“I know. I heard.”
“Just making sure you know. Handle that, ’cause last thing you need is another attempt and they succeed. You know they say if a nigga can’t kill you he’ll put you behind bars. Niggas be envious of what they ain’t.”
I nodded.
“Keep your head on a swivel, bro. If I get that rat first, I’ll definitely be in touch. Lee, right?”
I grinned. “Old man knows his shit.”
“Damn right.”
He and I talked for a little bit longer with nothing being serious, a couple latent childhood memories but that was it.Kicking shit with Posydiann reminded me of childhood, life that felt like a lifetime ago. Life that wasn’t as difficult as it seemed to be now.
“You wanna tellme what has your mind so occupied?” Liora’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
Posydiann’s words replayed in my head and I couldn’t help but feel like there was a riddle somewhere in them, like maybe I felt like I knew everything but then again I didn’t. I never considered RJ my blood, so who else was he talking about? Posydiann’s words didn’t start replaying in my head until I really thought about it. Not only that but I was home and questioning my next move.
“Nothing, something that was said to me a few days ago.”
“Oh, you wanna talk about it?”
“Nah, I’d much rather focus on you.” I pushed hair from her face.
“What about me, Iso?”
“Just you, Killa. You been sticking this shit out with me. Cooped up inna crib with no complaints.”
She laughed then sat up. “It’s not cooped up when it’s how I am normally. I don’t do much outside or anything extra. I’m boring.”
“You far from that, but I fuck with it.”
“You fuck with it because you’re boring too. If all this hadn’t happened to you, where would you be?”
“Streets,” I replied, watching those lips of hers curve with curiosity.
“Fair. Are you going back to the streets when all of this is over?”
“Nah, there’s more to life. I gotta be better for my son. Create some passive income and work on my raggedy ass car.”
She laughed. “Will you get bored?”
“Nah.”
“You sure about that?”
“Nah, I’m at a place in my life where I’m craving the purest fucking peace known to man. When all this shit is over, I just wanna be left the fuck alone.”
“And you can have that, as long as you finish everything you start.” She leaned down and pecked my lips after her statement.
“Can I also have you?” I asked, on some straight corny shit.
She grinned hard, which meant her little hard ass was on the same corny stuff. “Who’s to say you don’t already have me, Iso?”
“Do I?”
She nodded. “You do.”
“Good to know. Now show me.”
