Langue: English

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KINGSLEY
M. RASHID


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Published by AuthorHouse 08/25/2022
 
ISBN: 978-1-6655-6875-3 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-6876-0 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-6874-6 (e)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Dedication
ACT ONE
BETRAYED
Chapter 1Life Interrupted
Chapter 2Uncle’s Promise
Chapter 3Arresting Development
Chapter 4First Offense
Chapter 5One step forward...Two steps back
Chapter 6Strained Relations
Chapter 7New beginnings/Old Pains
Chapter 8Juggling Act
Chapter 9Going Under
Chapter 10Old Demons...New Start
Chapter 11Pressures of the Job
Chapter 12Let’s Stir the Pot
Chapter 13New Hang ups, Another Obstacle
Chapter 14A change of pace?
Chapter 15Two Meetings/One Purpose
Chapter 16One Bad Night
Chapter 17Life Before My Eyes
ACT TWO
CITY UNDER SIEGE
Chapter 1Last Day to Be Honored
Chapter 2Settling In
Chapter 3A Day in the Bay
Chapter 4One Easy Task?
Chapter 5It’s What I Do
Chapter 6Can’t Hide Love
Chapter 7We Meet the Ranks of Power
Chapter 8Adjustments
Chapter 9It’s Not Personal, It’s Business
Chapter 10Losing Ground
Chapter 11Dimming the Northern Lights
Chapter 12Premonition and Punishment
Chapter 13The Whispers of Change
Chapter 14The Promise
Chapter 15Covert Operation
Chapter 16Make It Work
Chapter 17Rizzo’s Evolution
Chapter 18Cousin’s
Chapter 19Lurking Near Shadows
Chapter 20Sirens
Chapter 21Restless
ACT THREE
SHADOWS & SECRETS
Chapter 1Grave Intentions
Chapter 2Jekyll into Hyde
Chapter 3Make them believe
Chapter 4Clues and Crime scenes
Chapter 5East Street Bill
Chapter 6Bedside Bounty
Chapter 7Misfortune is Lady Luck
Chapter 8For whom the bell tolls
Chapter 9Urgent care
Chapter 10Blackouts
Chapter 11Pursuing the Heir
Chapter 12Breadcrumbs
Chapter 13Finding the shroud
Chapter 14A Cleansing Fire
Chapter 15The Plan(s)
Chapter 16The Bait
Chapter 17Retaliation
Chapter 18The Sisters
Chapter 19Tou che’ Bitch
Chapter 20Incitement
Chapter 21Several missing moments
Chapter 22Setting the scheme
Chapter 23Hooker’s Swallow
Chapter 24The ugly truth
 
Author’s Notes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
W HEN IT’S TIME to get to the heart of it, I sometimes find myself drawing a blank. Spending a few extra moments thinking of all the people who have played a role in helping me to get where I needed to be. Helping to push me. Not only to create something interesting...but something memorable.
To my first strike reading team. Marcus, Jewel, Yitera, & B-O-B. Those nights at the round table, in one word...Unforgettable. Your thoughts, concerns, and opinions of the story provided me with an opportunity to better myself, and my work. Thanks in advance because we have more work to do.
There are many others who have gotten a chance to read the finished product early. Mrs. Bea, Tracie, Tanisha, Tammie, Tanya, Tish, and Toiya. Your reactions were guiding and helpful. Thanks for taking the time to read.
Sylene, I have to say it, you did a wonderful job. You may want to take up editing full time. I like the corrections you made without altering other parts of my work. That meant a lot to me.
To my brothers... Doyal and Marcus. Doyal, I know I’ve picked on you about not finishing reading the book and honestly that never really bothered me. I’ve been more excited seeing you enjoy what you do and getting paid to do something that you love. That is inspiring. We’ve talked about doing what we love. You’ve got it and now I’m going after mine. Marcus, we share more than just a passion for cars. We both look for our words to have an effect on people whether someone is reading our words on a red eye flight trying not to wake up the people around them with small bursts of laughter. Or on stage in front of a crowd eagerly waiting for your words to affect them in the exact way you meant for your words to. I’ve watched the reactions to Red Pumps & Pastries. I’ve seen firsthand how your words have connected with the ladies who heard you recite that poem. I could only imagine how the reactions made you feel. Well, that was until I received that first late-night phone call with a few of the readers upset with me about the characters and their choices. It was at that point I received a sense of satisfaction. Hearing how something I created had an effect, positive or negatively on the person who read it. Exhilarated, that’s how I felt. I realize that we take our thoughts, experiences, fantasies, and life expectations and put them into some medium of self-expression. Then...we share it with others. Now we are out there on that limb, hoping someone gets it. Someone understands what we’re trying to say and gives us the validation of our work.
However, we’re able to reach others... Whether Spoken word, Cooking or Literary works, let’s dig deeper within ourselves to always give the best of ourselves. Easier said than done, but the reward is always better when you must work harder to get it.
I’ve often asked myself who motivates me more...a skeptic or someone who has believed in me all along. The question and the answer are a bit bittersweet. I seem to be motivated by both. For some, a skeptic can give you that push you need... because there is no way you will ever let them see you fail. Yet on the other hand, having someone that believes in you ...will give you a sense of strength to draw from. Pushing you through those times you think you can’t do it. So, for those who believe...Thank you for the encouragement. Thank you for the support.
Here I am again drawing a blank. So, let me say...Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making one of my dreams come true. No deed, big or small, should go un-noticed. It doesn’t matter to me if you were a part of reading the first draft or putting paper in the copier that printed my work. Good work should never go unrecognized. Thanks everyone for all the Love, encouragement, and support. It will never go un-noticed with me.
MJ

In Memory of
Oswald L. Jones, Robert Lewis Sr., & William Tate (Men who have had a profound influence on my life)
DEDICATION
Thanks for helping me sharpen my claws.
Your wit is still inspiring.
ACT ONE
BETRAYED

A successful crime is planned, plotted, crafted and executed with skill.
A career criminal legitimately masks his or her crimes and will lethally eliminate anyone who endangers that livelihood.
I’ve been told that money is the root to all evil and those that don’t have any will do whatever it takes to get it.
Those that have it…will do everything to keep it.
Money is only the start. Broken promises, lies and envy are usually very strong factors for someone desperately trying to survive.
In my case, when it comes to family and survival…trouble is hereditary.
R a y m o n d K i n g s l e y
CHAPTER ONE
Life Interrupted
I T ONLY TOOK a minute for me to realize that I was dying. Two bullets bounced around inside me as if they were playing tag. My head was resting against the hubcap of my car. My body was becoming limp, and I could feel my fingertips getting cold. My breathing became heavier and heavier as I began to pass out. I could hear voices all around me. There were people screaming, “Somebody help him! Somebody get help!” I couldn’t move. I could hear someone saying, that both of my legs were in pretty bad shape. The left was bent back in the wrong direction. The pain to my right hand was excruciating. I had a gunshot wound to my chest and another in my stomach. I also had two defensive cuts to my right arm. My head felt like it was going to explode. I faintly hear the sounds of sirens, but somehow, I knew they weren’t coming to help me. I felt like I was slipping away. There was no white light. There were no passed on relatives waiting to welcome me home. I was alone. Gasping for air and everything around me was getting dark. The only thing I could put my faith in, was hoping for the rumors about our city’s emergency services were not true. They would get to me in time. I know they will. I hope they will.
I was losing a lot of blood and beginning to lose consciousness. I heard some woman asking me what my name was. That was right before I passed out. I remember my Grann (that’s what we called her) telling me that I should always be ready. You never know when your last days on this earth will be. So, make sure you’re ready. Well, I can tell you all that I wasn’t ready if today were to be my last. I did everything wrong today. I was completely unprepared for the trouble that I knew was waiting for me.
I’m thinking about how life takes some strange turns. But don’t worry about the state I’m in n