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Jungle chuckled. “Hell yeah.”
Ali slowly shook his head. “Nigga we been recruiting niggas left and right. So if you serious about being done with that shit, we can always use team members. Once your arm heals, let’s talk about it.”
I nodded. I would definitely need a fucking job. “A’ight. So we about to head out. SS been having action. He noticed somebody following his ass around. That nigga said he didn’t need us though. Cocky as fuck for no reason. Killing a crackhead don’tcompare to a street nigga. I just hope nobody make him eat his words,” Ali said.
I slowly shook my head as I felt my phone vibrate. I pulled it from my pocket to see a text from a number I didn’t recognize. I opened it to read:Mythic this is Ashanni. Thank you for showing Maui how much she means to you. She cried over those flowers until she got sick. That’s why she hasn’t been reaching out. She blocked you. Seeing you or hearing from you causes her blood pressure to skyrocket. I know it’s because she loves you and hated to leave you. She misses you so much. I’ll do my best to keep you in the loop but don’t tell nobody. I got your number from her phone while she was in the bathroom.
I smiled slightly and slid the phone in my pocket. The guys were talking to my dad, and I had tuned them out completely. Maui was all I could think about. PJ came over and gave me a pound. “We made it out alive, my nigga.”
I nodded. PJ had gotten out without the bullshit because of who his dad was. Adrian didn’t want no shit with Philly. He should have known that would apply to me too.Bitch ass nigga.Once they were done talking, they all exchanged numbers with me, and left. They would start their watches tomorrow, so Philly and PJ said they would be back tonight to stay with us. He felt like Adrian was recruiting niggas to come for me and my family.
Once they left, I went to my room to respond to Ashanni’s message.
Thank you for messaging me. I miss her so fucking much. I feel like I’m about to lose it. I understand she had to choose her brother in this situation. All this shit is my fault. I would have never thought back then that Maui would be the woman for me. Please take care of her. Hopefully, one day, this shit will come back around. I need her, and I know she needs me, regardless of what everyone else thinks.
I sent the text and sat here in my feeling until my dad walked through the door I’d left open. “I’m glad PJ was looking out. I didn’t know he worked with them.”
“I had forgotten that he worked with them that fast. He got involved when all that shit went down in Nome after Mister Henderson got killed.”
My dad nodded, then gripped my good shoulder. “It’s gon’ all be over soon. Mama is on her way to cook with Harper. You ought to come down when she gets here. She’ll be glad to see you.”
I nodded. Grandma Rose was a trip. It had been a couple of years since I’d seen her, and she threatened to beat my ass. She said I needed a good ol’ fashion ass whupping. That shit irritated me back then, but now it made me chuckle. My phone vibrated, so I checked Ashanni’s message. I knew it was her, because my phone was pretty dry these days.
I will always take care of her. That’s my girl.
I smiled slightly. Maui was always talking about Ashanni, so I knew just how close they were. After taking a pain pill, I made my way down just as Grandma was walking through the door. Her eyebrows lifted when she saw me. I walked over to her and said, “Hey, Grandma.”
“‘Hey Grandma’ my ass! Where the hell you been, boy?”
She pulled me in her arms, and I couldn’t help but smile. Before I could separate from her, she punched me in my good arm and said, “I ought to break this one. Wait ’til I tell your grandfather you were here. You still selling that shit?”
“No, ma’am. I let it go. I’m not tryna get my ass whupped. I heard your ass whuppings were nothing nice.”
She laughed loudly, then hugged me again. “Welcome back, baby.”
I nodded repeatedly.Welcome back indeed.
THIRTEEN
MAUI
“When is your next appointment?”
“In two days. You wanna take me? Daddy is going to be in Houston with Mama.”
Seven rubbed his hand down his face. “I guess. Bali can come pick you up though.”
“Do you know how you sound? Bali is not going to leave her office to come pick me up for my appointment. That’s so unprofessional.”
“Whatever. What time is your appointment?”
“At ten. I didn’t want it to be too early or too late.”
“You oughta ask Shaydon’s ass to take you. I heard he had his ass up here in your room last week.”
“Yeah. He’s coming to town today. He got dinner from Houston’s. Hopefully it still tastes okay when he rewarms it. It’s to make up for him missing my birthday gathering.”
“I don’t know why you wasting his time. You don’t even want him like that.”
