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“Not yet. I wanted to call you first. I don’t want him hopping back into street shit if he don’t have to.”
“Tell him. Don’t keep no shit like that from him. Okay?”
“Okay. He’s probably gonna want to be on the first thing smoking to Houston to meet with you.”
“A’ight. I’m in Beaumont, but I’ll be home Thursday.”
“Okay.”
“Don’t worry, sis. We got’chu.”
“I know. I just worry about losing you all the time.”
“Stop worrying, baby. I ain’t going nowhere.”
“I have to go so I can talk to Law. He’s standing right here with his head tilted to the side like he done heard some shit that I hadn’t told him yet.”
I chuckled. When Lark got in Law mode, his head always tilted slightly. “Okay. Vegas called. If he have something to tell me, I’ll let you know.”
“Okay. I love you, Jungle.”
“I love you too, baby.”
I walked out of B-Dubs and went to my SUV. I needed to yell, and I couldn’t do that in the restaurant or in the parking lot without drawing attention to myself. I got inside and yelled, “Fuck!”
Before I could call Vegas back, Ali was at my passenger door. I unlocked it. I put the phone on speaker so he could hear whatever Vegas had to say. As soon as he answered, he said, “You ain’t gon’ believe this shit.”
“Spit it out.”
“That muthafucka from Kroger, Van Slayton… he’s after you and Fawn. Guess who that nigga is related to?”
“I ain’t got time for this shit. Just tell me.”
“Roulette. Gutta was his uncle… his mom’s brother. Seem like the Patterson family is on every fucking body hitlist. The problem is that he knows Fawn killed Roulette.”
“How you know that shit?”
“I bugged his fucking ride. That nigga is in cahoots with that other bitch Darlena. I’m gon’ keep listening, and I’ll eventually find out where the fuck she at. They think they’ve outsmarted us. You want me to move in or just keep watching?”
“Just keep watching. We gotta be careful with that nigga. I’m getting Watchful Eyes to help us. We need them, because I’m more than sure we’re being watched now. “
“A’ight. I’ll keep watching until you say different.”
“Thanks, nigga.”
I ended the call. I was so angry I could spit nails. All that shit from over ten years ago was back. I couldn’t believe that shit. Muthafuckas was always on some fuck shit. I slammed my hand on the console as Ali lit a blunt. After getting it going, he passed it to me. He was eerily quiet, but I knew he was going into headhunter mode. When he ran for us, he was one of the most efficient niggas we had. He knew how to stay under the radar. The nigga didn’t flaunt shit and was extremely lowkey. I was glad he didn’t forget about us.
I took a long pull from that shit and tried to let it calm my insides. That shit wasn’t helping though. When my phone chimed again, I wanted to throw that shit. I’d had enough fucked up news for a lifetime the past few days. My trigger finger was itching like crazy. I had to be smart about this shit, though, and my best bet was to stay away from it.
I picked up my phone to see a message from Fawn.Law is flying out Thursday morning.
She inserted the eye roll emoji. I slowly shook my head at her smart ass. She already knew what kind of reaction that news was gonna get. He loved Fawn to death, and he would die protecting her. She already knew that shit. The nigga married her in a matter of a couple of months of meeting her. I didn’t understand that shit back then, but I was grateful she had a man that would love her the way she needed to be loved. I responded to her message.A’ight. Send me his itinerary so I can be there to get him.
As I held my phone, a message came in from C-Mar. A slight smile made its way to my lips. That was the distraction I needed. She could do all the shit that blunt couldn’t do. I opened it to see her message and couldn’t help but chuckle.I’m lit like a muthafucka.
I guess I would be working out all the aggression swirling around inside of me, on her. If she was as lit as I thought, she wouldn’t even remember that shit, let alone be triggered. I glanced over at Ali, and he passed the blunt back to me. It was time for war. I’d better get all the pussy I needed before battle, because once the war started, I wouldn’t be able to be all tender and shit. If war was in my heart, then it would be in my dick too.
CHAPTER14
