Page 83 of Weddings on the West: Vol. I Brick & Destiny

Five Dead After SUV plunges off Sleighton Bridge.

Witnesses say the Tahoe started driving erratically after being struck by another vehicle and jumped the barricades, dropping off the side of the bridge. Dive teams were called in, but unfortunately no one survived the crash. Authorities have declined to comment on whether the incident is related to other violence ringing off around Sleighton. Bystanders are calling this “The Bloodiest Night The City Has Seen In A While.”

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By the time we had ditched our clothes, weapons, and car, I was slinking into my house at close to four in the morning. I knew I would be eating pussy and buying gifts for the next month just to pacify my girl, but I didn’t really give a fuck. I didn’t enjoy this part of the life as much as my brothers, but it was my life. I had to do what I needed to make sure my family was safe, respected, and prosperous.

The way Peep was propped up against the headboard with the TV on full blast, let me know she didn’t listen to my instructions on getting some rest, and had been fighting The Sandman until he hit her ass with that K.O.

I chuckled to myself before heading to the shower. The high of the night was starting to come down, and my limbs felt like they weighed a ton each. I took yet another shower, praying the steaming water was so hot that it washed away enough of my sins so I would be fit to go lay with my angel.

When I returned to the bedroom in a pair of sleep shorts, Peep was still sitting up and knocked out. I walked around to her side, turned the TV off, then gently grabbed her so I could lay her down. She jolted up like she didn’t realize that she was asleep, then looked around in confusion before her eyes landed on me.

“Baby!” she immediately sobbed as she locked her arms around my neck, pulling me in close. All I could do was continuously apologize to her as I let her hold me and cry it out. And I was sorry. I was sorry as fuck for making her this upset. I made a note to keep her busy the next few days so she didn't catch any headlines of the carnage. My baby was way too fuckin’ pure for this world.

The moment she pulled back and our eyes reunited, it clicked—this was exactly what I had been looking for the whole time. Everything I never knew I wanted wrapped up in a pretty, soft, brown package with a bow on top.

My peace.

My calm.

My best fuckin’ friend.

I never thought I was worthy, but the Lord had other plans and blessed me tenfold. She was worth more to me than any dollar I could make, home I could buy, or car I could stunt in.

“I love you...” The words came out before I could even stop them, but I didn’t regret it. She didn’t even tease me or give me a hard time like I just knew she would. The only thing she did was pull me in for a kiss while whispering reciprocations of my statement against my lips. Before I knew it, I found myself climbing in between her legs, hands gripping her waist as my lips kissed her tears away. I wasn’t even trying to go there with her—I just wanted to hold her and be close to her—but when she wiggled her way out of her bottoms and started trying to work me out of mine, I caved.

Her body melted as I slowly slid into her, taking my time as I loved on her body the way she deserved. No words were needed as we found our rhythm. She only let out a light whimper every now and then when I hit her g-spot. The truth was I couldn’t say anything out of fear that I’d drop a tear or two myself. I did my best to let my body say everything my words couldn’t, holding her tight and planting kisses to her lips as I gave her the deepest strokes I could.

“Oh G—Brick! I love you so much, baby!” she screamed out as her body seized up and her walls sucked me in. I came just as hard, face buried in her neck as I shivered and filled her pussy to the brim.

“I love you too! Fuck, I love you girl!” I thought that saying that to her would feel like losing something, but all I felt was free and warm. I spent the rest of the early morning telling my wife how much I loved her for round after round as the sun came up.

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One Week Later

“Nigga, I know you ain’t still apologizing! Come smoke with me! Bring your own blunt though, since you eat ass, now,” Kilo whined.

I was in fact still apologizing. After a beautiful night together, Des woke up and saw the body count on the news, and I was in trouble again. She still loved on me at every opportunity, but when shit got quiet in the house I caught her ass giving me this look that had me feeling guilty as hell. Damn, a nigga kills forty-three people, and now I’m the bad guy? They started with us, and I didn’t do it by myself.

I was currently standing in the lobby of my jeweler’s shop so I could pick up the solitaire diamond pendant necklace that I prayed would get me back in her good graces.

“Man, I’m on my way, just let me pick this shit up. Needy ass nigga!” I needed Kilo to find his wife quickly because every time I looked up, the nigga was calling me for something or showing up at the house. Whoever he ended up with was gon’ be annoyed as fuck twenty-four seven.

“Let me hit you back. Eden is calling me.”

“Damn, nigga! You just gon hang up on me because Eden palm tree-head ass is callin’? I thought we were better⁠—”

“Bye Kilo!”

I hung up and clicked over, but before I could even greet the girl, Eden was hollering in my ear.

“Brick, where is my sister?” I heard her yapping. I rolled my eyes because why the fuck did she call me looking for Destiny?

“Damn, hey to you too, sis! She’s out shopping, spending up all my muhfuckin’ money!” I teased back. Having her ass as a little sister was almost as annoying as having Kilo as a little brother. Both them niggas tap danced on my nerves daily… but Eden’s crazy ass hit harder. Still, knowing that if push came to shove, both of us had a village behind us made all of their antics worth it.

“Brick, listen to me. You need to go get her now. I tried calling, but she’s not answering my calls!” The seriousness in her tone made me stop in my tracks.