Page 56 of Heart of a Savage
I took her hand and smiled at her. I then looked to my uncle. “We’re good, Uncle L. Even though I want to disobey my father’sorders, I won’t. I may be pissed off at him, but he has been the best father to Paige and me when he was free. We’re going to sit this one out.”
Uncle Lamont smiled and nodded. “I understand. I’m proud of you both, and I wish you both nothing but the best… I just need you to complete one last assignment, then you both are free to go.”
“What’s the assignment?” Paige asked. Uncle Lamont pulled out a photo, dropping it on the table in front of us. “Damn, he’s a fine-ass zaddy!” Paige exclaimed.
I nodded. “He is… He looks kind of familiar.”
“Fuck what he looks like. He’s a competitor that’s been a pain in my ass since ya pops was out. I need him eliminated, ASAP. He has three sons, but they aren’t in the street business, so once I get rid of him, my problems will be resolved.”
“What’s his name?”
“Ryan. He’s been dealing in our territory for years. I’m sick of his ass now. It’s time for a new king to reign, so the old one must fall.”
“When do you need this done?”
“Immediately. Here’s his info. Y’all already know the motto. No face, no case, no fingerprints, no evidence. I need this done as clean as possible.”
“Got you,” I replied and stood. Paige followed me out of the warehouse and back to my truck. She looked at me as I looked at her, solidifying that we both knew something wasn’t right about this situation.
“What are you thinking?” she asked as we got comfortable in my truck.
“I’m thinking he robbed his plug, and now he wants us to take him out.”
“I was thinking the same. He could easily get the job done himself.”
“Yeah, but he probably doesn’t want him to know that it’s him,” I said, looking in the direction from which we just came. “What’s really confusing me is the reason why he’d rob him. From what I know, he and Dad are the plugs with the heroine, so why is he trying to get into the pill market?”
“He said it’s more money there.”
“I don’t believe it,” I countered, shaking my head.
Paige sighed. “You know you don’t have to do this. This is his problem, not ours. How many more people are we going to have to kill before karma shows up on our doorstep? We don’t always kill bad people who are doing bad things, AP. We are taking innocent people away from their families… people who love them.”
We were silent for a moment before I understood her underlying message.
I took her by the hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “You’re right. I’ll tell him later that I’m not going to go through with it. I’m sure he’ll be upset, but I’m getting tired of killing people. It’s time for us to eat off our legit money and live our best lives.”
“Agreed. Let’s get out of here. My baby leaves in the next two hours, so I need to see him off.”
I smirked at her and shook my head. My friend was definitely in the love bubble. Let’s just hope one day I will be the same way.
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I looked down at my phone in confusion. The number wasn’t saved, so I had no idea who the hell this was hitting my line.
“I think I want to try out for baseball,” MJ said, answering my previous question of what he wanted to do for the summer now that he was officially out of school.
We were currently having dinner in my kitchen with his mother. Jalea had finally caught the hint that I didn’t want her ass leaching off of me and moved out of my crib to go live with her sister. That shit only proved to be a disaster because she texted me every other day asking if she could split her time between four days here and three with her sister.
I respectfully told her ass, “Hell no,” but I did allow her to come have dinner with us every night for MJ’s sake. She was finally realizing that her sister and her demon children didn’t bring any type of comfort or peace she had here. Had she kept her mouth shut and just existed, she would have still been here.
“That’s a dope sport, son. I can see you trying out for the Little League.”
“You sure you don’t want to play basketball, MJ? I thought you were trying out for the team this year,” Jalea asked.
