Chapter Two
Alex stepped outside and closed the door behind him. The two men sized him up and seemed to try and intimidate him. Alex saw that the one guy still had his hand behind his back.
"Latavius, right?" Alex asked to the guy with the hat and who was reaching behind him. His eyes went wide when Alex said that and he looked at his friend. "And Elijah?" The man with bandana now looked at Latavius and the two seemed to have a conversation without words.
"How the hell do you know that?" Latavius asked.
"I can't believe you two don't remember me." Alex said with a small chuckle. "Look, get the fuck away from my house. I'm not working for BR and you can tell him every word I said." He turned back around and began to go into his house again.
"And tell him he can go fuck himself." Alex said. He slammed the door on the two Family members who stood there dumbfounded. Alex continued into his house and saw Maxine in the kitchen making food. Alex smiled to himself and walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Who was that?" Maxine asked with a smile.
"Just some sales guy. I sent him off." Alex said as he kissed her cheek. Maxine turned her head and looked into Alex's eyes, causing him to smile.
"I love you." Maxine said.
"I love you too." Alex answered back.
Carlos walked through the courtyard with his hands in his pocket. It was a new day but the same old shit and Carlos hated it, like anyone normal person would. Nothing bad had happened to him yet but Carlos could feel something. He didn't know what but something was coming his way and it wasn't good. As he was walking, he looked over at the basketball courts and saw everyone playing like usual. Instead of watching this time, Carlos decided to keep walking. He was staring at his feet, thinking about Sarah, and Heath, and Leo, and Alex, and the rest of them. While walking, Carlos bumped into someone.
"Watch where you goin' motha fucka." the man said. Carlos looked up as the man looked back and the two made eye contact.
"Oh shit." Carlos said.
"Well well well." the man said. He had gold teeth mixed with his regular ones and his hair had been cut short so it looked like a buzzcut. He had tattoos on his neck and arms and he wore a white tank top instead of the orange jumpsuit shirt.
"Tank…" Carlos said to himself.
"Carlos right? What the fuck are you doing here?" Tank asked.
"Did you say Carlos?" another voice said. Someone walked away from the fence and over to Tank and Carlos. That someone was talking to a guard in a friendly way instead of how a prisoner should talk to a guard.
"Oh fuck… Donny." Carlos said. Donny walked over and stood between the two looking back and forth between them. The three had an awkward stare down before a huge dark skinned guy yelled out Tank's name. Tank looked in that direction and nodded his head.
"I'll be right there!" Tank shouted back. "You two better not come near me again. I'll mess both of you up." Tank walked away leaving Carlos and Donny to stand in awkward silence.
"I'll see you around beaner." Donny said as he walked back over to the fence. Carlos stared at him, burning a hole into the back of his head and then continued to walk. He looked at the ground again and followed his feet.
Sarah was sitting in her office, with multiple books open and spread around the room. She had been working so hard the past week, not knowing how to help Carlos in the situation he was in. She heard a knock on the door and closed the book in front of her.
"Come in." Sarah said. Heath and Leo walked through the door and Leo's eyes went wide as he looked around the room.
"Damn girl!" Leo yelled. "This is more books than I read for all of high school."
"How have you been holding up?" Heath asked as he sat down in front of her.
"How do you think?" Sarah asked.
"Not good." Leo said as he stepped over books lying on the floor. Sarah nodded and leaned back in her seat. She yawned and Heath and Leo looked at each other and nodded.
"You need some sleep white girl." Leo said as he began to pick up books. Heath did the same as Sarah stood up and walked out from behind her desk.
"Yeah, I do. I'm just worried about Carlos." Sarah said.
"We all are Sarah, but we can't let it take over us. I'm sure he's fine." Heath said.
Donny ducked under a punch that was thrown by a prisoner. The man kept going the punch and ended up running right into Carlos, punching him across the face. Everyone who had gathered around the two started to build up the fight in unison.
"Oh shit!" someone yelled out.
"He socked that nigga!" someone else shouted. Carlos stood there holding his jaw. He moved his mouth multiple times and he felt something take over him. He looked at the prisoner who was focusing on Donny again. Carlos walked into the circle and everyone seemed to get quiet when he did. Donny had his fists raised and tilted his head when Carlos walked in. The prisoner was also confused by all of this as he turned around and received a punch right in the eye by Carlos.
"Oooooh!" the crowd shouted. The man hunched over and grabbed his eye and Carlos decided he needed to make an image for himself. He kneed the prisoner in the stomach and then lifted his head up. He punched him again and a whistle started to blow and the crowd was dispersed.
Donny rushed up to the guard coming towards them and whispered something in his ear. The guard nodded and grabbed the beaten up prisoner, leaving Carlos standing there. Donny looked back at Carlos who stared at him.
"Consider this a gesture of a new partnership for the time being." Donny said with a nod. He walked away as Carlos stood there and spat out some blood before walking away from the spot of the fight.
"Thank you." Mitchell said as he grabbed his credit card from a lady behind the desk of the restaurant he was in. He pulled out his wallet and slipped the card inside and looked up to see a gorgeous woman walking his way. She had on a black leather jacket with a black skirt. She had dark brown hair, glasses, and a nearly perfect figure. Mitchell was dumbfounded.
"Mitchell?" the woman said. Mitchell looked around and then realized it was him. "Don't you recognize me?"
Mitchell squinted his eyes at the woman and then smiled. "No fucking way, Alexa? Alexa Silverman?"
"I haven't seen you since that time we worked together." Alexa said with a smile.
"Yeah I remember. Wow, you look amazing." Mitchell said as he looked her up and down.
"Gotta stay in shape, ya know?" Alexa asked with a small laugh.
"Oh yeah, of course. You still in the business?" Mitchell asked.
"I take jobs here and there. Whatever pays the bills." Alexa said, she smiled at Mitchell who smiled back. "Look, I'm meeting a friend. We can talk some other time though." she handed Mitchell a business card.
"Call me." Alexa said smiling and winking at Mitchell. She walked into the restaurant as Colton walked out of the bathroom and up to Mitchell. He saw the card in his hand and raised an eyebrow.
"Old friend." Mitchell said.
"Ah, okay. Let's get going then." Colton said. He left the restaurant as Mitchell looked back real quickly, smiled, and then walked out with Colton.
