Page 14 of Read the Room

“Are y’all serious right now? Y’all are playing.”

“Carlos, my man, I know you’re fuckin’ my bitch, well, ex-bitch. Now, I’m confused, because last I checked, GeGi was your girl,” I said to him. “Notice, I said was your girl, because just like my relationship, y’all’s is a wrap too.”

That got a reaction from Carlos. “What the hell do you mean, wasmy girl? GeGi ain’t going nowhere.”

I glared at this man for a moment. My attention quickly shifted to Alexi’s reaction to his words; she didn’t seem pleased. I would address that shit later. I moved over to Meka andCarmela. I pulled a wad of money out of my pocket that was already split.

“Ladies, here’s twenty bands for each of you. You can both choose to stay longer or go back home, but I advise you to get the hell out of here.”

“You don’t have to tell us but once,” Meka said. She stood followed closely by Carmela. They grabbed their knots of money. “I wish you the best, bitch.”

Meka gave Alexi her parting words, which made Simone laugh.

“Alexi, you can take a seat, sweetheart,” I told her. “Sit by your man. Go ahead.”

With a defiant stare and crossed arms over her chest, she said, “Well, I guess I need to sit next to you.” She pointed at Carlos. “That nigga is not my man. He’s GeGi’s ‘not going anywhere’ man.”

When Simone laughed then utteredthis bitch,Alexi’s attention went to her.

“Bitch, shut the fuck up.”

I cringed then closed my eyes. They didn’t need to be open to know what came next. The sound of a punch and a scream let me know Simone popped the hell out of Alexi. She had been waiting to do that for a while.

“Sit your ass down like he said, bitch.”

Alexi finally sat down with a bloodied nose.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.” I shamed her. “The entire flight, I thought about how I was going to handle this—to kill them both or not.”

Alexi scooted forward in her seat. “Ki-kill! What do you mean? This isn’t worth killing for, Lo’ak! Yes, we were messing around, but you were neglecting me.”

Carlos’s jaw tightened. “Yeah, her pussy definitely isn’t worth dying over. She was passing it out, so I partook. I’m not the only nigga out there partaking in her loose lower lips.” He tittered. “Imean, AK, you have to admit—what nigga wouldn’t fuck ya girl if she gave them the chance?”

“Yo, is this nigga serious?” Sully asked. “There is no way that dummy just said that shit. We stray every day from the gates of heaven.”

Alexi popped up from her seat. “I am not fucking anyone else. Don’t try to play me like I’m some big ho out here, Carlos.”

Pop!Damn, Simone punched her in her face again. “Bitch, so what you’re saying is that you’re a little ho? Shut the hell up and listen, silly ho.”

I signaled for Sully to pull up what I needed. He pulled out an international burner phone to call Joey’s burner.

“Carlos, I made the decision that I would more than likely kill you, but then I thought I didn’t want to do that. I want you to kill yaself.”

He leaned over and laughed heartily. “How do you think you’re going to make me do that? Nigga, you got me fucked up for real.” He pointed toward Alexi. “This is the silly ass lil nigga that everyone is scared of?”

“Yo!”Joey’s voice came through the speaker of the phone. Sully asked him if he was in place.“Yeah, boss. I’m right where you want me to be with who you want me to be with.”

“See, Carlos, the answer to your question on how I plan to do that is simple. It’s either your life or theirs. Sully, show him what’s at stake.” All of my deviance settled on my face.

When Sully turned the screen of the phone around, Carlos’s eyes almost fell out.

“Wha-what the fuck! How do you? What’s going on?”

“Oh, is that your wife, mama, and kiddos?” I antagonized him. “Yeah, you didn’t think people knew about your whole ass family? Nigga, these lil niggas know it all.” I pointed between me and Sully. “Now like I said, you’re going to kill yourself, ormy boys are going to kill ya people. No one told you that I was a family annihilator when pushed? Can’t have ya seeds growing up with a vendetta on their heart because I killed their punk ass daddy.”

I wasn’t a fan of killing the kiddos, but street code was just that. You never let your enemy’s kids grow up with revenge on their heart. This shit here wasn’t about him fucking on Alexi per se. It was about him touching something that was mine.

“Man, you don’t have to do this. That’s my wife, mama, and kids.” Tears fell down his face. “I won’t touch this bitch again.”

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