Shots Fired | Betrayal of Trust | Season 1 | Episode 2

The father of Jesse Carr (Jacob Leinbach) shows up at Deputy Beck’s (Tristan Mack Wilds) house with the intention of killing him. He pulls a gun on him and just as quick Joshua pulls his own gun. The two have an intense stand-off where Joshua orders him to drop the gun. Joshua remains calm and shows empathy towards the dad, letting him know he doesn’t know what it’s like to lose a son, but if the father wants to know what really happened they can sit down and talk.

The dad places the gun on the ground and says that he already knows what really happened.

Disclaimer: I was watching the Venus Williams vs. Angelique Kerber tennis match before the show came on, and accidentally hit changed the channel back to ESPN. I was praying this was a dream scene, because if a black father rolled up on a white officer who murdered his son, he would have been dead before he reached the sidewalk, let alone raised a gun.

Ashe (Sanaa Lathan) is on the phone with someone and is upset that Javier (Angel Bonanni) isn’t willing to back down on the custody suit.

Preston (Stephan James) goes to the neighborhood looking for Cory (Marqus Clae) but comes across another guy spray painting a mural on the front of a house. When he asks who is in the mural, he says Joey Campbell (Kelvin Harrison Jr.). Preston then asks what he thinks happened to Joey and the teen walks away, gets on a bicycle and rides off.

It’s the day of Jesse’s funeral and Deputy Beck is still in his uniform either just coming in from work or getting ready to leave. The news coverage goes to the leaked video. One of Deputy Beck’s sons asks why all the reporters are outside and he says because he is famous.

At the funeral, which is being televised, the governor (Helen Hunt) and her staff, Pastor Janae (Aisha Hinds) and others arrive. Preston and Ashe are in the car discussing the case and Ashe is still more focused on the cover-up of Joey Campbell’s death, while Preston is focused on who leaked the video of Deputy Beck.

Following the funeral the governor’s aide lets Preston know the governor wants to speak with her him in private. When Ashe tries to follow the aide lets her know, only Preston. Ashe catches that the aide referred to him as Preston and not Mr. Terry, and points it out to the aide.

In the vehicle the governor is looking for answers but Preston lets her know it isn’t that easy. She also invites Preston to a dinner at the governor’s mansion. Preston declines stating that his dad is coming to visit, but the governor states he can come also.

Pastor Janae is being interviewed by the media and she mentions that although she empathizes with the Carr family, the governor needs to be just as concerned about the death of Joey Campbell, whose murder is not being investigated.

Ashe shows up at a football game and confronts Lieutenant Breeland (Stephen Moyer) who is the officer that came to Shemeeka Campbell’s (DeWanda Wise) home. He says that the mother knew Joey was dealing drugs and he just wanted to scare her straight.

At the station Beck is confronted by a white cop named Deputy Euklund (Greg Sproles) about the video where he states he wants to kill crackers. The two get into a scuffle but are separated by another officer, Deputy Caleb Brooks (Beau Knapp).

Preston’s dad (Dennis Haysbert) arrives for a visit. At the hotel, Maceo (Shamier Anderson) shows up full of life. Maceo and the dad head off to breakfast leaving Preston behind.

Lieutenant Breeland’s daughter, Tess, (Brett Cooper) is in his office, he thinks she is there because his wife told her she couldn’t go to a party. However, Tess is there to confront him about telling one of the players if he didn’t block for her he would kill his black ass. She tells her dad that his statement was racist, but he says it wasn’t. Breeland then tells her that she can attend the party, and adds, so take your white ass on and have a good time.

Ashe and Preston go to a club to find a guy named Julian (Julian Brittano), who is Beck’s cousin. The video of Beck was leaked from Julian’s phone. Ashe has to threaten him with bodily harm to get him to talk, but learns that his phone was confiscated when he was arrested for jaywalking a year earlier.

Outside Preston confronts Ashe for her tactics but she lets him know that she didn’t pull her gun and to get results she has to act like a bad ass. Preston is by the books says she needs to chill because it’s his job that’s on the line if something goes wrong.

At the station they pull the police report and learn that everything was deleted from the phone. The arresting officer was Brooks, but he says he didn’t leak the video. Ashe asks who had access to the phone and he says several people, including the judge, prosecutor and other members of the sheriff’s office.

Preston attends the governor’s dinner, but his dad isn’t with him. The governor introduces him to three men, Dr. Koppel (Don A. King), and a judge who are both white, and Reverend Dupont (Al Mitchell), who is black.

It turns out the party is actually a fundraiser for a private prison complex that will have a hospital, high school, college, and other amenities. Preston can’t believe what he is witnessing. Aside from the prototype model of the massive facility, the help is walking around in butler and maid, attire.

Preston speaks to his dad and learns that he didn’t attend the dinner because Maceo had a bad game, and was feeling down. Although he was disappointed, Preston was relieved his father didn’t show after learning the real reason he was invited.

Preston goes to see the aide and shares how he felt about the governor inviting him to the dinner. He says she used him to be able to say she had a black DOJ prosecutor at the party. The aide agrees and lets him know that’s partly why he was chosen for the case. The two end up having sex again.

Maceo shows up at Ashe’s hotel room but she isn’t having it. Masceo says if she acts like a random groupie trick he’s going to treat her like one. Ashe counters that the only problem is he’s standing on the outside of her hotel room door trying to get inside. She then closes the door in his face.

The governor meets with Reverend Dupont to discuss Pastor Janae. He tells her Pastor Janae isn’t relevant but the governor points out her social media numbers say otherwise. She needs the reverend to discredit Pastor Janae.

Reverend Dupont shows up at a rally and confronts Pastor Janae, saying if it wasn’t for him she would still be drinking from the colored’s only fountain. He asks if he can pray with her but before he could get two words out Pastor Janae takes over and goes in to an impassioned prayer. Afterwards he tells her leading prayer is one thing, leading people is another.

Beck and Brooks go after Julian to question him about the video. When they catch-up with him Julian says he didn’t release the video but adds that Beck deserves whatever he gets, for being a sell-out.

Preston goes to see Sheriff Platt to inquire about Cory being missing. It is apparent that he is aware of what’s going on and is concealing information that could help the case.

Ashe goes to visit Shemeeka to ask her about any witnesses to Joey’s death. She tells her about someone named Kiana Ward (Antonique Smith), but she has since moved without notice and no one knows where she went.

Ashe calls about Javier again and learns there is a court date set regarding the altercation between her and Javier’s girlfriend. He tells her that she needs to get back home and show she is getting help for her anger issues or she may lose the case.

Preston meets his dad and the two get into a discussion about him choosing law over baseball. The dad says that although he is proud of Preston, the suit and tie was supposed to come after baseball and after he won a World Series. It is apparent that Preston was the better and more promising ball player between him and Maceo. The fact that the father had more faith in Preston may explain why Maceo is so messed up, emotionally.

Working on their story board, Preston and Ashe try to build their case. Preston shows Ashe he isn’t as dumb as she thinks he is and he has moves too. He is on top of everything she is doing and not feeling the need to run what he’s doing past her.

Ashe is willing to work together on both cases and the two agree to stop going behind each other’s backs. She says she thinks Beck's a good cop in a bad department and wants to approach the case from that angle.

The two decide to go out and canvas the neighborhood. They talk to a young woman about Joey Campbell and she tells them to go see Pastor Janae. We get our first hint that Pastor Janae may be a regulator in the hood and behind some other activity that isn’t too Godly.

Sheriff Platt goes to the Beck’s house for dinner. Joshua thinks he actually cares, but he is really there to tell him that the union won’t be covering his legal fees because of the video. However, he should look at the bright side…he still has a job.

The show ends with a group of white kids gathered around a curbside memorial for Jesse, and in a juxtaposition, Preston and Ashe are looking at the finished mural of Joey.

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Tracy

Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com

 

 

 

American Crime | Season 3 | Episode 2

Luis (Benito Martinez) finds himself sinking into servitude on the farm, while field captain Isaac (Richard Cabral) forms a complicated relationship with Coy (Connor Jessup). Jeanette (Felicity Huffman) comes to realize her family's role in exploiting farm workers.

The show opens with Shae (Ana Mulvoy Ten) sitting at a table with a conversation between Kimara (Regina King) and the Assistant District Attorney, Amanda McKay (Zylan Brooks) discussing the sex trafficking and heroin epidemic in the US. The officer wants Kimara to really put the pressure on Shae to get her to turn against Billy (Trevor Riley).

Kimara takes the challenge and goes in to talk with Shae about Billy. I guess that’s his name, and not Marquis as Ishmael referred to him in episode one.

Kimara assures Shae she won’t be arrested but argues that they need her help to get him off the streets. She tries to get Shae to understand that Billy is not her friend and is not helping her. She asks her where was Billy when the cops came in. Was it right that he left her?

Shae wants to know when the trial will take place. Kimara says about nine months. Shae counters that Kimara has no clue when a trial would take place. They just want her to hang around until whenever.

Jeanette is at a Jewelry store with Carson (Dallas Roberts) when he gets a call that there was a fire and some workers were injured. He seems really upset and assures Jeanette the fire was not on the farm.

Coy is not doing well picking the tomatoes. He’s obviously going through withdrawal. Isaac is upset but trying to cover for him as the other overseers look on. He doesn’t want hiring Coy to reflect negatively on him.

Shae agrees to stay. At the shelter she is given the rundown of the rules. She has to attend chapel, take classes to get her GED, no electronic devices or visitors. She is not allowed to leave the premises. On a tour of the place she asks how many girls to a room and she is told eight. Shae replies that with Billy it is only six to a room.

Shae is going through a health screening and it is pretty intense. She lets the intake specialist know that she uses marijuana and is four weeks pregnant. She also reveals that she was pregnant once before.

The scene goes to training on human trafficking where Abby (Sandra Oh) is the speaker. Kimara is in attendance and the statistics Abby is sharing is overwhelming. Afterwards the two are talking about the differences in how issues are viewed based on ethnicity. Example crack cocaine was seen as a crime problem, whereas, heroin is seen as a public health issue.

Kimara shares with Abby that Shae thinks she is better off with her pimp and Abby asks her if she’s surprised. Kimara admits she is becoming immune to what is happening around her. She says that before, if she was on a bout that held 10 people she would try to save 100. Now, she feels 10 is too many. Abby encourages her to keep fighting.

Luis has a flashback scene to having dinner with his wife and son. It is in Spanish with no subtitles, but the few words I know lead me to believe they were arguing about him coming to America. It is obvious that in Mexico Luis is not poor.
In the fields one of the workers tells Luis he has to cover his face with a bandana because they spray the fields with pesticides, which can be harmful to the workers.

Later that evening at the migrant camp a truck shows up and all of the woman climb into the back. Luis asks the other worker what are they going to do with the women and he tells him what men do with women. This may allude to the women being part of sex trafficking also. The worker then asks why Luis is there because he is obviously not a picker. Luis decides to confide in him and says he is in the US searching for his son, Teo (Andrew Steven Hernandez).

Teo came to North Carolina to work and was sending money home weekly, but the money stopped coming and they have not heard from him. The guy says he doesn’t want to get involved.

The following morning the migrant worker let’s Luis know he found someone who remembers Teo, but it will cost $20. He agrees to pay the money. Later they go to a camp that looks like it is for Haitians. A man named Da'uud (Robert Okumu) says Teo was headed to New York and that he had big dreams.

He says Teo was not good for the fields because he was too talkative. The bosses didn’t like it and when they confronted Teo he wouldn’t back down. Teo was lucky. The bosses simply withheld his pay and told him to move on. Da'uud believes he probably went to another farm, because there are a couple that are desperate for help. He adds that Teo will be easy to find because of his personality and storytelling abilities.

Luis goes back to the migrant camp and packs his things. As he is leaving Matias (Omar Leyva) comes after him and asks where he is going. Luis refuses to get in the truck and asks Matias what he is going to do, call the police. He is boldly speaking in very good English which seems to make Matias think twice, so he lets him leave.

Later that night Isaac gets a lecture from Diego (Clayton Cardenas) on being too soft with Coy. He goes to the barn where Coy is staying to try and plead with him to do better. Coy says he is just trying to get through the day. Isaac tells him he is making him look bad. Coy says he feels good about being there and he text his brother to let him know he had a job. He plays on Issac by saying the brother thought he wanted money but he insisted that he didn’t. Isaac gives him some drugs and then walks away.

Kimara goes to visit a friend named Reggie (Sean Blakemore) and confides in him that she is doing the IVF treatments, but they are expensive. Twelve thousand dollars per cycle and she’s been through two. She details the experience and talks about how lonely it is doing it all on her own.

She says she has decided that she doesn’t want the father to be an anonymous donor, but someone she knows and respects. We learn that Reggie is her ex. He tells her that he would have to talk to his wife, Denise, about the request.

This is really complicated because his son, Jason (Duane Ervin) answered the door and called Kimara, Auntie. It’s been 20 years since their break-up and it appears there are still some feelings.

At the Hesby home, they are having a party. Jeanette notices Laurie Ann (Cherry Jones) is a little distant. She goes to talk to JD (Tim DeKay), a relative who works in the family business. She enquires about the fire and he lets her know 15 people were killed. JD announces he is going to get an Uber and go home.

Jeanette goes to tell Laurie Ann her and Carson are also leaving. She asks if Laurie Ann is okay and mentions everyone is on edge. She asks if there is something she should be doing in regards to the families of the deceased workers. Laurie Ann says all the workers need is there prayers because they are resilient people.

The following day Jeanette searches the internet for a story on the fire and is surprised there is no coverage. She brings it up to Carson and he is very agitated and keeps repeating that it wasn’t on the farm, as if that is all that matters.

Carson suggests that she go visit Raelyn (Janel Moloney), because ever since she went to visit her she has changed. He becomes irate that she wants his family to feel a certain way about the workers who died, and they didn’t know them, but she want deal with how she feels about her own sister.

Jeanette goes to the camp and learns that twenty people live in one trailer and that they sometimes put chicken wire on the windows to keep people from stealing their stuff while they are in the fields. Essentially, the workers were trapped in the trailer when the fire broke-out.

The show ends with the camera panning around the burned out trailer and surrounding area.

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Tracy

Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com

 

 

 

Greenleaf | Strange Bedfellows | Season 2 | Episode 2

Lady Mae loves having a new grand baby in the house.  She comes into the bedroom after checking on baby Nathan, wearing a negligee.  The Bishop is in bed and they briefly discuss Jacob moving and whether he should tell Jacob that Skanks is the son of Darryl Green, the man who died in the fire.

The Bishop is confident that Green only had two daughters, and no sons.  Lady Mae suggests that Green may have fathered a child outside his married, because men are known to spread their seeds across many fields. The Bishop says he will talk to Jacob about moving out but he doesn’t sound like it’s a priority.

Just as he thinks he’s about to get some loving, the baby starts crying and Lady Mae jumps out of bed and goes running to see about him.  The Bishop asks where the baby’s father is, and we get a quick peek at Kevin in his hotel room.

Sophia has a crush on Isaiah Hambrick, the teen singer from Triumph.  Zora, who seems to have changed a lot since season one, is teasing her as she gives advice on how to get Isaiah to pay attention.  Grace walks in and Zora makes a sassy exit as she reminds Sophia closed mouths don’t get fed.

Grace asks about Hambrick, letting Sophia know she was eavesdropping on their conversation.

 In their suite, Kerissa is helping Jacob dress as he complains about Skanks putting him on the spot at the groundbreaking ceremony. I thought it was cute how she took the tie and unbuttoned Jacob’s shirt.  A reminder that Triumph caters to a younger, more relaxed crowd. Kerissa lets him know that Tasha will be taking her to look at the parsonage later that day.

At Calvary, Grace is approached by the reporter, Darius Nash (Rick Fox).  He lets her know that he isn’t there for a story on the church or her dad, but would like to take her on a post-scandal date, to celebrate.

Grace appears to be a little enamored although she turns him down.

At her office, Grace walks in to find a crystal dove on her desk.  She grabs the figurine and storms out.

Over in Lady Mae’s office she and the Bishop are meeting and she is confirming an interview she worked to set-up for him with a local radio station.  Grace storms in and we learn that the crystal dove is how Lady Mae lets her know she needs to speak with her.  Lady Mae says she can’t stand the sound of Grace’s dreadful voice message greeting.

The reason she wants to speak with Grace is to let her know she has decided to fire Carlton and as associate pastor, Grace has to deliver the bad news.  Lady Mae explains that they have to let him go because half of the deacon’s board has yet to submit their pledges.  Of course Grace is highly offended and says she won’t do it.  She turns to her father for support but he lets her know they need to get the pledges up.

Lady Mae reminds Grace that as the associate pastor, this is within her duties and she has to do it, the sooner the better, because Betty Wilcox, the main person complaining about Carlton, is leaving to go visit her grandbaby and she needs her pledge before she leaves.

Over at Triumph Basie Skanks is listening to a female singer rehearse when Jacob comes in.  Jacob is on the job handling his business.  He lets Skanks know he has met with the General contractor and taken care of other tasks.  Jacob gets beside himself when he tells Skanks not to put him on the spot like he did at the rally. Skanks tells Jacob it was his intention to put him on the spot and that he didn’t know he was going to make the announcement until he was up there and God gave him the vision.

When Jacob doubts him, Skanks reminds Jacob of everything he has done to help get him from under his father’s rule.  He also lets Jacob know never to accuse him of being a liar.

Before moonwalking away, Skanks tells Jacob he needs to go canvas the nearby neighborhoods and introduce himself as the new pastor of Triumph Two.  Jacob is reluctant because most of the residents are members of Calvary.

Basie Skanks is a hustler and Jacob really needs to watch out for him.

Equipped with gift bags that contain a recyclable mug and literature on Triumph, Jacob goes door-to-door.  Evangelism isn’t easy especially when he runs into a faithful Calvary member who puts him in his place for trying to recruit Calvary members.  She tells Jacob she doesn’t care if the mug was wrapped in the cloth they wrapped Jesus in when he died, she’s with Calvary, and Jacob should be ashamed.

Over at Calvary, Charity and Jabari are working on songs for her CD.  I think I sense some chemistry between these two.  But Charity may be getting mixed singles again.  Grace comes in to let Charity know their mom wants to fire Carlton.

Grace is such an instigator.  She acts like she is concerned about Carlton, but she is just trying to use Charity so she doesn’t have to look like the bad guy.

Lady Mae is still in with the Bishop when she gets a call from Mac.  Lady Mae says she doesn’t want to have to change her number, but if Mac keeps calling her she will.  Mac tells her that their father is probably going to die today, but she says he is probably lying.  When the Bishop suggests she goes and pay her respects, she tells him that her father saying he wasn’t involved with the fire was resolution enough for her.

Lady Mae is bringing about a change in Corrine.  She’s tapping into her social media skills so she can run Lady Mae’s Twitter page.  Lady Mae has 70,000 followers.  Charity comes in to inquire about Carlton.  Lady Mae says it is purely financial and has nothing to do with him being gay.

When Charity suggests they cut something else, Lady Mae says sure, we can get rid of Jabari because he’s costing us $50,000.  She then says that Kevin can help produce the CD, but Charity doesn’t want that.  When Charity tells Lady Mae that she promised Carlton this wouldn’t happen and it was going to make her look like a liar; Lady Mae flips the script and apologizes to Charity if she gave her the impression that the firing was up for discussion.

Charity goes to see Grace and let her know that their mother didn’t change her mind.  Grace tells her she doesn’t have to take it and she will go back to talk to the mother with her.  Charity stands up to Grace and tells her if she wants to make this her next crusade to go right ahead, but it isn’t her battle and she doesn’t want to fight it.

Grace being the messy conniving person that she is, calls Darius Nash and says she wants to meet.  She is so dirt and underhanded.  Now we know why Lady Mae can’t stand her.  She is her mother’s daughter.

On her date that isn’t a date, Darius takes Grace to a blues club where they have dinner with beer, dance and laugh a lot.  When Darius asks what she wanted to talk about, she says “off the record,” and then tells him all about Carlton.

He asks Grace what she’s going to do and she says she will do her job, and suggests that it is best that it comes from her.  I think she has caught some feelings for Mr. Nash.

Sophia gets a text from Isaiah, inviting her to his rehearsal.  Zora responds to the text for her and agrees to go along.  Unfortunately, the invite to Sophia was just a ploy to get Zora there, because Isaiah actually has a crush on her.

Bishop Greenleaf goes to give Daddy McCreedy his last rites.  Afterwards he asks him whether Darryl Green had a son, but Mac walks in and interrupts.  The Bishop is being hostile towards Mac in a Christian way.

When he leaves Daddy McCreedy says he doesn’t want to die.  To comfort him Uncle Mac tells him his journey is going to be just like the time he threw him into a cold lake knowing he couldn’t swim.  I was really confused by that story and so was Daddy McCreedy.

Darlene stops Kevin to give him a gift card for the baby.  During their conversation she mentions the rash that the baby has and it is apparent Kevin knew nothing about it, and the church members are unaware of the separation.

Tasha takes Kerissa to see the house and we learn that she was once a realtor and she and Skanks lived in the house when they first came to Triumph.  It is apparent that Kerissa is not ready to give-up the luxurious life of the Greenleaf estates for the humbleness of the suburbs.

Kevin has decided to attend the support group on his own.  The group leader lets him know that he should still come to the meetings and Charity’s refusal to attend may be her way of getting him to step-up and be a man.

Kevin storms into their suite with bass in his voice and confronts Charity.  Maybe the group leader was right because Charity seems to have softened and likes it when Kevin takes control.  After tending to Nathan, the two go out on the veranda and talk about old times.  Charity tells him he can stay the night.

Lady Mae is still riding the Bishop about asking Jacob to stay.  He tells her that the only reason she keeps pushing Jacob up to him is because she is jealous of Grace.  He tells her that Jacob has not talents that fit the church and that Jacob is drinking the Kool-Aid that Mae is pouring him.  She tells him at the very least he can tell Jacob that Skanks is Darryl Green’s son.

The Bishop goes down for a late night snack, wave cap on and all.  Jacob is there and the two get into a discussion.  The Bishop is too prideful to ask Jacob to stay.  The two bicker and Jacob calls his dad a false prophet.

Upstairs Kerissa asks if he saw his dad.  Jacob expresses his feeling of how his dad always makes him feel less than, and disrespected as a son, ordained minister, and a man.  He tells Kerissa he knows she didn’t like the house but now they have no choice but to move.

The following day Lady Mae takes it upon herself to do what she asked Grace to do.  She calls Carlton in and lets him know they are facing financial issues and since he was the last one hired he has to be the first one fired.

He asks Lady Mae her feelings on gay marriage.  Lady Mae says she believes it is a sin but still loves him as a Christian, and reiterates it is a financial decision.  Carlton says he doesn’t believe her but he will pray for the broken part in her that has to believe there has to be a broken part in him.

Lady Mae goes to place the crystal dove on Grace’s desk but she is in her office.  When Grace says she will fire Carlton, Lady Mae lets her know that the deed is already done.  She says she has to deal with the dallying of the Bishop, but not with Grace, because life is too short.  I believe Lady Mae was gloating.

Grace decides to go visit Carlton and Reggie at their house.  She wants them to know that she is upset about what happened.  Carlton tells her he is not going to sue and in return Grace asks him to please continue to attend church.

The show ends with Jacob and his family saying goodbye as the moving truck prepares to leave.  The Bishop comes out but his pride still won’t let him say anything.  When Grace goes to follow her dad back into the house, Lady Mae lets her know that she received Betty Wilcox’s pledge and check.

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Tracy


Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com

Fox Series Shots Fired | Pilot | Season 1 | Series Premiere

In a North Carolina town a tow truck pulls up as a black cop shoots a white guy in what looks like a predominately black neighborhood. He calls for back-up and interestingly all white officers arrive. When they tell the crowd to back up all the bystanders put their arms up in air.

The scene goes to a baseball game and then to three men watching the game on a TV monitor. In the room is Juliann Carroll (Mike Pniewski), Preston Terry (Stephan James), and one other guy. They are federal prosecutors in the civil rights division, and Carroll is the head. The DOJ has called for a federal probe into the shooting and Preston, a fresh young lawyer, is being assigned the task of getting to the bottom of what happened.

Carroll pretty much tells Preston to go clear the cop, but he replies that he takes his oath seriously and states he will do the job with integrity because “My truth has no color.”

 Ashe Akino (Sanaa Latham) must be the angry black woman. She has a daughter by a Latino guy named Javier and she is on ten when his girlfriend yells at the kids. She confronts the woman and ends up throwing a vase at the poor woman. The father, Javier, pulls Ashe out of the house and tells her she needs to check her anger.

 Ashe meets Preston at the airport and he immediately lets her know he is her boss. Oh this is going to be good cop, bad cop. The governor’s aide comes in and introduces herself. She lets the duo know the governor would like to speak with them and then leads the way to a SUV where the governor is waiting.

Governor Patricia Eamons (Helen Hunt) wants them to wrap this thing up quick with a pretty black bow. As she is speaking it is apparent that she doesn’t have much use for Ashe and acts as if she isn’t in the vehicle too.

Preston and Ashe go to the police station and the camera pans around to a predominantly white force. Everyone is looking at them like what the hell are they doing there and not in handcuffs being interrogated. In an interview with Deputy Joshua Beck (Tristan Mack Wilds), Ashe shares her experience of her first shots fired. She is wrestling with a teen when her partner/trainer yells “gun.” She shoots the suspect, which turns out to be a 17 year-old black kid, and realizes that he only had a cell phone. She was cleared of all charges because she said she legitimately feared for her life.

Deputy Beck explains that it was a traffic stop and he asked the victim, Jesse Carr (Jacob Leinbach) to get out. When he was getting out the car Jesse reached for his gun and had his hand on it. Beck says he grabbed the gun and shot him four times. He also adds that Carr had marijuana in the vehicle but it was found afterwards. Don’t they always?

They were racially profiling him because he was white and in a black neighborhood which, according the deputy, means trouble. Beck shuts down and asks for the union rep when Preston questions the profiling.

Outside, Ashe tells Preston his interview style was a rookie move and going forward he should let her do the interviews. At the crime scene Preston and Ashe talk to witnesses and it is all fun and games with the citizens who can’t believe they are cops. One kid named Clay (Marqus Clae) tells them that no one has answers because they aren’t asking the right questions. Two cop cars pull up at the end of the street and the witnesses run off.

Ashe and Preston go to talk to the victim’s mom, Alicia Carr (Jill Hennessy) and she is reasonably angry. She says her son didn’t do drugs and would never pull a gun on anyone…he was a great kid. She is ironing a shirt she said he would never wear, but she had to go buy it because he only owned t-shirts. Preston express sympathy for her loss, but she says her son was not lost he was murdered.

The scene goes to the home of Deputy Beck and an activist, Pastor Jenae James (Aisha Hinds) is there speaking to him and his wife Kerry (Clare-Hope Ashitey) about attending a meeting at her church where he can give his side of the story.

The governor holds a press conference and she gives the typical statements as she introduces Preston. The reporters in return are asking the typical questions after a racially charged shooting. Pastor Jenae wants to know why they sent black prosecutors to investigate the shooting when black men are being killed by white cops and nothing is ever done.

Preston gives a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (esque) speech and admits that the cavalry has come in because it was a black cop killing a white guy but he is there for justice. He sees the race issue but he is there to seek the truth and ensure justice is served.

The governor’s aide comes over to let Preston know he just made her life hell with his speech.

Ashe and Preston are at the bar and she lets him know she was surprised by his speech. He tells her she doesn’t know him well enough to be surprised. She also tells him she thought he was gay too. Preston says Michelle Obama is his type after Ashe says she is every man’s type. They agree to get along and began to talk about her shooting story.

Ashes then asked him if he believed half of what he said in his speech and he said “half” as he left the table.

Preston goes back to the neighborhood to look for Clay. Clay tells him to go look for a camera in front of some lady’s house and says the house number is 308. He then leads Preston to the house and rides off on his bike. When Preston gets out of the car he is jumped by two guys.

The following day when Ashe learns Preston went looking for Clay she is pissed off and tells him to stop doing her job. She decides to go back to the house and talk to the woman who lives there.

Her name is Shameeka Campbell (DeWanda Wise). She lets them in when they say they are with the DOJ. Shameeka is enamored with Preston but when Ashe goes full throttle she shuts down. Ashe changes her tone and asks about her son. It turns out her son was killed and nothing was ever done. However, the police came in threatening her with charges after they allegedly found marijuana in his room. They also told her if she doesn’t be careful they will have her kids taken from her. People in the neighborhood told her the police were involved with her son’s death.

Preston and Ashe are now at odds about what they should do with the information. Ashe shows up at the police department later that evening and asks some of the officers where is choir practice. They end up at a bar having drinks. It’s all laughs until she starts asking questions. They turn the tables and ask her about her officer involved shooting and how is it she killed an unarmed teen and still has a job. Ashe asks about the neighborhood where the shooting took place. Suddenly a process server walks up and serves her with custody papers.

In her car Ashe is pleading with Javier not to seek sole custody, saying her daughter is the only thing in her life that makes sense, but he says he has to do what he thinks is best for their daughter.

Preston and Ashe meet with Preston’s brother Maceo (Shamier Anderson) who is a professional baseball player, and he wants to get some get back for Preston getting jumped. He and Ashe flirt a few minutes and then Preston and the brother go at each other about who is really fighting for the cause of black folks. He tells his brother making tweets to his one million followers on social media isn’t quite social consciousness. Preston decides to leave but Ashe says she’s staying to eat her $50 steak.

Preston shows up at the hotel room of the governor’s aide with a bottle of wine. She has buyer’s remorse afterwards when a video of Deputy Beck surfaces where he makes inflammatory comments about becoming a cop to shoot white people.

Ashe is flirting with the brother and he tells her if he smashes it he won’t respect her in the morning. She says she isn’t looking for respect, to which he replies that he thinks he is catching feelings for her. Ashe tells him he is acting like a bitch, something you probably don’t want to say to man, especially a black one. Maceo then feels the need to prove his manhood and they get busy in the back of his limo.

Deputy Beck’s superior, Sheriff Platt (Will Patton), shows up at his house to discuss the video. He wants to keep him on administrative duty until after the DOJ leaves. He tells him he is a distraction and under no circumstance is he to talk to the media, and do not talk with the investigators alone. He wants Beck to follow department protocol for these type of events.

At the hotel Ashe runs into Preston leaving the aides room and they discuss the case briefly. She asks if she can ask a legal question since he’s a lawyer. The question is regarding custody and he tells her that the father would need to prove the mother was unfit or a danger to the child. Before heading to his room Preston tells her that last night didn’t mean anything for him (referring to Maceo), and she replies that it didn’t mean anything to her either. Shaking my damn head.

It’s the day of the rally at Pastor Jenae’s church. She calls up Shameeka Campbell and then Alicia Carr and tries to unite the community to demand justice for both of their sons, regardless of race. The mothers embrace and the audience begins to applaud.

Ashe gets a call and it is from Carroll letting them know he got a call from the governor.

The show ends with Preston in a batting cage, Ashe in her room pinning pictures to a wall, Deputy Beck looking at the obituary for Joey Campbell (Kelvin Harrison Jr.); and Clay being chased by several cars while on his bicycle. He jumps off the bicycle and starts running on foot, the guys get out of the cars and chase him, but he crawls under a house and the show ends. It is worth mentioning that these look to be the same guys who jumped Preston earlier in the show.

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Tracy

Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com

The Perfect Comeback for a Personal Insult

Last night I was listening to a Periscope by Tiphani Montgomery when someone in the comments posted “You’re cross-eyed.” If you know anything about Periscope you know it is filled with scopers providing great content. Unfortunately, it is also a haven for trolls - people who have nothing better to do than hurl insults and make derogatory comments to throw the host off message. If lucky, they will throw the person off message and also distract viewers by engaging them in petty bickering.

Most hosts will simply either ignore the trolls or discreetly block them from the scope. Tiphani, however, falls into the middle. Sometimes she will ignore them, but on a good day she will have a witty comeback. Yesterday was one of those days.

When the troll felt the need to tell her that she was cross-eyed Tiphani first confirmed that she actually is (although I never noticed, so maybe she was being facetious) and thanked the person for pointing it out. She then went on to say for years cross-eyed people were everywhere, but today she rarely sees any. She continued by suggesting that technology must have found a way to correct the problem or God just didn’t want there to be anymore cross-eyed people.

For those who don’t know cross-eyed or strabismus, which is the medical term, is when the eyes do not align and appear to not be focused in the same direction. It’s’ cause is attributed to nerve damage to the muscles controlling the eye.

A few days later someone asked her how she keeps her teeth so white and again she came back with a quirky response, “I just floss the ones I want to keep.”

Of course I was cracking up at this point, but it got me to thinking, what a perfect way to deal with people who make insensitive comments or ask inappropriate questions. Whether intentional or not, sometimes you have to just stop people where they plant the offense so it doesn’t take root. Of course everyone is not as quick on their feet or as witty is this young woman, but she demonstrated that you can acknowledge rude people and check them, without being rude or offensive yourself. So tell me, have you seen any cross-eyed people lately, or does Tiphani have a point? Has technology and good health plans curtailed the problem?

 Love & Blessings,

 Tracy

Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com

Recap | American Crime | Season 3 | Episode 1

If you are new to American Crime, it is an amazing show that addresses crime in America.  Each season covers a new topic,

in a new city, with the same major cast members, playing different characters. Teenage human trafficking and the underground migrant worker trade are on the agenda for season three, which is set in North Carolina.

The show opens with a call to 911 by a male caller speaking in a foreign language.  The scene goes to
a body in shallow waters where we can only see a hand and part of an arm.  From there we get a group of people who look to be Mexican immigrants walking through the dessert and crossing into America through an opening in a fence.

The group ends up in a house where they are interviewed by a man who is going to help them settle in the United States.  The camera focus is on one guy in particular, Luis Salazar (Benito Martinez), who does not speak English.  Per the translator, Luis insists upon going to North Carolina, although the options open to him are Texas, California and Florida.

The interviewer asks several times if he has family in the country, to which Luis tells the translator, no.  The interviewer tells him he will get him to North Carolina, but he will have to pay.  There may have been some sort of language barrier between the translator and the interviewer.  Next we see Luiz on a bus as it passes by a body on the side of the road with two cops standing over it.  The deceased person looks to be of Hispanic or Latin descent.

Kimara Walters (Regina King), is trying to get her cable service turned back on when she gets a call.  She rushes out of the building to go meet with a teen boy named Ishmael, who has been brought in during a prostitution bust. Kimara tells him that he is not under arrest, but the police would like to arrest his pimp. 

She tries desperately to find him a shelter but no one has a bed.  After Kimara presses the issue, one shelter director, Abby Tanaka (Sandra Oh), says she may have a bed the following day.   Kimara
and Ishmael go to a diner for dinner.  As Kimara presses him for information on his pimp, Ishmael tells her that he doesn’t have a pimp, the guy Marquis she is looking for is his cousin and is just looking out for him. Kimara breaks it down for Ishmael so he knows the difference between a pimp and someone looking out for him. She lets him know if Marquis gets him work, if he provides him a place to stay and food to eat, if he controls his every move and he has to give Marquis all of his money that makes him his pimp.  Ishmael asks what would happen if he just got up and walked out. 

Kimara reminds him he is not under arrest and she is simply trying to help him, but Ishmael gets up and walks out.

Next we are introduced to the Hesby family. They run a family farm and the father, who we do not meet in this episode, is critically ill and the mother, Laurie Ann (Cherry Jones), steps in to assist.  Laurie Ann and her son Carson (Dallas Roberts) are meeting with a buyer in hopes of getting a deal for their produce.  The buyer doesn’t seem to have much respect for women and speaks directly to Carson as if Laurie Ann she isn’t sitting there.

The buyer explains that they have to get their produce harvested quick and cheap in order to make a profit, because the deal he is offering is the best they will get. Laurie Ann meets with the supervisors at their plant and tells them they need workers and they need them at a low price and willing to work long hours, to get the produce picked.  We then see the employees going out brokering deals with their field supervisors to get more workers. 

The scene goes to Isaac Castillo (Richard Cabral), a migrant worker who has worked his way up the ranks.  He is driving around looking for workers when he comes across Coy Henson (Connor Jessup) walking down the street.  He has a conversation with Coy through the window as he rides alongside him. Coy reveals that he is walking to Patterson, a small town an hour away.  Isaac convinces
Coy to let him take him to the store and get him something to drink.

Isaac buys Coy some beer and as they are talking he tells him that he works for a farm and they are looking for people to pick tomatoes.  Coy starts to laugh at the suggestion, and this upsets Isaac and it is apparent that he is offended.  He tells Coy that he has a lot of nerve laughing when he was walking to a city an hour away with no money in hopes of scoring some drugs.

Isaac goes on to explain that he is a supervisor on the farm and how he makes good money and is seen as important in his community.  He gives Coy the information in case he is looking to make some money, and leaves him at the store with the remaining beer.

At a make-up counter in a department store, we are introduced to Shae Reese (Ana Mulvoy Ten). She is getting her make-up done by a product consultant when a guy walks up and rushes her to finish.  The clerk inquires if she is okay and she says yes.  Shae explains that they are going to meet her boyfriend’s sister for dinner at a fancy restaurant and she wants to make a good impression.  The
consultant seems skeptical and asks once again if she is okay.

We learn that Shae is a teen prostitute and has a meeting with a John.  The guy asks her why she has on so much make-up, which makes her look as if she is 30.  Shae reminds him that he requested that she wear make-up.  The John gets a wet rag and tells her to wipe the make-up off, but don’t rush.  It’s apparent that he asks for girls in make-up because he gets off watching them remove it. 

In a flashback scene Shae is sitting in a field talking on a phone.  She is reading words and their definitions to the person on the other end.  Back in the present, she leaves the motel
room, gets in the car with the guy from the store and hands him the money. He asks her why she’s blown, and we detect some form of speech impediment.  Shae smiles and assures him she’s not.

In a brief scene, Kimara is at a doctor’s appointment where she learns that her In Vitro Fertilization procedure didn’t take.

Earlier in the show, Carson’s wife Jeanette (Felicity Huffman) told him she was going to go visit her sister Raelyn (Janel Moloney).  In this scene the visit takes place and we learn Raelyn’s husband has left without a word.  Jeanette tells her that Carson’s father isn’t doing too well.  She tries to get Raelyn to come visit but she declines the offer, saying that the two really don’t know each other that well anymore.

Back at home Jeanette fills Carson in on what’s going on with Raelyn.  We learn that Raelyn is a recovering drug addict who once worked for the Hesby’s.  The relationship turned sour when Raelyn stole money from Carson’s dad.  Carson tells Jeanette there is no way he’s giving Raelyn another chance to hurt his family, but she can write her a check if it will make her feel better.

The bus carrying the migrant workers finally reach its destination and it turns out to be a rundown trailer park.  Luis questions the overseer Matias (Omar Leyva), regarding his pay.  Matias informs Luis that the owners of the farm pay him, and then he will get what is left over after his expenses are paid, which includes paying the guy from the border, housing in a nasty run down trailer, and food.  When Luis enters the trailer that he will be staying in, it is in deplorable condition and it looks like he will be sharing it with about five or six other men.

A girl is sitting outside a convenience store with a dog, when Shae and her pimp come out.  He tells Shae to invite the girl to come back to her apartment.  Shae tells the girl that she lives with some
girlfriends and she can come crash as long as she likes, but she says no thanks.

At her apartment Ishmael from earlier and Shae are laying on a mattress looking at something on her phone when the pimp, who I am assuming is Marquis comes in and tells her he is taking her somewhere. 

They arrive at a motel and Shae says the place looks familiar, and she seems uncomfortable. 

Inside a sweaty sleazy guy is all over her before she can get in the room good.  As she did with the first John, she calls Marquis to let him know she is inside.  He asks if she has received the money and
they hang-up.  Shortly after the police bust in, and in the next scene Shae is with Kimara in the same room where she met Ishmael.

Coy is sitting on the side of the road when a truck pulls up and it is Isaac.  He gets in and they drive off and the show ends.

The scenes with Kimara leads me to believe they are highlighting the new law in California where they don’t arrest the teen prostitutes but try to get them help, essentially making teen prostitution legal. 

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Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society.  Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com.

RECAP | Greenleaf | A House Divided | Season 2 | Episode 1

It’s the return of Greenleaf, the story of the powerful family that heads a fictional mega church in Memphis Tennessee.  When season 1 ended Uncle Mac arrived at the Greenleaf compound escorted by the police. Season 2 picks up where we left off.

Grace, the Greenleaf’s eldest daughter, runs out after Uncle Mac to confront him, but he puts her in her place real quick.  He tells her he has enough dirt on everyone in town and although he may lose the shirt off his back, he’ll still walk away a free man.

Aunt Mavis, the sister of Mac and Mae, is awakened by a sales person wanting to know why she hasn’t ordered in a while.  As Aunt lets the person on the phone know that it is Sunday morning and her club has closed, a new character on the show is introduced.  Alonzo walks into the

bedroom half-naked with a guitar.  He takes a seat on the bed and then retrieves a bottle of OxyContin from the nightstand drawer.  He offers one to Aunt Mavis but she lets him know she doesn’t mess with OxyContin.

Grace has finished the Sunday sermon and is lifting the offering.  She reminds the congregants that there pledge cards are due and to fill them out and place them in the offering tray.  As she is headed to her office she is greeted by Lady Mae, who doesn’t miss an opportunity to insult her daughter.  She tells Grace her sermon was good, but adds that the people were “forcibly uninspired.”

It’s been 3 months since the District Attorney has begun looking into the case.  Pledges are down and Lady Mae blames Grace.  In a confrontation she tells Grace, her “terrible pride is going to be her fall.” 

While talking to Lady Mae before breakfast, Bishop Greenleaf insists that the fire was an accident.  Instead of hearing him out, she sashays down with a stoic face and unbothered smile, and joins the family at the table.  Soon after, the Bishop follows having shed his bathrobe for one of his signature warm-up suits.  During their meal he expresses that he may be returning to the pulpit.  Grace

excuses herself from the table. 

Charity is outside having breakfast on the veranda with Carlton, the choir director and his husband…Kyle from Living Single.  The threesome is discussing bringing in gospel recording artist, Pastor Marvin Sapp, to do a fundraiser.  We also learn that during Charity’s medical scare at the end of last season, resulted in one of the twins dying.

At the church, Charity is rehearsing a song with some good looking brother.  His name is Jabari and he asks Charity if she has other songs ready, to which she replies that she has eleven.  He says “good” and announces that he is open to working with her. Kevin, Charity’s husband, walks in and gives Jabari a “look.”   He clears his throat and then tells Jabari he would like to speak with his wife in private.  After Jabari leaves he questions Charity as to why she is at the church and not home in bed, since the doctor had placed her on bedrest. Charity looks at Kevin with disdain and mumbles something that sounded like “be quiet,”

Grace and Sophia are in her office discussing the Bishop’s legal situation.  Both express concern that he hasn’t just come out and said that he is innocent.  The two leave to head over to the ground

breaking ceremony being hosted by rival preacher, Basie Skanks, of Triumph Church.  Lady Mae walks past them and Sophia asks if she is going to the ground breaking and she replies in a sinister tone, “I’d rather eat glass.”

After a gospel performance, Jacob, the only Greenleaf son and new employee of Triumph, walks out to welcome the crowd and introduce Basie Skanks.  It is obvious that Jacob has stepped his game up and is looking more comfortable moving a large crowd.   Meanwhile Tasha, Skanks wife, is making some questionable comments to Kerrisa, Jacob’s wife.

Basie Skanks thanks everyone for coming out and showing support.  As he’s speaking the camera pans out to the audience and focuses on members of Calvary who are in attendance, which includes Bishop Greenleeaf.   Skanks is giving major kudos to Jacob and surprises him by announcing that instead of moving Triumph from downtown to this spot, he has decided to build a second church and make Jacob the senior pastor.  Jacob is in a state of shock, which is the reaction Skanks probably wanted.  He then introduces Kirk Franklin as the next performer.

Aunt Mavis looks like she’s been in the bottle since Uncle Mac had her club shut down.  Her and

Alonzo show-up at a bar to see someone and when she orders a drink the bartender says he has been ordered not to serve her anymore alcohol.  To circumvent the issue, she tells him to

give the drink to Alonzo.

She and Alonzo end up getting into an argument when he receives a text message.  She believes that he is talking to someone at a record company behind her back.  Things get out of hand and the bartender calls the Bishop to come and get her.  When he arrives Alonzo is long gone and Aunt Mavis is at a table passed out and an empty bottle of gin by her side.

He takes her home and when they arrive he asks her if Alonzo is causing her to drink.  She says no, but she discovered Alonzo and was teaching him about the business.  However, the reason she is depending on the booze is because she’s still upset about losing her club.  Bishop Greenleaf, or James, as she refers to him, ask if Alonzo knows that she almost died the last time she was drinking.

Aunt Mavis goes into the house and Alonzo is in the bed comfortably asleep.  She sits down on the side of the bed and takes out the Oxycontin. 

Grace decides to meet with Connie Sykes, who is head of the deacon board, regarding the pledges being down.  She thinks it’s about her dad’s pending charges.  Connie tells her it is because of their gay choir director flouncing around the church with his husband and sharing his gay lifestyle on Facebook.  Grace states that he didn’t get married at the church.  Connie counters that Charity sang at his wedding, which implies the church is okay with it.

Grace meets with her dad and he admits to setting the fire.  He said the church was a dump.  Grace asks why they didn’t sell it, and he tells her that Uncle Mac came along with a plan to burn it down, but on the day of the fire they did not know anyone was inside.  She then questions why he wants to preach with all this going on and he says he isn’t seeking perfection.  He just wants to do what he’s always known to do.

Lady Mae goes to the nursing home to see Daddy McCreedy to ask him for a favor.  In a very eerie scene he looks at her comments that she was always so sweet.   Lady Mae is startled by his words.  He goes on to say was his “sweet yellow daisy.”  He then reaches up and kisses her unlike a father would kiss his daughter. 

At home Bishop Greenleaf receives the call he was been waiting on for 3 months.  The DA is dropping the case against him.  Daddy McCreedy has refused to implicate him in the church fire.  The Bishop vows never to lie or keep anything from Lady Mae again.  It’s apparent that Lady Mae really does love the Bishop and Calvary more than anything in the world. 

Aunt Mavis and Alonzo are arguing over a musical arrangement.  He tells her he hasn’t talked to any agents, but admits that he spoke with her pastor friend and he told him to leave her alone.

At the Greenleaf compound, the family is hosting a sip-n-see for Charity and Kevin, in celebration of their newborn son.  But not everyone is in a celebratory mood.  The Bishop refuses to acknowledge Jacob, leading him to say that it’s time for his family to move out.  Lady Mae is not happy with this news but the Bishop says it is a man’s job to provide for his family.  

Aunt Mavis shows up to curse the Bishop out for meddling in her love life and she spills the tea. In her burst of angry she says growing up she had to sleep out back in a shed while Mae was getting new dresses and going out of town with their daddy and sleeping in the house.  She then claims that Lady Mae knew all along that Mac was molesting Faith.

Grace follows her outside to calm her down but Aunt Mavis says she has to get to St. Louis and find Alonzo.  Inside the Bishop says he contributed to Mavis coming and Lady Mae lets him know that she lowered herself and went to beg her father not to implicate him and this is the thanks that she gets. 

The following morning at church, Carlton has the choir rocking and Bishop Greenleaf gets up to preach.  Afterwards, Basie Skanks comes to see him to deliver a message.  They throw verbal jabs and then Skanks tells him he’s going to “pull him like a weed and throw him on God’s fire,” because Darryl Green was his father.

Oh my God, I said it last season, whoever was in that fire was Skanks daddy.  Now I just need to know the truth about the Bishop and Mavis because I believe the two of them were dating and Lady Mae stole him away.

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Tracy

Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society.  Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com.