“FUCKKK!!” I yelled out again.
I couldn’t believe I lost him.
Once I got back to the hotel, I called all of them to the room and explained to them what was going on.
“I saw that nigga! I went to the house, I tried to get her out and couldn’t, and when I left, I saw him. Then lost him.”
I slammed my hands on the counter, still pissed.
“Calm down, blood. It’s okay,” Keith said.
“No, the fuck it is not! Did you hear me? I lost her; I couldn’t get into the house. How the fuck are we supposed to get her out?”
“Did Islah see you?” Deja asked.
I nodded. “I made sure of that.”
“Well, there you go!” Renee said, trying to sound positive. “She saw you, she knows you’re trying, and you know she will too.”
Keith, Sammy, Deja, and Kenya nodded and agreed with her.
“You don’t want to do it while he’s there?” Kenya asked.
“That’s not the problem; even his nigga said that his mind wasn’t right. I don’t want him to try to do something to her. Once I get her, all hell can break loose.”
“Shit, let’s fuck the rental up,” Sammy said.
“No, it has to be another way,” Deja expressed.
I shook my head. “I don’t think it is. Fuck it, I’ll pay the ticket.”
Kenya stood up. “We are not gonna fuck up no cars driving into a house. What if you fuck yourself up? He was gone around this time today, so tomorrow we go watch around the same time. Maybe he will be gone, or if he’s home, maybe it won’t be hard to get in with all of us. Then, after we get her out,” Kenya turned and looked at me, “you can handle Gio.”
I shook my head. “So I have to go one more day without my girl?”
Kenya looked at me, sad. “I know, we all want her home.”
I didn’t say shit to them, I just got up and left outta my own room. Once I got outside, I looked around for a bit, then started walking.
I was tired of this fight. I had finally locked my eyes on Islah, the first time in weeks, and I couldn’t get to her.
That nigga was really trying to keep her away from me, keep her away from moving on like the bitch ass nigga that he was.
I looked up at the purple and pink sky through the palm trees, finally feeling a breeze since I got in Cali, and closed my eyes for a second. Trying times like this, I wish I still had my mom around to talk to, to calm me down since I can’t talk to my woman right now.
After a while, I walked back to the hotel and went up to my room. All of them were still in there waiting for me.
“You good?” Keith asked.
I nodded, grabbing the car keys.
“Yeah, I’m finna go camp outside that house all night. I be damned that I found her and I leave her alone anymore.”
“Hold on, nigga,” Sammy said, standing up. “We coming with you.”
They all nodded and were walking out to get their shit while I looked at them crazy.
“And is. She’s your wife, but she’s our girl too,” Renee expressed.
