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“Congrats on the lil one fam.” My homie Bleek said

Bleek and I had been the best of friends since we were kids, and it still is that way. I knew if I couldn’t call on anyone I would be able to call on him that’s why he’s going to be Cash’s Godfather. We been home for a week now and I was adjusting to being a dad; I had to get use to those late night feedings but other than that it was the best feeling ever.

“Thanks for coming out here bro.”

“Man you know I couldn’t miss the birth of my homie first born.”

“About that.” I went on to tell him and Paisley and how Kyra kept her a secret for so long.

“Damn fam that’s foul but I’m happy you were able to get over it.”

“Yeah, but what’s been up?”

“Thinking about moving up down here; I know you got some work for me.”

“Man you already know you never have to ask there’s still a place for you on the team. If it wasn’t for your help we wouldn’t be here now.”

That was the God honest truth Bleek and I pulled a lot of late nights on the block hustling. I was he and I for the longest until we grew and needed a team. I left Bleek in charge of things back home, but it was good to know my brother was moving closer to the family. Hell, he may even find love down here.

“Cash where Ky?” Mina loud mouth ass asked soon as she walked in the house.

“Damn girl do you ever speak; she upstairs.”

“Boy bye!”

“Damn bro who is that?”

“That’s Kyra cousin Mina.”

“Word!”

He didn’t have to say much because I knew exactly what he was thinking. My dawg was about to go with his move on Mine and that exactly what she needed because that punk ass nigga she was fucking with wasn’t shit. Just thinking about the pussy ass shit that nigga did made me want to go look for his ass; I couldn’t believe she stayed with him that long. But I was about to put Bleek in the paint and he was going to handle that.

“What Keem been up to?”

Honestly I couldn’t answer that question because the day I told Keem leave the hospital was the last day I talked to him. It kind of affected the little boy in me, but the man in me was straight. Him fucking with Nik and getting her pregnant fucked up a lot of shit around us. Dreka and Ryder been gone sincewe got into it at the hospital and Kyra ass ain’t been talking to me. So I’ve been sleeping on the couch in my man cave; I didn’t blame her though. The shit I told Drek was foul and I knew I hurt her feelings, but she wasn’t answering the phone whenever I called trying to apologize to her.

Nik on the other hand just didn’t get it she had called Kyra phone every day since everything hit the fan. But KY was really done with her normally I didn’t get in their business, but this time around I didn’t blame her.

“He been cooling look let’s go check up on some of these traps.” We left out the house and jumped in my old school and took a ride. I was going stop by my brother house, but I hope Onika wasn’t there.

Chapter Thirty-Six

Mina

I almost wet my damn panties when I walked in and saw that fine ass nigga sitting on the couch with Cash. It was something about him because I hadn’t looked at another man since Chaz left. When I reached the top of the stairs I had to lean against the wall and catch my breath before going in the room to check on Kyra. The feeling I got when I looked in his eyes were like no other for a moment everything around me stop and it was just he and I in the room, but I didn’t know him from a can of paint. I shook him off and went in the room to holla at Kyra.

“Kyra who dude is downstairs with Cash?”

“Girl that’s his best friend Bleek.”

“Oh Ok did you talk with Dreka.”

“Yeah; she’s safe and sound she brought a house about an hour away from us. But she doesn’t want anyone to know where she’s staying.”

“Thank God she decided to stay.”

Nik didn’t know it but she had it coming to her; I ain’t give a fuck about that lil’ baby she was carrying. Matter fact I met her once we were older she I had no history with her and didn’t give a fuck I had plans to strangle that bitch. She wasn’t a real fucking friend because if she was that shit wouldn’t have never happen, and if she claimed she had him first then they should have talked about that back in the gap. I couldn’t understand hoeKeem would leave him girl for many years and kid behind for Nik.

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