Page 34 of If I Gave You My Heart
"What happened?" I asked as my eyes adjusted to the light in my room.
"We gotta go to Talia and Nyoka. Some shit happened at that spot in Athens, and Nyoka's car was broken into."
I grabbed my phone and then saw that I had four missed calls from Nyoka. I also noticed that it was damn near midnight. I knew I was tired, but I didn't think that damn much. I hopped out of bed and then tossed on the basketball shorts I had hanging over a chair in my room.
I could see the anger in Dom's eyes. He really cared about Talia, and I didn't think I cared about Nyoka as much as I did until I was rushing, throwing clothes on to go to her aide. We hopped in Dom's truck and then raced to Athens. Straight drill music blared through his speakers as he switched lanes on 316.
"Now, why would they park in this dark-ass lot?" Dom complained as we turned into a parking lot.
As we pulled up, we saw Talia yelling at some dudes.
"Nah, y'all been sitting here since we went in that muthafucka! You gotta know who did this shit!"
Dom and I hopped out of the truck once we heard her loud ass. Nyoka had her driver's side window busted, and two of her tires were flat as fuck.
"Talia, fuck these niggas. Let's go," I heard Nyoka say as she tried to grab her arm and pull her away.
Her back was facing me, so she didn't see us walking up.
"Bitch, ain't nobody saw shit!" one of the men yelled at Talia.
Dom was walking over there quicker than I was. I already knew that he was about to be on buddy's ass for the disrespect.
"Who are you calling a bitch?" Talia yelled.
"You, bi—"
Before he could finish his sentence, Dom had jawed him.
"Oh shit!" Talia yelled.
The dude that he was with was about to hit Dom, but I pulled my gun and then trained it on him.
"I'm really not in the fucking mood, bruh," I warned, getting his attention instantly.
In Nyoka's absence, I was hitting the gym in our complex heavily, so my body was sore as fuck. I wasn't about to wrestle with nobody in that damn parking lot. The man made eye contact with me and lifted his hands in defense. Meanwhile, Dom was over there stomping his friend to a bloody pulp.
Because multiple cars had gotten broken into in the lot, we could hear sirens in the distance.
"Dom, let's fucking go!" Talia yelled.
When Dom got mad, he took it all the way there, and I did as well. I was surprised he and I didn't get arrested together yet because there was no voice of reason in situations like this. When two other men walked up, I trained the gun on their asses. I didn't know if they were with these two niggas or not, but if need be, I was leaving this damn parking lot, and it wasn't going to be in a body bag.
"Put the gun away! Let's go! I'm driving!" Talia yelled as she looked at me with anxiousness in her eyes.
When the police sirens got closer, I quickly tucked my gun and then yanked Dom off the nigga. Talia was already standing at the truck. We had hopped out of the muthafucka so fast that we had left the shit running. Nyoka hopped in the back seat, and so did I, as Dom jumped in the passenger side. We would have to figure out a way to get to Nyoka's car another time. The police were on their way, and I preferred not to have any police contact.
As Talia drove, I started thinking about the entire situation and became furious. I was more angry with myself because I was so quick to pull my gun for anything ever since I had killed that man at the reservoir. I guess it was true what they say once you use a gun, that fighting shit is over. I was so pissed at myself that I was shaking.
"You were going to kill those people?" Talia yelled.
"Shut up!" Dom yelled.
"Adonis, were you going to kill those people?" Talia turned around and asked me.
She was speeding down 316 yet wanted to muthafucking question me.
"You need to keep your eyes on the road," I calmly said.
