Page 12 of Hood Legacy

“For how long?” I asked, handing him back the picture.

“From what Nine could tell, it’s been going on since she’s been signed,” Yeti answered. I wiped my hand down my face and nodded. I knew I wasn’t trippin’ when I said I was stepping behind her from here on out. That flower shit wasn’t sitting right in my soul for a reason. “I’m on my way to talk to Pyrite now.”

“He ain't here,” I denied as I shook my head. He was handling his payment from Javien and would be busy for a while. “I’ll put him on to what’s about to happen, though. I know he ain’t gonna have a problem with it.”

“I already upped her security; she’s getting a second guard.” He looked at his watch and then back at me. “They should be here in a few hours. Until she’s here, I’m going to be posted.”

“You trust who this is?” I asked, and Yeti nodded. “With your life? Because if something happens to her, I’m coming after you.”

“Understandable,” Yeti let out a humorless laugh. “But yeah, Ra is legit a beast, and that’s why I called her in. She’s Xoey level.”

“Ah nah,” Legacy objected. Even though I was engrossed in the conversation with Yeti, I was still aware of her and what she was doing. The calm demeanor that she presented was a front, and from the way she was wringing her hands together, she was nervous as fuck.

“What do you mean, ‘ah nah’?” I questioned with an attitude. I held up the picture and tapped it. “Who the fuck ever this is has been around for almost a year, following you around.”

“I’m not saying no to that,” she said, waving me off. “I’m talking about the Xoey reference. I’m all for having extra security, but she’s Xoey crazy?” She vigorously shook her head. “I can’t handle that level of crazy and have a possible stalker. That’s too much.”

“Ra is calmer than Xoey,” Yeti laughed. “And she doesn’t have the plus twelve.”

“What is Ra short for?” she narrowed her eyes at Yeit and crossed her arms over her chest. Yeti looked over at me for help. “Nope, don’t look at Aceyn, look at me.” She snapped her fingers to get our attention, then recrossed her arms. “What is Ra short for?”

“Rage,” Infinite Brown said, standing in my doorframe with a mug on his face. “You said she was out this shit.”

“She’s back,” Yeti replied with a shrug. The tension between them was thick; whoever Ra was, meant something to Infinite.

“Send her back, Yeti,” Infinite demanded. His voice was low and calm, but we could hear the finality in his request. “Do not bring Ra here.”

“It’s already in the works, young buck,” Yeti said. “She’s on the plane.”

“Turn it the fuck around,” Infinite said, shaking his head. Yeti crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head. “Alright, then this shit is on you.” He turned to leave, knocking on the door frame twice before disappearing.

“They got history?” I asked, and Yeti nodded. “Is it going to be a problem?”

“I didn’t think it would be, but it might,” he answered, then ran his hands over his face. “I’ll handle it, though.” He turned his attention to Legacy. “I’ll be your second.”

“Nah, I got it,” I said, shaking my head. Yeti looked at me in surprise, and I chuckled. “It’s handled.”

“You got enough going on with your–”

“I got it,” I interrupted him.

“Do I get a say so?” Legacy asked with a slight attitude.

I turned my attention to her, allowing my eyes to take her in freely. When our eyes met, I gave her a smile that I knew didn’t reach my eyes.

“No.”

* * *

“You know she called Mercy going off, right?” Givens asked me as he sat in the empty seat next to me. I shrugged as I continued to work from my laptop. I’d been sitting in the gym for the last two hours while Legacy practiced with one of the guard coaches. Every so often, she’d tried to dismiss me, saying that she was good, but I didn’t give a fuck. I meant what I said, she didn’t have a say so in shit.

“She’ll be alright.” I looked over a blood panel and kissed my teeth. I didn’t give a fuck about a player smoking weed, but the panel I was looking at showed some other shit, and I was getting annoyed as fuck. I expected the male players to be stupid, but this was a woman player. I shot the panel to Pyrite and waited for him to reply, but I knew he was going to put her ass off the team.

“Mercy offered to have her security moved from her to Legacy,” Givens said. I cut my eyes at Givens and ran my tongue over my teeth. I’d never disrespect my boy’s future wife, but she had me fucked up. He laughed and shook his head. “I already told her no, but I wanted you to know in case they tried to hit you with a surprise.”

“Legacy knows better,” I said absently as I watched her.

“Nah.” Givens stretched his long legs out in front of him and shook his head. “She legit doesn’t. Legacy is going to test the fuck out of you.”

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