“But Stone?!” She gestured toward the car.
“We’ll get you home and I’ll take care of Stone. I promise.”
“You promise?” she repeated.
“I promise.”
She looked back at the cop car and sniffled as she walked over. Stone gave her a little smile and she pouted as a whole new wave of tears flowed from her eyes. She placed a hand on the glass and he shook his head with a smirk while he did it in return.
“Go home.” He knocked on the glass and Jiselle wiped her eyes. “I love you,” he said. “Go home.”
“Come on.” I bent, grabbed Jiselle’s legs, and hoisted her over my shoulder.
One hand went to her skirt to hold it down. The other went to the car window and Stone set his hand against mine and winked at me. I was glad he didn’t look panicked, not that he needed to. I would have him out of there by the time he was booked.
I got Jiselle in the car and to Stone’s place instead of either of ours. I helped her take her clothes off and got her into the shower.
Then I sat on Stone’s bed and called Morocco.
“Hello? Who is this?”
“Kiano.”
“Kiano?” he repeated. “What’s up?”
“Stone got hemmed up at the bar and told me to call you.”
“The fuck you mean he got hemmed up?”
“There was a fight in the bar. Shit got out of hand. Stone got arrested. All he told me was to call you.”
“Yeah. We, uh, we’ve all been locked up at one point or another. I can call a lawyer who’s helped him before.”
“Yeah. Okay. Well, I’m going to make some calls on my end too, and when you get back in the morning, I’ll be here if you want to talk.”
“Alright. I’ll shoot you a text and let you know what I come up with.”
“Alright.” I hung up and called my parents immediately.
My mom answered after three rings.
“Kiano?”
“Yeah. I need a criminal lawyer for a bar fight.”
“What?”
“Stone got a charge for a bar fight. He has prior charges. What do you have?”
“Give me a second.” She yawned. “Let me get up and I’ll send you a number to get things moving. I don’t know if they’ll answer tonight, but if not, I have a house number. We can pay extra for the inconvenience. Is he booked already?”
“I doubt it.”
“Well he has to be booked before anything else can be done.” She paused. “Actually, let me make the calls and I’ll call you back with an update.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah. I know them. It’ll go better if I navigate it.”