Chapter 3

GHOST POV

No matter what it seems like I can never get ahead. Unless…

I pull my cell out and make the call. A call I promised to only use for a rainy day.

"Hey friend, how are things?"

Hearing her excitement makes me smile for a moment. She's in a good mood. Maybe she'll still be willing to help.

"Hey Naya, things are good. Listen I have a favor to ask. It's about Stern," I say.

"Oh name it. What can I do?"

"I need faces for the Vibe event I'm hosting."

"Let me guess, Stern is trying to sabotage you. Say no more. Leave it up to me. Just reserve the VIP and make sure you have bottles."

I couldn't stop the grin on my face. Finally things were looking up. Tasha locked me out of our apartment. Finally some good news would come of today.

"Thank you so much. What do I owe you? Whatever it is, name your price."

She chuckled in response.

"What did I tell you James?"

"That we're friends."

"Exactly. Now I'm sure you have things to do. Don't worry about the guest list to your event this weekend it's taken care of."

I smile into the phone.

"Thank you."

"We'll talk soon."

Just as I end the call I hear yelling from the other side of the warehouse. Tommy is running at Julio trying to beat him to a pulp. I'm confused for a second then I hear the name 'Holly' and I sigh. Walking over to them I push them a part.

"Come on man, what the fuck is wrong with you?" I yell still pushing Tommy away from Julio.

"Motherfucker was in my house while I was gone!" Tommy yells.

"I didn't touch your girl!" Julio shouts back.

I shove Tommy again.

"Tommy, listen. I don't fucking need you alienating our right fucking hand over some bitch."

He turns his anger towards me just like I knew he would.

"Call Holly a bitch again"

"All I'm saying is you about to do Julio and me in over some broad you don't even trust," I argue.

"I trust her, you don't!"

"No. You don't. Otherwise you wouldn't be in here tryna fucking crack Jay's skull." I respond. Calming down now that he isn't try to charge at Julio.

"Fuck that motherfucker," he retorts.

I turn to Jay. Tossing him a rag. "Julio wipe your nose off. Take a walk."

He does so without argument.

I turn back to Tommy. Why couldn't he have chosen Naya? Then I wouldn't be having these problems with him and this fucking red head.

" on business right now," I say.

"I can't think about business right now. Come on let's go back to your crib. Bust off a couple of runs of Assassin' Creed. Let me get my mind right."

"Can't go back to my crib man Tasha kicked me out."

"Fuck!"

"Yeah she found out about angela."

"How are the kids?" He asks.

"They don't know yet. At least I don't think so. Look man, you and me can't afford to get distracted. Not right keep our head in the game." I say.

"Kanan got the right idea about this shit. No more connections we can't just walk away from. Kanan got the right idea about alot of things. We gotta give his crew the RSK territory man. He knows what he's doing, he taught us everything we know. I mean how else are we gonna move this shit?" Tommy argues. I think it over as he walks off. The more Kanan is mentioned the more uneasy I feel about it all.

NAYA POV

The breeze feels good on my skin as I lay out on the beach watching as little ones run up and down the beach. Charles, my second in command when Reed is away sits fully dressed on the beach chair next to mine. His brown skin glowing with a healthy tan. He's just returned from California for me. Brown eyes stare at me from under a light brown mop of hair. He's handsome in an Aladdin kind of way.

He looks so out of place in a black leather jacket, black tee, and dark washed jeans.

"Charles, I know you don't come to Miami often anymore but don't they wear shorts in California?" I tease. He chuckles.

"Funny, jefa."

I take my shades off my eyes to get a better look at him as he hands me a folder.

"This everything ?"

"Yeah. From what I can tell, the assassin was killed just before your friend Ghost could get there. Not really sure who but whoever it is no doubt wants your new friend dead."

"Noted. I'll have Reed keep an eye on things up there. Now on to the reason why I flew you out here. Usually Reed would do this but I don't want to overwhelm him right now."

"Say no more, I know my little brother. He needs to focus on one thing at a time. What do you need?"

"I have a few A-listers here in Miami I've reached out to but I know you have a better list of them out in Cali. I need them in New York for the vibe party." I say as I look out into the ocean. Then turn back to Charles. "Think you can get them there in 2 days?"

He nods. "Consider it done."

"Good. You can go now. We'll talk soon."

I watch him get up and walk off the beach.

I loved coming here. It was a less popular beach and people tended to leave me alone here. Laying back on the beach chair I close my eyes.

Talking to James made me think of Tommy. From the reports I'd heard from Reed he was quite the wild one. No worse than what I've done but he defintely had a way of doing things with a flare. He thinks he's bad. Just wait until he meets the Red Queen.

GHOST POV

Truth was packed as usual. Just like I knew it would be. My only concern was my VIP section was still empty. I debated calling Naya when a commotion came from the front entrance.

Holy shit.

A large entourage began to pour into the club and at the front of this group was none other than Will and Jada Smith, Taraji Henson, Queen Latifah, and Steph Curry along with his wife. Security surrounded them on all sides.

I walked over to the group.

"Hello all. I'm James St. Patrick. Welcome to Truth." I smiled.

Will smiled at me and shook my hand. "Nice to meet you. You have a nice spot here."

I grin. "Thank you Mr. Smith. So glad you all make it, please all drinks are on me tonight."

The Queen spoke then. "We got a call my Donavan and after she told us about how much you do for the black community and all you hope to achieve, it didn't seem right not to come out and support."

I smile at her.

"Well thank you. It's nice to be able to help and for you all to be here making this party far more than I could ever hope for."

Taraji steps forward. "Welp, point us in the direction of our section. I'm sure you have other people and things to tend to besides us lower peasants."

I laugh. "Say no more, your section is right up those stairs. The entire balcony VIP has been given just for you all. If you need anything let me know."

They make their way up the stairs. Club goers gawk at them and some even sneak pictures. I smile. Those pictures will be all over the blogs by morning. Just as the entourage and security clear out, in walks none other than Naya Donavan.

She is dressed in an all white pants suit.

"Well if it isn't the man of the hour." She chuckles.

I pull her into a hug.

"Thank you so much Naya."

We pull apart and she nods.

"Oh please think nothing of it. I promised you celebs and you got them."

He grins at me.

"Yes you did. But you didn't tell me you were coming."

I shrug.

"Well lets just say I'm looking to have a picture of me with the owner of Truth to post on my IG and if Stern happens to see it and have a heartattack well then that'd be a bonus," she laughs.

I laugh as well. "Say no more." I flag down one of my waitresses and Naya hands her phone to take the photo.

She throws an arm around my waist and in turn I place my hand on her hip. Smiling for a few photos the waitress hands her the phone back.

She swipes through them before finding one she likes and posting it. After tagging Truth and I, she puts her phone away.

"Well that should do it. I have some business to take care of so I'm going to head out. Take care of my friends alright." She says.

"Of course. And hey thank you again."

She nods and exits out the front door.

Maybe Tommy will give her a chance after Holly is gone.

NAYA POV

I get into the car and close the door.

"Well what do you know. One week here and you look like a New Yorker," I tease.

Reed rolls his eyes.

"Hey in my defense, Timbs are the best against all the cold weather as well as the nasty shit that's on these streets."

I hold my hands up.

"Whatever you say."

His face turns serious. "So what do you want to do about the problem now that your friend's party is a success?"

"I'm gonna stay here for a while just in case. Charles is in Miami, he send his love."

Reed rolls his eyes.

"Sure he does. I'll see that dick face soon. The condo is set up and ready for you if you want to go there. Or did you want to see if you could catch a peek at your boo thang?"

I laugh at that. "Okay first off don't ever say boo thang like that again. ANd no, I'll see him soon. I want to familiarize myself with what is going on. My rat back in Miami tells me James' fed, Angela is close to putting some things together that could be trouble for Tommy and Ghost. They didn't say what exactly only that Angela's department had been pulling alot of information for Tommy. I want to know why and how to get ahead of this shit storm the guys are brewing."

I order as we drive off towards my condo.

REED POV

Someone was going to die soon. I spared a glance over to Naya as we watched from the floor length windows to the street down below. Across the street FBI agents surrounded the hotel. One that Naya was actually in the works of buying. We'd watched Ghost, Lobos, and Tommy go into the building at their respective times.

Now the special squads were charging in now. I glanced to Naya's face. Her sometimes warm features were hard as ice as she watched Agent Angela and her crew bring out Tommy in handcuffs.

Damn it's a shame she'd have to die, she was sexy for a Fed.

We couldn't hear what Tommy was shouting to Angela but there was no doubt it was vulgar.

Once the area was cleared, I turned to her.

"What do you want?"

Naya looked at me sharply. "What do you think?"

I took a step back. Naya wasn't one to attack her own men in anger without reason, but it was better safe than sorry.

"I'll get information on where they are keeping Tommy."

She nodded. "Good. Do that. And get me a meeting with Ghost. ASAP."

NAYA POV

"What the fuck do you mean they denied his bail?!" I growled. I kicked the trashcan over.

"They switched judges at the last moment and my guy couldn't find anything on her to use," Reed said.

"Fuck! If all goes bad I want my wet team out here and ready to move asap."

"Yes jefa. But let's save a prison break as the last resort. He'd become a wanted man and would have to disappear."

"Alright. For now. I'm calling Ghost. He needs to know about this hit that just surfaced."

I dialed the familiar number.

"Hello?"

"James...can we meet today?"

"Umm now isn't a real good time Naya."

"I heard about Tommy, James."

There was a silence then he cleared his throat.

"I'll text you my address."

"See you soon."

I end the call and look to Reed. "I'm driving myself. You handle things while I'm gone."

He nods.

GHOST POV

At the knock on my door, I snatch it open ready to go round two with Tasha. My anger deflates when I see who it is. Despite my anger and frustrations I manage a smile.

"Naya, I completely forgot you were coming. Please come in."

She gives a polite smile and comes inside. Closing the door I turn to her.

"What can I do for you? I didn't even realize you were still in New York."

"I wasn't but then I heard about Tommy's arrest through the grapevine."

I give her a slightly hostile look. "And just where did you hear it because it wasn't made public knowledge."

"Ever heard of the Red Queen?"

His entire face goes from anger to shock.

"She doesn't exist. No one alive has ever admitted to working for her organization or been caught."

I chuckle darkly. "I assure you she is very much real. And I have her ear. Even you must see how she would benefit from my network."

I think it over then nod.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Its simple Ghost. Tommy needs my connections and you need to watch your back. Someone hired a hit out on you for 3 million dollars. 5 million to anyone who can take both you and Tommy out."

I tense at my street name.

"Is that why you're here? To kill me?"

She rolls her eyes.

"Really James? You're my friend. I'm here to warn you and figure out what your plan is to get Tommy out because we both know that if he goes down so will you." She says

I nod.

"I'm handling it. But if things go south…" I trails off looking at her.

"If things go south, you come south. You, Tommy, and your family. We'll look out for you. I have enough places in the world that they'd never find you." She says and I believe her. For the first time in my life I truely believe I have a friend besides Tommy.

I pull her into a hug.

"Thank you."

We pull apart.

"I have an idea. But I'll need your help."

I look at her curiously. "What did you have in mind?"

NAYA POV

I eye Agent Angela for a moment as we sit in the small room waiting. It takes every ounce of my control not to snap her pretty little neck. But I refrain because she has gotten me in here to see Tommy. For now i'll play nice.

"Are you sure you think you can get Tommy to work with us? He seemed pretty determined to just go away to prison for life." She asks for what seems like the 100th time but I suck it up and respond reminding myself to play my role. For all she knows I'm just a business woman who happens to be friends with James and had a fling with Tommy.

"I hope so for his sake. I really liked him you know. I should have known that he wasn't a good guy, I never have good luck with men." I sigh. And just like I planned she rushed over to my side and patted my shoulder, her face full of compassion.

"Hey, don't beat yourself up. The right guy will come along. We all make mistakes. Thank you for even trying to help with this." She says.

"I just wanted to help, especially if it keeps James away from this kind of bad publicity. He's my friend and if this helps him then I'll do my best."

She smiles. "Good. Now remember there aren't any cameras or mics in here because we're not supposed to even be here. The point of this meeting is to see if we can get him to stumble and say anything worth looking into."

I nod. "Okay." I got up and moved to the far side of the room pretending to be lost in thought. Moreso just to put some distance between me and her.

Just as she opened her mouth to speak again, the door opened and I felt my heart race a little. In walked a guard and behind him was Tommy.

He didn't notice me right away, but that's okay. It gave me a moment to look him over. I'd seen picture updates and what not but it had been a while since I'd seen him in the flesh this close. The guard left closing the door behind him.

The orange jumpsuit and handcuffs gave me some naughty thoughts of roleplay for a second but then I snapped out of it as he began to yell at the Agent.

"You gonna take off these cuffs? I don't see no cameras in here, no mics...and I don't see my-" His voice trailed off and his eyes widen as they finally noticed me.

"Naya? What the fuck are you doing here?!"

I struggled to not smile. Instead I went for a more somber look.

"Good to see you again Tommy."

I felt myself shiver under his hot gaze even as Angela spoke to him.

"She's here as a favor from James. He thought maybe she could help you see reason. If it's revenge you're worried about I can get you witness protection, I can even relocate your mother."

His gaze snapped back to her as she continued.

"I don't want you. I want Lobos."

I rolled my eyes at that. Did she really think that Tommy was stupid enough to believe her?

"Maybe I can get your sentence down to 15 years."

I felt my anger rising just as Tommy hit the table and leaned acrossed it to snarl at her.

"15 years? You fucking bitch, your pussy must be made out of poison it's like the acid ate his fucking brain!"

I had to cough to stop from laughing. Jeez how the hell does he come up with this shit?

My cough turned the attention back to me. It was like they forgot I was there. Tommy gaze me a blank look before looking back to her.

"You want me to snitch so bad, I ain't gonna give you Lobos. But I know someone else I can give you instead, what nah? You don't want that do you?"

I stood from off the wall.

"Okay, Agent maybe I could try talking to Tommy alone for a moment."

She looked at me with fear and some relief. He was getting to her.

"I don't know Ms. Donavan," she says looking at Tommy. "If something happens to you that'll be my ass."

I pat her on the shoulder. "Trust me. I'll be okay." I give her a reassuring look. She looks from me to Tommy then makes a decision.

"Okay. I'm going to go to the bathroom. Give a holler if you need anything."

"Will do."

"Yeah get out of here with your poisonous pussy." Tommy yells as Angela makes her way out of the door. As soon as it closes behind her I put my fingers to my lips. Tommy looks at me in confusion for a moment as I began to unbutton my suit jacket. I rip the wire from my jacket tossing it to the floor and crushing it under my heel. Tommy rises from the table and comes to stand in front of me.

"I don't have alot of time but we need you to trust that everything is going as plan." I say. He closes the space between us.

"We?"

"Me and James. I can't explain now but I wanted you to know that I'm here for you and everything is going to workout. All else fails, I'm going to break you out."

"And just why would I trust you or him?"

"Because he's your friend."

He leans down until our lips are almost touching.

"And you?"

I grip the back of his head smashing my lips to his. His lips demand dominance over mine and I let him. His tongue plays with my own and I have to stop myself from moaning out loud. Pulling back I look into his heated eyes.

"Does that answer your question?"

He nods dumbly. "I wish I didn't have these handcuffs on I'd show you just how much daddy misses you. Get on the table."

My eyes widen. "Tommy now is not the time for…"

He shoves me until I have no choice but to sit on the table. Spreading my legs apart I'm glad I wore a skirt today. He gets on his knees and I help him push my skirt up around my waist. I don't have any panties on today so he gets an eye full.

He leans forward and inhales.

"Damn what the fuck was I thinking not calling you. I'm sorry." He says just before shoving his face between my legs.

"Tommy," I whisper, my hands playing in his hair. His tongue teases my clit and I feel my legs shaking as he gives me slow long licks. My legs are now over his shoulders and I can't help but become even more turned on as our situation hits me fully. He's handcuffed at my mercy eating me as if he hasn't eaten in days.

The sucking sounds he makes drive me over the edge. I bite my lip to keep my screams to myself. I could only imagine if Agent Angela came in and found us in this position.

My legs feel like jello when he finally pulls away and rises to his feet.

His face is covered in my juices and he's smirking at me. It's the sexiest thing I've seen in a while.

"I defintely gotta get outta here so I can fuck that sweet pussy of yours again."

I chuckle at that.

"Glad I could make you see things my way."

I pull out a napkin from my suit jacket and help him wipe his face.

Standing to my feet I give him a quick peck on the lips.

His eyes are low and lust filled.

"You say James has everything figured out?"

I nod. "And if his plan goes wrong, be ready to get out of here in 24 hours."

He nods. "Yes ma'am. Damn you are an amazing woman. Now go ahead and get me back to my cell before I bend you over this table and show you the true meaning of dropping the soap."

I chuckle before straightening my clothes and knocking on the door.

A second later, the door opens and Agent Angela comes back in looking hopeful.

Tommy speaks before she can ask.

"I'm done here. Like I told you I'm no snitch and some one night stand is not gonna change my mind even if it was good pussy," He looks at me and winks. I give him a glare even as I smile inside.

Agent Angela huffs before turning to the guard. "Get him back to his cell. We're done here."

I watch as he leaves, a pep in his step and then I turn to Agent Angela.

"I tried but he just kept making inappropriate sexual gestures and insults. I don't know what James wanted me to do but I'm sorry I couldn't help."

She gives me a small smile. And that's how I know she's bought it.

"It's okay. Let's get out of here. And thank you again for doing this."

Author's Note: Please review. Let me know what you think. This chapter is a little longer because I'd like to cover alot of plot. But Naya and Tommy finally meet again, yay!