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“Pops, but me and Murder been friends since elementary school. How can he do this to me? I love him like a brother,” Pain said.
“I remember a time or two when Maurice told you to slow down out here. He even told you what a good catch that girl was. Am I right?”
“Yeah, he used to say that shit all the time,” Pain answered.
He didn’t like the way the conversation was going, but he wanted his father’s input. He honestly didn’t know where he went wrong with not seeing how Murder felt about Lawrynn.
“He was telling you right there that he would gladly take her off your hands. He was enough of a friend that he waited for you to fuck up before he laid the smack down on her. Back in the day, niggas didn’t care who you were. If they wanted what you had, they went for it. There were a lot of families breaking up behind people looking for long term relationships with someone they were destined to have only a few phone conversations with.
“Son, be honest with yourself for one time. You and Lawrynn had no business together at all. You weren’t ready for any type of relationship, and you’re still not. Right now, you’ve gotta think about that child that you ’pose to be bringing into this world. As for Lawrynn, what’s done is done. Leave it alone. I know it stings that your friend is with her, but that shit you did to her didn’t sting, it down right hurt her. Put your ego to the side, and let her be happy for once,” George told his son.
George hated to see his son so torn over this mess he’d created. Life dealt so much bullshit that there was no need to make new problems. His son was as hard headed as they came. He saw from the way that he was treating Lawrynn that when the break-up happened it would end up hurting Patrick more than it would Lawrynn. Unlike Patrick, Lawrynn had the comfort of knowing that she respected and upheld the relationship. There was no guilt or shame on her part.
“If you were in my shoes, what would you do?” Pain asked his dad.
“I would ask myself if I wanted her to be happy; truly happy. Then I would be honest about if I could be the one to do that. If not, then I would keep it moving. You may want her to be with you, but the real question is what are you gonna do if she comes back to you. If you’re just gonna hurt her all over again, just leave her be. You should only be concerned with my grand baby. Make sure you get a test done.”
“I don’t know if Murder and I will ever be the same again. I just feel like it’s fucked up what he did,” Pain said.
“Again, that is none of your concern. Besides, he only did what you told him to do,” George said and waited a minute for that to sink in.
There was no way in hell he would tell his friend to try his hand with any of the women he’d dealt with. George could talk to his son until he was blue in the face, but at the end of the day, Pain was a grown ass man. It was time he started acting like one.
“Okay, Pops, thanks for the talk,” Pain said and stood to his feet.
“What are you gonna do?” George asked, hoping his son would come to the conclusion that he wanted him to.
“Ain’t shit I can do, really. I’m gonna try to forget all about Lawrynn and raise my kid,” he told his father in a solemn tone.
George knew this was one of those times he would have to send an extra prayer up to help his son stay true to his words. He knew that friend or not, if Murder felt like he or Lawrynn were in danger, he would kill everything to protect what he cared about, including his best friend.
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Murder walked into his mother’s house praying that she had cooked. He didn’t get to eat at the restaurant, so he was starving. Holding tightly to Lawrynn’s hand, he walked through the house looking for his number one lady.
“Ma, what’cha doing, beautiful?” Murder asked as he walked down to the basement.
“I’m washing clothes,” Maxine told her son. Upon closing the washing machine, she turned around, and was shocked to see her son and Law Baby standing before her hand in hand.
“Hey, Law Baby, how have you been?” Maxine said as she gave Lawrynn a hug.
She was sure to cut her eyes at her son because she just knew he was on some bullshit. “Come on upstairs with me while you two tell me why you’re standing here holding hands like this,” she said, walking in front of them.
Maxine knew that Murder had a thing for Lawrynn when she saw how he would look at her when she was around. He thought he was slick by making Lawrynn feel like he hated her. They made it to the kitchen, and everyone sat down at the table.
“Which one of y’all wanna start talking first?” she said, eyeing her son.
“We’re together now,” Murder said with a shrug.
“Is she worth losing your best friend over and maybe even your life?” Ma
xine asked.
“It ain’t nothing like that, Ma. Pain broke up with her. He’s got a baby on the way with her cousin,” Murder explained.
“And? What the hell is that supposed to mean? Why are you even talking about Pain when you’re supposed to be telling me how all of this happened and why? She was just with your best friend. Please explain this to me. I didn’t raise you to be running around here fucking over your friends for ten minutes of sex.
“I’m not even going to acknowledge that ten minute comment. I’ve wanted her long enough, and I couldn’t wait any longer,” Murder said.
