“Me? Leave? I probably bought errthang in dis bitch, includin’ yo’ botched-ass body! I ain’t goin’ no muthafuckin’ where, bitch!”
“So whatchu ’bout to do? Fight me again?”
“Yup!”
“And then you goin’ back to fuckin’ jail.”
“I’ll go to jail as long as you in hell, hoe! Cuz dis time, after I beat the shit outta you, I’m puttin’ a hole in yo’ face and dis fuckin’ mutt!” I motioned the gun toward the dog.
“Noooo!”
“Shut da fuck up, Stella!”
“I… I wanted to come visit you, but I was scared you was gonna do something to me.”
“Bitch, you think? It was gonna take erry CO in dat bitch to get me off you! Now, where my shit?”
“I… I… I. Um, I have it.”
“You have what?”
“Your jewelry and?—”
“What jewelry?” Pulling the chains from under the collar, she damn near looked like she saw a ghost. “The fuckin’ jewelry you pawned! Dat jewelry?”
“Tunan, I can explain.”
“You can’t explain shit! You pawned my shit, and not only dat, you relocated to Jagoda Bay, where my folks at. Dat cancer had to have ate yo’ fuckin’ brain cells like it did yo’ titty. Do dat nigga know if yo’ shit come out of remission, he gon’ have to wipe yo’ sour ass?”
“I-I-I’m sorry.”
“Fuck you, yo’ stiff booty, and yo’ weak-ass apology. See, I think you thought cuz I was eatin’ your pussy dat you was exempt from my wrath.” I gripped the guns, one pointed at Stella and the other at her nigga in case he got froggy.
She visibly shook while trying to keep a brave face. “You not supposed to put your hands on women.”
“Women? Yeah. But triflin’ ass hoes is a go.”
“Tunan, wait!”
Boom!
Jumping from the seat, the dog fell from my lap with a yelp as smoke filled the room. Her nigga was still on the floor screaming, so he hadn’t been the one to cause the blast.
Stella's eyes went slack, and her body fell like a sack of potatoes. I lifted the guns, ready to blast whoever was coming into the room. The smoke became thicker, and before I could shoot toward the door, my finger froze. The dog’s barking, which was high-pitched as hell, lowered to a slow, hard-to-make-out growl. The smoke had no smell, but my body felt light as I swayed, trying to keep my arms straight.
The dog was no longer barking. Ronnie’s crying had stopped, and Stella’s shiesty ass was silent. I tried to take a step, but as soon as I did, the guns slipped from my hands. My body dropped on top of something small and furry. I’d crushed the dog, but my eyes were too heavy to care. The last thing I tried to do was roll off the little mutt. I was going to take him to Athena.
Then, it was all black.
Whup whup whup
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The sound of blades and an engine rang in my ears, but my body felt so light that it almost felt as if I weighed nothing.
Whup whup whup
