Jazmine stirred in the bed as she began to wake up. She flung her hand outwards and was met with the cold mattress. At first, it was comforting until she remembered that she was supposed to hit something. She groaned and slowly sat up in the bed and looked around the room.
"Where you going?"
Huey paused his movement which was him still shirtless with one leg in his sweats. The room was dark but he guessed she could see his silhouette. He was shocked to see her awake as she was peacefully sleeping just a second ago.
"You can turn on the light." She told him and waited for him to do so. It took her a few seconds to adjust her eyesight but once she did, she could clearly see that he was getting ready for something. "Yeah so back to my question. Where is your fine ass going?"
"I got some business to handle." He simply told her.
Jazmine looked at him confused before reaching to check the time on her phone. "At... 3:38?"
Huey smirked. "You know I do most of my business at night. I got some things to sort out and I'll be back later."
"Ok, I will wait for you to come back."
Huey raised an eyebrow at her and walked closer. "Jazmine. I'm going to come back at all times of morning, you can not stay awake. You had a long day yesterday, you don't need to stay up and wait."
"But I want to make sure you make it back alright." Jazmine pouted and reached out her arms. Huey sat on the edge of the bed so Jazmine sat on her knees and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You don't need to worry, I'll be fine. Hiro, Caesar, Riley and the twins are coming too." Huey told her.
That's when she remembered her special little friend. "How could I forget, how's Coco? I missed that smart little girl."
Huey had forgot to mention about his younger cousin. He remembered the day they all spent together and how much fun the two girls were having with one another. Coco had really taken a liking to Jazmine and he didn't blame her for doing so. "I mean besides her beating up yet another child with Tay, I guess she's doing good."
"I'm guessing that's why you ran into the person we do not bring up." Huey nodded. "Well if Dante is going, doesn't he need a babysitter? I mean, I can stay with her for the night." Jazmine suggested but Huey shook his head.
"She's been stay with Anthony since you left. Dante wanted to keep her safe and he wanted someone to be there with her 24/7."
Jazmine smiled dropped. No child should have to be away from their parents for so long, she wondered how Coco was copying with the sudden change. "That's so sad. I hope he gets to spend more time with her soon, she must have been upset about it."
"I heard she was upset for the first few days but she's better now. He just makes sure he sees her as much as possible. Tony was the best person to have her."
"I guess that's good..." Jazmine trailed off. Before she could say anything else, Huey's phone rang but it was a different one that she usually saw him with.
"Yeah." He answered. Jazmine watched how his voice instantly screwed up in concentration and wondered what was being said on the other side of the phone. "Good. Meet me there, I'm leaving now." Without a bye, he hung up the phone and looked at the woman who had her arms still wrapped around his neck.
Jazmine sighed and sat back in the bed. "I see you have to go now... be safe."
Huey raised an eyebrow at her. "What? No kiss?"
"Oh is that what you were waiting for?" Jazmine giggled when she noticed Huey didn't make any moves to leave.
"Of course." He told her. "So?"
Giggling, Jazmine leaned forward once again and gave him a deep kiss which he happily accepted. "I could get used to this. Giving you sweet kisses before you run off into the night like you're Batman."
"Batman? Really? I'm the nigga Batman be after."
"Well compared to that... person, you are defiantly a Batman." Jazmine shivered.
Huey saw how her demeanour changed at the mention of Vladimir and the guilt at the pit of his stomach began swimming again. He leaned forward and gave Jazmine a soft kiss on the side of her lips. "Hey, don't worry about him. I'll handle him. You just keep your pretty ass in this bed until I come back."
Jazmine began to blush as his Chicagoan accent kissed her eardrums. Whenever he would flirt, it just did something to her, she didn't understand what it was but she wanted to keep feeling it.
"Ok." She replied back giddily as that was all she could say back.
Huey jumped up and final put on his jumper and sneakers. Jazmine watched him collected the famous bandana and put it around his neck, she could see the design poking out and remembered he was the real deal.
"Bye Huey." Jazmine waved.
"Bye Jazmine."
She watched her new man walk out the room and then heard the door shut. She sighed and sunk into the bed. She didn't expect to be alone on their first night together but she guessed she had to get used to him going out in the middle of the night to handle business. Jazmine decided to see if the other girls were awake so grabbed her phone and went into their group chat.
Jazmine: You hoes awake?
Royalty: Yes bitch.
Cindy: Right here
Ming: Yup. Hiro just left.
Cindy: Same with Caes
Royalty: Riley too.
Jazmine: Yeah, Huey's ass tried to sneak out but I woke up.
Ming: Well by the sounds of everything, you two had a good conversation.
Cindy: Y'all together now? Spill the tea bitches!
Royalty: Jazzy first because biittcccchhh! I got the tea!
Jazmine: Lmao. Alright. Well as soon as I stepped in the crib, we got a little heated but we didn't have sex. Just a little kissy kissy or whatever. Then we just talked about what we both wanted. He told me that he didn't want to hurt me and how being with him wasn't the best option even though he wanted me so bad.
Ming: Cute, cute.
Royalty: And theeennn?!
Jazmine: And I told his fine ass that I wanted him and only him. I know what happened to us was a slip up and it wouldn't happen again. We just needed to trust each other. Oh and that's not even the best part!
Cindy: Bitch wtf! Tell us then. Fuck.
Jazmine: Ok, ok, relax... I told him I slept with Jayden...
Royalty: And I oop-
Ming: Loooooooool
Cindy: You is brave than a mf... what he say?
Jazmine: You guys are crazy lmao. He was cool about it, you bitches jinxed me tho! You said they wouldn't run into each other but they did. Huey had to pick up his cousins because they got in trouble and they bumped into each other at the school.
Cindy: Well ain't that some shit.
Jazmine: I know right! But he was pretty chill about it... and he told me he slept with someone when we left too.
Ming: That's cold.
Royalty: You is a hypocrite loool! You tried it bitch.
Ming: Hush up child.
Royalty: Ok, have this energy when I see you. Anyway, what else?
Jazmine: Umm, oh yeah, there was a tracker in my necklace the whole time but he never looked at the location. Crazy right? What about you and Riley, Royalty?
Cindy: …bitch how tf you just gonna speed right past that shit?
Ming: Like you didn't say you have a whole ass tracker in that simple ass necklace.
Royalty: And I oop...
Jazmine: I mean at least he told me now. It's better than him putting it in my neck while I was sleeping.
Royalty: Wait, now that you mentioned it... do you think we're all going to get one?
Ming: Maybe.
Cindy: We'll see if we're around long enough.
Jazmine: Bitch you already know we're here to stay. We already spoke it into existence. So, I got a man, Ming got a man, Cin got a man. The question is, does Royalty have a man?
Royalty: No.
Cindy: Bitch why not?
Ming: But you still at his place?
Jazmine: Oh yeah... Huey told me...
Ming: I wanna know now!
Cindy: Spilllll!
Royalty: Cha... this boy done got girl a pregnant. He waiting on the DNA test tho.
Cindy: Did you beat him up? I know you like beating up guys.
Royalty: Stfu... I wanted to but I'm trying to hold back from fucking a nigga up.
Ming: So what does that mean for you two?
Royalty: I guess we just gonna take it slow for now. I say that but we probably going to be together next week.
Cindy: So when you find out if you a step mama or nah?
Jazmine: Really Cindy?
Cindy: What? Is a bitch wrong?
Ming: Nahh.
Cindy: See.
Jazmine: I can't deal with you two lool. Continue Roy Roy.
Royalty: Fingers cross, by next week, I just hope this bitch is not crazy. Wait, lemme not say bitch because I haven't met her yet... but she just seems like a bitch.
Cindy: Look at you trying to be nice and shit. Co-parenting already started!
Royalty: Ya bright...
Jazmine: Well at least you're being mature about it, some girls would have been acting crazy.
Royalty: I have more class than them other hoes but that's about it for my drama.
Ming: Y'all fuck?
Royalty: Nah. That's on pause for now. He gotta really earn this pussy.
Cindy: Oh so now you have self control?
Royalty: Not everyone is trying to be a hoe like you Cynthia.
Cindy: Hey, don't act like I won't come upstairs and fuck you up!
Royalty: Come nah man.
Ming: If you hoes don't chill out, its 4am.
Jazmine: Loool you two are so childish.
Jazmine giggled as she read over the crazy text messages from her friends and decided to just FaceTime the girls. Within seconds, they all called.
"Ew I have to see Cindy's ugly ass face." Royalty faked gagged.
"Ew I can smell Royalty's stank breath through my phone." Cindy faked gagged.
"I am so tired of you hoes already..." Ming sighed.
Jazmine nodded. "I low key regret this."
All she knew was, this was about to be a long night.
Huey walked out his house and made sure it was locked up. No one ever entered their building without them knowing but he just wanted to make sure. Maybe he should tell two of his peoples to house sit while he's gone... yeah that could work. He got into the elevator and pressed the bottom for the ground floor. That's when he felt the elevator stop and the doors open, it shocked him to see who was standing there.
"Raven?"
She grinned at him and stepped into the evaluator and stood next to Huey.
"Sup Huey."
"What are you doing here? Where's Cairo?" He looked her up and down when he didn't see a car seat in her hand. He noted that she had an all-black outfit on as if she was about to go to the warehouse... she isn't, is she?
"Aww look at you all concerned for baby Cairo." She teased. They finally got the bottom floor and stepped out but Huey stopped, waiting for an answer from Raven. "He's staying with my parents for a few days. I'm using this time to fully dive into work. Get both clubs sorted and the gang stuff."
Huey raised an eyebrow. "But your only concern now is the clubs. I don't want you to get hurt, it's too dangerous."
"I laugh in the face of danger." Raven said dramatically before giggling to herself. Huey's unamused face made it even funnier but she continued to tell him her plan. "Look, its nothing we haven't done before. Yes I agree I need to be out the gang side of business more but it's been months Huey. I miss the adrenaline rush whenever we rolled up on motherfuckers and kicked their shit in. Plus, I need to find that bitch Natasha and kick her shit in for what she did to us and granddad. I'm glad we killed her fucking sister but damn I wish it was her."
Huey shook his head. He knew how stubborn she could be so there was no point trying to talk her out of it. She would do what she wanted to do, he just had to watch her.
"Well, don't slow us down." Huey smirked before walking outside. He heard her gasp, run up behind him and punch him in the shoulder.
"Don't get smart with me nigga."
"Whatever, come on."
They walked towards the garage and saw the boys were chatting as they stood around the number of cars.
"You know, I never realised how much cars we have. We have 9 cars just sitting in here and most the time I feel like we carpool." Caesar pointed out.
Huey shrugged. "I was thinking about giving away one anyway."
"Nah I'm keeping my cars." Riley grinned as he and his brother were the only one that owned two cars.
"I still don't trust your driving." Demetrius laughed.
"Yous just a bitch that's why. My driving isn't for punk bitches like you."
"Ay nigga I'm just saying."
"If you guys are done slinging dick, let's get a moving." Raven stepped in.
Riley screwed his face at her. "Gabriella what is your ass doing here anyway?" No one understood Riley's love to call females a celebrity he believes they looked like. Gabriella Union was for Raven and he was ready to start calling his friends girlfriends names too. He has mentioned before that Jazmine reminded him of Mariah Carey.
"I'm here to do some work unlike you. Get in a fucking car already."
Huey shook his head as the two started bickering. He still wondered how they have both made it this far in their life without killing each other, after all these 24 years of his life.
Raven jumped in the passenger seat with Huey driving, Hiro and Caesar went together while the twins and Riley got in another car.
"Sooo, I saw the extra car in the garage. Is it right for me to guess it was Jazmine?" Raven questioned after a few minutes of silence.
Huey peered over to her before focusing on the dark roads ahead. The roads were clear so it wouldn't take them long to get where they needed.
"Maybe." Was all his reply.
"Hm, I know I'm right. Did you tell her about Erica?"
Huey raised an eyebrow. "How the fuck do you know th-"
"I saw your dumb ass sneaking out her house when I was driving passed one day. Dumb nigga." She shook her head and laughed. "You can proceed."
"If you must know... I did and she took it better than I thought. She even skipped right past it."
"Serious?" Huey nodded. "Damn you lucky. I would have swung on your ass."
"Not everyone is as violent as you Raven."
"Haha so funny... bitch." She mumbled the last word before turning back to him. "What else happened? Just tell me, I can't be asked to ask every single, little question. That's too long."
Huey sighed and gave in. "We just talked about having a relationship. I told her this shit doesn't come easy, it's dangerous and I don't want her to get hurt but she seems to want me as much as I want her." He didn't even realise what he said at the end at first but once he did, he felt his body begin to heat up in embarrassment.
"Aww that's so cute. You together I'm guessing?" Huey nodded, causing Raven to let a grin break on her face. "Who would have thought Huey would enter another serious relationship? First since you were 17. Even then, I have never seen you trip over yourself the way you have with her, not even with me... it's cute. I'm happy for you Huey, seriously."
"Thanks, I guess."
Raven rolled her eyes at his lack of enthusiasm. "I'm serious Hu. You're taking your life more seriously and thinking about the future. You know, marriage and kids."
"Yeah and you've already beaten me to it." Huey smirked as he took a quick glance at his friend before turning back to the road, he knew they were close.
"Crazy right! Who would've thought I would be a single mother before my 26th Birthday? I started this whole life thing backwards... maybe I should go to a male strip club to find my husband, it worked for you lot."
Huey rolled his eyes as Raven began to giggle to herself. He pulled up to the warehouse and turned off his car. "You do what you gotta do, just don't fuck up like I did."
Raven could see the seriousness in his eyes, more than usual. She knew the past few months fucked with him to the point you could physically see the stress on him but only to those that really knew him. She was glad to see the humanity in him and Jazmine seemed to be the main source he would get it from. If that was correct, she was happy to accept Jazmine and the rest of the girls into their crazy lives. Thinking about it, maybe Raven should talk to the girls, they needed a break down of at least an ounce of their lives.
"I hear you Huey, and I promise to look out for your girls. It's the least I could do for giving them shit the first time we met."
"You don't hav-"
"But I'm going to. They need a female perspective when it comes to this street thing. There's no other woman on the higher level but me, I should be the one to break shit down for them. I will try not to scare them away but you know we live some scary fucking lives."
Huey thought about it for a second. He was planning on giving them self-defence lessons and some type of protection but maybe Raven would be the best fit to help them. She has been in this life just as long as he has, she knew the ins and outs better than anyone else around. She was smart and strong. He also didn't mind the idea that it would be better woman to woman. Raven could help them understand what it is like to be a woman that is around gang life, it was more dangerous than being a man but Raven made sure that didn't stop her from doing what she needed to get done. If anything, it made her more valuable and powerful being a female in this type of business.
"Alright. Deal. I will still be involved."
"Didn't say you wouldn't be." Raven smirked. "Now let's get to work."
Ghost nodded and made his way towards the door, Midnight behind him. Everyone else had already made their way inside so they didn't have to wait for anyone.
"Oh shit, is that Midnight?"
"Ay, Midnight is back!"
"Been so long!"
Midnight smiled as she was greeted as soon as she walked in. People seemed shocked but happy to see her back. It has been so long since she was gone and last people heard, she was injured. Her ribs were fully healed now and she was ready to dive back in.
"Alright! What've I missed?" Midnight grinned as they walked into Ghost's office.
"I'm working on a new flavour. Trying bubble gum for the ladies that are looking for a little fun and flavour." MC grinned.
"Sales have risen since we starting selling at The Blue Moon. The girls are saying they have run out of product every day for the past week and a half and the cash shows that." HO mentioned.
"You know how I be on the block and shit. Been looking out for them niggas, ain't find none yet but when I do, it's over for them." Reezy crossed his arms in frustration. He has been looking for the Russians for a while but they keep slipping through his fingers and he was pissed. He needed to get revenge for hurting his girl and daring to attack his grandad.
Dee stepped up. "I haven't heard the five-o say shit about the powder being out in these streets. That shit is killing off parents. Tony was telling me there are two students in his class that have lost a parent and when I went to pick up Coco, I heard whispered that another child lost their uncle. There's way more people dropping dead from that shit that we don't know."
"Before, everyone was just snorting that shit. Now, people are injecting it. It's getting crazy... The new recruits and old recruits are doing well with their training. The new ones are going to be ready to be fully out soon." Tri added.
Ghost looked over at Midnight who was listening to everything that has been said. "Was that enough for you?"
Midnight smirked at him. "You know that's never good enough for me. You got another location of any other hideout they have?"
"Yeah but it's been looking empty. Only a couple of people. I haven't really had time to look them over in detail." Ghost showed her pictures of the location.
"Hm." Midnight began to look over the pictures. It was one floor, looked like a simple house in a simple neighbourhood. Nothing too crazy. Until the last picture. She squinted and lifted it closer to her face just to make sure she saw what she saw. "Oh hell nah. Y'all niggas didn't see this shit?" They all looked at her confused. "We need to get there now! These girls are not with their bullshit business, they were forced into their mess. Fuck, I can't believe I forgot about them. They're Odessa aged 20, Summer, aged 23 and Indigo, she's the youngest at 18."
"How you know them?" Reezy asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Because they were there." Was all she said at first and everyone understood what she meant. "They came in to give us food and tried to give us clothes but we refused. Vladimir really thought we we're going to stay there any longer. Hmph. Anyway, I got to talking to them, trying to find some shit out. They were a different group of girls. They are used to smuggle drugs around. They all got picked up at the same time, same location. A party in Detroit 8 months ago. Summer and Odessa were at the party, Indigo was walking past. It might be a little harder to get Summer out though..." Midnight trailed off.
"Why?" Ghost listened intensely to all the information that was being given. This was all new and it could help him.
"The damn girl done fell in love."
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Serious?"
"Stockholm?"
Midnight rubbed her forehead. "There's this boy, he's 20. He's been rolling with the Russians since he was 17, his older brother got him into that shit since he was the only family he had. She told me he hates it and wants to get out but Vladimir would kill him. He's one of the men that looks over the girls 24/7 but he won't do shit to hurt any of them, he protects them more than what the other people like. She claims they're in love and... I think she might be telling the truth. She even showed me a chain of that said 'S+N' that she hides in her shoe. If we're gonna get her out... he gonna have to come with."
Tri looked at her confused. "You do know he's a part of the problem?"
"Yes I know that nigga." Midnight rolled her eyes. "But she won't leave if he doesn't come with and he seems harmless."
"Keyword: seems. We don't know him or his true motive. We can only go off her word and if he fucks us over, we're fucked. I don't have time to put my people in danger because I let one of them fucks go. I'm not letting him get the best of us once again." Ghost told her with a pointed look.
"I know that Ghost which is why we won't come back here. We put them up in a motel or some shit for the night and later, they go to the feds and they can go back home." Midnight picked up the picture again. "Look, this is time stamped. It says 4:26 and if this is their daily routine, then they should be there now."
Ghost looked around the room, wanting to get everyone's input before making a decision. "So?"
MC shrugged. "I mean, when have we ever backed down from saving someone? It's a risk but it might be a risk we're going to have to take."
"I agree. If that lil nigga wanna be on our side, we can sort something out." Tri added.
"If he fucks us over... well, you know what will happen." Dee smirked.
HO sighed. "If we do this, we just gotta be ready for anything."
Ghost looked back at Midnight who had a smile on her face. "So, we rolling?"
He sighed. "Make sure whatever you need to get done is done. We leave in 10."
They all nodded before making their way out, leaving just Ghost and Midnight behind.
"Thanks, I know this wasn't easy for you."
"For both of our sakes. This best not fuck up. I do not have time for some dumb shit."
Midnight smirked. "If you're scared just say it. I'll protect you."
"Yeah sure." Ghost rolled his eyes. "I think you've forgotten who I am."
"I think you've forgotten that I don't care. You're still scared."
"Never scared."
"Then prove it." Midnight got a smirk in response. She always brought out his competitive side and she has been out of action for so long, she just needed some type of familiarity. She was ready for some action.
"Fine. Most kills?"
Midnight held out her hand. "Deal." The two shook on it. "Let's go."
"Hold on. You go get ready, I'm going to get someone to house sit." Ghost told her as he thought about the beautiful woman lying in his bed, waiting for him to come back.
Midnight gave him a look. "Ghost. They're fine. They're in the most secure building they can be in. There's no point in you trying to text her either because it's late and she's most likely sleeping. Just check the cameras or something."
Ghost looked at her, thought about it, before pulling out his phone. Midnight laughed because of how easily she could get him to do as she says, she missed it. Ghost checked all cameras. The garage, front door, back door, elevator, his floor and finally the ones in his home. As he went to his bedroom, he could see Jazmine was lying in bed talking on the phone. He guessed the other girls had woken up to.
"Well by the looks of it, she is awake." Ghost smirked and showed her his phone.
She rolled her eyes before moving towards the door. "Whatever. You don't need to send security, just text her and let's go."
"Fine."
Ghost sent her a quick text asking if she was okay then watched her on the camera. He felt creepy but it was his house after all, he was just looking out for her safety. By the large grin on her face and her sitting up in bed, he guessed she saw the message. She quickly tapped her fingers across the screen before talking again. Ghost had audio but he didn't want to listen in. He watched her name pop up on his phone, telling him she was fine and she hoped he was staying safe. He sent her another text, telling him he will be late home, which was weird to say, and watched her type again before lying back into the bed, talking away on the phone.
Feeling relieved that Jazmine was fine, Ghost straightened his posture and walked straight to the armour room. He collected the weapons he needed and made his way outside, where his team had just met up.
"Everyone ready?"
They all nodded.
"Good. Let's go."
Tonight, he only took a small group. Simple, easier and he trusted them all the most. HO and Ghost was once again up front while the rest were in the back.
Midnight was trying her best to sit still but she could literally feel the adrenaline beginning to pump through her veins. Tri saw this and laughed.
"Your ass hasn't sat still since we got to the warehouse."
"I'm sorry. It's been so long since I have been out. The all black and weapons are getting me hyped." Midnight shrugged.
"Well you have been playing mommy to a baby so I guess I can let you off. Where is little man anyway?" Tri asked.
"With my people. They're having him for a few days so I can do some work."
"You can't multitask?" Reezy teased.
Midnight rolled her eyes. "Like you know the first thing about babies. If I was you, I will start learning with your dumb ass. You can take Cairo for a day, figure that out."
"Oop. She got you there." MC laughed next to him.
Reezy kissed his teeth. "Whatever. That's all you niggas try and use against me."
"Aww we're sorry for bullying you." MC tried to say seriously but be couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Yeah yeah whatever. You niggas are just jealous."
"Jealous of what? Having a crazy ass baby mama? I knew about Nike before your little situation. That girl ain't shit. She hung out with my baby mama before she dipped and abandoned Coco. I don't fuck with females like that. Usually hear about black children without their fathers but never about the black fathers that are good as shit. Or the single fathers out there. I've been raising that girl since she was 18 months, she's about to be 4." Dee told his cousin seriously. People would always criticise him for being in a gang but when it came to him being a father, there was no denying that he was good at it. He protected that little girl with his whole heart and wouldn't allow anyone to tell him different.
"Damn. You see, that's why I don't wanna baby mama. I want a wife." MC nodded.
Tri nudged his brother. "This one is getting close to our little doctor Faith so he going to be having one soon."
Dee rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You always in a nigga business."
"That sounds gay."
"It's not gay if it's your twin dumb ass. I swear Reezy, you can be so slow sometimes. Anyway, there's no harm there. I haven't found my girl yet but I still have time. Shit, I got more than time. Still 23 and ready to party. Plus, having a child is a handful. Miss Coco is enough for me to handle right now."
"What can I say, she loves her uncle Dee."
Suddenly, there was a knock coming from the front of the van and they all got serious.
"We're here." Ghost announced.
"Damn that was quick." Midnight commented.
They all climbed out the van that was not far from where the house was. The crouched behind the cars that were outside to get a closer look.
Ghost began to observe the area. He checked the streets, the houses, the lights, everything.
"I say there's at least 8 people inside, not including the people we are going for. 2 cars out front. All lights are on, meaning they are all awake. About 4 shadows have already walked past the window. This might be a loud entry." Midnight pointed out before Ghost could say anything. She saw Ghost squint at her so she smirked back. "Don't be acting brand new. You know stake outs is my thing."
Ghost shook his head with a slight smirk on his face. There was a reason they worked well together. He was silent, she was observant. They worked the best at night because they used the dark to their advantage in ways some people didn't understand. It was almost like Midnight could see in the dark. She could find anything at night.
"Look." Midnight pointed to the front lawn. "There's bottles out there. They must be drunk." As if on cue, a large man stumbled outside with an empty bottle in his hand. He made his way to one of the cars, opened it and collapsed inside. "Oh, this is too easy."
HO looked at his boss for their next move. "What's the plan?"
"Ok." Ghost took a deep breath. "Midnight, MC, Tri and I will go in first. We will make the way in clear, that's when Reezy, Dee and HO will come in after us. Kill the ones that are necessary, except the 3 girls we're looking for."
"And the boy." Midnight added.
Ghost looked at her for a second before looking back at the house. "Yeah, that nigga too." He looked up and saw two figures standing by the window. One looked like a female, the other looked like a male. That's when they saw the two hug. "I guess that's the couple. Let's go."
With skill, they all creeped up to the house, masks up, making sure they stayed hidden. Midnight walked up to the car and peered inside. The man was passed out. She slowly opened the door to hear him snoring away. She looked down in his lap and gagged. "Nasty fucker." There was a bag of cocaine that was spilled out onto his trousers... and his penis, that just so happened to be outside his pants. "That's fucking disgusting." She screwed her face up in disgust. She had no idea what he was about to do but did not want to know any detail of it.
Her eyes went wide when the man began to wake up. "What the, who ar-ugk!"
Before the man had a chance to shout, Midnight drove her knife into his temple, killing him instantly. "Ya naaassty." She turned to the men that were waiting for her to finish. She ducked back down and tip toed towards Ghost who was closes to the door. She smirked despite him not being able to see it but she knew he knew she was smirking. "1-0."
Ghost shook his head. "Childish."
"Come on, a nigga just waiting to fight some bastards." Reezy whispered yelled from the back.
Ghost rolled his eyes before stepping up to the door. He slightly pulled the handle down and saw that it was unlocked. 'Perfect.' He turned to his people behind him and nodded. They all had a weapon in their hand, ready.
He stood and with lightning speed, made his way inside. Everyone else filled in behind him in formation. "Nobody fucking move! Put your fucking hands up."
There was 6 men surrounding a table of alcohol, guns and cocaine.
"Damn, don't you know you don't get high on your own supply." MC shook his head disappointed.
"Nigga we do the same thing shit." Tri looked at him confused.
"Oh yeah." MC couldn't help but laugh at his slip up.
During this time, one of the men reached for his gun but Midnight saw this and pulled the trigger. He was hit right in the chest. He was going to die slowly. "2-0."
Ghost had to hold himself from rolling his eyes. "MC, get the rest." She nodded and did what she was told. HO, Dee and Reezy walked in all with their guns raised and ready to shoot. "Midnight, you're with me. The rest of you stay here... kill whoever tries something." They nodded.
Reezy snickered. "I dare one of you motherfuckers to move. I fucking dare you! Try it and see if I won't blow your fucking heads off. I'm a real nigga so I mean that shit too."
Ghost and Midnight made their way through the house. "I check down here, you go upstairs and get the girls."
Midnight nodded and started to walk up the stairs. As she got on the landing, she saw three doors. She was about to approach the door she saw the silhouettes standing at when a weight swept her off her feet.
"Fuck." She groaned out, winded. Doing her best to recover quickly, she grabbed the persons leg and pulled, causing them to trip, falling on their stomach. From the moan of pain, Midnight knew this was a female.
The female flipped onto her back and tried to kick Midnight, but she expected it and rolled over. She jumped to her feet and kicked the woman in the chest when she tried to get back up. She also had a mask on so she couldn't really see what she looked like but she could see the neat finger waves in her head and that she was black. Before Midnight could kick her back down again, the woman somehow spun and was on her feet. They squared up to each other, waiting for who was going to swing first.
"Fuck it." Midnight muttered. Adrenaline was pumping through her veins as she swung at the woman in front of her but nothing connected because she ducked. Midnight anticipated this and swung her other fist in her jaw. "Ha. Gotcha." But that punch to the face was did nothing to her and she swung straight back. They started to exchange blows. They were fast and powerful, both trying to out fight the other. Both women were strong and were not about to roll over and give up. Frustrated at how long it was taking, Midnight managed to get her hand through and punched the woman dead on her lips.
"Bitch!" The woman shouted. She ripped off her mask and threw it on the floor. From what Midnight could see, she busted her lip pretty bad. As the woman looked up, ready to fight again, Midnight froze.
"Huh?" Midnight let the sound of confusion slip out her mouth as she stared the older woman in front of her. She couldn't believe if what she was see was what she was seeing.
"What?"
"You lo-" Before Midnight could finish, she heard footsteps running up the stairs.
"Midnight you good?" Ghost asked.
She quickly pulled down her mask and turned towards the stairs. "Ghost, wai-" Midnights chest popped out as she flew forward and landed in Ghost's arms. The woman had kicked Midnight in the back after she turned her back, given her open access.
"Wait!" Midnight shouted desperately as she went to stop the woman but it was too late. The other black woman raced towards the window and jumped out. Ghost and Midnight ran to the window to see the woman sprinting to the car that didn't have the dead body and drive away. "Fuck!"
"Why're you so angry? People's gotten away before." Ghost questioned as he pulled down his mask.
"Ugh, I will explain when we get back. Let's find them and go." Midnight sighed and she placed her hand on her back. "Any kills?"
"1."
"2-1."
Ghost reached the door that they believed had the girls and kicked it down and behold. They were there. They looked at Ghost with wide eyes as they huddled on the only bed in the room.
"Don't. Touch. Them."
The leader of the Panther's looked to his left to see a lean, young, white boy pointing a gun at his head.
"Don't move or I'll blow your fucking head off."
Ghost sighed, not being bothered for the long 'put your gun down, no one has to get hurt' talk. Instead, he stuck his hand out to the side, grabbed the gun, twisted the boy's arm which made him shout in pain and let go of the gun. Ghost caught the gun in his other hand and within seconds, let all the bullets drop to the floor.
"Show off." Midnight mumbled as she stepped out his shadow.
"Midnight?!"
Midnight smirked and held her hands out. "Yes, the one and only."
In front of them were the 3 girls Midnight had mentioned before. One looked of Greek decent, another looked mixed race, about the same shade as Jazmine and the last one seemed to be Native America.
"You actually came to look for us?" The Native American girl asked.
"I doubt they did Indigo." The girl with the pitch-black hair mumbled.
Ghost squinted his eyes at her. "We didn't plan to actually but if you want us to walk out here and leave you, we can. That's no problem to me." The girl immediately got quiet. "Yeah I thought so."
"Midnight, that's Noah, the one I was telling you about." The mixed girl told her, grinning from ear to ear.
Midnight looked him up and down as he cradled his red hand. She knew Huey didn't hurt him that bad. It made her really wondered how he lasted so long in the gang because he didn't seem to be able to cope with a little pain too well. "Oh." The girl stood and Midnights eyes went wide. "Shit Summer!"
"You have to be fucking kidding me." Ghost mumbled as he rubbed his forehead. This was the least thing he needed.
"You're pregnant?!"
Summer smiled and rubbed her growing bump proudly. "Yeah. Me and Noah are having a baby. A little girl."
"But, huh." Raven the remembered the months that have passed. "How was you going to raise a baby in this fucked environment if we never came for you?"
"Well, Vladimir gave us permission to keep the baby. Well, that was only if it was a boy to keep the gang strong but we didn't tell him that it was actually a girl." Summer explained.
"Permission?" Midnight looked at them with wide eyes and they all nodded. "Well ain't that some shit."
"Guys, I hate to break up your little reunion but-" Ghost got cut off by the sound of 2 bullets flying through the air. "We need to leave so are you coming or not."
Odessa raised towards the door. "Don't have to tell me twice. I wanna go home!"
They all made their way downstairs with Ghost in front. Midnight paused as she looked at the mask the mystery woman had left on the floor. She could see the blood from her busted lip glistening in the light. That's when an idea popped in her head that could help the crazy theory that was spinning around in her head so she quickly picked it up and put it in her pocket. As they made their way to the living room, they saw that only 3 men were left.
"You got what you needed?" MC asked.
Ghost nodded.
"Dead or alive?" Dee asked.
The leader thought about it for a second. "Leave 1. Let him tell Vladimir that I'm coming for his neck very soon."
As soon as Ghost gave the instructions, Reezy let two bullets fly through the air, leaving one man. He walked up to the last man standing who was breathing heavy and pulled down his mask so he could see the large smirk on his face.
"You got lucky, you're the last bitch standing." Reezy placed the gun to the man's temple, burning his skin from just being used. "Tell your bitch ass boss that Reezy personally said to suck his left nut. No homo. Make sure to add the no homo part... because if I find out you didn't, imma beat your ass!"
"Reezy ease up man, let's bounce." Tri had to pull his cousin back from the man quivering in fear. Watching the way the man was acting made them all question how he even got into this lifestyle because he looked as if he wouldn't last a second.
"Yeah that's right! Shake like the bitch you are, haha!" Reezy did a little jog from when his cousin pulled onto his arm to get him out the house. "That was so damn easy. I need to light some place up!"
Ghost shook his head. "We're done for the day. We have to put these kids up in a motel."
"Are you going to take us back home or keep us as bait?" Indigo couldn't help but to ask. She had now developed trust issues, especially with men. She couldn't trust a word any of them said to her until she saw results.
Midnight turned to looked at the girls and the one boy there. "Look, we're not like them." She started off seriously. "I mean, yeah we sell and kill people but we're much nicer. We saved your asses which says something. Tonight, you rest then tomorrow you meet us at the mall where we will give you what you need and then you can go to the police station across the street. No strings attached, no connection to us or Chicago for that matter once you go back home."
Indigo felt a bit better knowing she would be able to go home after months of smuggling drugs and other things she wanted to burn from her memory.
"Don't have to tell me twice." Odessa said as she jumped in the van. They could all see she was desperate to go home and the rest climbed in behind her.
HO started up the van and drove away from the house that had a few dead bodies lying around.
Midnight looked over and saw Noah and Summer holding onto each other tight. It was kind of weird to see considering her circumstances. "So, what you planning on doing with the baby now that you're free?" The young couple eyes connecting with Midnight before looking around. Everyone was watching and waiting for an answer. "I mean, your brother wouldn't be too happy to hear your running off with a girl you got pregnant. Leaving your only family behind."
Noah shrugged. "I mean, he would've but it doesn't matter what he thinks because he's dead." He nodded. "Yeah, my brother was killed by that dickhead. They tried to say it was you guys but one other guy told me Vladimir pulled the trigger himself. I always hated him. Now I have nothing holding me back, I have a new family. Thank you for getting me out of there... now I can live a normal life and be a father to my little girl." He smiled at Summer and rubbed her swelling stomach.
"That's some crazy shit." MC commented.
"I said the same thing." Indigo shook her head.
"Well just know you can go home soon to whoever was waiting for you in Detroit."
"Well I was in college studying to become a biochemist but I have no idea what's going to happen now. Being away and being pregnant? I was so close to graduating. My parents are going to flip."
"Whatever happens, just know I'm here with you." Noah told her sincerely.
Odessa sighed. "Before all this, I was just working jobs back to back just to get by. The one time my friend convinces me to go to a college party, I get fucking kidnapped. Ain't that some shit."
"At least you weren't just minding your own business on the same street." Indigo spoke up. "I just left my friend's house that lived in that area who I just visited. I had just graduated. That's when I heard a female crying for help so I went to look... and here I am. In a back of a strange van, with strange people going to an unknown location."
"Ay, don't start that sassy shit. Niggas trying to help you." Reezy told her.
"What he's trying to say is... you're welcome." Tri smirked.
Midnight rolled her eyes and lifted both her hands to slap the back of their necks as they sat either side of her. "You two can be such a pain in the ass sometimes." She then addressed the people they just saved. "Look. When you go to the cops, tell them to get you the fuck outta here and don't look back, ever. They will kill you if they find you."
"But don't worry, he won't get the chance because we will kill them before they have the chance to." Dee reassured them.
"You wanna send me an email when you're done?" Odessa asked sarcastically.
MC shrugged. "Sure thing. Expect it soon."
They all lightly laughed. It wasn't that funny but it was the most light hearted conversation they could have in the circumstances.
At the front, Ghost rubbed his forehead. He had a mini head ache growing and he didn't like it. The sun was beginning to rise and his business was still not finished. He still had to get the girls and the boy somewhere for the night and make sure they had everything before they meet up again, go to Jazmine's house then finally home. They all agreed to regroup tomorrow at the Blue Moon when the girls go back on stage since it had already been a long day and night. Ghost didn't want his people to be drained because that wouldn't be good for them. Jazmine had given him her key so he could get her some clothes for her to wear tomorrow. She knew the girls would be grateful that their boyfriends got them some clothes to wear too, plus, they didn't want to be in the clothes they wore to the funeral the day before. It wouldn't feel nice.
"You good?" HO asked as he saw Ghost rub his forehead intensely.
"Yeah. Just trying to get this headache to go away."
"You know rubbing it doesn't mean that it will go away." HO smirked.
Ghost rolled his eyes. "I know that. I just can't wait to go back home."
"Would it be because there's a certain someone currently lying in your bed fast asleep? I mean, I get it, I do too. You're not alone here."
Ghost sighed through his nose. His friend wasn't wrong but he just didn't want to admit it. He really did want to hold that person that was lying in his bed right now. Her body felt nice pressed up against his and he wanted to feel that again. He just had to.
"Don't worry, we'll be home soon." HO reassured him before getting serious. "We're here."
"Good. Let's get this shit done." Ghost tapped behind him to get their attention. "We're here."
"About damn time." Reezy said as he made his way to get out the van. Ghost couldn't help but agree. He just wanted everything to move on quickly so he could get back home.
He needed to get back home soon.
"What?! What do you mean they killed my men, took my drug girls, even that boy that I couldn't give two shits about and then said they were coming for my neck?!"
"Uh I um." The man stuttered nervously.
"And your dumb ass was the only one alive?!"
"Ah no sir, I mean, yes sir." He cleared his throat, trying his best to sound in control but he was scared of dying. "And Reezy said to personally tell him to suck his left nut- no homo."
"Son of a bitch!" Vladimir shouted and shoot 5 times in the air. He didn't even care about the debris from the celling dropping onto his head and shoulders. "Disrespect me... that's the wrong move. I will fucking end them all. Everything single one of them motherfuckers." He began to curse in Russian but paused when he remembered something. "Where the fuck is Cheetah?"
"Excuse me?"
Vladimir squinted his eyes. He was about ready to kill this man. "Did I stutter? Cheetah! Where the fuck is she?!"
"I'm here."
He looked up as he saw the slim but muscular woman standing by the door with her arms crossed. Her brown skin was somehow glowing and her finger waves were rough from the fight.
"Where have you been?"
She rolled her maroon eyes as she took a seat in front of his desk. That's when he could see her busted lip. "Relax. I had to sort some shit out."
"Well you let my fucking drug girls go."
She squinted her eyes at him. "What the fuck are you on about? I did no such fucking thing you ungrateful piece of shit."
Vladimir took a deep breath. She was really the only person that was brave enough to talk to him the way she did. She knew she could get away with it. They had a deep history so it was the only reason he would allow her to talk to him like that.
"Just... tell me what the fuck happened?" Vladimir asked. The man couldn't even hide his shock. His hot-headed boss allowed someone to cuss him, still be alive and then get him to be calm. It was so weird that it was even scary to see.
"I was chilling in the house. Your men got drunk and high. The girls and that Noah boy was all in one room. Next thing I hear a gun shot and someone coming up the stairs. I tackled the girl but she managed to bust my lip but for some reason, she paused and looked as if she recognised me. It was strange." Cheetah recounted.
'Fuck.' Vladimir thought. He tried to hide his annoyance but Cheetah saw right through it. 'They couldn't know, could they?'
"What does it mean?"
"Nothing, continue."
Cheetah looked at him and knew he was hiding something and she wanted to know what it was. He seemed more rattled than she thought he would be. She thought it was nothing but it obviously seemed like something. She was going to make him address it after telling him what happened because if he didn't, she might just have to beat the living day lights out of him.
"Then Ghost came up the stairs so while she had her back turned, I kicked her into him, jumped out the window and raced to the car." She finished her story and looked at the other man in the room. "And your dumb ass couldn't do shit about the men that were downstairs?"
He slightly jumped as he realised he was now being addressed. "Huh? Oh, um, there was 5 of them. They all had guns pointed at us. They had too much power over us."
"No! No they don't!" Vladimir shouted in frustration. "If you give them power, they will think they have power!" He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "You have... 5 seconds to get the fuck out of my face before I blast it across my fucking floor. 1." The man didn't have to be asked twice and raced out the room. "I swear I got a bunch of bitches in this gang."
Cheetah smirked amusingly. It was funny to her to see him stressed out. "Maybe if you recruited more woman to do more of your dirty work that your men do instead of limiting them to be whores and flirt with your enemies and getting more customers... your business would move just along even better. You've seen what Natasha is capable of."
"Ha! We both know what her sister was like and that bitch is dead. You really think that?"
"I know that."
"You sure? Because my regulars tell me time and time again how nice it was to snort coke off a sexy women's breast."
She rolled her eyes. "You guys are sick."
"It's business."
"Whatever. Let's get back to my business. Why the fuck did that Panther girl look at me as if she's seen me before?"
Vladimir gritted his teeth. "How the fuck am I supposed to know? Maybe she seen you walking around the mall or something."
"Stop fucking with me!" She shouted at him. "You and I both know this is the first time I have stepped foot in Chicago and even then, this whole time I have been doing behind the scenes work. I have just about been to fucking KFC. She acted as if she knew me Vlad, what are you not getting through your fucking skull."
He shrugged. "I don't fucking know. Maybe you remind her of someone or something. You know you all-"
"Don't even finish that sentence unless you want the taste slapped out of your mouth." She threated, knowing exactly what he was about to say.
"As I was saying... you might just have a face that everyone thinks is well known. Nothing too big."
She didn't believe him. She knew he was hiding something because he wouldn't have given her such a stupid explanation. She knew deep down, there was more to it and she was going to find out what it was. By any means necessary. She didn't mind if it required kicking Vladimir down to get what she needed to know.
"Fine... I gotta go." Cheetah went and stood, getting ready to leave.
"You don't wanna stay and keep my company?" He asked her flirtatiously.
"No." She answered back with no emotion. "Don't call me unless you need something for business. If not, do not disturb, I'll be sleeping."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that."
"Suck a left nut!" She shouted before shutting the door behind her, not looking back.
Hearing that made his smile drop. That was the second time he was hearing that today. 'Fuck...'
Jazmine kicked out her legs as she stretched but stopped when she felt herself kick something. Someone's leg. 'Who is this?' She lifted the covers to see a pair of brown arms resting on her waist. That's when she remembered where she was and she slightly smiled. She didn't hear him come in but she was glad he was.
"I got what you wanted."
Jazmine slightly jumped as she heard the deep voice say right into her ear. "Shit Huey. I thought you was sleeping."
"I was, then I felt you wake up."
She turned around so they were face to face but he kept his eyes closed. She reached up and stroked his cheek softly that was strangely smooth. He had facial hair but there was nothing there. "Have you thought about growing a beard?"
"I never was one for facial hair. This goatee just happened. Even then, I might just shave it all off."
"Hm. I know I will like either one. I'm not picky." Jazmine leaned forward and lightly kissed him on the lips. His eyes were still closed but he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss. "Hm." She threw her leg around his waist and pressed her body against his. She loved the feeling of him on her skin. "I can do this all day."
His phone began to ring.
"Or so I thought."
Huey pulled away and finally opened his eyes, already missing the feeling of her lips on his. "Sorry." He apologised.
"It's ok. Take it, it might be important." She gave him a kiss in reassurance.
He reached over and grabbed his phone, not even looking at the caller id.
"Yeah."
"You up?"
"I answered didn't I."
"Whatever, we need to go now. I don't want them girls to be held up at the motel any longer, they need to get home."
"Raven how are you not tired?"
"I have a baby now, I can run on little sleep for long periods of time." She answered him back. "Get ready nigga! I already called your brother and had him cuss me out, I don't have time to be cussing you back."
Huey rolled his eyes and looked down at Jazmine who was just sitting there watching him talk. "I'll see you in about an hour."
"Fine."
Huey hung up and placed his phone back on his bedside table.
"Everything ok?" Jazmine asked.
Huey swung his legs off the bed and sighed. "Yeah, I just gotta go to the mall."
"Oh can I come? I wanna buy a new outfit for tonight."
Huey stayed still, thinking about what to say. He wasn't going there for leisure, he was meeting the girls from last night to give them what they need and send them home. He didn't really want her to come but the mall was a public place, nothing should go wrong and even if it does, he will protect her.
"The thing is, I got something to handle at the mall but you can still come along. You can walk around while I do what I need to do. It's up to you." Huey suggested to her.
Jazmine thought if she should just stay here and wait for him to come back but then again, she didn't want him out of her sight for any longer. He was already away when she slept, she wanted him close.
"I'll come. The girls will come too so I won't be lonely while you handle you business."
Huey nodded. "Alright. You wanna get in the shower first?"
She got out the bed and walking in front of him, still only in her underwear she straddles Huey. He smirked at her and rested his hands on her hips. He began to stroke her hips as he felt the stretch marks that her occupying the area. "I mean, we could always shower together... but I guess you're not ready yet."
Huey slightly clenched his teeth, he would do anything just to take her right here, right now... but he needed to get his things sorted out. "Oh I'm ready. I'm just not sure you're ready because trust me, you will fall in love with me."
"Wooooow someone's cocky."
"I just know what I'm working with." He flited with her.
Jazmine giggled and gave him a peck on the lips. "Do you have any spare toiletry?"
"It's all in the bag, I can get you a towel though." Huey told her.
"Thank you so much Huey. You didn't have to."
"I mean, I kinda did. Your keys are in the bag also." Huey pointed behind her where a black bag sat.
"Much appreciated." She removed herself from his lap and grabbed the bag.
"Don't take too long." Huey smirked at her eye roll.
"Shh. I don't have any makeup so I won't. Stupid." She stuck her tongue out at him, causing him to jump up after her. "Ah!" She screamed and giggled as he chased her to the bathroom. "Go away!"
She slammed the door in his face and couldn't help but burst into laughter as she locked the door.
"Real childish Jazmine."
"Haha. You can't get me." She walked over to the shower and turned it on, making sure it was hot. The room was already steaming up. She tied up her hair, stripped down and stepped into the shower.
"Damn my ass forgot how cold Chicago could be." Royalty complained as she stuffed her hands in her coat pocket.
"Ay it's not that cold." Riley looked at her strange.
Royalty kissed her teeth. "Do I have to remind you... I'm a bomboclaut island girl? This weather is not for me."
"I still have no clue how you're not used it after we have been living here for years. Even Woodcrest had cold winters." Ming said to her.
"Whatever, let's just inside."
Today, there was a whole group of them that had made their way to the mall. Four went for shopping while the other seven of them went there to handle some business. Winter was kicking in and some was feeling it more than others.
Jazmine looked up at Huey who had his arm wrapped around her. She really enjoyed this position and knew it was something she could get used to. "You going to do any shopping?"
He shook his head. "Nah, I just wanna get my shit over with and go."
"Ah come on Huey, relax a little."
"Yeah Huey, relax a little." Raven teased from her spot next to Jazmine.
They all stopped in the middle of the mall where there were empty seats that they were about to fill. "Alright, Cindy, Ming, Royalty and Jazmine, you can go and do your shopping while we'll be here. If anything happens, call one of us and if we have to go, we'll let you know." Huey told them, which they nodded to since they were given a brief talk about it before they left.
Caesar pulled out his car keys and placed it in Cindy's hands. "If we need to leave, these are the keys to my car for you to take for you to get home. You can pick up your car when we exchange once we link back up."
"Thanks." Cindy reached up and gave him a kiss on the cheek, making him smile.
"Eww." Raven said childishly.
Caesar stuck his tongue out at her. "Jealous."
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes before looking over at the girls. "So, Huey and I kind touched upon the idea of getting you guys some type of official self-defence training. Mostly hand to hand, a little gun or knife. You know, basics. We just wanted to let y'all know that the shit that happened a few months ago is never gonna happen again and we will make sure of it."
Ming looked between her friends who all shared the same thoughts. "I mean, yeah, we're up for it. We had some guys up in Woodcrest that could get us anything we needed for half price of what they would usually get it for if we ever needed anything."
"Serious?" Dante asked shocked. He wouldn't expect them to know someone with that type of access.
"Yup. Easy shit." Royalty nodded.
"There's these two guys, Ed and Rummy. The craziest duo you will ever meet. Ed is the descendent of the man that founded Woodcrest. He got a few screws loses but he was cool with us. They kinda monitored us when we started to smoke and drink, could get us anything we wanted. I even went on some bat shit adventures with them. Shooting guns and shit but then my parents tried to limit how much I saw them. They weren't no creepy guys, they were chill. They're like our older, deranged, brothers." Cindy explained to them.
"They used that privilege to great use."
Jazmine shook her head. "I wouldn't say they did all the time... they would shoot up places for no damn reason sometimes."
"Damn, I didn't know you got down with niggas like that."
"They weren't niggas, they some white boys." Royalty told Riley.
Hiro looked shocked. "So, that's just how it be in Woodcrest?"
Jazmine shrugged. "Pretty much."
"And they didn't get in any trouble?" Demetrius asked with the same amount of shock.
"Not one time. I mean, they may get arrest but they were out within 12 hours at most." Ming told him.
"You guys were really rolling with the gang before rolling with a real gang." Riley snickered.
"I guess you could say that."
Their conversation was cut off by Huey's phone, making them remember what some of them was actually there for.
"Yeah?" He answered. "Good. Meet me by H&M." He said into the phone before hanging up.
"They here?" Raven asked, earning her a nod in response. "Alright." She reached into her pocket and pulled out some money before handing Jazmine some money, who was shocked and confused. "Can you buy some clothes for me please? Cairo just keeps growing out of the ones I have out of nowhere and this is the first time I have stepped foot in the mall in a minute."
"Uh, sure thing. What size is he?"
"6-9 months. Can you mostly get winter wear? Or any summer clothes on sale will do." Raven informed her.
Dante lightly chuckled. "Not easy is it? I'm glad Coco is small/average for her age. Her clothes last a good while. One of the traits she took from her mother."
"Must be fucking nice. This boy looks like he's going to be 6ft at 13 by this point. The doctors say he will reach up there by the way his charts are looking."
"Ha. Good luck with that." Demetrius laughed and pointed at her.
Royalty looked at Raven and smiled. "Don't worry girl. We will make sure little homie is dressed to the nines."
"Thank you, I appreciate it."
The dancers finally said their goodbyes before skipping off to the one of the many clothes store they were dying to go back to after being away for months.
"Aw look at Huey's ex and current girlfriend getting along. Happy families." Caesar teased his friend.
Huey rolled his eyes before sitting on the bench, some following him. "Shut up Micahel."
"Ouch, the formality hurts."
"He has a point. Stop making everything weird." Raven punched Caesar in the arm, who quickly rubbed the spot she hit. "Anyway. We need to talk, Huey, Riley, Dante, Demetrius."
"Damn what a nigga do now?" Riley asked annoyed.
"Nothing." She took a deep breath. She didn't know how to word it because it had been sitting on her mind all night. She thought she was crazy but maybe she wasn't. She had no clue what to think or what to say at this point so she let her mouth run with whatever it wanted. "I think you guys have another family member."
They all looked at her confused, even Hiro and Caesar.
"I mean, I think everyone has endless family." Hiro squinted at her.
She rolled her eyes. "I know that, I mean." She took a deep breath before pulling out a clear bag with the mask she picked up last night. "When we went to that house last night, you know how I had the fight with the woman. Well, when she took off her mask after I busted her lip, she looked familiar to me."
"Sooooo?" Caesar dragged out.
"Ugh, nigga let me finish. She looks familiar because she has the same eyes and facial expression as a nigga I have known for nearly 26 years and another 3 I have known for nearly 24." She looked pointedly between the brothers and twins.
"So what you're trying to say is, there's a Freeman rolling with the Russians?" Huey cleared up, making Raven nod. "But it doesn't make any sense. 1, why would they be on the enemies' side and 2, how comes we don't know about them? All Freeman's know Freeman's."
Raven sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I don't know Huey, I thought the same thing but when I tell you she looked just like you guys, it was scary."
"You think she's a cousin or one of our siblings or something?" Dante asked, curious about who this woman could be.
"Nah." She shook her head. "She looked a bit older. Older as in, your grandad, aunt Cookie or late uncle Ryan's child."
The Freeman boys all now had a lost look on their faces. Their family were close, they knew about everyone who shared the same last name as them. Robert was the only one that had children, their fathers. Christian, Dominic and Mario. Ryan slept around with many women but never produced a child and Cookie was said to have fertility complications which caused her to have 4 miscarriages and 1 still born before her husband passed away from cancer. The only Freeman's from them were accounted for. There was no talk of any other child.
"But, that doesn't make any sense." Demetrius said what they were all thinking.
"I thought that too but the resemblance was uncanny. Not many people have the same maroon eyes you guys have."
Huey was deep in thought. If it was true, how did she end up with the Russians? Never in all this time on earth has anyone muttered a word about aunt Cookie or uncle Ryan having an offspring. So how was it possible that Raven saw someone that had the trademark look of a Freeman? He needed to find out so he pulled out his phone and went to dial a number but before he did, he turned to Raven. "You saying that's her blood?" Raven nodded, certain. "Ok, when we're done here, can you bring it to Pedro and ask him to get someone to test it asap."
"Sure. I was going to anyway, just wanted to run it by you first."
Dante let out a breath. "Damn. We got a whole family member we don't know?"
"Shit, niggas best start owning up. Keeping a secret like that. A bitch is betraying the family, we should've known that shit."
"Maybe she is the long-lost daughter of Ryan Freeman that he didn't know about? The baby mama ran off when she was pregnant before he knew." Hiro logical thought.
"Yeah that could be it." Caesar nodded in agreement.
"Only way to find out is to investigate." Huey dialled the number. As he did, he saw the four people he was waiting for coming his way so he knew he needed to be quick.
"Hello?" The person answered on the other line.
"Hey Jaliyah. How are you?"
"Good, just on my break right now. Watcha need nigga?" She asked her older cousin. They were the family to check up on each other every now and then to see if the other was alive but she knew in his tone that he needed her help.
"I need you to look over some medical records of grandma, aunt Cookie and uncle Ryan for me. I need to know if there were any children born that we do not know about." Huey requested.
"Huh?" Jaliyah was beyond confused. "Nigga what business I got looking at them shits?"
"It's a long to explain now as I have something to do but can you just do this favour for me please? I will tell you, Anthony and Monique everything once you get some info. Alright?"
Jaliyah sighed. This was not what she expected her older cousin to come drop on her while she was at work, on her much-needed break. However, she couldn't deny her curiosity about what it was about.
"Ok. I'll work on it now while I have time left. You owe me cuz."
Huey smirked. "Yeah I gotchu. Don't worry. Later."
"Bye."
Huey hung up just in time as Noah, Odessa, Indigo and Summer all stood in front of him. They all looked well rested but also a bit paranoid. He understood the way they were acting which is why he wanted to this to go quickly.
"Any trouble." Huey asked, immediately going into Ghost mode.
Noah shook his head. "No. Everything was clear. I checked and made sure we weren't followed."
"Good." Ghost turned towards MC who nodded. The dread picked up the backpack they had carried for them. "This is yours. Some money in there from what we took from that house you were at. It's in four stacks. Do as you please with it. You should've seen the police station across the street as you walked in. They will help you from there. Call your parents or whoever is looking for you. Tell them limited information because if you tell them anything, they will keep you here longer and you don't want that do you?" They shook their heads. "Alright. That's it."
"Remember. You don't know us either." Midnight reminded them.
Summer pulled Midnight in a hug which sort of caught her off guard. She could feel her bump lightly resting on her own stomach. "Thank you guys so much! After everything that man put you through, but you're still standing here looking strong and even came back to help us. I will forever be thankful to you, even if I am meant to forget about you."
Midnight shrugged as she stepped back from the hug. "Ain't nothing. We just like seeing dickheads like him crumble."
Dee laughed. "You got that right sis."
"I think we should go now." Indigo spoke up. "I mean, I am thankful for everything you did to help us but I'm getting anxiety just standing around."
"Right. Thank you, sorry if I sounded bitchy last night. It's been a rough few months." Odessa rubbed her arms timidly. She was completely opposite to who they saw when they first found her.
"No problem." Midnight smiled softly at them.
"Ay, me and Dee are going to watch them walk over ite? We gonna dip after too." Tri announced.
Ghost nodded, liking the idea. "Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll see you later." They all dapped each other up before walking away with the drug girls and Noah walking further in front of them so it didn't look like they were together.
Caesar sighed. They had barely been out but he felt as if they had done so much. "Let's go find the girls now."
"I just text Ming, they're heading into footlocker."
Riley laughed at Hiro who was smiling ear to ear. "Damn, your ass is whipped already. That's some weak nigga shit."
"No its not dumb ass." Raven rolled her eyes at the youngest Freeman. "It's called being grown and actually being mature about relationships. Some shit you need to learn."
"Ohhhhh." Hiro and Caesar instigated.
Riley kissed his teeth. "Whatever. A real nigga like me will never be whipped over no female." Lies. A complete and utter lie. He knew he was whipped on a female right now. They all knew it and she wasn't even his girl official. He still had a little time to make up for and he was making sure he made his way back into her good books.
"You let mom hear you say that and see if she don't slap the taste out of your mouth for thinking that." Huey smirked as he saw his brothers face drop. He tried to recover but it was too late, they already saw.
"Oh my gosh this is so cute!"
"Jazmine. That's the 5th thing you have said is cute and we just walked into the store."
"I know Cin... but this is so cute!"
Cindy shook her head at her friend before walking away. They just got to Footlocker as they all randomly decided to buy a pair of sneakers when Jazmine had wondered to the baby section. She had been shopping for Raven and had a few dollars left to buy the baby one outfit. There, Jazmine was tearing up with happiness at the adorable, baby sized clothes.
"Someone catching baby fever..." Ming trailed off as she smirked at Jazmine.
She pouted. "And what if I am?"
Ming held her hands up in defence and just laughed. "I mean, I guess we all get it every now and then."
"No Ming, hers is all the time." Royalty pointed out.
Cindy was still close enough to hear what Royalty said and went back over to the group of friends, forgetting the shoe she was looking at for a second. "Uh huh. Don't act like you don't have them moments too. Yours isn't as bad as Jazzy's but your ass be having them moments."
"Well who knows, I might be looking after a baby in a few months that never came from me."
Jazmine looked at her sympathetically. "But you guys talked it over right?"
Royalty sighed and nodded. "I know but that shit be playing with a girls head ever since. For a bitch's name to be Nike, that's just ghetto and I have no time for a ghetto baby mama because that creates problem."
"Well who knows, she might be nice."
Ming, Cindy and Royalty looked at her to say 'seriously?' They all knew Royalty had every right to feel the way she was feeling but the optimistic Jazmine always tried to find ways to make a situation better. However, this time, it didn't work.
"Ok, fine, fine. Leave me alone!" Jazmine dramatically dismissed her friends, making them laugh but leave anyway.
Royalty went over and looked over at the new display of Jordan's in the men's section. She always disliked how sneakers gave woman the weird designed or coloured shoes were as men had nicer shoes that she would go for. She picked up one shoe and began to look over the design and colour.
"I see you have nice taste."
Royalty slightly jumped as she heard a voice right next to her. The voice wavered as they chuckled at her reaction.
"Damn, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that."
She turned to see a light skin male who looked around the same age as her, standing there in the referee looking uniform. She couldn't deny and say he wasn't good looking.
"It's fine. I was just spaced out for a second looking at these shoes."
Before he could say anything, Jazmine called her name. "Royalty looked at these baby shoes!" She shouted before disappearing between the racks of clothes in seconds, making the girl wonder what was going through her friend's head.
"Hm. Royalty. That defiantly suits you." He smiled cheekily at her which she thought was cute. "Yeah, these shoes are fire at the moment. We have limited stock on these shoes as they are selling out fast." He looked down at the sneakers she had on before looking back at her. "I say you're a roughly a size 6."
Her eyes widened as she looked down at her own feet and back up at him. "Nigga, how you know that?" He shrugged cockily as Royalty looked at his name. "Winston got some skills I see."
"I mean, I can show you what other skills I got if you allow me to kindly take your number."
'And I oop.' Royalty thought. 'Now that! Was smooth. But damn, Riley. My boo. Nigga you lucky I'm trying to cuff your ass.'
She smiled apologetically at Winston. "Look, I'm-" She had no time to lightly decline his offer when Riley slide up next to her out of nowhere, scaring her. "Shit! What the hell is wrong with you niggas and sneaking up on a me?"
Riley automatically got defensive and squared up to the other male. "Who's you?"
"Name's Winston and I was just helping Royalty here."
Riley looked back and forth between the two. "Do y'all know each other?"
"No, I just met him." Royalty sighed and rubbed her forehead, not wanting Riley to get all protective and start something.
"Well he said your name as if you've known each other for ages."
Royalty rolled her eyes. "Riley... don't start, please."
"I ain't staring shit."
On the other side of the store, the three official couples and Raven stood, watching the whole ordeal go down.
"He's starting shit isn't he?" Jazmine asked.
"Yup." Huey, Raven, Caesar and Hiro answered with barely a bat of an eyelid. They knew how Riley was already so just stood back and enjoyed the show.
Riley looked at the sneaker in Royalty's hand. "You want that baby?"
Royalty was confused and then remembered what she was holding in her hand. "Oh right, um, sure yeah."
"Ite." He turned to Winston who looked unbothered. "Nigga with the bitch ass name, get my girl these shoes in her size. Um-"
"6." Winston answered for her.
"Who the fu-"
"Riley. Re-fucking-lax." Royalty had to whisper-yelled at him and she glared into his eyes. She turned back to Winston with an apologetic smile once again. "Sorry about that but yes that size." He nodded and went to the back to get the shoes she wanted. Once he was out of frame, Royalty swiftly sent a back hand to Riley's chest. "Why you have to act like that?"
He jumped back confused. "Watchu mean? Act like what?"
"Like one jancro."
That just confused him even more, him being unfamiliar with Jamaican dialect. "Huh?"
"Ugh. Forget it. Let's just get the shoe and leave." She crossed her arms and walked towards the front desk, Riley trailing behind her, trying to find out why she was upset.
Caesar shook his head amusingly. "And he says he's not whipped, walking around like one love sick puppy dog."
"Lemme just record this for evidence." Hiro laughed as he pulled out his phone and began to record.
"Send that to me." Cindy told him and he nodded in agreement.
Jazmine turned to Raven and handed her a grey hoodie and sweats she had picked out. "I found this for Cairo. I haven't paid for it yet but now that you're here, you can approve of it or not. We can always put it back. Oh right and these too." She picked up a bag that held all baby clothes for her.
Raven smiled thankfully at Jazmine. "Thank you. And I like this, I'll go pay for it now." Jazmine handed back the remaining money and watched Raven walk over to the cash register, where Winston had come back with the shoe box.
"How much you wanna bet that Riley takes out a stack of money and slams it down to pay for the sneakers?" Huey smirked as he watched his brother.
"$20." Jazmine held out her hand and they shook on it.
They stood and watched Riley do exactly what Huey said he would do and Royalty crippling with embarrassing from Riley trying to show off.
Huey held out his hand and didn't even look at Jazmine. "Pay up."
She pouted as she pulled out a 20 and placed it in his hands. "That's no fun. He's your brother, you've been stuck with each other for years."
"Which means you should have none better to bet against me." He reached down and gave her a quick peck on the lips, instantly making her tuck in her bottom lip and blush. "You look cute when you blush... I am going to be so happy to do it to you more often." He mumbled against her lips, making her blush even harder.
Cindy cleared her throat behind them, irrupting their little stare off. "Sorry to stop you guys from eye fucking but Royalty looks about ready to get the fuck out of here and since we're done... I guess we can leave."
Jazmine tried her best to not look flustered and ran a hand through her hair, despite it being up in two pony tails. "Uh, right. We have the club tonight so we should get ready."
"Alright. Let's go." Huey wrapped his arm around Jazmine and pulled her close with the smirk still on his face from thinking about how he made her blush.
The whole time back to the car, Royalty was doing her best to ignore Riley but he wasn't having it while the others watched for amusement. They all knew Riley was in deep, he just wouldn't admit it to them. You could see that they were the youngest of the group, they would fight like children, then be all over each other and it was entertaining to see.
Huey felt his phone vibrate and pulled it out to see a text from his cousin. 'That was quick.' He thought as he read the text.
Jaliyah: I got something. You're going to want to see this.
Huey: That was quick. Thanks. Meet us at The Blue Moon tonight, we can discuss it then.
Jaliyah: I will get Monique and Anthony to come. See you later.
Huey: Yeah, later.
He put his phone away as they reached his car and Jazmine looked over at him.
"Everything alright?" She asked.
Huey sighed, not knowing how to answer that. "Hopefully, it is."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been treated once again. Put your hands together, for the one and only, Gems!" The DJ announced.
Everyone began to applaud as the four stepped out as Beyoncé - Dance for you began to play through the speakers. All four sat on the chairs, facing backwards in lingerie and tall heels showing off their body in different ways. They started off slow, grabbing all of their customers attention, making sure everyone could get a good look at them. As the chorus kicked in, they stood and walked to the centre stage, as the customers threw money to the floor in front of them. The members of the Panther's sat and watched their girls do their work with a different type of hunger in their eyes. It was different from the other men in the room as they knew that they were the only ones the girls were interested in. The other guys were just getting the attention with a price. Even then, it was near the level they were getting it on.
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald made their way to the four gang members and held out their hands, letting them see their perfect cleavage on display. The four happily accepted and allowed the girls to guide them to the chair they just started on. As the song progressed, they continued their slow and seductive dance. They wanted everyone to take in every detail and move they were making. Hiro, Caesar, Riley and Huey wanted to so badly to take their girl right there and then but they remembered where they were. They also wanted to touch the body that was rubbing against them but knew they weren't allowed to do that either.
The dancers straddled their 'customers' and leaned backwards, giving them full exposure of their bodies before quickly coming back up and close to their face, as if they were going to kiss them. Oh how badly they wanted to do so. They grinned on them for the last few seconds of the song before getting up and going to collect their money the crowd had flooded the stage with.
All the boys could do was slowly step off the stage, mesmerised by the performance they just got. They never got used to it. Now that they were together, they knew that they would get a happy ending from it rather than having them just walk away.
"I swear, Cindy gets sexier every time I see her." Caesar spoke in a daze.
"Ming never fails to surprise me."
"Royalty's ass best stop playing with me man." Riley breathed out, trying his best to cool himself down.
Huey didn't even need to say anything. They all knew what he was thinking. Jazmine wasn't like any other woman he had been with. She was something special and he was not letting her go. Her talents were endless.
"Ay yo cuz." He was brought out of his daydream when he heard Dante's voice. He looked over and saw his other cousins all standing behind him.
Huey turned to Caesar and Hiro who already nodded in understand. "Don't worry. We understand. Family shit. Go do you thing."
With that, Huey and Riley walked towards their cousins and acknowledged each other's. "Let's go to one of the private rooms."
As they walked to the back, they walked past all the other strippers walking around in long heels and barely any clothes on. He turned to the security guard that Raven put in place to manage the private rooms. "We need a room."
The security nodded, knowing who Huey was and pointed to a door at the end of the hall which was one of the smaller rooms. "Last door is empty. You can use that."
Just as they were about to walk to the room, Emerald and Diamond rolled up behind them in already a different outfit, more revealing to what they were wearing on stage but still covering what needed to be covered.
"Oh, uh, hi." They both nervously said. This was possibly going to be their official family in a few years and this was not the place nor the outfit to see them in.
"Hey guys, how you doing? It's been a minute huh." Monique was the first to say something.
"Yeah it has. Been a crazy few months for us all." Jazmine answered her.
"Yup. Well, I don't want to stop you from getting the bag so we'll leave you to it."
Royalty laughed. "Yeah. A girl gotta do what she gotta do to earn a little cash on the side... behind that door is a drunk bachelor party so we're about to bleed their pockets dry, deuces." She threw up a peace sign before walking into the room with the other dancer walking right behind her who sent Huey a wink before she walked in.
"How are you guys ok with what they are doing?" Jaliyah asked curiously. Not many men would allow their girl to be in this line of business so it was strange for her to see someone like her cousin to be fine with it.
Huey shrugged. "It's how I met her. Plus, she says she ready to branch out soon so I just gotta trust in the process."
"Yeah, I already told Royalty that she would never have to work a day in her life anymore but she didn't like that." Riley added, making his cousin roll her eyes.
"From the short time I have met her and seen her, I know she isn't one to just sit around." Jaliyah observed.
"It doesn't hurt to try."
Anthony cleared his throat to get their attention again. "Can we get this done with? It's a school night and I was dragged out with little information about why."
Riley smacked is lips in annoyance before advancing towards the door. "Nigga is as uptight as Huey's bitch ass."
Huey reached forward and punched his brother in the arm. "Don't start."
"Whatever. Shit never hurt."
They stepped into the room and each found their own spot.
"Wow, se ve tan lindo aquí." Monique observed as she looked around.
"It is cute isn't it. You guys did a great job, I'm surprised." Anthony agreed with his little cousin. When Monique entered their life, only Huey was fluent in Spanish but because they all wanted her to feel welcomed, they all learned how to speak Spanish too. It wasn't on a fluent level like Huey but they understood and could say some words to hold a conversation with her. "Anyway, who wants to start?"
"I'll start." Huey said and they all turned to him. "So, last night we rolled up to a house that we knew had some people Raven recognised from when she got taken so we went to get them out. As we did, she got in a fight with another female. When the female removed her mask because she started bleeding, Raven said she looked like us."
"Us? As in who?" Anthony asked confused.
"As in the trademark Freeman look. Maroon eyes and facial expression." Demetrius told him.
He looked shocked. "Damn, serious?"
The gang members of the family nodded.
"That shit is crazy... so you're saying we have a cousin or something?" Monique questioned.
"More like our parents do. Or a sister."
Silence engulfed the room as the information soaked in.
"Ok, lemme get this straight." Anthony stood and started to pace. "Raven got into a fight with a Russian who she says looks just like us and you guys think it could be grandads, uncle Ryan or aunt Cookie's daughter?"
Dante nodded. "Pretty much yeah."
"Bu- but what other evidence do you have besides Raven's eyes?"
"The mask has her blood on it, we're running the DNA on it as we speak."
"Great, more DNA results we have to wait for. Where's Maury when you need him?!" Monique spoke into the air dramatically.
"Y'all niggas need to leave a nigga alone! Shit. The test is coming next week, lemme breath." Riley complained. That's all everyone could use against him and it was getting very annoying.
"You got anything else?" Anthony asked, still trying to process what he was being told.
"I do." Jaliyah stepped up with her phone in her hand. "Huey told me to check the medical files of the family. Grandma only had 3 births, our dads. That wasn't the surprise. Aunt Cookie said her 2nd child was a still born right?" They all nodded. "Well, according to these medical records, the baby survived the birth. Her name was Jenica Freeman-Raymond. She's a couple months younger than uncle Christian."
"What?" Dante was surprised as this was the information he didn't know about. "But, why would they lie about that? Why wouldn't they tell us we had an aunt?"
"I don't know, but get this. It gets weirder." Jaliyah looked at her phone again. "Uncle Ryan signed a birth certificate 5 years after Jenica's birth to baby girl named Carmen Freeman."
"Woah woah woah. Wait a damn minute." Demetrius couldn't help but interrupted. "Another Freeman?!"
Jaliyah nodded. "Another Freeman... now, the death certificate." She trailed off.
"Death certificate?" Huey wondered out loud what they were all thinking.
"Yeah. Apparently, they both died on the same day. It doesn't say how. Carmen was 5 and Jenica was 10."
"Damn... that shit is sad. No wonder they don't bring that up." Riley shook his head sadly. He understood why they would keep it a secret, two deaths on the same day was too painful to relive.
"I thought that too but it just didn't sit right with me. The rest of the records are not as clear but their death doesn't seem right. If this woman, is a Freeman... she is either Carmen or Jenica and I know how you can prove it."
"Come on cuz, don't hog all the info being dramatic and shit."
Jaliyah rolled her eyes, she didn't have time to cuss him out. "The documents got mixed up somehow but one of them had surgery when they were a new-born because of some complications. She should have a scar going across her lower abdomen."
Huey nodded, everything was starting to piece together. "Thank you Jaliyah. Now, we wait for the DNA results. If they come back a match, then we confront our families about it. I don't want to go in full speed ahead with no evidence."
"Yeah, that makes sense." The eldest cousin agreed. "What I don't understand is, why would they hide and lie about this? And why is she siding with the enemy? It doesn't make sense."
"Trust me, I want to find out the reason for that too but for now, we need to act normal until we find out more of what we need to know. We need to build the evidence we need because I feel like we will only get one chance at confronting them about it." Huey explained.
Anthony sighed. "I hear that cuz. This is all fucked up."
"Muy jodido." Monique agreed.
"Look, its late now. I should get going. Work tomorrow."
"Yeah me too, I need to head back to college in the morning."
"I have a late start so I don't have to be in surgery until late... but I'm still tired so imma head out too."
"Me and Tri gonna hang back here for a while."
"Oh wait, before we go." Monique turned to Huey and Riley with cheeky smiles. "You guys cuffed yet."
'Cuffed?' Huey scoffed at the word. It sounded like being in a relationship was a punishment which it shouldn't be. With Jazmine, he knew it would be far from a punishment, this about to be a blessing.
"Girl mind your business." Riley squinted at his younger cousins.
"I take that as a noooo..." She then turned to Huey and smirked. "Tu silencio me dice que la respuesta es sí."
'How does my silence mean a yes?' He had to ask himself. His track star cousin was more observant than he liked.
"If that what you kids mean for having a relationship then yes."
The teen jumped up and down in excitement then pulled him into a quick hug. She removed herself from him before he had time to tense up. "I knew it! Aw, I'm so happy for you Huey." She then turned to Riley with a pitiful look on her face. "You'll get there, don't worry."
Riley threw up his hands in frustration and stormed out the room. "All your niggas need to hop off my dick! Violating me for no fucking reason! I'm tired."
The twins burst out in laughter before chasing after him to try and calm him down. He had been picked on all day and it was hilarious to see to everyone but him. The girls walked ahead while Anthony and Huey stood behind.
"You really think she could be family?"
Huey slightly nodded. "The evidence is there and building. Can't deny that."
"I know but this shit is just crazy right? There couldn't really be another Freeman and with the enemy? Something isn't right."
"Yeah... it's not. And before you ask, yes, I know what I'm doing with Jazmine. Yes, I know the things I need to do to ensure to protect her this time. Yes, I am getting her and her friends' weapons and giving them fighting lessons. I got this shit handled this time Tony. Ain't nobody going to try and fuck with them again." Huey listed off the answers to the questions he knew where about to come his way. He had no time to be asked the question one by one so answered them all at once.
Anthony smiled in satisfaction and patted Huey on the back. "Great. That's my work done. Later Hu." With that, the married man made his way through half naked woman and customers, avoiding eye contact with all of them like the good husband and father he was.
There were times when Huey had to remember that he's not the oldest. He acted like the oldest but he wasn't. The few months apart sometimes had little impact on how they acted towards each and others but there were other times in serious situations when everyone looks to Anthony for guidance. Huey didn't mind it, he had a whole gang of people looking at him for guidance, a little family dilemma was something Anthony could easily handle. In this scenario, Huey had to take charge. He discovered this information in his business so he needed to find out more about what was going on, he would just fill the rest in as he learned more. Also, the fact that she was dealing with the enemy was a big problem, if she was family. The Russian's and the Panther's had a past, and Huey was trying to keep it like that, the past. He wanted to make sure they never dared to step back in Chicago and ruin the streets the way they did again. He was going to put a stop to that very soon.
So, if this woman was Jenica or Carmen Freeman, what the hell was she doing with the Russians?!
Finally got this chapter out sooner rather than later. This is the most words I have done for this story so far yaay, managed to finis this at 5:30am. I know there were a lot of info to take in so I hopefully it wasn't too confusing. Remember to drop reviews about what you think about this chapter.
I hope everyone is staying safe. First it was about rona now that bitch been put on hold because racism wanted to make headlines again smh. I'm tired. This black female is tirreeeddd. The system is fucked but we will fuck it up this time and make it ours, I don't care. BLACK LIVES MATTER and if you think any different... bye. Say all their names (don't forget our black woman), donate if you can, sign petitions, attend protests. Do what you can, your voice means something, no matter your age (I mean voting is a lil different but you know what I mean). I'm here in London and we're protesting to have our systems changed too. Police kill black men and women too, the media is just good at hiding it. Trust me when I say the UK is not innocent and we got shit to fight too.
Now I'm not trying to rant you guys ear off so imma stop now. Just do what you have to do.
Chel29: Girl me too. Death scares the shit out of me and I am thankful no one close to me has passed because I KNOW I will crash terribly. I am very emotional. (Yes yes, imma 're not always emotional ok). With Jayden and Erica... we just gotta wait and see what happens with them. Royalty and Riley are a lovely mess right no lool. They will find a way to work (hopefully) and I think a lot of people are hoping for a negative result but will it be? Finally, THANK YOU. To be honest, I have been reading for a few years now, kinda off and on but then one day last year, I decided to write my own two and here we are. I have the other on WattPad but I'm not trying to overwhelm myself with too much. If I can randomly come up with a different plot, I may think of a future story I could do. Thank you for your constant support on both apps, I couldn't be more happy.
BoondocksFever234: Hopefully this wasn't too long of a wait lool. Let's hope one day Jazmine sees Huey's stiff shoulders and helps him out in a way or two *wink**wink*. This relationship has finally started and I am going to have fun with this. And ayyy, island girl yes! I wanna go Trinidad so bad for carnival. 2022 maybe? Gotta start saving from nooow. I just love Caribbean culture, I love us (I'm from London but family is Jamaican). I was trying my best to find my inna yardie to write that piece lool. And you are right on point, the world really said fuck 2020, having this mess. We will get through it, thank you for the prayers, prayers to you too.
Bulmas Ego: Glad to see you've caught up lool. I read you story piece by piece, don't worry I'm catching up. I've just had so much to do lately as we all probably going through ourselves.
GREENPEACE1990: Welcome to the crazy world I some how managed to create haha.
malevolentedge: Thank you, I hope you enjoyed this chapter too.
ladyrere1985: As and you shall receive.
Damn, that was a lot. Remember to drop them reviews. A lot happened in this chapter so I know you guys have sum to say bout it.
Until next time
-TBG
