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“You called her again?”
“No, she called me.”
“Hmp.” Coates took another sip of coffee.
“She informed me that he’s a couple towns over, held up with some woman.”
“The same one Savannah caught him with?”
“His mother’s not sure, but she did provide me with a phone number.”
“Did you call to make sure it’s a good lead?”
“No. I wouldn’t want to head him up. I did pull the information for the number and got a hit on the address. I figure we could head out there out after the interviews?”
“You bet.” Coates sipped another cup of coffee.
An officer stuck his head in the interview room. “Your first interview is here, a Ms. Kia Bennett.”
Coates took another sip of coffee before going out and returning with Kia Bennett. She introduced her to Akiona and …show more content…

How long have you been putting up with him?”
“Two years.”
Like a tag team, Coates took over. “That’s how long he’s been with Savannah, right?”
“No. They got together a year ago. We broke up after I got pregnant with our first child and that’s when she came into the picture. His family doesn't even know about her.”
Her answers were causing the two detectives to jump up and down on the inside, but they kept calmed and Coates continued with the questions. “And what state does his family lives in?
“State, this state, this city.”
“Do you know how we find out about you?” Coates asked.
“Probably from him?”
“No, from the Facebook posting of you and him. I think it was at a family reunion.”
“Yeah. He don’t like to take pictures with me ‘cause he was scared I would post them on Facebook. His sister took that picture. I asked her to text it to me so I could post it on Facebook. I purposefully tagged him in it so it would appear on his page. I figure she would see it, get mad and leave him.”
“So how did you feel about Savannah?”
“I mean I wasn’t happy about him creeping on me with her, but I can’t be mad at her. She got with him when we were no longer together. If you really want to look at it, I’m the girl on the outside. I don’t think she even knew about me. I found out about her when I saw a picture of the two of them on his Facebook timeline. He was cheating on both of us with each of us. So if

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