The Owner of My Soul Vol 1: Chapter 8 and Chapter 9
CHAPTER 8
Sunday,
October 25th, 2102. I woke up at about 9 to the smell of breakfast.
Monique and Beyonce were talking and cooking. I looked at Will, whom was still
knocked out. I pinched myself to make sure I was actually awake and not having
anotha vision. I got up and went to the bathroom. I could hear them talking
about Will and me. At least before I started releasing. When I finished, I
brushed my teeth and greased my scalp. When I got out the bathroom, Monique and
Beyonce were setting up the table and laughing about the size of a monkey’s
balls or whatever. Will came out the otha bathroom and looked at me. I looked
back at him and then at the girls. I approached my baby and gave her a kiss.
“Morning.”
I said to her.
“Good
morning to you too.” She said with a big smile on her face. “You’re just in
time, I cooked you a nice breakfast.”
“I
see. Thank you. I’m glad you remembered I don’t like eggs.”
“I
remember that cause I don’t either.” She stated. “I made you grits, steak,
toast, and coffee.”
“Steak?”
“Yep.”
“I
don’t remember steak being in there.” I said.
“There
weren’t any. I bought some.”
“How’d
you get back in?”
“I
stayed and let her in.” Beyonce answered.
“Really?”
“Did
we do something wrong?” Monique asked.
“Nah,
I just didn’t think y’all would buy steak when there’s sausage in the fridge.”
“My
man deserves a steak breakfast.” She kissed me.
“You
don’t want anything, do you?” Will asked em.
“Nothin.”
Beyonce replied. We all sat at the table. Will and I kept looking at each otha
in awe.
“Ok,
I’mma be honest.” Monique finally spoke out. “I do need a lil favor.” I started
shaking my head and grinning. “Dad called us this morning and told me that our
Uncle James died last night.”
“Damn,
dat’s terrible.” Will said. “How’d he die?”
“Heart
attack while having sex.” Beyonce said.
“Ouch.
That’s an orgasm for your ass.”
“More
like your heart.” We both started laughing. We then stopped and cleared our
throats.
“Y’all
are in pretty good moods considering the family crisis.” I stated.
“We
didn’t really like Uncle James that much. He’s been in and out of jail for
child abuse, harassment, and not to mention he had the heart attack while
having sex with someone that wasn’t his wife.”
“Ooh,
damn. That’s the worse way to get caught.” I said.
“Actually
that’s the best. You don’t have to deal with it.” Will commented. We looked at
each otha and laughed.
“I’m
sorry.” I cleared my throat. “Iight, so what’s the favor you need?”
“Well,
we’re being forced to go to the funeral tomorrow. It’s in Columbus
“So
we’re wondering if we can borrow your car?” Monique asked me. I looked at her and
smiled. “We’d rather have you come wit us, but I doubt you’d be able to pull
away from whateva y’all have goin on.”
“I
see.” I looked at Will and then back at Monique and Beyonce. “Let’s cut to the
chase. I very much doubt you’d cook a STEAK breakfast to borrow my car. I have
5 of em and I know for a fact that you have a particular one in mind.” They
looked at each other.
“The
Mazda.” They said at the same time. I sat and thought about it. The Mazda is my
favorite car out of them all. I knew she liked it, but I didn’t think she’d
ever want to drive it.
“Give
me a sec.” I cut a piece of steak and started chewing. I took my time tasting
and chewing; milking the moment because I knew they were watching and waiting.
Will was snickering, trying to keep his laughter under wraps. “Iight, I’ll let
ya take my baby, but be careful wit her.”
“Thank
you baby, but I need one more favor.” Monique said. I looked at her and nodded.
“Got
ya.” I licked my fingers and pulled out my wallet. “Would a grand cover it?”
“That’s
more than enough.” She replied.
“Bring
me back something Ohio
State
“I’mma
give you $1500 baby.” Will said. “Just so I can be the more generous one.”
“Well
I’ll see your $1500,” I said, giving Monique $500 more, “and raise ya 2.” I handed
Monique $2000 more.
“Well,
I’ll see your 2 and raise ya a quarter.” He handed Beyonce $2000 and a quarter.
“Well,
I’ll see your…” I looked through my wallet but didn’t have a quarter. I checked
my pockets and looked at my change jar. “Well, I SEE your quarter.” We all
laughed at the literal statement I made.
“You’re
telling me you have every bill but you don’t have a lousy quarter?” Will joked.
“That’s
exactly what I’m telling you.” I agreed.
“It’s
okay, baby, I have plenty of quarters.” Monique said.
“Well,
since everything is comin out in the open, I guess we should discuss something
with y’all since we’re all here and shit.” Will began. I continued eating.
“Last night, y’all know we talked to our fathers about some thangs relating to
our future. We filled them in on what we wanted to do, and they filled us in on
what they set up for us.”
“Like
what?” Beyonce asked.
“Well,
they have a few projects lined up for us.”
“Basically,
we’re on Dateline tonight and they have a few movies comin our way.” I told them.
“You
mean Cross Fire 2 is coming finally?” Monique asked, expectedly.
“We
suggested it due to the number of requests, hopefully, they’ll agree.” Will
replied. “Mainly, what this means is when the scripts come in, we will be
extremely busy.”
“How
busy?” Beyonce asked.
“Let’s
put it like this,” I jumped in, still chewing, “when the scripts come in, we’re
looking at 18 hour days. School in the morning, basketball afterwards, then
filming and all that shit.”
“Weekends
are worse. We shoot almost all day from 0800 to 2200.” Will added.
“In
otha words, our time will be cut.” I said.
“I
see.” Monique said sadly. “I just have this one question.”
“Anything.”
I said.
“Would
we be able to go to the studio with you?” Will and I looked at each otha.
“I
don’t see why not.” Will replied.
“Then
I have no problem wit it.” Monique approved. “How bout you, Beyonce?”
“None
what so ever.” She agreed. Will and I started smiling.
“That’s
good.” Will said. At that moment, his phone began to ring. He answered it and
his facial expressions started to change. This didn’t slow down my eating, but
it did get my attention. “Iight, we’ll be there soon.” He hung up and shook his
head.
“What
happened?” I asked him.
“Lisa
and Brittany are ova their boyfriends’ house.” He replied.
“They’re
what?” I said surprised. I began to rush to finish.
“What’s
the big deal?” Beyonce asked.
“That’s
right, y’all don’t know.” Will said.
“Know
what?” Monique asked.
“I’ll tell ya.” I suggested.
I told her the entire story about what happened on
the day she was almost raped. Their facial expressions changed from confusion
to complete fear of the worse.
“Since that day, Will and I don’t want them to be ova any male’s house.”
I finished.
“That’s
terrible.” Beyonce said. “What did Brittany
“Pretty
much the same thing, but a lil bit more.” He said. “Unlike Rocky, Ricky was
completely inside and had a few good pumps. He drugged Brittany
“Will,
wait.” Beyonce said. She was about to get up, but I grabbed her arm.
“I’ll
go. Y’all stay here and chill.” I suggested. She nodded and sat back down. I
looked at Monique. She nodded and watched me leave. I caught up wit Will. “Who
was that anyway?”
“C.
He said that Mike told him Brit and Lisa were up there.” We got in my car. “I
don’t like this. If history repeats itself, there will be hell to pay.”
“I
agree 300%.” I replied.
We
rushed to their boyfriends’ house. We knocked and waited. The door opened and
we saw a lil party goin on. We didn’t know the guy that answered the door.
“Where
are Ronald and Tim?” I asked.
“They’re
not here. I’ll tell him you came by.” The guy told us. He tried to close the
door in our face. We pushed it open and walked in. “Hey, this is a private
party and you’re not invited.”
“You’re
right. We’re too crunk to be at a whack ass party like dis.”
There
were only 5 sexy girls in here. Eitha that or my standards are way too high. We
looked around and saw the stairs, then looked at each otha and nodded. We
walked towards them, but the guy grabbed my arm.
“I
can’t allow you to go up there.” He stated boldly.
“You
can if you want to live to see tomorrow.” I assured him. He immediately let go.
We continued walking upstairs. We weren’t sure where to look, but we did hear
screams. “You take that room and I got this one.” I stood by the door and
listened. It was definitely Lisa. I kicked open the door and saw something I
shouldn’t had seen.
“KENNY!!!!”
Lisa screamed in shock.
Her
shirt was unbuttoned, bra unhooked, but panties ripped. In otha words, allowed
foreplay but forced intercourse. I rushed to Tim and stuck him right in the jaw.
He flew off the bed and onto the floor. I got on top of him and started wailing
on him. I then pulled out my favorite gold 9mm and put a silencer on it. When
he opened his eyes, he was looking through a barrel of a gun.
“Please,
show mercy. She wanted me to do it.” He pleaded.
“You
lyin son of a bitch. I told you I wasn’t ready.” Lisa denied.
“I’d
neva disrespect your sista like that. I know better than that.”
“You
know better? You’d neva disrespect me?” Lisa said. She then spit on his face.
“I guess I bit my lip or something.” I looked at the blood.
“Son
of a bitch. Just when I had high hopes for you.” I said.
“Please,
have mer…” And without hesitation I pulled the trigger and filled his head up
wit three bullets. I could hear shots being fired in the next room. Will iced
Ronald.
“Kenny,
I…” Lisa began.
“Take
this and get in the car.” I said, taking off my shirt. The shirt was big enough
to be a nighty for her. She grabbed it, put it on and grabbed her purse. “Are
you coming?”
“Yea.”
I told her.
She
left the room and headed to the car. I followed her moments later. I started
the car and waited on Brit and Will. They came out and got into the car
Brittney and Lisa came here in. We then started driving back home.
“I’m
sorry, Kenny.” She said.
“Why
didn’t you tell me you were goin to be out hea?” I asked her.
“Cause
I knew you wouldn’t approve.”
“Damn
right I wouldn’t approve.” I said, raising my voice a bit. “Don’t you remember
what happened on the 15th
of June 2101 ?”
“How
can I forget?” She said.
“Obviously
you have. I don’t trust any nigga out hea.”
“Kenny,
I’m 16 years old. I can make decisions on my own.”
“And
look where it leads you. Getting into shit.”
“What
do you want me to do? Stay in the house 24/7, masturbate all day, and wait til
I’m 21 to start dating? I can’t live my life feeling scared that someone is
goin to rape me.”
“You
don’t get it, do you? I don’t have a problem with you goin to the mall wit your
boyfriend or goin to the movies. My problem is when you’re in their house with
no parental supervision. This is the second time this happened and it’s because
you were at the nigga’s house.”
“Thank
you. You’re right it’s all my fault. I’m the stupid one and responsible for
everything.” She said sadly with eyes full of tears.
“Would
you stop putting yourself down! If you’d stop tryin to be such a know-it-all
and listen to me, you’d do just fine.”
“That’ll
make you happy. Be more like big brother Kenny. Break every woman’s heart afta
taking her virginity. If I had known that’s what you want, I would have let
Rocky and Tim just do me real good.” Afta hearing her say that, I slapped her
in her face. She looked at me in disbelief.
“You
done lost yo mind, gurl. Do you honestly think that was my intention the entire
time? Yea, I admit being that way in the beginning, but I’m not like that now.
I neva wanted you to be like that. All I wanted was for you to find someone
that will make you happy and treat you like a woman. Not like I would treat
you. That’s why I’m hard on the niggaz you choose. Mainly cause game peeps game
and my game is off da chain.” I looked at her and saw the pain in her eyes. “I
love you, Lisa. You’re my only full sister and it’s my job to protect you from
shit like this. If I hadn’t come, you’d be in some real trouble and I’m not
talking bout me. I’m talking bout Kevin and Natasha Johnson, whom made goin ova
nigga’s house strictly forbidden. I’m the closest one to an ally you have when
it comes to yo boyfriends, but you know my rules.” I pulled into the garage and
turned the car off. I unbuckled my seat belt and put my hand on the cheek I
slapped. “I’m sorry I hit you, but you crossed the line.”
“I’m
sorry, Kenny.” She said, crying. “I messed up so bad and I’m tired of it. Once
again I needed you to save me and it hurts. It’s like I can’t do anything
right.”
“I’m
here to get you out of tight situations and make sure you’re safe. It doesn’t
matta to me how many times I save yo ass. What mattas is how you learn from the
situation.”
“Does
this mean I have more limits than before?”
“Nah,
I think I can trust your judgment now. Same rules apply, but do I need to hire
you a watcher?”
She
giggled, “no, I think I’ll be ok.” She hugged me. “Thank you, Kenny, for always
being there for me.”
“That’s
what I’m here for.”
“What’s
goin to happen though? You did just kill him.” She asked.
“Don’t
know. By default, we both may be convicted because we were the last ones with
him and the house was full of people.”
“But…”
“Eitha
way it goes, it won’t carry cuz there’s no evidence.” I stated.
“I
hope you’re right. If you had to go to jail, I don’t think I’d be able to cope
with that. Especially since it was because of me.”
“Don’t
say that, baby girl. Every man is responsible for his own actions. You didn’t
pull the trigger.”
“Yea,
but we both know that anything that happens to me is death in your eyes. Look
at what happened to Rocky.”
“Well,
Rocky had it comin.” I then looked at my watch. “Look, how bout you go upstairs
and take a nice hot bath. Will and I have to discuss something. You might wanna
take the back way cuz I think Dad is goin to be in the Conference Room. At
least in and out.”
“Ok.”
I gave her a kiss and hugged her once again. “Love you.”
“Love
you too.” I replied. I watched her get out the car and go into the house. Will
approached the car shortly after. I got out and met him halfway. “What do you
think?”
“Bout
what?” He asked.
“Did
we go too far?”
“More
like not far enough. Come on, man, they just tried raping our sistas. If you
ask me, we shoulda tortured them for a while.”
“You’re
prolly right, but still. I just killed a man in front of Lisa. That was one
thing I didn’t want her to witness.”
“I
see what you sayin and er’thang, but da nigga got what he deserved. I feel no
regret, remorse, or sorry about the situation.”
“Me
neither. Don’t get it twisted. I’m just sayin.”
“I’d
hope so. If you were getting soft on me I’d have to do you in.”
“I’d
like to see you try.” I challenged him.
“Don’t
worry, one day I will.”
We
started walkin upstairs and back to my room. When we got to the room, Monique
and Beyonce were doing dishes. They didn’t hear or see us come in. I crept up
behind Monique and Will behind Beyonce. Will grabbed Beyonce and made her
scream loudly. At the same time, I wrapped my arms around Monique, which also
startled her pretty badly.
“Y’all
can’t be doin that.” Beyonce said as both of them hit us.
“Sorry,
it was just too tempting.” Will said as we both laughed. They stopped hitting
and kissed us.
“I
take it everything is okay.” Monique assumed.
“Not
really.” I replied.
“What
happened?” Beyonce asked.
“They
were almost raped again.” Will answered.
“Oh
my god! Are they ok?” Beyonce wondered.
“Yea,
I guess. We arrived just in time.” I responded.
“We
did have to kill em though.” Will added.
“Figured
that much.” Monique stated. “I’m just glad they’re ok.” They finished wiping
the counters and started the dishwasher. “Come here, Kenny.” I walked up to her
and gave her a big hug. “Are you goin to be ok?”
“I’ll
be fine. Were you comin wit me tonight?”
“Yea.
I always wanted to go into a broadcasting studio.” She said. We walked
hand-in-hand to the love seat. I sat down and had her sit on my lap. “This
weekend has been kinda crazy, huh?”
“I’d
say average.” I looked at Will and Beyonce. “Is that how we are?” I asked
Monique.
“A
lil more classy.” She replied as Will rubbed on Beyonce’s butt as they were
kissing.
“Not
by much.”
“True.”
She lied her head down on my shoulder. “Kenny, where are we goin?”
“Don’t
know bout you, but I’m goin to sleep.” I said wit my eyes closed.
“No,
silly, I mean wit our relationship. How far do you intend on taking it?”
“It
doesn’t matter how far I intend on taking it. What does matter is how far we
are goin to go.”
“How
far do you wanna go?”
“I’m
not a fortune teller. Let’s just let our lives play out and see where we’re
at.”
I could tell that’s not what she wanted to
hear, but I couldn’t give away my intentions before having a chance to set them
up. Besides, if there’s something that irritates me, it’s that. Between her and
Will, I don’t know who annoys me the most with these questions about the
future. I ended up falling asleep seconds later.
When
I woke up, it was 2 hours til Dateline started, which was at 6. I had Monique
still on my lap and sleepin like a lil baby. Will and Beyonce were also passed
out. I kissed Monique on her forehead and then her lips. She woke up soon
after, kissing me back. Did I ever mention how much of a fabulous kisser this
woman is? I just couldn’t stop. Will and Beyonce woke up and looked at us. When
I saw them awake, I summoned every ounce of resistance in me to stop kissing
her.
“Good,
we’re all awake. We need to get dress so we can go.” I suggested.
Will
and Beyonce nodded and went into the otha bathroom. We went into my room and
started getting undressed. We could hear Beyonce moaning loudly. I started
shaking my head and chuckling.
“We
taking a shower together, righ?” Monique asked me, hoping to get the attention
Beyonce is getting.
“Of
course, my dear, I wouldn’t want it any otha way.” I replied.
She
got up and pulled me into the bathroom. We got in the shower. A normal
10-minute shower turned into 40. I don’t need to tell you what happened, just
know that it was good and worth all the water.
When
we got dressed, we had about 50 minutes to get to the station.
“We
ridin together or separate?” I asked.
“Separate.”
Will replied. “I’mma go home afta this.”
“Don’t
forget, we gotta go home tonight, too.” Beyonce reminded us.
“Yea,
that’s true.” I said. We grabbed everything we needed, went downstairs, and got
into the car.
“Are
you still goin to let me borrow the car?” Monique asked.
“Damn,
I almost forgot.” I gave her the keys. “Take it now so you don’t have to wait
on me tomorrow.”
She
nodded and got out the car. I waited on her and noticed Beyonce ride wit her.
When she was in the car and ready to go, I led the way to the station. We got
there 15 minutes before show time. I took Monique’s hand and led the way to the
building. Before entering, I saw Ma and Dad outside.
“Bout
time y’all show up.” Dad said.
“What
are y’all doin here?” I asked.
“We
had to take care of some thangs, so we made sure y’all were still goin to
show.” Ma replied. “Monique, I have something to tell you later. I’ll call you
in the morning, ok?”
“Yea,
that’s fine. I’ll be up at about 5:30 .”
Monique said.
“Well,
I guess we better get up there. I’ll see y’all at home, ri?” I asked.
“Yea,
we’ll be there.” Dad responded. “Have a good show.”
“Thanks.”
I shook his hand and continued to walk into the building. We went up to the 16th
floor and into studio B.
“It’s
obvious you’ve been here before.” Monique said.
“You
can say that.” We then spotted Hillary Monte by the cameramen. “There she
goes.” I said to Monique. We approached her. “Hillary, nice to see you again.”
“Kenny,
so glad you can make it.” She said, giving me a hug. “It’s been so long.”
“Yea,
it has. Maybe y’all should interview me more often.” I suggested.
“Hillary,
how you doin baby?” Will said, finally catching up.
“I’m
good. It’s really nice seeing you again.” She replied, giving him a hug.
“Hillary,
this is my girlfriend Monique.” I introduced them.
“Hi,
nice to meet you.” Monique said, politely. They shook hands.
“Pleasure
is all mine. So there are women around that can tame this wild animal.” She
joked.
“Few,
but some.” I said.
“This
is my girlfriend, Beyonce.” Will introduced them.
“Nice
to meet you.” Beyonce said.
“Pleasure
is mine.” She looked at us. “Wow, this is amazing.”
“You
don’t have to tell me, I’m the one in it.” I joked.
“I
see. Well, we’ll be goin on air shortly, ready to get set up?”
“Let’s
do it.” I said.
“Fa
sho.” Will agreed. I looked at Monique.
“You
gon be iight?” I asked her.
“Yea,
have a good show.” She replied. I kissed her and smiled.
“Look
your best, I might be able to get you on TV.” I told her.
“Yea,
right.” She denied.
“Ok,
but you forget my capabilities.”
I
kissed her again and walked away. From the interaction we just had with
Hillary, you might be curious. Yes, both Will and I fucked her. Separately and
at the same time. We had an ongoing fling. She says that I’m the best lover
she’s ever had. An honor I tease Will about every chance I get. She was
pregnant but miscarried. It’s kind of a good thing because she wouldn’t know
who the father would be. It’s also when she pulled the plug on the entire
relationship. This was about a year or so ago.
We
got into the back stage and into the dressing rooms. Their make-up artists was
about to put make-up on us, but noticed we didn’t need any.
“I
know, I’m naturally gorgeous.” I said to Hillary.
“That
you are.”
“So
how is this goin to go?” Will asked.
“Well,
we’re just going to get right to it. I’m goin to touch on your basketball life,
music life, movie life, TV life, school and business. May get personal, but not
too personal.”
“Works
for me.” I approved.
“Straight.”
Will agreed.
“Ok,
we go on in 20 seconds.” The cameraman said.
“Gentlemen,
15 billion homes are goin to be watching this interview. That’s the most people
in history to watch one interview. Don’t hold any secrets.” Hillary stated. We
smiled.
“Don’t
worry; your audience will not be disappointed.” Will promised. I nodded in
agreement. The countdown began and the show opening played. Now it’s on.
“Good evening,”
Hillary began, “it’s Sunday,
October 25th, 2102 and you’re watching Dateline. Tonight
is a special edition of Dateline, as the two biggest role models in the history
of mankind join me. Ladies love them, men hate on them, but no matter what,
they remain themselves. My guests tonight are no other than Kenneth Johnson and
William Smith, thank you for joining me tonight.”
“Thank
you for inviting us.” I responded.
“I guess the first
question I’ll ask is how are things goin?”
“Pretty
good.” Will replied first. “Life is good and getting better.”
“By
far, I’m having one of the best years of my life.” I said.
“I want to start off
talking about your schooling,” Hillary continued, “y’all graduate this year,
right?”
“Class
of 03.” Will said.
“No one can forget
how y’all blew down the house on opening night of your senior basketball
season. You both show so much sportsmanship even though you both know y’all are
the best in the world. How do you manage to keep your egos in check?”
We
both laughed. I decided to answer first, “we believe there’s always room for
improvement. For a year now, we’ve been threatened by our own brothas for that
title of being the best in the world.”
“You mean Kevin Jr
and Terrell?”
“Yes.”
Will replied. “They have been working hard to be better than us and oppose a
very big threat. So we always keep our egos in check because if we have that
mentality, we won’t be the best in the world.”
“Everyone thinks
y’all will enter the draft afta graduation. Is that a fact or just
speculation?”
“Definitely
a fact.” I replied. “We do plan on goin to the NBA and making our impact be
known there.”
“How was it possible
that you managed to maintain a perfect basketball record throughout your
playing career?”
“I
honestly don’t know.” Will said, smiling. “I mean, we got better every year,
had some challenges here and there, but when we needed it most, one of us came
through in the end.”
“Do you strongly
believe Cleveland
“Without
a doubt,” I began, “those scouts were at the game, and I doubt they’d trade
their draft picks for guys with a few years on their belt.”
“Which one do you
think will be drafted first?”
“Honestly,
I think Will will.” I said, laughing. “I mean he’s an all around player more than
I am.”
“Well,
I gotta contest. I think Kenny will. He’s the main guy.”
“I guess it really
don’t matter since the Cavaliers have both a first and second draft pick.
Shifting gears, fans are anticipating the next album from the C-Town Ballas.
When will it drop?”
“We’re
in and out the studio.” Will said. “Me, Kenny, C and D got together and dropped
a few hits. One will be on the radio I believe next week and a video will be on
the following week.”
“We
have our sites set on a mid November release.”
“Now the rumors that
CTB is on the verge of break-up are not true, right?”
“Hell
no.” I replied. “CTB will be together for life and if anyone doubt that then
they can go f*ck themselves.” As you know, I was bleeped.
“That’s
what always gets me. Who starts these rumors bout break-ups?”
“Prolly
some critic who says, ‘hmmm, I aint had no p*ssy in a while. I think I’ll start
a rumor.’ I bet dat’s how it starts.” Of course I was bleeped yet again.
“Prolly
watchin too many reruns of Bill O’Reilly.” Will said.
“I
saw reruns of that m*thaf*cka and I wanted to put a bullet in his head.”
“Biggest
f*ckin jack a** I ever f*ckin seen. I felt sorry for everyone in the 21st
century.”
“What
happened to Fox News anyway?”
“Prolly
got blown the f*ck up.”
“One
can hope.” We were basically talking to each other.
“I wanted to get your comments about what has happened with SJ
Enterprise. As you know, the company is being looked at as monopolizing the
country and may have to be broken up. What do you think of that?”
I
began, “I mean, let’s be real about it. SJ Enterprise owns or has some stake in
85% of the businesses in this country and 55% of the companies abroad.”
Will
continued, “The thing is, we’re a financial backing for a lot of small
businesses, mid-size corportations and some large corporations. We get a
percentage of their profits, but overall, we don’t do anything but provide an X
amount of dollars in financial support.”
“We’re
well within the law and this is all a waste of time. The ones complaining are
our competitors. They feel that it’s hard to stay in business when we’re in
everything.”
“What is the ultimate goal of SJ Enterprise? Speculators feel that SJE
is looking to bump that 85% to 100%.”
“Which
is true,” Will began, “that’s exactly what we want to do. Not every one wants
to share profits no matter what the benefits are. We’ve made offers to many of
our competitors but they’re not biting.”
“Is it a true fact that the both of you are looking to take a more permanent
role in SJE?” We both
nodded. “Advisors
and experts believe that an 18 year old high in the executive rankings is among
the worse business decisions to be made. What do you have to say to that?”
“Whew,
stirring us up real good, Hillary.” I joked. We all laughed. “Really though,
these so called experts and advisors are the same ones that felt certain
decisions in the markets would better the economy.”
“Considering
that the country went opposite and it worked out a lot better, who really gives
a sh*t about what mainstream media advisors and experts say.”
“They’re
as bad as critics.” I added.
“Speaking of critics
again, y’all have made some pretty outrageous statements towards critics. What
do y’all have against them?”
“Cross
Fire.” Will said.
“Cross Fire?”
“Yep.
This goes back to Cross Fire.” Will said.
“What happened with
Cross Fire?”
“Fairly
simple,” Will continued, “Cross Fire was our very first movie. The day before
it released, Kenny and I started watching this one show.”
“You
know, that show that critics criticize movies before the release date. What you
should see and shouldn’t see.”
“Ok, yea, I remember
that show.”
“Yea,”
Will continued, “so we’re watching this sh*t and our movie comes on there. The
critics doin this bit were David Host and Greg Minor. David starts off right
off the back wit these words, ‘this is by far the worse movie in entertainment
history.’ Both of them started bad mouthing the movie.”
“Now,
it’s different if fans felt the same way and the movie flopped. But that didn’t
happen.”
“You’re right. In
fact, it shattered the record for an opening weekend, making $115.9 billion
dollars. Not to mention doubling the next weekend and bringing in a total of $200.6
trillion dollars for the 6 months it was in theaters.”
“Exactly.”
I agreed. “It was the only movie reported to have every single person in America
“You’re right, you
and Will did bad-mouth them quite a bit. You weren’t the only ones. Every night
show, daytime show, morning show, and even sports show got on the critics about
their false criticism. Do you believe it’s a grudge against your fathers?”
“Yes,
we do.” Will said. “They’ve bad-mouthed every movie that came out from SJ
Enterprise. Look what happened. Every movie they bad-mouthed was a success.
Especially the ones we were in. David and Greg are goin straight to hell.”
“Let’s not forget,
Cross Fire was also the best selling DVD and MVD in history. Both selling well
over 600 billion a piece, it beats out the former record holder, Warriors,
which Kevin and Tevin were in. Staying with movies, what can we expect to be
released from SJ Enterprise?”
We
started laughing. “Honestly,” I began, “we were just filled in yesterday about
upcoming projects.”
“The one thing
everyone wants to know is will there be a Cross Fire sequel?”
“We
suggested it,” I continued, “and a script will be formulated.”
“As
for otha movies, we’re broadening our skills in a drama, horror, romance, and
anotha action.”
“So y’all are looking
to be pretty busy.”
“Yea,
we do have quite a bit of work to do.” Will stated.
“Business-wise, word
has it y’all are looking into owning a few businesses in SJ Enterprise.”
“Yes,
we are looking to start a business as a branch of SJ Enterprise. How many and
what? We really don’t know, but we’ll have something finalized by the end of
the year.” I replied.
“Do you have any idea what your current net worth is?”
“Wow.”
Will said. We looked at each other and thought about it. “Well, last I checked,
my earning rate is about $18 billion dollars a second since I was at least 14.”
“And
I was at around 18.5 a second at that same age. So it’s safe to say we’re quite
valuable.”
“The question on
billions of women’s mind is when will you start your worldwide tour?”
“That’s
a good question.” Will said.
“Honestly,
we want to start that in the summer so it’s not interfering with school, but I
doubt we’d be able to wait that long.”
“So
we may pull some strings to make it happen by January.”
“What other projects
do y’all have goin on or in the making?”
“Well,
our fathers have a few ideas for the small screen that we may jump on.” I
replied.
“Not
to mention we have a book comin out in March.”
“A book? I had no
idea y’all were into literature.”
“Well,
we’re not, but with encouragement, we felt it wasn’t such a bad idea.” Will
said.
“We
also have a few MVDs coming out that will have all of the seasons of our hit TV
shows Smack Me, Above the Law, and Gangsta. Also our ultimate video collection will be out.”
“Wow, believe me when
I say I’ll be one of the first in line to get those. Especially “Smack me”,
that was one of the funniest shows ever.”
“Yeah,
it was, and I miss doin it.” Will said. “I know I’mma also be one of the first
in line to cop that.”
“Now I gotta ask ya.
How do you stay focused and devoted to this business? What motivates y’all so
much to keep goin and goin and goin?”
“At
first, it was our parents whom pushed us constantly.” I responded.
“Now
it’s a different reason. Her name is Beyonce Williams.”
“And
Monique Williams, who are standing right ova there. Can we get a shot of them,
please?” The camera turned to them and put them on. They smiled and kept their
composure.
“Now everyone knows
Will Smith and Kenny Johnson are bachelors. Does this mean y’all are turning in
y’all card and settling down?”
“It’s
a possibility, but if I told you that, I’d have to kill ya.” I commented.
“In
all seriousness though, we love our girls a lot. I know for everyone out there,
they neva thought the word “love” would come out our mouth, but it’s true.”
“In
fact, they’re our biggest fans. I neva knew how much of an impact I had on
fans’ lives until I saw her room.”
“But
we’re tryin to stay positive on our relationship. It is our first one and er’thang,
so it does take a minute to get the hang of it.” Will added.
“A few years ago, the two of you opened the KW Foundation. It remained
a silent provider in a lot of things. Most recently, it started to pick up
media coverage. What is the foundation and why is it in the news so much?”
“The
KW Foundation,” I began, “is a charity that we started to help out the less
fortunate. There’s still millions under poverty and things won’t get better
until we actually do something about it.”
“So
what we do is hold a lot of events across the globe to get kids out the
ghettos.” Will continued. “We also provide a lot of scholarships, grants,
camps, basically anything you can think of.”
“As
you know, we have unlimited funds to throw in this, so we are able to do anything
with it. People that donate receive Thank you Packages with an assortment of
gifts, all chosen by the donor.”
“The
reason it’s in the news now is because of several events that were held around
the city the past couple months. It raised awareness towards the new disease, MIND,
and it just sent 2 million new seniors to college on an assortment of
scholarships.”
“That truly is amazing. How does a person donate?”
They
can go directly to the website which is flashing on the screen now.” I
explained. “Or they can mail in payments, or come directly to headquarters.
Upon donating, you’ll choose the gifts you want and should receive them the
following day.”
“How often do you two make appearances at these events?”
“Not
as often as we’d like.” Will said. “We try to get out to something at least
once a month, but it doesn’t always work that way.”
“To
make up for it, we usually have some top notch celebrity present.”
“Yea,
like at that MIND awareness event. We had ten celebrities there making
speeches.”
“I remember that. I didn’t realize that it was a KW Foundation event.”
“Sometimes
we’re subtle in our promotions.” I replied. “We don’t throw our name
everywhere. We want people to come to these events because they care and not
just because our names are tied to it.”
“Yet
you can’t help that sometimes. As long as our overall goal is met, we don’t
care what your reasons for coming were.” Will added.
“I can agree with that.”
“Why
would you disagree?” I jokingly asked. She smiled shylishly.
“With the 2104 Olympics approaching, will you be on the USA
“Without
a question.” I replied.
“We
got our invitations last summer and we will be on that team.” Will added.
“Well, it’s been a
pleasure having you two here tonight. I wish we had more time, but
unfortunately we don’t.”
“Hey,
don’t hesitate to invite us on again.” I said.
“But
before we go, I just want to give you a gift on behalf of KT High School.” Will
pulled a box out of the bag that I didn’t notice he was carrying. “In there is
a jersey from each member of the KT High School Varsity basketball team. All of
them are signed too. Hang them up in the station and let it be known that we
are the numba one team in the world and can’t be stopped by nobody.”
“That’s
right dammit.” I added.
“On behalf of ABC,
I’d like to thank you for the jerseys and thank you for finding the time out
y’all now busy schedule to come talk to me and the public.”
“Anytime.”
Will said.
“Fa
sho.”
“Thank you for
watching this special edition of Dateline. Tune in next week. From our studio in
Cleveland , Ohio
“Of
course it was. You were hosting it.” Will said.
“Thanks,
but y’all deserve the credit.”
“Anyway,
I gotta run. We should get together sometime and catch up on thangs.” I
suggested.
“Yeah,
that’s a good idea.” I gave her my card.
“Give
me a call and we’ll have lunch or something.”
Will
gave her his, “just in case I’m not with him at that time.”
“I’ll
be sure to call you. Y’all have a good night.” I gave her a hug and kiss on the
cheek.
“You
too baby girl.” I said.
“Lookin
forward to hearing from you.” Will said, giving her a hug and kiss on the otha
cheek.
“Look
forward to calling you.” She said. We walked away from her and met up wit the
girls. Monique gave me a big hug.
“You
were wonderful.” She said to me.
“Thanks.”
I said.
“I
have an idea.”
“Wassup?”
“How
would you like to stay at my house tonight? My parents are in London
“Iight,
that sounds good.”
“Do
you need to go home to get clothes?”
“Nah,
I always have clothes in the car for such an occasion.” I wrapped my arm around
her waist and started walkin towards the Mazda. “I’ll follow you.” She nodded.
I closed her door and got in my own car. She led the way to her house.
We
got to her house 15 minutes later. It was about 7:30 . She took my hand and led the way to her room. I
closed the door after I got in and locked it.
“It
feels like so long since I’ve been here.” She said, taking off her shoes.
“Yeah,
it has been a while.”
“You
look stressed.”
“Nah,
just anxious to jump into these projects.”
“I
feel ya.”
“You
look tense yourself.”
“A
lil.”
“Lay
down, I’ll give you a massage.” I took off my jacket and rolled up my sleeves.
She lied down on her stomach. I unhooked her bra and gave her a nice, sensual
back massage.
“That
feels so good, baby.”
“I’m
sure it do.” I moved her hair to the side and started kissing her neck. She
then turned around and I kissed her on the lips. She then stopped and looked
into my eyes.
“I
love you, Kenny.” She said softly.
“I
love you, too.”
We
continued kissing and she started taking off my clothes. I kissed her all over
her body, until she had to have it. When I gave it to her, we pretty much went at
it until 1. Afterwards, we lied in bed and she started up again.
“Kenny,
how many children did you say you want?”
“I’on
know. Prolly like 3 or more. Why?”
“We
rarely talked about family. Hell, I sometimes don’t even know if you want one.”
“Mos
def. Gots ta have one.” I closed my eyes.
“When?”
“As
soon as possible.”
I
said softly, hanging by a thread. Normally I’d be concerned about where all
this was comin from, but I was too tired to worry about it. Moments later, we
were both knocked out.
CHAPTER 9
The
next morning, I woke up and kissed Monique. She was unconscious. I took a
shower and got dressed. I left a note on her nightstand and left to school. I
got to school 10 minutes later and met up wit the click at our original spot.
“K-Dawg,”
C-Lo said when he saw me, “that was a wild interview last night.”
“Yea,
only you and Will are bold enough to dog somebody out on national TV.” DT said.
“But
hey, word has it y’all did something else yesterday.” Frost stated. We looked
at him and smiled.
“You
mean Ronald and Tim.” Will said. “What you heard was true.”
“Then
again, how’d you hear?” I asked.
“Come
on, K, my source that told me in the first place that yo sistas were there. She
knew that y’all did something.” C-Lo replied.
“Who
else knows?” Trey asked.
“No
one really KNOWS, just speculates.” DT replied.
“Either
way it goes,” I began, “I feel no remorse over what’s been done. So, let’s just
leave it alone and move on to our next victim.”
“I
agree and with that being said, what’s the scoop on this Carlos character?”
Will asked.
“Carlos?”
I repeated. “Who da hell is Carlos?”
“Oh
that’s right, he don’t know.” C-Lo said.
“Know
what? You mean there’s actually something that I wasn’t told about?”
“Last
night, Carlos broke into Blaze’s house and put him at gun point.” DT explained.
“He said, ‘I can easily end your pathetic life, but I need you to do something
for me. Tell Will and Kenny that there is no forgiveness for what they’ve done
and mercy shall not be shown. To show my seriousness, allow me to give you a lil
sample of my sadistic side.’ And with that being said, he shot Blaze in the
thigh and cut a symbol in his arm.”
“What
symbol?” I asked. C-Lo looked at me.
“Gunn
Down.” He said.
“Is
you serious?” I looked at the pavement and back at DT. “Where’s Blaze now?”
“CMH.
I’m surprised your mom hasn’t tried getting in touch wit you.” He replied.
“Me
too.” Will agreed.
“Iight,
they want us dead, we’ll get em the chance.” I said. I looked at Jodie. He
didn’t look the least bit concerned or showed one bit care. I shrugged it off
and looked at Will. “You ready to ride?”
“Yea,
l’eggo.”
We
gave er’body dap and headed to the building. Out front, we saw Lisa and
Brittany talking to their friends. They looked so sad. At least they did on the
inside. On the outside, they put on a front and made it seemed that everything
was ok. I then saw one of my freshmen boys.
“Aye,
Lorenzo, let me holla at ya.” He walked ova to me and gave me dap.
“What
up, K?” He said.
“You
remember askin me to join?”
“Yea.”
“You’re
in. Your task is to protect my sista. Get your cousin to protect my cousin, his
sista.” I pointed at Will.
“You
mean Brittany, right?” He asked.
“Fa
sho. They’ve been through quite a bit, so are y’all willing to do dis?”
“To
be in da click, no doubt.”
“Iight,
get yo cousin and I’ll introduce y’all.”
“Iight,
wait ri hea.” He ran to find his cousin. I looked at Lisa and Brittany and
whistled. They looked at me and I motioned for them to come here. They actually
rushed ova fo a change.
“Wassup,
Kenny?” Lisa asked. At that moment, Lorenzo and his cousin, Alonzo came up to
us.
“Lisa , Brittany Brittany
“What?”
Lisa said in dismay.
“They
will watch y’all back.” Will clarified.
“Don’t
worry, I won’t get in the way of anything that y’all do.” Lorenzo said
politely.
“I
guess I really don’t have a choice.” Lisa said. “I take it you’re in every one
of my classes.”
“Actually,
I am. As weird as that may seem.” I smiled and nodded.
“Good,
well, let me be off.” I gave Lorenzo and Alonzo dap and walked away. Lisa
caught up to me.
“So
you’re sayin that you actually trust this guy to be around me and watch me?”
She asked.
“More
than you’ll know.”
“Why?
You don’t trust anybody.”
“Believe
it or not, I’ve known him for quite some time. He has a lot of potential. Will
and I had to school him in b-ball a few years back. We admire their charisma,
dedication, and fear of failure.”
“Is
that so? But you may not realize how sexy he is too.” She looked at him and got
all googly eyed.
“That
may be so, but you don’t realize that you may not be his type.”
“If
you say so.” She swung her hair behind her ear. “You’re in charge, so I’ll do as
you say.”
“Thank
you. Just trust me, ok? It’ll work out in the end.”
“But
what if I am his type?”
“Nothing
I can do about that.” I said, smiling. I kissed her. “Have a good day.” I
winked at her. She smiled back and watched me walk away. I went to my homeroom
and laid my head down. I felt Gina’s arm around me. “There better be a reason
why you’re touching me.”
“Listen,
Kenny, I want to apologize for my behavior. You have every reason to be mad at
me.”
“You’re
right, I do. You almost messed up my whole night and prolly my relationship. I
guess I was a lil harsh on you.” I thought about it, “then again, not harsh
enough.” The bell rang for 1st period. I stood up and looked at her.
“I’d advise you to transfer schools and move far away. I won’t be responsible for
anything Monique does to you.”
“Please,
the lil bitch couldn’t touch me.”
“If
you say so, but you forget who her man is.”
“So
you sayin you gon fight for her?”
“Hell
naw. I don’t hit women. But when you face her, it’ll feel like I’m hitting
you.” I walked away from her and went to class. I sat in my original area, wit
my boys, and laid my head down again.
“Hey,
when did Monique say they’ll be back?” Will asked me.
“I
think in a couple of days.” I replied. My phone vibrated and I answered it. It
was Monique. “Wassup, baby?”
“Hey,
I read your note.” She said. “We bout to leave in like 5 minutes.”
“Iight,
be sure to drive safely. I’ll get your assignments while you’re gone.”
“Thank
you, baby. I’ll call you when we get there.”
“It’s
on.”
“Love
you.”
“Love
you too.” I hung up wit her and looked at Will. “Ya know, wit da girls gone and
er’thang, we could solve some thangs.”
“Yea,
you’re right.” He started smiling. “Clubbin?”
“Clubbin.”
C-Lo and DT looked at us.
“It’s
goin to be a fun week.” C-Lo commented.
When
we got out of school, we met up in the parking lot like usual.
“Iight,
we gon hit up club Deuces and break deese niggaz off something serious.” I told
em. “I know 65% of Gunn Down will be dare, so we’ll go there and Team 2 will go
to Horizon.”
“Who’s
Team 2?” Troy
“Whomeva
wants to be.” Will said.
“I’ll
select.” C-Lo volunteered. “G, Oak, and Frost. The rest will come wit us.”
“Add
Jodie to that team.” Will suggested.
“Bet,”
I began, “we’ll meet up at 1900 hrs. Dress appropriately. Meaning something
that you don’t mind getting dirty.” I gave dap to er’body and got in the car.
Before I left school grounds, I called Lisa to see where she was goin.
“I’ll
be at home in about 20 minutes. Lorenzo was goin to take me to the store real
fast.” She said.
“What’s
at the store?” I asked.
“Mom
wanted me to bring home some milk since I drank it all this morning.”
“Oh
yea, I remember that. Iight, cup cake, I’ll see you at home.”
“Ok,
bye.” I hung up, threw deuces up at my boys, and rolled out. I got home 10
minutes later and immediately went upstairs to the weight room.
“I’m
getting soft.” I said to myself. “I need to take this opportunity to get back
in shape.”
I
started on the bench. Lifting 300 lbs was getting a lil easy. I finally moved
up to 350. After that, I made my way through sit-ups, pull-ups, and machines
that’ll work my biceps, triceps, quads, calves, back, and, of course, abs.
After all that, I got on the court and shot around. I was determined to get
better while I’m not distracted. I was making every shot I threw up. Who knows
how long I would have kept this up if Will didn’t call.
“Yo,
Kenny, been a lil change of plans. The group that was goin to Deuces is now
goin to Twilight.”
“Even
better.” I wiped myself off with a towel. “Look, remember our game plan. We
confront and attack when necessary.”
“Nah,
pimpin, they struck first. We’re only bout to pay them back.”
“You’re
right.” I looked at the clock. “Aye, I’mma holla at ya when I’m bout to go.”
“It’s
on.” I hung up wit him and called Monique.
“Mo,
what you doin, baby girl?” I asked her as she answered.
“Nothin,
thinking bout you. What’s on yo mind?”
“You,
of course. I just wanted to call just in case I don’t talk to you tonight.”
“Aww,
aren’t you sweet. I’m glad you called.”
“How
was the funeral?”
“It
was ok. Daddy made us say a few words, but we really didn’t know what to say.”
“I’m
sure you did fine.”
“Yea,
I think we did.”
“But,
hey, I’mma talk to you later. I need to do a few thangs.”
“What
are you doin tonight?”
“Goin
out.”
“I
see.” She sounded a lil discouraged.
“If
you don’t want me to go then I wont.”
“It’s
not that. I just have a feeling you’re goin to do something crazy.”
“Nothin
out the ordinary.”
“Be
careful, Kenny.”
“I
will.”
“Call
me when you get home. I don’t care what time it is.”
“Iight.
I love you, Mo.
“I
love you too.”
I
hung up wit her and decided to wail at the punching bag a few times. I don’t
know what was fueling my rage, but I neva been this intense before. I feel
sorry for Gunn Down, almost enough to not beat the living hell outta them. The
key word in that statement was almost.
“Y’all
looking forward to this?” I asked.
“Fa
sho.” C-Lo replied. “I told Latoya not to come tonight cuz things might get a
lil ugly.” He then looked behind me and by the club entrance. “K, Will, why did
y’all bring y’all sistas along?”
“We
came alone, pimpin, what you talking bout?” Will replied. We turned around and
saw Lisa and Beyonce.
“Damn.”
I said as I rushed ova to her. I pulled Lisa and Brittany before they got in.
“What are y’all doin here?”
“Can
a girl have some fun?” Lisa replied.
“Brittany
“Since
when did you start comin hea? I thought you were goin to Platinum or
Highlights.” Lisa asked me.
“Lisa,
some thangs are bout to go down. Can you go to a different club?” I politely
asked her.
“Kenny,
you can’t kick me out of MY club. I come here every night.” I sighed and looked
at her.
“You’re
right. Where’s Lorenzo?”
“He’s
saving my spot in line.”
“Stay
by him. Especially if thangs get out of hand.”
“Yes,
sir.” I kissed her.
“Thank
you.” I walked back up to the click.
“Er’thang
straight?” DT asked.
“I’ll
let ya know when the night is over.” I replied.
“I
don’t know if this is goin to help or not, but no one knows that Lisa is your
sister.” C-Lo stated.
“Yea,
so it’s not like she’s in real danger.” Trey added.
“Yea,
I guess y’all are right. I just have a bad feeling brewing up.” I then saw Gunn
Down arrive at the left side of the parking lot. “So when are we taking
action?”
“Wheneva
we see them.” Will replied, finally done talking to Brittany
“I
guess that’s now.” I said looking directly at Gunn Down. The rest turned around
and looked.
“Show
time.” Troy
“Nah,
just a nice clean beatin.” I replied.
“Well,
I’ll go wit nice, but I don’t know bout clean.” C-Lo commented. “I’m done
wasting time though.”
As
a group, we walked to Gunn Down. They didn’t notice we were comin until we were
directly in their face. Their leader was Carlos’s older brother, Sim. Carlos
was second in command. I locked eyes wit Sim.
“Word
has it you’re looking fo me.” I said calmly. “Well, here I am.”
“Kenny,”
he began, “we were goin to let you live a lil longer before ending your life.”
“Let
me guess, you were goin to shoot me to death. You’re a real man now.” I stated.
“You’re
da last to talk. You shoot more people than ya fight.”
“You
wish. Dare’s not a single person I shot that I didn’t beat down first.”
“If
you bold enough to kill some body, then you’re man enough to fight em.” Will
added. “So, be a man and come get yo ass banked.” None of them moved. “This
goes against our code.” I felt the eyes of everyone else waiting to get in the
club. My sister was included in that group.
“Before
you act too hastily, maybe you should have did a number count.” He looked at,
what appeared to be, Lisa. At that moment, someone grabbed her from behind and
put a gun to her head. “I see the tables are now turned.”
“You
pussy ass bitch.” I yelled in anger.
“Now,
if you don’t want anything to happen to your sister, I suggest you do the
honors for us.” Sim said. “That would be to kill yourself.”
“How’d
you know that was his sister?” Troy
“I
have connections. Connections that’ll one day bite you in the ass.”
He
started laughing. In the corner of my eye, I saw Lorenzo creep up on Lisa’s
captive. When I saw him punch him and get Lisa out of danger, I looked at Sim
with more than rage.
“The
only way I’ll die is if God himself struck me down.”
At
that moment, I formulated every bit of strength and put it into one punch. It
was so fast that not even Will himself saw it. The only thing they saw was Sim
fly back into his car windshield, out for the count. At that moment, the fight
broke out. Will stuck Carlos in the jaw three times in under a second. 5 people
out numbered us, but they didn’t stand a chance. I knocked out whomeva was near
me. Sim finally woke up, only to be at gunpoint.
“Do
it.” He pleaded.
“Yea,
you’d want me to do that. Just put an end to you. Guess what, it aint gon
happen. But don’t worry, your time is coming.”
“If
you’re scared, say you’re scared.”
“Fear
would be to kill you. You’re the scared one.”
“I’m
scared of nothing.”
“You’re
scared of me. That’s why you want me dead. It’s goin to take more than what you
can dish out to kill me.”
“I
am not or eva will be scared of you.”
“It
doesn’t matter. I should ice yo ass fo threatenin my sista. I have a better
idea.” I shot his leg and pulled out my knife. “Consider this payback.”
I
tossed the knife to Will and watched him carve our symbol into Carlos’s chest.
As both Carlos and Sim screamed in pain, we decided to blow up their car. Will
and C-Lo poured gasoline on their cars. I had lit a match to light my blunt. I
dropped the match on the stream of gasoline and watched the cars explode. The
club was evacuated… at least outside the club. I looked at the blaze. Maybe we
went too far.
“Where’s
Lisa?” I asked my boys.
“I
saw Lorenzo run wit her that way.” C-Lo said, pointing to the back of the club.
I started running to the back of the club. That’s where I saw Lorenzo laying in
Lisa’s lap.
“What
happened?” I asked.
“He
got stabbed when that guy got me.” Lisa replied. “I’m applying pressure to the
wound now.”
“Get
the car. You’ll have to take him to the hospital.” I picked him up. Lisa ran to
the car. By the time I made it to curbside, Lisa was there. I sat him down in
the passenger seat. “You know how to get there?” I asked her. She nodded.
“Iight, go.” She rushed off to the hospital. Will approached me.
“Do
you think we shoulda killed em?” He asked me.
“Don’t
know. I do think we should, but I don’t want to kill em.” I told him.
“I
feel ya. If we weren’t in love we wouldn’t be havin this convo.”
“That’s
fa sho.” I looked back at the blaze. “What gets my blood boilin is da snitch
that told him who my sista was.”
“Mine
too.” We walked towards our cars, where the rest of the click was. “Have you
gotten contact with Frost?” Will asked C-Lo.
“Nah,
nothing. It’s not like him to ignore his cell.” He replied. Somethin ain’t
right. First Sim finds out who my sista is and then we can’t get in contact
with our fellow comrades. Coincidence? Possibly, but unlikely.
“What’s
Oak’s cell?” I asked.
“I’ll
call.” DT said. We waited as he called Oak-Dogg. “No answer.”
“Damn.”
I pulled out a handheld computer.
“What’s
that for?” Trey asked.
“This
thing can give me an image of any security camera in the world.” I told him. I
accessed the security cameras in Horizon. “Get in the car!!!!” I yelled out.
Without
questions asked, everyone got in their respected cars and followed me. We got
to Horizon moments later. I ran into the club almost at full speed. Will was
the only one that caught up. There, we saw Oak, G, O, and Frost all shot numerous
times. Will called an ambulance. In no time at all, they arrived. In no time at
all, they were off to the hospital. We then spotted Jodie.
Will
grabbed him by the throat and held him in the air, “where the hell were you
when da shit broke out?”
“I…was…being…jumped….outside.”
He struggled to say. Will looked at him coldly and dropped him. My trust in
Jodie was slowly fading. How you gon get jumped but only have a cut above yo
eye to show fo it. I was definitely gon have to watch him.
“Could
someone tell me why my brotha was in an ambulance?” C-Lo asked.
“Somethin
is goin on and I don’t like it.” I declared.
We
all walked out the club and out to the parking lot. “Let’s just all go to the
hospital and find out what happened.” Everyone nodded. We rolled out to the
hospital. The first person we saw happened to be Mom.
“Kenny,
what the hell is goin on?” She asked.
“I’on
know. That’s what I’m tryin to find out.”
“Who
was the boy that Lisa brought in and what happened to Frost and the othas?”
“That’s
what we need to find out. Where are they?”
“ER
now. They won’t be in any room for anotha 2 hours or less. That boy with Lisa
is in room 124.”
“Thanks.”
I kissed her and went to go see Lorenzo. I knocked on the door and opened it.
Lisa was sitting by his side. “How is he?”
“He’s
goin to be fine. If he wasn’t around, I don’t know what could have happened to
me.”
“I’m
sorry I got you into this. I have no idea how they knew you were related to
me.”
“I
thought everyone knew I was related to you?”
“Of
course not. Only a select few know that. It’s a safety hazard for you.”
“I
see your point.” She took Lorenzo’s hand. “It’s weird, ya know?”
“What?”
I sat down in a chair next to her.
“It’s
like I’ve known him for a long time. Like he’s always been a part of my life.”
“I
didn’t want to tell you this in the beginning because I didn’t know how you were
goin to take it.”
“Huh?”
“You
don’t know that I know this, but you used to play house when you were younger.
Back when we lived on the Westside.”
“How’d
you know that?”
“Come
on now. You’ve been under my care for years. I know every thing you do.”
“Ok.
Continue.”
“Well,
you used our lil sista as your daughter and the boy across the street as your
husband. You had a big crush on him. Y’all played doctor, lifeguard and
dentist.”
“I
can’t believe you remember that. I barely remember it.”
“Yea,
well, I know that crush still exists in you. That’s why I wasn’t sure I wanted
to tell you.”
“Tell
me what.”
“Don’t
you remember the boy’s name?”
“It
was…ummm…Travis.”
“Yep.”
“What
does that have to do wit anything?”
“Travis
L. Watkins. Travis Lorenzo Watkins.”
“You’re
not saying what I think you’re sayin, are you?” She looked at me in disbelief.
“When
he got into high school, he met too many people named Travis.”
“That’s
true. There’s like 20 of em.” She looked at Lorenzo. She took a picture out of
her purse that they took together when they were kids. “You’re right. He is Travis. That’s why you
trusted him. How’d you think I was goin to take it?”
“I
don’t know. All I know is he’s been the one you wanted for a long ass time. You
had his name written on everything of yours. Hell you had his name written on a
few of my thangs. To top it all off, he felt the same way about you.”
“But
wait a minute; I thought they moved to Houston
“They
did, but came back last year. He contacted me and the first thing he said was,
“how’s my lil angel”.”
“He
always called me his angel.” She touched his face and kissed his hand. He
started to wake up. “Travis, are you ok?” He nodded.
“I’m
good. A lil pain, but for the most part, I’m fine. Wait…… did you just call me
Travis?” He asked, still a lil groggy.
“That’s
your name, right?”
“I
guess I’ll leave y’all alone.” I said. “T-Zo, I appreciate er’thang you done.
You definitely a CTB fa life.”
“Does
that mean I can get da tat?” He asked.
“I’ll
pay fo it myself.” I gave him dap. “Heal up quick.” I left and met up wit da
click.
“How
is he?” Will asked me.
“Good.
Where’s Brit?”
“Home.
She just called me.” At that moment, Ma approached us.
“Good
news, Gentlemen. They’ll be fine and will make a full recovery. They should be
out by the weekend.” She informed us.
“Thanks
Ma.” I hugged her.
“Your
welcome, sweetheart. I tell ya; every time y’all come in here I thank God I’m a
doctor.”
“Trust
me, we thank him more.” Will said.
“When
can we see them?” C-Lo asked, very concerned about Frost.
“They’re
being moved to rooms now, so I say in about 10 minutes.”
“Thanks.”
He sat down and buried his face in his hands.
“I’ll
inform y’all when it’s time. I have to get back to work.” We nodded as she left.
I looked at C-Lo.
“Did
you call Latoya?” I asked.
“Did
you call Monique?” He asked me in a normal speaking voice.
“I
just asked you a question. You don’t have to get all sassy wit me.” I said,
thinking he was getting smart with me.
“I’m
askin you a question too. In all seriousness.”
“Oh.
My bad. Nah, not yet.”
“Me
neither.”
“Yea,
I didn’t call Beyonce.” Will said.
“I
didn’t call Yvonne.” DT declared.
“I
guess we’ll all be makin a phone call while we wait.” I said. I pulled out my
phone and called Monique. She picked up afta the first ring. “Hey, were you
expectin my call?”
“Yea,
I’m always expectin your call.” She replied. “When’d you get home?”
“I’m
not at home.”
“Oh.
When will you be home?”
“Not
tonight.”
“Why,
where are you?”
“Hospital.”
She damn near had a heart attack.
“OH
MY GOD, ARE YOU OK!?”
“I’m
fine. Frost, O-D, G-Money, and Oak Dogg were shot. Before you ask how, when,
where, and if they’re ok, I’ll just tell ya. We don’t know the first one, but
it was not too long ago. They were shot numerous times in the chest and they
are ok.”
“What
about you?”
“I’m
fine. Pissed, but nonetheless I am still very sensible.”
“Could
you fill me in when you find out?”
“Fa
sho. You’ll be notified of all info as it comes to me.”
“Thank
you. Did you kill anyone today?”
“No.
Did a lil arson though, but no killing. At least not yet.”
“What
do you mean not yet?”
“I’m
getting a bad feeling about some thangs and it may result in the death of a
certain individual or individuals.” I explained.
“Just
be careful baby. I’ll be back on Wednesday, ok?”
“Iight,
I’m not goin to be in school tomorrow so I’ll call you when I wake up.”
“Ok,
that sounds good.”
“Yea.
Love ya.”
“Love
you too.” I hung up wit her and looked at Ma as she approached us.
“Follow
me if you’re ready to see them.” We all followed her to the rooms that our
fallen soldiers were in. “Iight, Oscar and Greg are in there. Frank and Jay are
in there. The rooms are connected by a door.”
“Thanks,
Ma.” I kissed her.
“Sure,
sure. Y’all know where y’all rooms are. Y’all are free to stay as long as y’all
deem necessary.”
She
left to go tend to otha patients. Half of us went into one room, the otha half
in the otha room. C-Lo went into his brothas room, of course. I looked at Frost
and noticed the stitches in his chest.
“Don’t
sweat it, kid, we gon handle deese jigglers. Especially da snitch.” I told
C-Lo.
“I
know.” C-Lo replied. “You know, afta my motha died, I swore to Frost that
nothing would happen to him. Then I exposed this side of society to him and
even had him join in on it.”
“What
is you talking bout?” I asked.
“We’re
nothing but criminals, Kenny. Don’t you see that? We take lives away from
people that love them.”
“Not
without reason. We do what we have to do to ensure our survival. In otha words,
it’s mostly outta self-defense.” I explained.
“You’re
right, but a kill is a kill. We could still serve a sentence. Frost has the
capabilities to run the Pentagon some day or own a multi-trillion dollar
company as a branch off SJ Enterprise.”
“You’re
right, but you sayin that like he still can’t. Trust me; he’s goin to make the
right decisions in life.”
“I
believe that. I just feel bad about all this.”
“Every
man is accountable for his own actions. Frost understands that and you do too.
Stop putting blame on yourself cuz it’s pathetic.”
“I’ll
show you pathetic.” He stood up and punched me right in the jaw. I flew back
into the wall. Post, Trey, and Will looked at us and stood up. “Don’t think
you’re invincible because you’re not.” I stood up straight and looked C-Lo
right in the eyes. I then busted out laughing. Everyone else started laughing
right with me. That’s when Frost finally came to.
“Lo,
look.” I told him.
“Frost.
You iight, bro?” He asked him.
“Yea,
where’s everyone else at?” He said.
“In
the other room. What happened?”
“They
knew we were comin. When we got to the club, we saw them go inside. It was a
set-up the whole time. They had 10 people there.”
“10?”
I repeated. “There was only supposed to be 4.”
“When
did they get mo members?” Will asked.
“Looks
like they were planning this fo a while.” DT said.
“But
it takes more than the size of your gang to set us up. They musta had a
connection.” Trey said. “Maybe even a mole.”
“Or
someone that’s demonstrating a large quantity of treason.” I stated. “All I
know is we need to watch our backs.”
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