I had never seen her so shaken up. It was like she wanted to tell me more, but didn’t know how to say it, so she made it her business to help me investigate the case. I was investigating so I could have whoever dealt with, not to turn over to the police.
She had a bad feeling about her father being involved. Amaria and her father had a strained relationship the older she became. It was some family shit that she couldn’t forgive and refused to speak on. I questioned it a few times, but it always made her uncomfortable, so I left it alone until she was ready to talk about it.
We made it to the villa that Goon was staying in. Capp knocked a few times before Sharon told us to come in. When she saw me, she smiled so wide because it had been a while.
“Hi, Ms. Sharon.”
“Fuquan, dear… you know how to stay missing, eh?”
“Always the plan,” I hugged her, as she kissed my cheek and checked me over like only a mother could.
“You be safe, eh?”
“Always.”
G came down the stairs stretching with a cup of water in his hands. “Tell Gams I’m not messing with her shit no more.”
“Gerald.”
“Stuff,” he corrected himself. “I got a headache and a pregnant wife that says she feels like she has to throw up, but won’t throw up, then gets mad because I want her to throw up to feel better.”
Quasim and Cappadonna both laughed. “Nigga, this is just the tip of the iceberg… wait until you doze off when she has that pregnancy insomnia… anjo beat the sh… stuff out of me,” he quickly corrected himself.
Goon filled the glass with ice and water before taking it back upstairs. “I’ll be back.”
Khaos came downstairs and dapped us up before kissing his mother. “Zoya ain’t make the eggs, right?”
“Her eggs aren’t that bad, Kenneth.”
He looked at his mom and laughed. “Then why didn’t you eat them?”
She swatted him, then rolled to the back. We went and sat in the backyard while we waited for Zoya. Capri ran up from the beach with Aimee behind her. Both Meer and Skyler were holding onto each other while trying to catch their breath.
“Sug, you could have fucking gone easy on us… and you. I get you FBI and shit now, but chill out, Paul Blart.” He pointed at Aimee.
Capri laughed, as she went to her brother and he kissed her on the head. She set on the arm of his chair, while Aimee went to get a kiss, too. “What happened to you out there, Pops?”
“I had your son demanding me to stand in one place.”
Aimee laughed. “That is why I had to sneak out the house. He did the same thing to me and Capri yesterday.”
“Hey Forty… I never been in the company of a fugitive,” she came and hugged me, as I mushed her.
“Get the fuck on, Ms. Gates.”
She laughed. “My phone has been going crazy all morning with your shit. Between that and the damage Menace has caused; everyone is up in arms confused.”
Capri held her phone up. “Making all this damn work for me,” she joked.
Goon came outside with a shirt on this time and sat down. He looked at all of us but said nothing.
“Is my girl good?”
“Stubborn as shit, but good. Made me leave because she has to use the bathroom.” He sucked his teeth annoyed.
“You wanna be in there when she shit? The fuck kind of shit is that?” Meer laughed, as he winked at his wife.
“The same shit you are on… weirdo.”