Trapped in the Closet Chapter 22

[Randolph on speaker:] "Hello Saint you reached Thorndale and Murner, leave yo name and number We'll get back to ya, and oh yeah God bless" [Rosie on speaker:] "Randolph I told you to shut the hell up! " "Murner, this is Rosie, call me back I gotta tell ya sumthin about the pastor" "Ole big mouth ass woman I shoulda never told yo ass that shit" "Randolph shut up! " And now the rumour... [Gwendolyn:] "Hello, Cathy? " [Cathy:] "Gwendolyn, how ya doing girl? " "Have you heard anything about this package? " "What package girl tell me what'cha talkin bout? " "Rufus, Rufus your husband the package, I overheard that he got the package" "Where you hear that from? " "I ain't try'na say no names but I heard that the... " [Rosie:] "Yeah that's right the package Murner, I can't believe he got the package Murner" [Murner:] "Rosie are you sure about this? " "Yep" "Well tell me who told you this" [Randolph:] "I told her ass" "Randolph get off the damn line" "Don't chu tell me to get off the line" "Just get off the line" [Sylvester:] "Speak on it" [Gwendolyn:] "Sylvester? " "Hey baby, what's good? " "We gotta talk" "Baby lemme call you back in ten minutes" "No Sylvester we gotta talk right now" "Okay, okay, what's going on? " "Have you heard about this package? " "Now Gwendolyn baby I know what'chu thinking that when the drug deal that was just—" "I'm not talking about that kind of package; I'm talking about the pastor" "The pastor? " "Now listen to me... " [Cathy:] "Sylvester this is Cathy I'm try'na get in touch with'chu When you get a chance call me back, it's very important, here's my new number" [Sylvester:] "Gwen baby listen just calm down, I'm on my way... hello" [Cathy:] "Hello Sylvester" "Cathy what the hell is going on, and what's up with this rumor I'm hearing about some fucking package? " "Na, na just calm down, I'm try'na figure it out myself, but I haven't talked to Rufus" "Yeah, yeah well you better call me as soon as you hear something else" (hangs up phone) [Officer:] "Chicago Police Department" [Gwendolyn:] "Hello this is Gwendolyn for Sergeant James" "Hold on, James you got a Gwendolyn on line 2" [James:] "Hello? " "James? " "Gwen, yesterday you said we were threw" "Yeah we are, but I think there is something that I outta tell you" "Yeah what is that? " "I got a friend named Cathy, who slept with Sylvester, now Cathy got a husband; he's a pastor, now with a guy name Chuck" "What the fuck? " [Sylvester:] "Yeah what up Tawn? " [Tawn:] "Sylvester I heard on the radio about this muhfucking pastor and tombout he got the package" "I know" "Man I will bust a cap—" "Calm yo ass down nigga this is a pastor we talking about and besides nigga you ain't even got no gun Now call me back" (hangs up phone) [Lady on phone:] "Dixie (Bridget cries) I said Dixie" [Bridget cries:] "This is Bridget, and I would like to speak to Big Man" "Just hold on honey, hell is wrong with her, Big Man! Big Man! Telephone! " [Big Man:] "Who is it? " "Some hussy" "Hello? " "Big Man" "Bridget is that you? " "Yes... I got sumthin to tell you" "What" "Well... it's hard to explain" "Bridget talk to me" "It's hard to explain" [Pimp Lucus:] "Yeah Bishop Craig I tell a ho like this 'I don't need'cha bitch I'll let the welfare feed'cha Ya understand what I'm sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-sa saying Hold on Pimp got a ph-ph-ph, phone ca-ca-call... hello... hey this bitch... who when and where got what? The p-p-package, the p-p-package, the p-p-package, the p-p-package... "