Ghost rubbed his hands over his face, deep in thought. He was sitting in his office thinking over everything that was happening around him.

His finally found out that Raven's suspicions were right. The woman she fought and was with Vladimir was in fact his father's cousin. It was weird. He thought he knew majority of the family secrets but he didn't expect something like this, especially as big as that. It was such a tragic story, he understood why no one talked about it but, not talking about it caused a lot of questions to arise ever since they went out to save them three girls.

Once he found out, he's been wanting to find her but its proven to be more difficult than he expected. She was a ghost. There was no trace of her anywhere. Raven is the only person that has laid eyes on her. He had no picture to send around for people to look for and he didn't want to tell them that she is an older female version of his family, that would raise eyebrows and he didn't need everyone in his business. Even though it was gang business to begin with, it has turned into a personal, family thing. Only his closest people needed to know what was happening with the missing Freeman. When the time came to get her, only they will be involved. He would be personally handling this situation.

He was pulled out of his thoughts when the there was a knock at the door.

"Enter."

In walked a small woman who almost looked nervous to enter the room. Ghost recognised her as Layla, one of the new recruiters. She was only 5 foot but that didn't matter, she had potential.

"Uh, hi, Ghost." She started off the best way she thought would work.

He nodded. "Yes, hello. Did you need something?"

"Yes- I mean no." She quickly changed her answer. He raised an eyebrow at her nervousness and watched her move her wavy dark curls away from her face, gaining composure. "I have some information about one of the members. I've seen him with two of the Russian drug dealers that hang out near that old park. He's been hanging out with them. Smoking our product and sniffing theirs, as if they're best friends."

Layla now had his full attention, intrigued by the information she was presenting. "Do you have evidence of these interactions?" If she was accusing such treachery, he needed evidence to go off of. He couldn't just accuse someone without no evidence to go by.

She nodded and pulled out her phone. "I went there every day for a week. He's very comfortable with them. I know you don't know me and he's been here longer but I just thought you would like to know."

He looked at the pictures and videos on her phone. The evidence was pretty damning. It was Big Ry. He's been with the gang for just over 3 years. He was an alright member. A little lazy but when he needed to do what he needed to do, he did it well. He usually would sell but it seems as if he's made friends with the enemy and Ghost didn't like that.

"This is good..."

Layla felt proud of herself and felt herself gaining more confidence as she continued to tell her boss what he needed to know. "And he should be there now if you wanted to get him. He's usually there at this time."

Ghost had nothing to do so decide he would get this little issue sorted out quickly. "You did good. Hang out here for a while, you might want to see what happens next."

He stood from his desk, instantly towering over her much smaller frame and picked up the gun that was sitting on his desk, just waiting to be used. She watched the attractive man grab everything he needed, even getting a peak of his abs when he put his jet-black jacket on. She saw him getting closer and almost panicked, she realised she should've been making her way out before he even moved towards the door.

"Oh, sorry Ghost. I'll get out your way." She sheepishly walked quicker to get ahead of him. She leaned her head forward to allow the curls to cover her face of embarrassment.

Ghost walked outside his office and happened to run into his long-time friend.

"Sup bro, where you rushing off to?" MC inquired as he looked at the jacket on his back.

He gestured towards Layla who was standing close by. "She got info that Big Ry has been chilling with the Russian's so I'm going to put an end to that shit now."

"Damn, you bringing him back here?"

"Yeah." He said before walking towards the exit.

"That's what I like. I'll be waiting for the show!" MC shouted to him with amusement all in his voice.

All Ghost could do was shake his head and continued walking out. If him and his friends were all involved in a psych test, you would think they're psychopaths with the way they find some type of enjoyment in torturing and killing people but that was only to people that weren't innocent. He never harmed innocent people, at least not intentionally.

He jumped in his car and sped off to the old park he recognised in the pictures. He meant what he said about loyalty. He was serious about it and this crossed the line. Big Ry was having too much fun in the videos and he was about to put an abrupt end to it. It has been a while since he's been out on his own with no back up and it felt good. As much as his family and friends were more than capable of joining in, he just wanted to get it over and done with.

Ghost pulled up to the location and made sure he was out of view. He turned off the engine and watched the sense in front of him. Big Ry sat in between two guys and was laughing and joking with them. He watched one pull out a vial of white powder and pour it on the back of Big Ry's hand, who happily snorted it.

'Hm, this should be fun.' Ghost thought to himself. He pulled his bandana over his mouth and nose and climbed out his car, making as minimal noise as possible. He walked closer, listening to them laugh at whatever was said, as if they were friends for years. He pulled his gun from his waist and held it out. He pulled the trigger.

"What the fuck?!" Big Ry screamed as he watched his friend on the left drop to the ground. His blood getting onto his cheek.

His other friend turned and reached for his gun but he was too slow. Ghost pulled the trigger multiple times and let the bullets penetrate his body. He dropped to the floor, bleeding out. Ghost stepped closer with his gun still drawn and saw Big Ry reaching towards the gun he knew was on his waist.

"I wouldn't do that if I was you, you know you won't leave this place breathing if you attempted." Ghost spoke to him with narrowed eyebrows. He watched Big Ry swallow hard at the man in front of him.

"Lo-look, look, it's not what it looks like, I swear." He pathetically stuttered, trying to find reasoning with his boss he obviously crossed but the eyes he was trying to plead with were burning into his soul. There was no mercy.

"Shut the fuck up." Ghost ordered him and he did just that. "Put your hands up." As the betrayer lifted his arms, Ghost walked closer. Once he was close enough, he searched him, removing his weapons. With Ry's gun in his hand, he looked at the man he shot first and saw him twitching, which he didn't want to happen. His gun was still trained on Ry's skull so he used the second gun in his hand and sent several bullets into the first man's body. It shook on impact and his bandana hid his almost sinister smirk.

"What are you going to do to me?" Big Ry asked nervously.

"You're in no position to ask questions. Now move." Ghost poked the gun in the back of his head, forcing him to walk forward with his arms up.

As they got closer to his car, Ry began to panic. "I didn't mean anything, I was trying to-"

Ghost slammed the gun at the back of his head, instantly knocking him into unconsciousness. His body crumpled to the floor and almost immediately, Ghost regretted his decision. He looked down at the man and remembered his name was Big Ry for a reason.

He opened the trunk of his car and took a deep breath. He was going to need all the strength he had to get this man in his trunk. He collected the rope in the back and tied it around his arm and legs, then duck taped his mouth shut. It then took him another 3 minutes to get him inside the trunk and make sure there was no way of him escaping. Ghost jumped back in his car and made his way to the warehouse, already knowing what he was going to do with the traitor.

"You need help there bro?" MC offered his service with amusement clear in his voice as he watched Ghost drag the semi-conscious Big Ry towards the entrance of the warehouse.

Ghost stopped and tried to catch his breath. "No." He was tired of dragging him, the man was going to wake up and walk in with shame himself. He removed the ropes on his ankles and stood. Then, he swung his leg back and kicked the man in his stomach. His eyes shot open and tried to cough out in pain but his mouth was taped shut, making him panic from the lack of oxygen. Ghost leaned down and glared into his eyes. "Get your fucking big ass up and walk into that fucking warehouse." He demanded.

The man's eyes grew wide as he tried to regain composer. He had no idea what his fate would be but he should do his best to listen to what Ghost had to say, hopefully saving him from death. He hastily nodded and scrambled to his feet, just realising MC was there once he heard the sound of laughter next to him.

"Not being so friendly are we now?" MC grinned at Big Ry. It has been a while since they have had a disloyal person which was a good thing but it was better watching them get caught. Ghost enjoyed putting them back into their place. "Well, let's get the show on the road."

Ghost shoved his traitor in front of them and walked behind him. They walked into the main room where his people started to gather around in interest. He pulled out his favourite knife and twirled it in his hand as he waited for the audience to get settled. "Get me some salt." He whispered to MC who quickly went off to get it so he didn't miss anything. As he got to the middle of the room, he watched Layla fight her way to the front of the circle. She needed to see what is going to happen to the man she told on. She hoped Ghost was proud.

"What did Big Ry do?" One of the women asked him as she watched someone she has worked with many times before, tied up in the middle of the room.

"It seems as if Big Ry has lost his way." Ghost slowly walked around the man as people began to whisper, wondering what crime he committed that was so bad, he was tied up in the middle of the room and the leader was interested in.

MC smirked. "Yeah, he decided it would be a good idea to hang out with the enemy."

People began to gasp and whisper again. They all knew, the last thing you should do was screw over Ghost. I never ended good.

Big Ry tried to fight against the restraints, trying to get free. Ghost saw his pathetic attempt and decided to help him out and ripped the tape off.

"It's not what it looks like!" Was the first thing he shouted.

Ghost gestured Layla forward and held his hand out for hand. She understood the action and pulled out her phone, quickly going to the evidence she had.

"Not what it looks like?" Ghost held up the phone and showed him the pictures.

Big Ry looked at himself and his two now dead friends having fun, what they have been doing for the past month or so. He began to glare at the short woman in front of him. "You little bit-"

He dived forward to grab her, despite his tied-up hands but wasn't able to touch her as he was kicked down to the floor, just after he felt a sharp object stab him in the stomach. He moved his hands slowly to the wound. The feeling of warm liquid pouring out into his very hands made his heart race and he couldn't even do anything about it.

"What did you tell them?" Ghost asked. He sounded calm and looked calm but everyone knew deep down, he was far from it. He just knew how to hide his emotions extremely well.

"I didn't tell them anything." Ry denied. He watched his own blood slowly dripping from the blade in Ghost's clutches. He knew he should confess but he couldn't.

Ghost nodded, understanding his persistence but that's not what he wanted to hear. He looked around the room at all the eager eyes, all wondering what he is going to do next. He then looked at MC who just shrugged, just there for entertainment. He knew what the outcome was going to be, Ghost just wanted to make an example of him. It's been awhile since he's needed to so it was a good reminder.

The leader grabbed one of Big Ry's arm and ran a deep cut from the shoulder all the way down to his wrist, careful to not cut any veins which would cause him to bleed out quickly. He wanted this man to suffer. "MC." He called his name over the screams. MC handed the salt over, which people just saw and watched Ghost open it and pour it excessively over the new open wound, causing Ry's screams to raise in volume. You could hear the pain ripping through his throat as Ghost continued to add salt to the wound.

"Ahhh! Stop! Stop this please!" He cried. "Fine! I'll tell you." He breathed out. Ghost placed the salt on the floor and nodded, telling him to start his confession. "I knew one of the guys from when we were growing up but he moved. I was out one night and bumped into him, getting back in touch. We found out that we were in completely different gangs but didn't really care. It wasn't our problem. We are not involved like how MC or Midnight are involved. I'm more on the outskirts and so is he. You didn't have to kill him!" He confessed through gritted teeth, the salt still stinging. "I have never tried coke before but he introduced me to do it and- and it's addictive. So damn addictive. I couldn't get enough of it. So we would frequently meet up and snort a little and just talk, his friend joined in. I swear that's it. We didn't talk about work at all. I have no idea what they're planning to do to you and I don't know anything to even tell them. I swear that's it. Please don't kill me."

Ghost gave Big Ry a blank look. He watched the traitor pleading with his brown eyes which grew wide just a few short seconds later. Ghost removed his knife from the man's chest and then drove it back in. He did this same movement three more time before standing and walking away from the dying body without another word. Just as simple as that. Some watched in shock at how casual Ghost managed to walk away after what he just did, in front of everyone but he didn't care. He needed to show them that he had no mercy on anyone communicating with the enemy against his knowledge. If they weren't assigned to do some undercover work, they shouldn't be interacting with each other in a way Big Ry was. Anyone could become your enemy, even family and that was something he took very seriously.

"Ok, show's over. You three, take care of this mess. Everyone else, get back to work. We got shit to do." MC clapped once Ghost left the circle to go to his office. As if nothing extreme had happened, the room started moving again, all buzzed about what they just witnessed.

Layla quickly caught up to MC before he could go to the packaging room with a nervous look on her face. "Hey MC."

"Hey ummm..." He trailed off trying to figure out her name.

"Layla."

"Right Layla. What can I do for you today?"

She cleared her throat. "I did good today right? I mean, Ghost didn't really say a thank you or whatever but I did good?"

He grinned at the uncertainty in her voice, clearly showing how new she was to things around here. "Yes you did and that's just how Ghost is. Not much emotion to that guy. I've seen about 3 of them." He joked. "But you might wanna consider doing some spy type of shit. You seem to be good at it."

"Really?" She smiled sheepishly and MC nodded. "I'll think of it. I mean, if Ghost thinks I can do it, I guess I could try it."

MC stopped himself from raising an eyebrow at her. The way she said his name was as if she was fascinated by him. He hoped she wasn't. "Yeah but don't disturb him about it now, I think he has some plans with his girl to get to, I'm not sure. Anyways, I'll see you around." He lied but sent her a warm smile before walking away, leaving her to stand alone. The last thing any of them needed was another female hanging around them. They had girlfriends who they cared deeply for and fought hard to get back, they didn't have time for these simple crushes to be hovering around them. MC just hoped Layla looked from afar until she got over herself. If she didn't, it wouldn't end up good. Ghost had his hands full already, he didn't need the extra layer because that would bring problems that could've been avoided.


Royalty sat in the passenger seat of Riley's car in deep thought. He had just picked her up so they could go talk to his baby mother. Yeah, she never thought she would be saying that.

It was late by the time Riley had managed to find information about where Nike was. He saw her Instagram story and saw she announced she was on her way to a restaurant. They both sat in the car tense, barely saying a word when Royalty got in the car. This was not making Riley feel any better so he had to break it.

"How was your day?"

Royalty looked over at the driver, taking her eyes off the road for a second. "It was productive I guess. Was going through business plans with the girls."

"Word? What for?" He asked, now genuinely interested.

"Cindy and Jazmine's gym and studio. Ming's designing it, which is her business come up. Me? Huh. I guess I'm going to start doing hair." She shrugged.

Riley looked at her with a grin on his face. "Shit, that's good. You said you was finna hook a nigga up with new hairstyle. I'm still waiting on that too."

She slightly smiled at him. "Don't worry, I gotchu."

He reached over the gear shift and grabbed her hand. "I know you do and I gotchu, you feel me?" Now referring to something more than just hair.

She sighed. "I feel you."

"Alright. That's what I like to hear." He turned the corner and saw the restaurant they needed to be at. He felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He was about to confront his baby mother. This was a crazy experience for him. It made him feel uneasy. Why did he have to celebrate his birthday the way he did? All of this could've been avoided if he didn't bring no female back to his crib but he just had to. He just had to be a man hoe. "You ready?"

Royalty raised an eyebrow at the question. She knew other females would look at her crazy, probably telling her she was better than them because they would've left Riley as soon as 'baby' left his mouth but she was just different. Sadly, she just couldn't leave someone alone like that, especially if she had deep feelings and cared for them. It was harder for her to detach herself. It would take a few attempts for it to happen but if a whole kidnapping could still make her come back to him, this baby situation was going to have to try harder.

"This is your shit, I'm just here for moral support."

He rubbed his neck nervously. "Yeah, it is my shit... come on, let's get the first part of this over with."

They both climbed out the car and looked at the restaurant. They didn't even have to go far because she was sitting at the table outside.

'I didn't even get to give myself one last pep talk.' Riley thought annoyingly.

Royalty stayed a step behind Riley, giving him some space as they walked up to the woman.

"Yo, we need to talk."

Nike looked up at the shadow that stepped in the way over her good lighting. "Nigga I was trying to take a video and you come ruining my shit. What the fuck do you want?"

"Wha- what the fuck do I want?" He stuttered in disbelief at her question. "Hoe you is having my baby that's the only reason I'm out looking for my ass, since you wanna block my number and shit."

"Oh right, that situation." She laughed, that's when she looked behind Riley to see Royalty watching the conversation. "And you brought your puppy dog with you... cute."

'She's pregnant... she's pregnant...' She had to keep reminding herself mentally because that was the only thing stopping her from flying across the table and beating her ass up until she beat the black off of her.

"Ay don't talk to my girl like that. She ain't no fucking dog so have some respect." Riley defended. "She's here to stay so you just gotta deal with it."

"Oh boo hoo, suck it up nigga." She rolled her fake grey eyes and picked up her glass, taking a sip of the drink.

That's when they saw the salt around the rim.

She was drinking a margarita.

She was pregnant and drinking a margarita.

"Hell nah!" Riley slapped the glass out of Nike's hand, making it shatter on the floor. People around began to look, wondering what was happening. The situation wasn't clear to understand on the outside so they knew they had to listen closely. "Bitch you're fucking pregnant, what the fuck are you doing?! You wanna fuck up the baby and shit?!" Riley shouted at her.

'This hoe is crazy...' Royalty thought. She hoped that Nike didn't drink a lot because the baby can still be fine and healthy. The carelessness was scary to witness, she was already putting her child at risk.

"Oh yeah, about that..." Nike giggled, confusing Riley and Royalty.

"She got rid of that shit."

The three looked over to the newcomer to the table. Royalty and Riley saw the other plate and glass on the table but thought it was her female friend but besides Riley stood a man that was shorter than him but he had a lot more muscle mass than Riley did.

"And who the fuck are you nigga?" Riley looked the man slowly up and down, wondering why he was in their business.

Nike happily stood up and hugged the man. "This my nigga, GG. He a real nigga, unlike you."

Royalty decided it was time to step closer to Riley, earning a nasty look from Nike but she was unfazed by it.

"Reezy is the realist nigga anyone will ever meet but what the fuck was he talking about Nike? Your hoe ass better tell me now!"

"Don't talk to my girl like that!"

"GG, baby, it's ok, he doesn't know any better." She lightly tapped his hard chest as a way to tame him and it seemed to work. "GG is my old nigga that I fucked a good few times, fucked a lot of good times and he's my man now. I told him about the baby and he said I had to get rid of it if I wanted to be with it him so I did. I don't know why you so mad about it, you didn't even want the baby, you kept denying it since I told you." She casually informed him.

Royalty and Riley felt shell shocked. Did they just hear right?

"Are you serious right now?" Royalty couldn't help but ask. "Is this bitch serious right now?"

"Who the fuck you calling a bitch?"

"You bitch!"

"Hold up, hold up!" Riley stepped between the two, trying to register what he just heard before they started swinging. "Did you-did you just say that you had an abortion? Without even telling me?"

"I can do what I want, it's my body."

"Yeah yeah I know that but I needed to at least know." He told her. "Instead you had a nigga wait for some test that told me that baby was mine and you just killed it like it was nothing."

"Oh well. It's over with. My cousin already told me you were the daddy anyway, didn't think it would matter. Expected you to run off just like niggas like you do. I like the chase." She grinned at him.

Riley shook his head. "Nah bitch you a crazy motherfucker. What the actual fuck is wrong with you? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?!"

"Don't be talking to my girl like that!" GG stepped up to him. "Take your hoe dancer as a girlfriend and get the fuck outta here. Nike is my bitch now and if you're not careful, I'll take this bitch from you too." He winked at Royalty who looked at him disgusted at the comment.

That's when Riley snapped. He wasn't going to let anyone talk about his girl like that. "Fuck that!" He swung and let his fist connect with GG's strong jaw and from there, the two began to tussle.

Nike and Royalty looked at each other.

"You said you're not pregnant anymore right?"

Nike nodded. "If you wanna fight just say it bitch, you ain't winning anyway."

"We'll see about that." Royalty flew and began to attack Nike who did her best to fight back. "That's for calling me a puppy dog bitch!"

The couples were throwing punches at each other while people around were moving out the way or recoding the fight happening. It must've lasted at least two minutes because they could hear the sound of sirens in the background.

"Shit." Riley instantly shot up once he heard the one noise he learned to run from since he was young and looked over at his girl fighting his ex-baby mama. "Baby let's go." He pushed GG down and sprinted over to help Royalty off Nike and the two took off running towards his car. Before GG or Nike could chase after them, they were already driving away, leaving them to deal with the feds.

Riley slowed down when they saw the two police cars driving past them, acting casual, like he's practiced many times. He held his hand out to tell Royalty to relax for a few seconds until the coast was clear. He drove further away until he parked up on the side of the road, in front of a different restaurant and far enough from the scene.

Once the engine was turned off, they both took a deep breath and sunk into their seats.

"So... that's not how I expected that to go." Royalty humourlessly admitted.

"Neither did I..." Riley agreed. He took another deep breath as everything came crashing down on him. "She... she got rid of the baby, without telling me. How could she not tell me? I deserved to know, especially since she knew I was waiting for the DNA results, results she already knew about. I mean, shit, I know a nigga wasn't ready for no child but it's still fucking annoying that she did that shit without even thinking about me. Why the fuck are females like that?"

She had to stop her eye roll, seeing he was clearly conflicted. He was glad that he didn't have to deal with no crazy woman for the rest of his life but the situation itself wasn't easy to digest. She knew she had to do her best to try and give him some type of comfort.

"The only thing I agree with what she said was that it's her body but she let someone else decide what to do with it. All for a nigga." She shook her head. "You better not try and pull that shit on me, I'll beat your bomboclaut ass. Pressing me to do something I don't wanna do."

"Yeah I know... I just can't believe it. All that hype for nothing."

"It wasn't for nothing. It's a learning experience, one that is telling you to not fuck up again and keep your dick to yourself." She playfully poked him in the forehead. That's when she saw the drop of blood land on his arm. They both looked down at the droplet and back at the source. "Ok, adrenalin is a thing."

There was a small shard of glass imbedded in her arm, it seemed to be the same glass Riley slapped out of Nike's hand. She must've rolled over it.

"You good?" Riley asked her.

"Ye..." She started to say but that's when the adrenalin wore off. "You know what, it's starting to hurt a little now."

"Shit, me too." He smirked as he showed her his busted knuckles. "Nigga's jaw is hard as a motherfucker. Look at us, shit is a mess. Is this our life now?"

"I hope the fuck not. I got costumes to wear." Royalty laughed at them.

Riley looked at her confused. "Costumes?"

"Oh right." She went on to explain, forgetting about the pain for a few seconds. "Well I already told you about Caribbean carnival. I have fittings for Trinidad and Jamaica carnival next week."

"Wait, that itty bity outfits you were showing me?" She nodded. "Oh hell-"

"Nope! You in my business... don't do that." She pointed at him. "As I said, you have a lot to learn and you just gotta deal with it if you really want me. My culture just built different." She fluttered her eyelashes at him playfully.

He kissed his teeth before stealing a kiss from her. "I hate your ass so much."

"Ummm no you don't. Now take me to Alex so I can get some more stiches. I can't with your ass. I better not see no damn scar either! I got a lot of them hoes already."

"You really about to be my ride or die forreal." Riley smirked at her.

"I mean, minus the injuries I guess I could be." She shrugged before smirking at him when a song popped into her head. "I'll never snitch on daddy. I'll hold a brick for you, daddy. Smash on a bitch for you, daddy. Top of the Ritz, gettin' ate like a steak, I'ma cream on your face, lil' daddy." She sang to him making him lick his lips.

"Girl don't be saying them City Girl lyrics if you wanna be able to walk the next day." He teased her.

She leaned over so that she was close to his lips. "I got worse lyrics, do what you gotta do." She closed the gap and the two began to make out in his car as if they wasn't in a fight less than half an hour ago.

Just like that, the baby situation was over with, in a way none of them expected. Secretly, Riley saw this as another chance, another chance to do right by the people around him and himself. That's the least he owed. Now, he was not going to take his moments with Royalty for granted because she should've left him to deal with his situation himself but she didn't. She stuck by him and it wasn't often you got to see that happen. He was not going to let this girl slip through his fingers again. He just couldn't.


"I just don't understand why out of all nights it had to be tonight he decided to tell me he's going back to Woodcrest for a couple of days. I mean, I was going to wait a couple of days to tell him its completely over but now he's leaving. I don't want him to leave with high hopes that he's coming back to someone that wants to be with him you know. Ugh, say something!"

"I mean, I would if you would let me get a word in."

"Right. Sorry."

Jazmine was currently in the passenger's seat of their shared car with Cindy driving. Royalty was out with Riley dealing with his baby mama situation and Ming was at home looking over the last set of paperwork so Cindy was the driver for tonight.

Jayden had text Jazmine saying he was leaving for Woodcrest tomorrow for a few days which was when Jazmine realised she really had to end things with him. The heart at the end of the sentence was a dead giveaway he really wanted her. She felt terrible. She didn't like to make people upset with her but she had to listen to her heart and it was saying she wanted Huey. Every single part of him. Now, the sudden realisation of breaking off her ex once again was resting on her chest. She didn't understand why she was freaking out so much. She had Huey. She didn't have feelings for Jayden but he had feelings for her, making her feel terrible. She had no idea how to let him down gently.

"Anyways... you have nothing to worry about. You're with Huey and you have no feelings for Jayden, right?"

"Right."

"Then why are you so worked up about it?"

Jazmine rubbed her hands over her face in frustration. "Because I don't want him to be mad."

"Well you can't stop it for happening. He's in love with you and you can't do nothing about it. Move on. Stop putting other people's feelings first before your own. You're off the market and you don't need the old stall popping back into your life. That is going to fuck you up more than you think it will." Cindy advised her.

"I know, I know." Jazmine sighed. "I just really, really, dislike having people being upset with me but I'm with Huey, he's just going to have to understand it."

"Exactly. So you ready now?"

"Kinda."

"Well kinda better mean yes because we're here now."

Cindy pulled into the parking lot of an apartment complex in the nicer side of Chicago. "Oh no."

"I guess his money is going into good use because this complex looks nice." Cindy complemented as she looked around. She saw Jazmine's straight face and looked at her confused. "What?"

"Not helping."

"Whatever. Just get your ass up there and get your shit done."

"You not coming?"

"Nope. This your shit to clean up. I'll wait out here. You have 15 minutes. When its 10 minutes, I will text which you have to reply to. In 14, I will call telling you to get your ass down. If it gets to 16 minutes, I'm coming to get you. Got it?" Cindy told her seriously, knowing how badly these situations could turn even though Jayden wasn't that type of person but it was still a precaution.

"Got it." Jazmine leaned over and pulled her friend in a hug. "Wish me luck."

"Luck hoe." Cindy winked.

Jazmine shook her head but climbed out the car. "So childish." She muttered under her breath. She made her way up to his apartment, double checking the door number in the text he sent her. She was really about to break this man's poor heart tonight.

'I should've gotten him ice cream or something.' She thought sympathetically as she got into the elevator to get to his floor. Next thing she knows, she's knocking on his front door. 'This is so not going to be easy.'

The door swung open and there stood Jayden with his charismatic smile plastered on his face. His hair was damp, indicating he had just taken a fresh shower just for her as well as the white vest and grey swe-

Jazmine didn't allow her eyes to travel down any further which would give him the satisfaction he was looking for.

"Been so long since we've hung out, schools been hectic but come in, come in." He stepped out the way and allowed Jazmine to walk in. She looked around and saw this apartment was a lot more modern than his old one. "Do you like the place? It looks much better than the old place doesn't it?"

She nodded. "Yeah it is." She couldn't help but admit but then remembered why she was even there. "Jayden we-"

Her lips were unable to form another word because Jayden had slammed his against hers once she turned to face him. She was shocked but not enough to just stand there and let him kiss her so just as quickly as he grabbed her, she jumped out of arms and away from him.

The look of confusion was written all over his face. "What? Is this not what you came over for? This is what we do."

"Did. What we did, Jayden." She breathed out.

"I don't understand la mia bella ragazza." He said what he thought would make Jazmine swoon, which it usually did but this time it didn't work. It didn't have an effect on her anymore.

She did her best to run her hands through her hair. "I'm official break off whatever we were doing. It should've never happened. I was using you and that was wrong of me-"

"I still don't understand..."

"-I just needed some type of comfort after all the shit I had been through and I hadn't had sex in so so long and you were the closest person I had-"

"Jazmine..."

But she still didn't hear him. "All I'm saying is, is that we're done and can no longer even be friends because I don't think that will work out either. We have too much history."

Jayden paused trying to stop her once he heard what she said and because she stopped herself. That was not what he expected to hear. He expected another one of their sneaky links, not them breaking off their sneaky links. He was hoping to transfer it to something more serious but he's just been busy. Maybe he should've moved quicker that way she wouldn't be having doubts right now.

"You're breaking up with me?" He asked for confirmation.

"Well, we were never together. I mean in this moment, not in high school, we were together then and you broke up with me so." She rambled on nervously.

"You're breaking up with me... but why?"

Jazmine sheepishly smiled. "I mean, again, we were not together and because I'm with someone else." She admitted.

His eyes grew wide at the information. She was not serious, was she? "You're with someone? Who?! Is it-" He stopped himself when he thought of the only person Jazmine could possible go back to. "No no no no. You're not fucking serious." Seeing her slightly shrug put everything in place for him. "Really Jazmine?! Fucking Huey? After simply being around him nearly got your fucking ass killed!"

"See this what we not finna do." Jazmine told Jayden but he was too angry to care as much as he should.

"What does a man have to do to show you that shit isn't healthy? You're choosing a fucking drug dealer that runs a gang and kills people for a living over a stable and responsible man who has his shit together. You know how fucking insane that sounds to people Jazmine?!"

"I know, I know!" She screamed back at him, getting him to stop talking. "You think I haven't gone through that shit multiple times before I even came back? I came back because one of my friends died and I saw him so we rekindled what we had."

"What about what we had JD? What about everything we've been through? With the miscarriage-" He stepped forward to hold her but she moved back, looking at him with disgust.

"You have some fucking nerve bringing that shit up Jayden. You have no right to bring that shit up." She pointed at him through teary eyes, not expecting him to bring such a painful memory up. "I was 16 when that happened. Do you know how it feels to find out your pregnant at 16 only for the day that should be the happiest day of your life, be the worse day? To find out the week you tried to get yourself to terms that you're going to have a baby is the same week you manage to lose that baby? No, no you don't. I was the one that suffered all that time after, to this day I still suffer." She confessed.

"I do, if you didn't have the miscarriage-"

She laughed at him. "If I didn't have the miscarriage?" She repeated. "You make it sound like I had a choice."

He sighed. "That's not what I mean JD and you know that. I'm just trying to put into perspective that our relationship was made to be long term. Huey is not a long-term person, I am. I'm teaching kids and he's killing them. How can you love a man like that?"

Jazmine wondered that sometimes too. How was it possible that she was falling for some so violent? Someone that was comfortable and content about taking someone else's life if necessary. But for some reason, she had no answer for that. "I don't love him but I know I'm falling for him and its scary, I'll admit but you're not the best choice for me Jayden. In an ideal world, you're the ideal man. You'll be the perfect husband and father to someone else but not with me. You need to let me go Jayden, it's over."

He shook his head stubbornly. "No it's not. We can work this out."

"But we can't, what don't you understand?" She questioned tirelessly, quickly texting Cindy back from her time warning text.

Jayden ran his hand over his head, getting frustrated again. "Just why him?! What does he have that I don't?! Do I need to kill someone or or sell drugs? Do I need to have a crazy fucking enemy for you to even look my way? For you to see how much I love you?"

"No! Just stop it!" She shouted back at him. "Stop comparing yourself! You're a great man Jayden. I loved you. Nearly a whole 10 years ago, I loved you but now I am older and my life is a mess. Huey makes me feel different, makes me feel alive like I never have felt before. I'm sorry I can't feel the same way for you but it's just not going to happen. It's time for you to move on. I should've never slept with you and reignited your feelings. It was selfish of me, knowing how strong my feelings were for Huey was at the time and still are."

"But I love you..." He trailed off. His eyes looked at her with pure emotion that it actually hurt Jazmine to witness but she needed to do this, she needed to stay strong.

"You probably do Jayden but I don't think you do. You don't love the new me, the stripper, college dropout me." She slightly smiled at him. "I honestly wish you all the best." She walked towards the door but paused when she felt a tug on her arm.

"Can- can we at least be friends?" Jayden was basically pleading with her at this point but she couldn't cave in.

"I think it's best for us to have our own space for a while... maybe in a few years, when we've moved on, we can try this again but only as friends. Nothing more. We don't need this problem again."

Jayden shook his head in disappointment. "He's going to break your heart Jazmine and when he does, you're going to be running back to me."

As much as Jazmine wanted to slap him across the face for everything he has said as a closing statement, she understood he was hurt and was just saying things he wanted to deflect off himself. "He might break my heart but it won't be you I run back to, I'll have my girls. Goodbye Jayden, I really wish you the best."

With one last look, Jazmine walked out of Jayden's apartment, leaving him stuck in his place, staring at the door she just left through. She took a deep breath, finally feeling as if she was able to breath. That was very intense. She felt her phone ring and quickly picked it up. "I'm coming now." She hung up and stepped into the elevator.

That was a very interesting closure. She knew it wasn't going to be easy to do but he did send unnecessary jabs which she just had to ignore in an attempt to be the bigger person. Jazmine was free from guilt of having Jayden waving in the wind behind her while she walked on with Huey. The amount of people that would call her stupid for her decision. Jayden was right, a gang leader over a teacher. Who in their right mind would make such a careless decision? She didn't care. Her sisters understood what she was going through and those were the only other opinions she would consider listening to. However, on the outside, it just looked like the blind leading the blind.

Jazmine stepped out the building and made her way to her car who had Cindy looking at her with anticipation all over her face. "So, how did it go?"

"I'll tell you all about it with the girls. I only want to tell this story twice, once to your three and the other to Huey. I am so done." She sighed, drained from the conversation she just had.

Cindy nodded in understanding and started up the car, driving home. The two didn't say a word to each other and just let the music play in the car. Jazmine was deep in thought watching the city speed past her. It was not how she expected to end things but she was glad she did. Jayden didn't deserve to hold onto false hope, he needed to get over her and she wishes he does. Now, she could focus on her relationship with Huey which she was more than happy to be in. His birthday was in a few days and she wanted to make sure everything was perfect for him. She had some planning to do.


The next day, Jazmine had a little lunch date with Huey which was planned before everything went down with Jayden but now would the perfect time to tell him. The girls spent all night cursing Jayden from Jazmine retelling the story about what happened. They were mad at how he handled the situation as they thought he was being immature about it. By the end of it, Jazmine was tired. It was hard to stop 3 women from storming out the house to go and beat someone up.

Now it was time to tell Huey. Getting her friends to not roll up to her ex's house was hard, Huey was a different story. She didn't have as much power over him. He could say he wouldn't harm him but that didn't mean he wouldn't send someone to do the deed for him. It was as simple as that.

She throw her leather jacket over her white t-shirt and skipped out, after saying goodbye to her friends. She walked to the black car that was waiting for her and climbed in.

"Hey."

"Hey."

She leaned over and placed a soft kiss on his lips. She had missed them lips already but it's just been a day since she last seen them. She didn't know how he could make her feel like this.

He turned to the road and started up the car, driving towards their chosen spot for lunch.

"You excited to dress up for your cousins birthday?"

"No." Was the exact answer she knew she was going to get but didn't like it anyways.

"Huey, why not?"

"I don't do dress up." He said it as if it was the most obvious answer.

She grinned at him, despite his eyes being locked on the road. "But it's going to fun and cute. I already ordered you outfit so you have no choice."

This caused him to tear his eyes away to look at her. "You cannot be serious."

"Deadass." She grinned even harder. "You're going to like who I picked for you, it's very you so you won't even need to act. Perfect fit."

He sighed, knowing she would force him to wear it anyway. "It better just be a t-shirt."

"I'm not saying a word." She said in a sing-song voice.

Huey shook his head and the two fell into a comfortable silence. Jazmine turned on the radio and allowed music to fill the car.

After a 10 minute drive, they finally arrived to the vegetarian restaurant Jazmine wanted go to. It was the same restaurant Huey got their food from when they went on the date at the art gallery. She said she wanted to sit down inside and eat and now she got the chance to. They got their reserved seats and ordered. Once their meals came out, the real conversation started.

"So, I went to Jayden's last night." She started off and instantly stuffed a piece of salad in her mouth, regretting bringing it up already.

Huey paused sipping his drink to look at her. "Um, ok." He cleared his throat and put the glass down. "So are you going to tell me about what happened or are you going to leave me in a mystery and never bring it up again?"

"Right right." She took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves the best way she could. "He kissed me but don't worry, I immediately pushed him away and that's when everything came flooding out. We went back and forth for a while, I reiterated that we were over over and left. The end."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "The end? By the way you rushed it out, he said somethings you didn't like that you want to tell me about."

"No I don't." She tried to deny. All he had to do was give her a look for a few seconds and she cracked. "Ok fine, yes I do." He nodded towards her to show her he was listening. "I told him we couldn't be together because I'm with you but he didn't like that. He got upset."

"Did he touch you?" Huey asked. If he heard a yes, the teacher was going to be dead in the next hour.

"No, no." Jazmine quickly told him, knowing what he was thinking of doing if he heard her say yes. "He was very upset but he would never put his hands on a girl. He's a good guy and I told him that, I just told him he couldn't be a good guy for me. He even brought up our relationship in high school..." She trailed off, getting emotional. Huey saw the tears building up in her eyes and knew it was serious.

"What happened Jazmine?"

She quickly wiped away the tear that was about to leave her eyes. "It was all fun and cute you know. Typical high school love type of shit. Captain of the cheer team going out with the captain of the football team. Star athletes. The ones the freshmen's dreamed to be. The two mixed kids who somehow held a white high school in the palm of their hands, shit like that. Then on day, everything changed... I had a miscarriage." She confessed. Huey paused, the first time he was hearing this. He didn't expect to be hearing this and by the look on her face, it seemed like it was the first time she has fully talked about it in a long time. "I was 16. It was summer and I was throwing up for a week so I took a test and it came out positive but by the time I went to the doctors, it was too late. I had what they call a missed miscarriage. It is basically an undetected miscarriage. I didn't know and it happened when I was finally coming to terms that my life was about to change but then it didn't. I had to take medication and felt so much pain and failure but Jayden was supportive throughout it all I won't lie. You're probably wondering why I'm telling you this. It was something I thought you should know and it goes with what happened last night. He brought it up. Using it as a way to say we would've been together and happy now. Who knows? I don't regret what happened once we broke up. I was free and I could do what I wanted. Now I'm here with you and I like it. We already went through the whole 'she's crazy for wanting a drug dealer' thing and I'm tired of it." She took a deep breath and wiped the tears away once again.

Huey just sat there in shock, not know what to say. He didn't expect her to go through all of that. Him and Raven have been friends since the womb and dated but they never had to go through something like that. Jayden and Jazmine have to live with a reminder of the child they could've had. Their relationship was deeper than high school sweethearts but he didn't dwell on it. She has told him that she didn't want Jayden and wanted him and he believed her. He trusted her.

"Did you ever tell your parents?"

She shook her head. "I thought about it but since there was no baby at the end of it, I thought there was no point in stressing them out. Plus, I was still young, I was scared they would never talk to me again but look where we are now, right where I thought would happen if I told them. Instead, I don't talk to them because I'm a stripper." She slightly laughed. "You know, I'm almost jealous at how good of a relationship you have with your parents. They love you unconditionally and accept you for what you do. My parents can't even do that."

It was Huey's turn to shake his head. "Don't say that. You know they love you and you can't compare the two." He leaned in closer. "You had a different future laid out for you than I did. Higher expectation than I did. From the moment your parent found out they were having you, they thought about college, you getting a successful job and starting your own family with your husband. Me? I grew up knowing what my dad did for a living, what my uncles did for a living. Drugs and murder. When I was 13, my uncle gave me a dagger and my dad gave me a set of katanas. I killed someone when I was 13 Jazmine." He whispered the last part to make sure only they could here. "When you were 13, I'm sure they gave you a big and girly birthday party with presents that was actually for your age group." Jazmine began to lightly blush at how accurate it was. "What I'm trying to say is, our lives are completely different. My parents are only cool with what I do because they've been through it. They've seen and even experienced the madness I am going through now."

"So what do you think is the reason they have lasted so long?" She asked, genuinely interested to know how they managed to do it. Hearing how they coped would give her the hope and encouragement to know her and Huey had a shot at a real relationship.

"Honestly, I don't have a proper answer for that. It was different then than it is now but I know the main thing was that my father kept my mother out of harm's way but I already failed to do that for you."

Jazmine could see the frustration growing on his face and quickly grabbed his hands. "Don't beat yourself about the past Huey. That's the past. Let's focus on the future we are going to create together ok?"

Huey couldn't help but admire at how optimistic Jazmine could be. He was the last person to have an optimistic thought or even consider listening to someone being optimistic but Jazmine managed to get him see the light at the end of the tunnel, even if it was only a little peak.

"Fine. I guess I can try and do that."

Jazmine grinned at him. "Great! I am glad you are trying. That's a good step. Now, what do you want for your birthday?"

Huey had to stop himself from rolling his eyes. "I don't want anything Jazmine."

"Yes you do, everyone does."

"I'm not everyone."

She giggled as she finished her juice before the waiter came over to collect their empty dishes. "I know, which is why I have to get something special. You want clothes, shoes, what?"

"You don't have to get me anything or do anything for my birthday. I don't celebrate it but the guys usually drag me out anyway so we'll see what happens when the day comes." He shrugged. He could really care less about celebrating the day he was born but everyone else made it a big deal for him.

"Fine, I won't do anything." She lied. She knew she was going to treat him on his birthday, she just didn't know what exactly yet. Once she got home, she was going to go searching for something to give him. He would just have to wait and see. The waiter came back over with the bill and Jazmine reached into her purse to pay but Huey beat her to it. He threw the cash onto the bill and handed it back to the waiter before Jazmine could even get a glimpse of her money.

"You ready?" He asked her as if he didn't notice her reaching into her purse.

Jazmine raised an eyebrow at him. "I can't pay?"

"No." He told her simply. "You ready?" He asked again. He was thinking she must be crazy if she thought she was going to pay for anything when he was around. That was something she never had to worry about anymore.

She nodded and closed her purse, knowing she couldn't argue with paying the bill because he would ignore her. "Yeah let's go."

The happy couple walked out the restaurant with Jazmine wrapped securely around Huey's arms. She didn't want their time to end so soon since she was working that night so she decided to text her friends to invite their boyfriends over to the house so they can all chill before they go out. It would be a calming time to just sit and laugh together since they haven't done it in a long time. It was good to regroup some times and forgetting about their problems for a while which they needed to do often.


"What can I get you sexy?"

Hiro smirked and leaned forward over the bar, only a couple of inches from a set of lips.

"Can I get you?" He flirted back.

"Maybe..."

Hiro went in for a kiss but instead was met with a cold glass resting on his lips.

"Sorry baby, kissing you will mess with my tips." Ruby winked at him once he opened his eyes.

"Damn not even a little bit?"

She giggled at his adorable pout. "Not even. If I do, then the customers are going to get mad and not want to tip me. I like my tips but don't worry, I will make it up to you."

"Promise?"

"Promise." She winked at him. She finished pouring Hiro's drink before handing Sapphire a drink to give to Caesar.

Caesar licked his lips as Sapphire got closer to him. "If you weren't working, I would've swooped your ass up real quick."

She handed him his drink with a smirk on her face. "And what would you do to me?" She questioned innocently.

"If I tell you, I would have to take you right here in this club. You won't be able to resist me." He warned her but Sapphire was up for the challenge.

"Try me."

He shrugged. "Don't say I didn't warn you." He leaned forward and whispered in her ear all the sinful things he wanted to do to her. He didn't leave anything for her imagination and put every detail possible. Once he was finished, he leaned back with a large smirk on his face. "Now, choose wisely."

Sapphire felt as if her knees were about to buckle and he hadn't even touched her yet. Yet. He was right, she wouldn't be able to resist him. "Get up." She demanded him. He stood and she grabbed onto his hand. She began to drag him to the private rooms where she met the security there. "Which room is free?"

"5." He answered.

She nodded. "We'll have it for 45 minutes to an hour." She nodded his way before dragging an excited Caesar to the private room so they could fulfil everything he promised to give to her and she was more than excited.

Huey and Riley sat at the front of the stage with stacks of money and drinks in their hands. They were told by their girls that they were going to do an extra special performance tonight so they had to be front and centre to see everything.

"What do you think they finna do?" Riley asked his brother.

Huey shrugged, trying not to show his curiosity too. He knew his brother was eager to find out what Diamond had planned, he couldn't stop moving in his seat since she disappeared into the back.

"I have no clue. She never said anything about it until when we were leaving out." Huey said, referring to his dancer girlfriend, Emerald.

Before they could ask each other for any more hints, Raven strolled over in a sexy but professional look.

"Sup niggas." She greeted.

"Sup bitch." Riley greeted back.

"How's business?" Huey asked her.

She took a seat at the table the was in the middle but behind the brothers, close enough so they could hear each other over the music. She picked up the spare glass and filled it up with the champagne on the table. "Doing good. Drugs are selling good, customers are happy, girls and security are satisfised."

"No trouble?"

"We get them odd hairs out of place but nothing I can't put back into place with some gummy and eco styler." She told them as she took a sip of her drink. "Nice to see you've found your way back."

Huey shrugged. "Got invited."

Raven smirked. "Oh did you now?"

"Yeah we did. Why?" Riley questioned, interested about what she knew. She was the manager after all, she had to know something.

"No reason, no reason at all..." She dug her nose further into her glass.

Before they could continue their conversation, Bunny walked over in a bra and pantie with a large grin on her face, thinking about the big spenders in front of her drinking the expensive champagne. "Heeeyyyyy." She tried to get their attention.

"No." Raven, Huey and Riley all told her before she could even make herself comfortable in their presence.

Bunny stubbornly stomped her feet. "Ugh, you're a shitty boss. You should be letting me go to any customers."

"These niggas, the Asian nigga at the bar and the dread nigga that is with them somewhere up in this club are strictly off limits. I don't want you on them, hovering over them or even looking in their direction. If you so much as do any of those things, I will shove my foot so far up your ass you won't be able to move your stiff ass hips. Got it?" Raven threatened. "You're wearing my patients thin, you're lucky I am a nice person because I know you need a job but keep pushing and the next step will be out the door."

"Fine." She mumbled before lifting her head high and moving onto someone else without another word.

Raven sighed. "I swear that girl is something. She just needs to find another job and leave me the hell alone."

They all shook their head at the blonde dancer before turning their attention to the stage once they notice the room going dark.

"Damn what happened to the lights?" Riley mumbled under his breath.

"Whores in this house. There's some whores in this house. There's some whores in this house." Began to play in the speakers, grabbing everyone's attention now. Everyone knew what song was about to play.

A spot light came on at the back of the stage as Cardi B's part came and there stood Emerald. She had on a water wave wig to give her a wet look to go with the leather and fishnet outfit she had on. She rapped along to the lyrics effortlessly as she made her way to the front of the stage, doing the bare minimum but still looking sexy while doing it. It was only the beginning so she didn't want to give much away. She held onto the pole and began to grind against it while looking at the audience in front of her. The spot light was in her face but she could still see where Huey was sitting and she knew he was paying close attention.

As Megan's verse kicked in, the spot light went back to where Emerald started and out came Diamond in a similar look. She also rapped the lyrics effortlessly as she made her way to the front of the stage where her best friend was dancing slowly. Money began to be thrown onto the stage as they both broke out into a routine on the floor.

The spot light disappeared and the lights turned red so now everyone could see everything. The red made everything sexier.

As they continued to dance to the song, using steps and tricks on the pole, they would occasionally look directly at Huey and Riley to show they were speaking directly to them. They would pretend to choke themselves and rub their hands over their body which made people go crazy so they knew their boyfriends were definitely going crazy. Everything that was being said in the song they wanted done to them. They lifted their legs high up into the air before spin into splits, causing more money to be thrown onto the stage.

Riley has seen Diamond dance but how she danced at home it was only a little different from the club. Both still turned him on to the max. He wondered if he could get a private room for a least an hour to get her to spell her full government name while she was riding him. Then, and only then, he would consider impregnating a girl right now. It seemed as if he had no self-control with Diamond and it was almost annoying but once she was in his arms, he no longer cared about that.

No matter how many times Huey has seen Emerald dance, he still couldn't get over it. Jazmine was for the most part innocent and Emerald barely had clothes on and would pull all types of freaky and flexible moves in one song. A song that was dangerous in itself. He didn't understand how one song could cause so much outrage from people, if he got to see his girl do this whenever, he didn't care what the lyrics said, he was going to watch her dance to it which was exactly what he was doing now.

The song ended and the crowd erupted into applause as per usual. Emerald and Diamond picked up some of the money and stuffed it into their clothes before they waved, blew kisses and winked at their adoring crowds.

"Ay, I'll be back." Riley told Raven and Huey in a daze before flying off to the dancers dressing room where Diamond and Emerald had just disappeared to.

"Riley! Leave them alone!" Raven tried to call him back but it was no use. "Damn now the customers are going to have to wait for her. This boy can't keep it in his pants for a few more hours."

Huey shook his head. "You know he can't."

She raised an eyebrow at Huey who was trying to act unphased by the performance but she could see how turned on he was from what he just witnessed. They used to be together so she knew the look. "But when are you about to give it up?"

He slowly turned back to look at her. "What are you talking about Raven?"

"You know what I'm talking about. When are you going to fuck Jazzy and get some of her WAP Huey?!"

At that, he immediately turned away from her. "I'm not having this conversation with you."

Raven moved so she was sitting in Riley's seat, making it harder for Huey to turn away from her. "Come on, I know you want to. Why you not hitting it?"

As much as Huey didn't want to say anything, he knew she wasn't going to let it go. "It's not that I don't... it's just when. I ain't trying to fuck shit up Raven." He admitted but avoided eye contact while saying it.

Raven had to do her best to hold back her awing because she knew he would just close up as usual and she would get nothing out of him. "It's natural to feel like that Huey but you just have to give it a shot because if you don't, then you might not ever get the moment to shoot again. No pun intended." They both smirked when she said that. "But yeah, try it. She's a reasonable girl, it's not like she's going to blow up on your ass if you try it on her."

"Yeah. I guess you right." He nodded. He saw the cheeky smile on Raven's lips and stopped her before she could even get a word out. "I'm not repeating myself. You heard what I said now get back to making me money."

She pouted at him. "You're no fun." She playfully punched him in the arm and then stood up. "And to think I was being nice to your bitch ass." Raven took the same dramatic exit Bunny did earlier, making Huey smirk and sip his drink alone, or so he thought.

"You alone baby?"

He looked the new comer up and down, taking in her lace underwear and corset. "You're here now so no."

"Hm, you're a cleaver one. I like that in a man." She started to dance to the slow song, swaying her hips to the beat.

"Good thing I am your man."

Hearing this made Emerald look over her should to see the large smirk on Huey's face. "Guess I got lucky."

"I can say the same thing for myself."

Emerald continued to give Huey a short but sexy show that he never requested but highly appreciated with not a care in the world for those few minutes. However, some people didn't like their interactions.

"What the fuck does that bitch have that I don't?!" Erica asked in frustration as she watched Huey receive a lap dance from Emerald that was just on stage. "I mean, I'm not some hoe ass stripper, why the fuck he just fuck me and leave."

Layla rolled her eyes at her friend. "I don't know. I see what you mean when you talk about him, Ghost is so sexy."

Erica rolled her eyes. "I forgot you know him as Ghost. Well I know him as Huey but them niggas just be the same."

"I know... you think he's going to stay with the dancer?"

"Nah. He hasn't been tied down for years. This yellow bone is not going to be around for long, especially once he realises she just a hoe." Erica downed the rest of her drink. "You know, instead of tripping over my Huey, why don't you try one of them other niggas. Hiro, Caesar or Riley. Riley had some baby mama drama shit but you can always worm your way inside that situation. I heard he fucks good too. He knows what he's doing in the bedroom, just like his brother."

Layla looked around the room just as he watched Riley go to a private room with the dancer she heard name was Diamond. With the way he was watching her, they seemed to have more than just a professional relationship.

"Fine. If you get Ghost, I get Riley but if I can't get Riley, I'm fighting you for Ghost."

Erica shrugged at her friend. "Fine. Make the best woman win."

The two shook on it, solidifying their deal.

Erica titled her head back as she took her last shot. "Come on let's get out of here. I'm tired of looking at these fake ass thot's. I need a real club."

The two collected their things and made their way out of The Blue Moon undetected with plans spinning in their heads. They were about to bring unwanted drama to these people's lives and that's the last thing any of them needed but wherever they went, it seemed as if trouble always found a way back to them.


I hoped you enjoyed this sort of filler chapter but two major events happened in this chapter too. I know some of you may be mad with the whole baby situation but let me know your thoughts on that. I couldn't let Riley have a baby on my good sis Royalty so I had to put a stop to that asap but don't worry, you never know when a situation may present themselves in the near future.

I saw a couple of chapters ago a Guest mentioned having a sort of spin off for the Gem's and I started writing a little but wasn't sure what to write. I don't know if I was just going to do a mini story or about a 10 chapter one shot about some of the things they had to go through when they first joined the club, like their adventures and things like that. It just won't be long that's all I know, that's a bit much for me but let me know any ideas, I am always open to suggestions and ideas. That is if you guys want to read it. A lot of you guys reviews have impacted the story which is why I like seeing what you think so much.

Briana13: School really snuck up me lool, I really missed the whole month of September with posting but I'm here now. I hope I didn't disappoint you with Riley's mess but trust me, he is not going to get off lightly. And them meeting their aunt will be very interesting...

GREENPEACE1990: I can always count on you to comment on all my work. Thank you so much. I only answered one of your questions but keep the rest in mind, they will be answered soon...

Guest: Thank you for enjoying my story, I really appreciate it.

RuffinNoRelation: Carmen will be back soon don't worry.

BoondocksFever234: I'm an aunt too to all boys so I know what you are talking about. I would die for my babies. I felt so bad writing about Jencia's death because of the way she died and how young she died but I want this story to be as crazy as possible, I am trying not to hold back as much. Vlad is very nasty, I am glad we all agree. I needed to make their relationship have more substance so I created that craziness which happens more often than we think. And I don't mind if you ghost, as long as you always find your way back and tell me everything lool. I look forward to your stories too.

EbonixBrat: Glad you've found your way back lmao, you're in for an adventure for real.

Ok, I've said too much.

Until next time

-TBG