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“I’m good. Thanks though,” she tells me. I knew she’d say that. Yenni doesn’t like taking my money and makes plenty of her own. The girl is good at what she does.
I pull back and grab her head in my hands before placing a kiss on her forehead.
“I’ll call you.”
“Okay. Will you walk out with me?” I nod my head once and grab her hand in mine. I lead her out the door and straight to her car, opening the door for her. Yenni climbs in and starts the car before I lean in and give her one last kiss.
Then I step back, closing the door and watching her drive away. I keep watching until I can’t see her car anymore. Then I turn, grab a cigarette from my pocket and light it up while I wait for the guys to come out.
“You think you can handle Omar?” I ask Twitch when he comes to stand next to me.
“Yeah, I got him. He isn’t much to deal with anyway. Give him the cash, collect the drugs,” he answers with a shrug. He’s right; that’s about all it is.
“I need a favor.”
“What’s that?”
“I need to know if Yenni shows up around here when I leave.”
“Why? She not supposed to be here?” I’m baiting him. I want him to lie to me so I can put a bullet in his skull. I want him to lie to me about her so I can take them both out. Don’t ask me why. I don’t know why. Maybe because I’ve been different with Yenni. I’ve given her a piece of me that I’ll never get back. I’ve let my guard down with her, and in the back of my mind, I feel like she’s using me. I crack my neck from side to side to ease the tension, but it doesn’t work.
“I told her I didn’t want her here when I’m gone. I wanna make sure she follows directions,” I tell him.
“I can do that. I’ll let you know if she shows up.”
“If she does, I want photos. I want to know who she’s talkin’ to, what she’s doin’. You got that?” I ask, looking directly at him now.
“I got it, Prez. You’ll be the first to know if she shows up,” he tells me. I better be. And he better not mess with her because I will find out, and there will be hell to pay.
“Good. Make sure Omar stays happy too. Get that shit to the warehouse and get it divided up,” I tell him, taking another drag from my cigarette. I blow the smoke into the air when he speaks once more.
“Why are you so worried about Yenni showin’ up? You think she’s doin’ somethin’ wrong?” Listen to him asking that question. If she is, it’s with him, and I know it.
“Just a little recon, yeah? You can never fully trust a woman,” I tell him.
“Why’s that?”
“They lie to get what they want. I’m not sayin’ all women do it, but a lot will lie their way to the top.”
“Yenni doesn’t seem like the type to do that, Prez. I don’t think she’s lyin’ to you,” he tells me. That doesn’t make me feel better. Brother’s lie too. Family isn’t always what you think it is.
“You don’t think so?”
“No. I don’t. She seems too good for that type of shit,” he says.
“Maybe she is. Maybe she’s not. I don’t know for sure, so I need you to keep an eye on her if she does show up.”
“You got it. I’ll keep an eye out,” he says. I bet he will. Bastard. I have a gut feeling there’s more to the other night than anyone tells me. There’s more to why she ran out of the kitchen and back into my goddamn bed.
Shaking the thoughts away, I flick my cigarette through the air, pull my gloves out of my cut, and slip them on. I could kill him here and now. I could strangle him for lying to me; no one would know. That’s when the others start filing out, and I rethink my idea.
“You ready?” Knight asks the closer he gets to us. I nod my head at him.
“Been ready.”
“Waitin’ on us?” Ridge asks with a smirk.
“Always waitin’ on you slow motherfuckers. Let’s do this,” I tell them. The guys head for their bikes, climbing on and revving them. I do the same before we pull out of the parking lot and out onto the main road.
