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“So that nigga got insecure and instead of applyin’ pressure he worried ‘bout me and you. And make this clear I was fuckin’ my baby mama not his girlfriend because you were mine first and forever will be, ain’t that right?”

“See, and that’s where I’ma leave you to enjoy yo’ night,” I deflected as I grabbed the keys from him. “Thanks for the car. Let the garage up for me.”

“You know this conversation ain’t over,” he announced as he flicked the switch for the garage door.

“Uh huh. I hear ya baby daddy. Good night.”

Chapter 14

Nas

“You sure ‘bout this?” Chance questioned as he looked up at me.

“Yeah, I know it was that nigga, and either he tells the fuckin’ truth or lose his life,” I chided as I stood to my feet. “Now I need you to get in position. Once he’s in here you know what you have to do.”

“I gotcha, cous.”

Once he was in position, I called Fernando into my office. For the past week and half, I’d been playing it like everything was cool. That was far from the truth because I was still pissed the fuck off about my child being threatened again. First, it was Juan and now his damn dad had joined my hit list. Before I handled either of them, I wanted to handle the snake amongst me. When he walked in, he only saw me, which was part of the plan before I gestured for him to have a seat.

“Now Fernando I felt like you were a good pairin’ and I took Nina at her word,” I began as I sat in front of him. “I feel like if I ask you a question you’ll keep it real with me. Is that gonna be the case?”

“I have nothing to hide,” he answered in his thick accent. “What’s your question, Boss?”

“See, I thought I was your boss that you were loyal to but now I don’t know. So, clear this up for me. Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t paint this fuckin’ wall with yo’ brain matter for you tellin’ Juan ‘bout my fuckin’ child?”

Just like instructed Chance placed the barrel of his gun at the back of Fernando's head. He kept his head straight and held high as he took his time to answer. I didn’t want to kill Fernando because he was good at whatever he was tasked to do, but I couldn’t keep a muthafucka around me that I didn’t trust. Chance nudged the back of his gun deeper into his head before clicking the safety off.

“I was the one to tell Juan about your child because if I didn’t give him some top-grade information than who do you think he would hurt first?” He stated as his phone that he’d placed on the table started ringing. “That’s for you. Answer it so you can get the assurance you need.”

“Hmm,” I grunted as I grabbed his ringing phone. “Who this?”

“Nasir, don’t kill Fernando,” Nina reasoned on the other end of the phone, causing me to look around the room for a possible hidden camera.

“He brought my daughter into this fuckin’ world!”

“And he had to do it for me. If he hadn’t shown Juan that he was loyal to him then I’d have a target on my back. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t tell him to do that, but we have to respect that Fernando was lookin’ out for not only me, but for you too. If Juan did it his way to find that out, he would’ve come to the States. That would’ve put Nyla in harm’s way for no reason. He only knows you have a child and her name, not how she looks or nothing like that.”

“Man, Nina…”

“Look I’m in town and I need to talk to you in person. Fernando will bring you where I am.”

“Fine.”

I hung up the phone before slamming it on the table and looked up at Fernando. Chance still had the gun to his head as he waited to see what I wanted him to do. Nina’s words echoed in my head as I battled with my next decision. I didn’t play about my damn child because as a father it was my job to keep her safe and happy. To know that she was on the radar of a dangerous man didn’t sit right with me. Especially because one of those men tried to kill me while I was in my mom’s belly. Ain’t no telling what that muthafucka would do to a living breathing child.

“Take me to her,” I demanded as I stood up and called Chance off with the wave of my hand. “Let that be the last time you do some fucked up ass shit like that and not tell me, Fernando. Is that understood?”

“Yes, Boss,” Fernando answered as he stood up. “I’ll bring the black truck around.”

Once he was gone, I caught Chance up with what was going on. When I was finished, we got in the car before heading to Nina’s location. I didn’t know what her reason was for coming into town, but I was eager to find out. It took us about forty minutes to get to her location. I was still itching to put a bitch six feet under but held it together for the time being.

“I swea’ you look more and more like Javi every day,” Nina shook her head as she held the door open for us.

“Cut the small talk, you know I wanna murder me a bitch,” I hissed. “So, if you ain’t here to tell me I can put a bullet in Juan then what the hell are you doin’ here?”

“You made quite the impression on Rafi. He wants to make sure that you’re connected with all of the men who were doing business with the Santiago Cartel before yo’ dad’s death.”

“Them niggas doin’ business with Juan, aren’t they?”