CHAPTER 29
DONATELLA
Donna walked into Bella’s room, expecting to find her sleeping. To her surprise, her sister was not only wide awake, but she was sitting up in a chair, looking extremely angry.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?”
Donna looked down and rubbed her bruised torso. “I’m fine. Thanks for asking.”
Bella hit her with a glare that had heat. “So, you’re impersonating me and fuckin’ up my cases?”
Donna rolled her eyes. “Girl, ain’t nobody fuckin’ up your cases. I’m just trying to find the motherfucka that’s trying to kill you and yo’ man.”
Bella grabbed a pillow from her lap and slung it toward Donna. “By using yourself as bait?”
Donna picked the pillow up and placed it on the bed.
She walked over to her sister, placed both hands on the arm of the chair, and stared into her eyes.
“Then get the fuck up!” she hissed through gritted teeth.
“Get yo’ ass outta this chair!” Stop smoking that shit Vic gave you and get the fuck back to work!
” ‘She grabbed Bella by the arm and yanked her out of the chair. “I buy dope and sell pussy! You’re the homicide detective! Get up and do your fuckin’ job! ”
’Donna wasn’t a monster. She wasn’t insensitive to what her sister had been through, but she knew Bella better than anyone. Her sister was afraid. She could see it in her eyes.
Bella remained quiet and still as she stared at her sister.
“Bella, I know you’ve been through a lot. And, to take that pain away… to make you safe again, I will happily step into your shoes. But for you to be safe, we gotta find the motherfucka that’s after you.”
Tears began to fall from Bella’s eyes.
Donna pulled Bella into her arms and held her until her shoulders relaxed and she let go and allowed herself to be comforted. “Belly,” Donna whispered. “You can find him. This is what you do. There’s nobody better than you. It’s time to get back to work.”
Bella allowed her head to relax in the crook of Donna’s neck. And when she heard her twin exhale the fear that had been choking her, Donna knew that days were numbered for the motherfucka that had tried to kill Bella and her man.
Donna sat with her twin for an hour, catching her up on her two most important cases, which were Lucas’ shooting and the serial gangbanger murders. When she left, she left the case files for both with Bella.