Page 98 of Maceo

“Just a little longer,” I whispered as I continued to ride him. “I’m almost there. Shit!”

My orgasm fell full force as he continued to bleed out. He gave another gasp as his body began to fall to the floor. I grabbed a handful of his locs and jerked his head back.

“Bye, Blane.”

I quickly slid the butcher’s knife across his throat. His body hit the floor with a thud. For a moment, he lay twitching before he fell still. I tossed the knife aside then eased off him and stood to my feet, covered in his blood. Smoothing my skirt down, I stepped over his body as I clasped my bra back together and walked out of the kitchen.

In the back room, the group of men stood around mumbling to each other. When I entered, a thick silence fell. They all stared at my blood-soaked attire.

“Listen up,” I said, placing my hands on my hips. “Blane is dead. You answer to me and only me, got that?”

They looked at each other, then back at me.

“I said, do you fucking got that!” I yelled.

They nodded.

“Good. Now… go clean up that mess. And put him on ice. At least he’ll be good for something.”

Without another word, I left the room and went to take a shower.

A few dayshad passed since shit went down, and I was anxious as hell. My trigger finger was itching. I’d practically been living at Jaeda’s house, watching the live video feed. Neither Charity nor Blane had been to the house, but thanks to Titan, we could hear and see everything going on in there. I wasn’t sure what possessed that nigga to put those cameras in the house, but they came in clutch.

Charity and Blane were in communication with the men staying there on a daily basis. We were able to intercept a shipment because they slipped up and gave the address. Pops made a call to one of our police allies and gave them the information. Unfortunately, none of Charity and Blane’s crew was there when the victims were rescued, and the people handing them off were apprehended.

“This shit is boring,” I mumbled, lighting my blunt.

I was currently at Jaeda’s, in her office. We’d been watching the cameras all day, and I was ready to go home. Shar was over here for a little while, but she said she needed a nap, so she left about an hour ago.

“How do you do this shit all the time?” I asked, passing Jaeda the blunt.

“Maybe because I enjoy what I do. Y’all can have the field work. Give me this.”

I chuckled. “Nerdy ass.”

She mushed my head. “Whatever. Somebody is going to appreciate me for my brains one of these days.”

“We do appreciate you, Jae.”

“I know, but we are family, and I’m essential to this operation. Y’all better appreciate me. I’ll disappear on your ass.”

I chuckled. “Don’t do that. We’d need you to find you.”

She laughed. “I mean, y’all can always enlist whoever helped Titan with the cameras.”

“Speaking of Titan. What’s going on with him and Mia? Did something happen that night?”

Jaeda rolled her eyes. “You know your sister is forever the drama queen. She won’t say if anything happened between them. All she told me was they were in training together and always went head-to-head. Mia likes to be the best at whatever she does, and Titan is competition. Between us, I think they used to fuck around.”

“I wouldn’t put it past that. Yo, it’s crazy how he just went into that house.”

“Right? Like, I’m sure Maddie gave him our location that night because of Mia, but he’s… he’s different.

I shrugged. “You think he’s an opp?”

“No. Maddie trusts him. I mean, I know she feels some type of way about Daddy, but she wouldn’t willingly work with anyone that means us harm.”

I nodded. “True. Plus, Maddie loves our grown asses.”

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