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“It’s suspect that you would even get with this girl. No offense, Lawrynn, but it looks like you’re loving the boys right now,” Maxine said.

“Loving the crew, Ma. It’s loving the crew not the boys. No, she ain’t like that at all. I had to force my way into her life. Her and Pain didn’t need to be together anyway,” Murder commented.

“You and Pain have been friends practically all of y’all lives. I’ve seen people die behind shit like this,” Maxine said.

“Nobody’s going to die. The moral of the story is that he left her for her cousin. Now, I’m picking her back up,” Murder said. He looked at Lawrynn and smiled.

“Does he feel that way about this situation? I’m gonna tell you the truth. I don’t think he does. Regardless of what he did, he still cares about her. You know y’all men are stupid and backward as hell. Be careful, son,” Maxine said.

She could look at Murder and tell he was happy about being with Lawrynn. She just hoped the happiness wasn’t short lived or a precursor to pain and tears in the near future.

Chapter 14

Walking into the warehouse, Pain expected to see the entire crew, but instead, he was met with Murder sitting in a chair with his phone in hand. He stopped short and looked around because he knew something was off. He knew how Murder moved, so he glanced down at the floor and checked to see if plastic was laid out.

“What up? I thought we were having a meeting with everybody,” he said.

“Nah, it’s just us. We got some shit to discuss. Have a seat, this might take a while,” Murder said. Pain took a seat.

“What is this about? Don’t tell me we gonna talk about Law Baby again.”

“Nah, this is about us mostly. I’m saying, she mixed in on it because we both love her,” Murder explained.

Pain acted like he wanted to say something, but Murder held his finger up. “No need to deny it because everybody can tell the shit when you look at her. The problem is that you’re in a fucked-up position. It’s partly my fault, and I straight apologize for that shit. I know you feel like I did some snake shit, but you dogged her out then you left her,” Murder said.

“Nah, you knew how I felt about her. She wasn’t like the other broads that we tossed around. She was a good girl. I admit I should’ve treated her better, but the way you jumped at her made me think you was just waiting in the cut,” Pain said.

“Nigga, that’s because I was. I wasn’t gonna try to push up on her while y’all were together, no matter how much I was crushing on her. When you let her loose, she was fair game,” Murder tried to explain. He was getting tired of explaining that he didn’t really have any ill intentions in this scenario.

“She ain’t one of the jump offs, nigga. All those chicks out here that we straight up passed around, ran trains on, and all that other shit. Lawrynn wasn’t any of those. You know she’s too good for this shit,” Pain said.

“Says the nigga who fucked her over. How can you say how good she is when you couldn’t be good to her in return? I know the shit is gonna be mad awkward and shit for a while, but on some real shit, you’re always gonna be my brother. If you planning some get back shit or something because you feel some type of way, let’s go head and handle that shit now. I’m telling you now, make no mistake about it, I will kill any and everyone who threatens her,” Murder said, looking Pain in the eye.

Pain couldn’t say anything to that. He knew that if Murder was threatening him over the woman that he loved first, he was serious.

“Nigga, you wouldn’t have ever met her if it wasn’t for me. Now you’re gonna threaten me behind her?” Pain asked incredulously.

“You heard what the fuck I said. If you’re not out here doing dumb shit, then everything is good. I just wanted to let you know where I was coming from. Nothing is going to make me leave her. If anything, you’re gonna fuck around and have me at your ass. I love you like my blood brother, but don’t get shit fucked up. I’ll give you a few days to work it out, though. Give me a call in a few days to let me where you stand. I don’t want to be at war with my brother, but that’s all on you,” Murder said and then walked out of the warehouse, leaving Pain standing there.

Murder walked to his car, hoping that Pain didn’t want to go to war with him. He wasn’t looking for a fight, but he damn sure would finish one. He had asked himself over and over if Law Baby was worth it, and he kept coming up with the same answer HELL MOTHERFUCKING YEAH. Deciding to stop at the gas station to get gas and some blunts before heading home, he thought about Law Baby. He hadn’t spoken to her all day, and he wondered what the deal was with her. He pulled out his phone as he got out of his car.

“If it isn’t the man of the hour?” he heard a familiar voice say. Instead of acknowledging her, he kept it moving. “Murder, I need your help, please. My tire is flat, and I can’t get in contact with Pain,” she said.

“What the fuck do you want me to do? I don’t change tires, ma,” he told her.

“You would turn family away? You’re with Lawrynn, so we’re just like family,” she said with a smile.

“No, we will never be family. Even after Lawrynn and I get married, you will never be family to me,” he said, shaking his head.

“Can you please help me? I’m just trying to get home,” she told him.

“All I can do is call Pain for you. I just left him, so I don’t know why he’s not answering the phone,” he said as he pulled his phone out to call Pain.

“Aye, ya old lady is out here talking ’bout her car’s fucked up. I’m at the BP on the corner by my crib,” he said when Pain answered the phone. He listened for a few minutes then his attention was pulled in another direction when heard some tires pulling out, only to look up and see that it was Nikki pulling out of the parking lot. “She just pulled out, man. I don’t know what’s up with ya girl, but she’s up to some shit. You need to check her ass,” he said and ended the call immediately.

Murder paid for his gas and headed back to his car. He didn’t have time to think about what type of shit Nikki was up to, but he did need to warn Law Baby to watch her back. He had a bad feeling about Nikki. She may have been Law Baby’s cousin, but she could be handled just like everybody else.

He walked in the house thinking that he didn’t remember changing the fragrance on the Plug-Ins he had around the house. Sniffing the air, he tried to follow where the strange scent was taking him. He took out his gun and released the safety just in case.

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