Page 73 of Rayzor: Tell Me It’s Mine II

“Yo’,” he answered.

I heard something on the other side of the phone but couldn’t make it out because I was still asleep but trying to be nosy.

“Wait, what?” He shot up.

“Is everything alright?” I asked.

“Levi.” He ignored me.

I sat up.

“What about Levi?”

“Wait, slow down.” He ignored me.

I was reaching for the phone, but he was already getting out of bed, and I followed suit, not knowing what was going on. All I knew was my heart wouldn’t slow down, and I felt sick. Rayzor was grabbing whatever was closest to him.

He tossed the phone on the bed.

I grabbed it.

Rhea was hysterical.

“Eris, Levi…”

“Rhea, where’s Levi?”

When City woke me up, he didn’t tell me anything. He had the bags packed and ready to go. I was dazed, trying to figure out how he did it all without waking me up. He gave me less than five minutes to get my life together, starting with having clothes and things picked out. I could’ve argued but didn’t because of the look on his face– a mixture of anger and composure. I thought it was something wrong with his family. And it was; Eris and the kids were his family too.

On the jet ride home, everything was a blur. It felt like the pilot had more than turbo in the engines to get us from New York back home., Rayzor spent the ride on the phone trying to figure to get answers. I held my friend. She was in a daze with her phone in her lap, jumping every time it went off. Rayzor barely looked away from his phone or the window as he waited for us to touch down. I didn’t blame him, me too.The lights, the police, the detectives all crowded inside Rhea’s living room as we stood there. Eris was shell-shocked as the detectives jotted down notes on their notepads. Me, I was having an out-of-body experience. Levi. Kidnapped. That can’t be.

“Rhea, tell me again, what happened?” Rayzor asked.

“I came into the house to grab something to drink. He was only out there for like less than a minute. I swear,” she explained. Her eyes were swollen from crying, and she explained the story multiple times, but just like Rayzor, I couldn’t understand how it happened.

Levi’s been coming to Rhea’s house for years. Never had an issue. What made this time different?

I was sick to my stomach picturing his face inside my head. He must’ve been so scared.

“Whoever got my Godson will need the strength of God, his twelve disciples, and then some to get me off that ass when I see them,” I warned.

“I can’t believe someone’s got my baby,” Eris said in shock, starting at the ground.

City tapped me on the shoulder, and we stepped off to the side.

He kept glancing back at Eris and Rayzor.

“Man, this is scary and crazy.”

“Yeah, tell me about it.” He crossed his arms over his chest.

“City, Levi’s my baby. He might be Eris’s son, but I’ve been by his side since he was a baby.” I felt myself getting emotional all over again.

He grabbed me, pulling me into him, and wrapped his arms around the top of my back and head. I cried like a baby in his arms. I’d been holding strong since arriving back in Atlanta, but I’ve also cried too.

“He gon’ be aiight.”

“What if he’s not? Ain’t no telling who got him,” I said between tears.