Do you trust me?” Mama Z said nothing. “Why not?” Hind asked. “You’re from the FBI.” “I’m also a Black woman,” Hind said. “So you see my problem.” “But I take it you don’t have a problem with Agents Morgan and Jones.” “They’re not FBI.” Hind sighed. “No, but they’re MBI. It’s all just letters, right?” Mama Z looked at Hind for a couple of seconds, then called back into the house. “More hot water!” “Is there reason for you to fear the FBI?” “Is that rhetorical?” “I suppose it is.” “My father was lynched.” “I’m sorry,” Hind said. “Is that an official apology from the United States government?”
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