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“We’re here to help you shift your focus from Abel. Abel let us know he never fired his weapon that day. Is there something you want instead of Abel? Since he is not an option,” Uncle Will explained.

“OG, I have a lot of respect for you, so here is my compromise. I want the guns originally offered to us, and I want the other dude that was with your man Abel that day. If Abel is saying he isn’t the shooter, I’m assuming the other dude is,” Oz countered.

My Uncle snapped his fingers, and the prospects dragged Tiny over to where he stood with Oz. Tiny tried his hardest to fight them off, but it was of no use. Even if he got free from the prospects, the rest of the crew would have handed him over just the same.

“Come on, OG, I didn’t fire my gun either. Abel was the one that got me caught up in all this,” Tiny pleaded.

“You know the rules. When you do business outside the club that affects the club you have to deal with the consequences,” Uncle Will said to him.

“Listen, I can see about the guns but that’s not something my club dabbles in. The guns for sale were from Abel’s private collection. I can see what I can do about getting them to you if you give me a couple of days,” Uncle Will explained to Oz.

“I’m a reasonable man so a couple days is fine,” Oz said. Then he pulled a gun from behind his back, and I pulled mine from my left holster. Oz shot Tiny right in the forehead and put his gun back in his waistband. We all looked on as Tiny’s body dropped. I never put my gun away, and I kept my eyes focused on Oz.

“Aye, homie, where is the little dude that shot me outside my shop? We gave you Tiny, now I need whoever shot me. Fair is fair,” I declared.

“Not the big bad Wolf speaking on some fair shit. Nah, homie. The same way y’all are protecting Abel is the same way I’m protecting my family. I can’t give you my little cousin, dog,” Oz explained.

“Yeah, alright. You can’t keep him hidden forever. Little homie gotta come out sometime. Just know when he does it’s on sight. I can’t let any man that pulls on me live to talk about it,” I declared.

There was no use in going back and forth with him. I knew how the game went. If it wasn’t a family member he probably would have given him the same treatment we gave Tiny. None of that mattered to me. I meant what I said. I was a man of principle, so I would keep my people on lookout until I found who I was looking for.

With that we all exited the restaurant one by one. I didn’t put my piece away until I was outside. This shit wasn’t over for two reasons. One, I knew Able wasn’t giving up those guns. It wasn’t about the guns; it was the principle. Abel wanted to get rid of the guns, but the First Street Crew fucked that up. He probably had already sold them to another crew by now. And the second was Oz wouldn’t take lightly to me keeping my gun trained on him. He would be looking for some sort of retaliation.

The crew hopped back on their bikes like Gavin, and I got back in his car. We followed the crew back to our clubhouse. Gavin turned the music on, but I turned it back down.

“I need you to get your people to find this little cousin of his,” I commanded.

“You know I got you. We have already been looking for him. I won’t stop until we bring him to you,” Gavin assured me.

“Good looking,” I said. Gavin turned the radio back up and I let the music distract me from what I wasn’t able to accomplish today. I bought Abel some time but how much time I wasn’t certain of. We pulled into the parking lot of the clubhouse and exited the car. The rest of the crew was on the patio already and in the middle of a discussion.

“Wolf, we all know Abel isn’t going to give them shit. We have to go to phase two of this plan,” Uncle Will expressed.

“Today didn’t go as planned. Now that we know for certain these dudes don’t just want the shooter, we have to move on to a new plan. If they only wanted vengeance for their dead leader, killing Tiny would have been sufficient. They still won’t tell me who shot me. Now we have to come up with a plan to exterminate their crew. As long as they’re breathing Abel isn’t safe. Shit none of us are honestly,” I explained.

“You’re right. We can’t put this behind us until they are six feet under. Gavin, we need your team to run surveillance on them. We need to know everything about them. I’m talking where their mommas stay, where they lay their heads, and the bitches they fuck with. We need to be strategic in our planning,” Tone instructed.

“I’m on it. I’ll report back as soon as I have something viable. Wolf, are you going to fill Abel in?” Gavin asked.

“Yeah, I’ll give him a call. Come on, let’s head back to my crib.”

Gavin and I walked back to the car and headed back to my house. It was important for us to be alert as we drove. The chance of someone trying to follow us was very real. I left my sling at home so I didn’t appear weak. My shoulder throbbed something awful, but there was nothing I could do about it now. When I got home, I would have to take a painkiller.

An hour later we pulled into my gate. After such a long day it felt good to be home. It felt even better with Alexis being at my home. I couldn’t wait to see her. Hopefully she wasn’t too upset with me. I exited the car and approached the front door. Dobbs stood guard in front of the house. I nodded in his direction before I entered the house. The first thing I noticed when I entered my home was Alexis peacefully asleep on the couch. I walked over to her then gently nudged her so I could get her to bed.

“Lexxy, come on. Let’s go to bed,” I gently whispered in her ear.

She stirred in her sleep before she opened her eyes and realized I stood in front of her. It took her a moment to get her bearings together.

“You’re finally home and in one piece. Where did you go?” she asked.

“I can’t tell you that, love. Why don’t we focus on getting you to my bed?”

I guess she didn’t like my answer because she sucked her teeth and walked upstairs. Alexis was still upset so I would let her have that. The look of worry she had when I initially left the house earlier was now a look of relief. When I got to my bedroom, I noticed she wasn’t in my bed. If she wanted to sleep alone tonight that was fine with me too. With the constant throbbing of my shoulder, the last thing I wanted to do was argue with her. I decided to take a painkiller and knock out instead.

Gotta be morecareful

I woke up in a bad mood. When Wolf came home in the middle of the night I was upset. Then he didn’t want to talk about where he had been all day. I spent my day worried about Wolf and he didn’t want to talk about it. My response to that was to go to my room and go back to bed. I would be lying if I said I had a restful night’s sleep. Wolf upset me so badly I found myself tossing and turning instead of sleeping. Eventually sleep found me but it didn’t erase my funky mood. I finished my breakfast and now I needed to clean the kitchen.

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