“A’ight. Keep watch at the gate. I’ll take care of this.” I told him with a nod.
“Sure thing, boss.” Slice took off down the sidewalk and I helped Kara inside and into the living room.
She was in party clothes and some high ass heels. Easing her down into a chair, I knelt in front of her as she curled up like she was ready to slip off into sleep. I slapped her face a couple of times and her eyes popped open. She stared around, completely discombobulated.
“Kara— “
“Quency?” She replied, face scrunching up with confusion. “How did I get here?”
“That’s a good fucking question. What’s going on?” I queried, and she went to grab her head as if her memories were just running away from her.
“I don’t know. I went to this party on Sunday?—”
“It’s Tuesday.” I pointed out, and she turned her face up, baffled.
“Is it?” She ran her fingers through her hair and licked her dry ass lips.
She carried bags under her eyes, like she had been up for days.
“I’m so tired, and hungry.”
“How did you get here?” I questioned; hands clasped together still knelt in front of her.
“I… I don’t know.” She answered, still wearing perplexity as she tried to figure out what was going on. “I left with this guy, and he gave me this pill, and now I just want to eat and sleep.” She whined, resting her head in her hands.
She tried resting on the arm of the chair, but I shook her awake. I didn’t have time for this shit. Dropping my head to my hand, I sighed heavily.
“Fuck!” I cursed myself and quickly stood.
The fuck was I going to do with her?I couldn’t leave her here like this. I was worried that something would happen to her or she might slip off and never fucking come out of it. Doing a little pacing, I went over to the phone and called down to the guard house at the entrance.
“Yo.” Slice picked up.
“I need a favor, bro. Put somebody else at the gate. I need you to come in here and keep an eye on my sister.” I instructed.
“Okay. I got you.” Slice agreed.
“Thanks.” I put the phone back on the base and covered my face with my hands. “A’ight. Kara, stay put. I’m going to checkon a few things. I’ll be back later. Don’t leave. Keep yourself right here.” I ordered.
She barely heard me. She curled up in the chair and kicked off her shoes. I watched her lean her head against a pillow and close her eyes peacefully. When I got to the door, Slice was already on the porch. I left to door open.
“Don’t let her leave. Just… keep an eye on her for me. I’ll be back as soon as I can.” I pat his chest on my way out the door and over to my whip.
Slice ducked into the house and closed the door behind him. I couldn’t do any of this shit right now. I was just climbing into my car when my phone started vibrating in my pocket. Pressing the start button, I checked and saw that it was one of the managers at the grocery store I owned with Ledge.
“Tank, what’s good?” I asked, maneuvering my car away from the house.
“Free, we got a problem.” His voice was labored, like he was having a hard time breathing.
“Tank, what’s wrong?” I asked.
“Somebody… they came in, robbed us, and shot the place up. It was full of early morning shoppers, bro. They came in and massacred everybody.” Tank explained.
My blood turned to ice in my veins.The fuck was going on?This day was starting on some bullshit already. Something told me my quest to draw Arrow out was the reason behind this. He was a sneaky ass bastard, and never wanted you to see him coming until he was ready for it. I pulled off my estate, leaving the mansion in my rearview while punching the gas to the city.
“I’m on my way.” I told him, hanging up.
If it wasn’t one thing, it was another. On the way, I hit Deviance up, reminding him to keep a close eye on Harbor. Ivy was usually good in school, but I always made sure I had somebody waiting on the outside at release time, just in case.About thirty minutes later I pulled in front of Meyer’s Grocery. The cops were crawling everywhere. There were scattered ambulances and fire trucks too. I parked but didn’t get out. I owned this place, but it was a shell situation, so nobody actually knew that. I kept shit like that for a reason. I couldn’t believe the carnage I was seeing when they started wheeling out body bags.
