Page 53 of A Toxic Redemption

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"Ahhh!" Alicia cried as she watched P's dead body hit the floor. Her ass was next if she didn't tell me what the fuck I wanted to know. "You killed her!"

"Girl, you're next if you don't stop screeching like a banshee," Bino frowned as he leaned against the kitchen wall. "Now, if you don't want to end up like your sister wife, you'd better tell us right now where that nigga Kaine at."

"I don't know," she whimpered and looked turned to me with begging eyes. "Kaine approached us and said he knew a way for us to get you back. We didn't know he was going to kill the guy. He offered us the money to keep quiet about it."

"Was Mia helping?" I asked, and her face scrunched in disgust. "Yes or no, bitch?" I placed my gun at her temple as she rolled her eyes. "I don't have time for your bullshit. My girl is already trying to leave a nigga on top of this shit, and I've never been the one for games. Y'all have played with me for too long, and it ends now, so answer."

"No, Mia wasn't there tonight," she cried as a trail of tears cascaded down her face. "It was an older lady. He kept calling her Shelia. She told him he needed to hurry and end you so she could get what was coming to her."

Hearing Bino move to the side of me still didn't make me take my eyes off this bitch.

"You telling me my mother was with that nigga?" He grabbed her by the neck and shook her. "Is that what the fuck you're telling me?"

I know this shit was hard for him to hear, but I hope he knows what has to be done. When I said all problems were going to be eliminated, I meant that. Too bad one was his mother.

"Yes, she was the driver. Please, I will give you the money back and leave you alone, Loon!"

"Where are they?" I asked once more. I had already texted Jake the address, and he was on the way. "This is my last time asking you."

"They dropped us off without a word. Please, I love—"

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Cutting off the bullshit before Alicia could finish, I watched as her body dropped alongside Persia. Shortly after, Jake arrived. Entering the kitchen, he shook his head at the sight before him. He dragged his eyes over to a noticeably quiet Bino.

"You aight, nigga?" He slapped his chest and broke his brother from his trance. "The fuck you thinking about?"

"Your mother's burial and if she already has an outfit picked out."

Jake was stuck in a state of shock as he watched his brother retreat out of the back door. I know the shit was hard for him to hear and was weighing heavy on him. If it made him feel better, I'd be the one to carry the burden of pulling the trigger. Either way, Auntie is out of there. Since she wanted to be an Uber, she could escort Kaine to his final resting place, too.

CHAPTER

TWELVE

DEVYN

"If I knew retiring was goingto afford me impromptu lunch dates with my daughter, I would have retired sooner." My father stood and greeted me when I approached the table. "You look good, baby girl."

"You look well yourself, old man." I giggled as he kissed my forehead. "Hey, Sasha." I bent and kissed her cheek. "I didn't know you would be here."

I didn't mean any harm by my statement. It's just that I wanted to tell my father about his baby mama pulling up on me almost a month ago. Her disrupting my day the way she did haunts me and pisses me off at the same time.

"Is that okay?" she asked as she looked back and forth between me and father. "I can leave and come back to pick you up, baby. It's not a problem."

"Don't be silly." I waved her off as I flagged down a server.

When I asked my father to meet me for lunch, I was over the moon when he suggested Cheesecake Factory. The Chicken Madeira will always be my go-to entree.

"I don't mind at all. I just didn't want it to be weird when I tell my daddy that my egg donor popped up at my bakery."

Since they had obviously already ordered, they sat there with open mouths and wide eyes as I ordered my drink and food from the server. We sat in silence as she made the short distance to retrieve my drink. Taking a sip of my tea, I peered over the rim of my glass and waited to see who was going to speak first.

"Suga, what do you mean?" my father asked as he leaned slightly across the table. "Dana came to see you? Why?"

"She claims she wants a relationship with me," I shrugged as I eyed him. "She also said she wanted to see you."

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