The Owner of My Soul Vol 1: Chapter VII and Chapter VIII
CHAPTER VII
THE HIT
I
came home carrying Tierra in my arms. She was sleep on my shoulder. I took her
clothes off and put her pajamas on. I tucked her in and gave her a kiss.
“I
kept my promise, sweetie. It’s goin to be you and me for now on.”
I
kissed her again and turned her light off. I went into my room and stared at
the ceiling. I looked ova at my alarm clock. It was 2 am . My phone rang which made me wanna cry cuz I
was so half way sleep.
“Yea.”
I answered.
“Kenny,
it’s Sydney
“Nah,
you’re good. What it is?”
“I
can’t sleep. I was wonderin if you can join me in a walk at Mid-Town Park
“Yea,
I’ll be there.”
“Thanks.”
She hung up.
I
put my shoes back on and left. I got in the car and drove to MTP. I saw her
sitting on a bench.
“May
I join you?”
“Please.”
I sat down next to her.
“How
you holdin up?” I asked.
“I
was goin to ask you the same thing.”
“I
am what I am.”
“Yea.”
She looked up at the sky and saw a full moon.
“It’s beautiful.” I looked up.
“Yea.”
“Life
is funny. I neva thought I’d find myself in situations like the ones I’ve been
in.”
“I
know what ya sayin. I’m 22 years old and already have a divorce on my hands.”
“Don’t
you see any type of good in that?”
“I
learned a lot.” I looked up at the stars. “I guess I could safely say that I
wouldn’t trade in my last 5 years for anything. I think it made me a better
person, a better lover, a better man, and very knowledgeable. Monique was the
love of my life. Now she’s just a figment of my imagination.”
“So
are you goin back to your old ways completely?”
“I
think so.”
“Kenny,
you’re a great man. You’re goin to make a woman happier than you made Monique.
She is really hurting because she’s realizing what she had and misses it.”
“Yea,
you’re prolly right. I look at Latoya and Chris, Dre and Yvonne, Beyon…”
“Nah,
they divorced two days afta you blacked out.”
“What?”
“Yep.
She didn’t get a dime and he won custody of Karla.”
“Latoya
was his lawyer?”
“You
know dis.”
“I
must have missed quite a bit.” I looked across the street and saw a man getting
head from a prostitute. It made me smile.
“How’d
you get your reputation? When I was hea, the only reputation you had was beatin
niggaz down that messed wit me. How’d you establish your sex rep?”
“I’on
know exactly. When I was 12, I started messin wit dis 17 yr old.” I thought
about it. “As a matta fact that was not too long afta you left.”
“Hol
up, how da hell did you pull a 17 yr old?”
“Game
baby.”
“Whateva.
Anyway, please, proceed.”
“I
smoothed her into comin through, and smoothed her into havin sex. The day I
lost my virginity…..to a teenager. I was already sexually active before that.”
I started smiling. “I only lasted two hours. It was the best hours of her life.
This girl was no virgin. When I was done, she had a serious limp. Lasted for
bout 2 weeks. It got around the entire high school the next day and made its
way through middle school. Girls either believe it or didn’t. Those that
didn’t, I made believers out of them. Those that did, well, had proof too. Next
thing you know, I’m known for my sexual fulfillment.”
“How
big were you at that age?”
“9.”
“Seriously?”
“Yea.
I find it shocking myself.”
“What
about now?”
“I
may have been zoned out, but I know you saw me naked. You tell me.”
“Honestly,
I didn’t pay attention. I tried to respect your privacy.”
“Well,
I’m not tellin ya. Not yet.” I told her.
“That’s
fine. So how many people have you had sex wit?”
“A
lot. Remember, I was a porno star for a few months. In 3 months, I made 19
movies. I’m the best.”
“You’re
too much.”
“That
I am.”
“Not
including your porno career, how many?”
“Iight,
let me count….1…2……..3…..4…5…6…768 different girls. Most likely more than
that.”
“Are
you serious? Dat’s too many.”
“I
agree. I mean, I’ve traveled to a lot of places. I had some here, LA, New
Orleans, Miami, Houston, D.C, Paris, Cairo, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Hong Kong,
Seoul, Sydney…” I smiled as I said that. She did too. “I’ve been to so many
places, I had a lot of different women. All at the tender age of 22.”
“Be
honest wit me. Have you cheated on Monique more than you admitted?”
“Well,
I was ova seas on tour last year, and we got into a big fight about somethin.
She called me a name that I didn’t appreciate so I hung up on her and found the
finest 3 ladies in the hotel. Didn’t take me long, but afta I found them, I did
what I had to do. I felt better and was able to talk to Monique again.”
“What
did she say?” She asked. I whispered it into her ear. “That’s mean.”
“Ya
know.”
“Was
that the only time?”
“Nah,
there’s 3 otha times. I mean, I wouldn’t cheat if she’d act right. I’m glad I
did though.”
“I’m
a virgin compared to you.” She stated.
“What
do you mean?”
“I’ve
had sex with 4 different men my whole life. I can’t say I’m anywhere as
experienced as you. Anyway, the fourth guy I’ve been with had more goin for
him. He seemed a lot more determined to be someone and to do things.” She
started to smile. “I remember this one time I told him about you and the things
we used to do. He got so jealous of our relationship. I found it the cutest
thing. He always bet against you, which was stupid, but he did. I mean he just
hated you with a passion.” She swayed her hair back as the wind started to
blow. “I guess you can say I kinda pushed him away when I brought you up.”
“Sorry.”
I started to laugh, as did she.
“We
used to get in so many fights though.”
“About
what?”
“The
dumbest things imaginable. We got into an argument about fruit one time. I mean
he became insecure, intolerable, and just an all around ass hole.”
“Why
are you tellin me this?”
“I’m
not perfect, but I try to be. I’m neva like anyone else, I’m just me. What is
it about me that no one likes?” She started to cry.
“Come
on, Sid, you have a lot goin for yourself.”
“I
haven’t had a decent man since the break up. It’s like no one wants me. No one
cares about me.”
“Where
is all this comin from?” I asked.
“It’s
been bottled inside me for a long time. I…” She cried into her hands. I hugged
her and tried to calm her down.
“Listen
to me. There is someone out there for you. One day, he will meet you and sweep
you off your feet. You have a lot goin for yourself. You’re smart, gorgeous, sexy,
funny, and one of the best dressers I’ve seen since I last looked in the
mirror.” She laughed. “A lot of people care about you. Especially me.” She
looked up at me. I looked into her beautiful eyes. I’m not sure who initiated
it, but the next thing that happened, we were kissing. We were kissing for a
good lil minute. Then I guess she realized what she was doin.
“I’m
sorry, I have to go.” She got up and walked away. I didn’t have a clue what
just happened. I tried to figure it out as I walked to my car. Did I just kiss
my best friend or did she just kiss me? I got in the car and drove home.
When
I got in my room, before I lied down, I heard a knock at my door. I opened it
and saw Sydney
“I
can’t run away from my fears.” She stated.
“What
fears?”
“The
fear of you rejecting me.”
“Huh?”
She came in and closed the door. She started to kiss me. I kissed her back.
“Kenny,
I came back for one reason and one reason only. I didn’t want to be away from
you anymore. I had a chip on my shoulder that wouldn’t go away. My thoughts and
prayers have been answered. I’ve been in denial for a long time, but I’m
accepting it now.”
“Sydney
“I
love you, Kenny. I was scared to admit it, but that’s why I came back. I need
you.” Tears came down her face. “I need you.”
I
wiped her tears and kissed her. I then carried her to the bedroom as I was
kissing her. I lied her down and made love to her, killing the demon that
awakened in my soul.
The
next morning, I woke up and Sydney
“Daddy,
can we go to the park today? JET and Damion are goin.”
“Yea,
we can go.” She had a smile from ear to ear. “What time were they goin?”
“At
3.”
“Iight.”
I heard a knock at the door. “You wanna get that?” Tierra looked at me.
“Not
really.”
“Fair
enough.” I got up and answered the door. “What’s goin on, playa?” Will came in
and gave me dap.
“Shit.
What’s poppin, pimp?”
“Ain’t
nuttin but a thang.” He sat on the couch and I sat in my chair. “So what brings
you up hea?”
“Somethin
strange happened last night.”
“You’re
tellin me.” I said, thinking bout my night.
“I’m
still tryin to figure it out.” He continued.
“Me
too.”
“Aye,
one story at a time.”
“My
bad.”
“Me
and Candace went to a concert last night... jazz concert to be specific. We
then came back here to talk. We started talkin and next thing I know, she’s on
top of me ridin me.”
As
he said that, I looked at him as if I was surprised. It didn’t feel surprising,
more unbelievable than that.
“Funny.
Sydney
“Now
that’s crazy.” Will commented.
“By
the way, what did you and Beyonce get a divorce over?” He pulled his phone out
and showed me a video.
“The
bad part was that Karla was in the otha room.”
“What
day was this? Where were you?”
“This
was the day you and I went to West Cleveland
for a party, a couple months ago. Remember when I left for like an hour? This
is why.”
“Damn,
B, sorry to hear that.”
“I
ain’t stressing it. I went through my lil period just like you. You didn’t
notice because it was when you went out on that business trip to Rome
“Damn,
we’re too much alike.” I said. I looked at my phone and back at Will. “So what
we gon do?”
“Tell
em how we feel.”
“How
do we feel?” I asked him.
“We
gotta figure that out.” We both lied back and thought about it.
“Interesting.”
“Very.”
I then heard a knock on my door. I looked at my monitor.
“Sydney
“I
guess I better go.” We got up. I opened the door. “Hey Sydney
“Thanks,
Will.” She said.
“Aye,
B, you goin to the park wit Karla, ri?” I asked him.
“Fa
sho, bout 1500.”
“It’s
on. I’ll see you den.”
“It’s
on.” He got on the elevator and headed back to his floor.
“Please,
come in.” I told Sydney
“Kenny,
I don’t know how to say this, so I’m just goin to say it. Last night, things really
got out of hand. I let my emotions get the best of me.”
“What
are you sayin? Are you havin regrets? Is er’thang you said a lie?” I asked.
“No,
I’m more than happy bout how things turned out. It was the absolute best
experience of my life. Everything I told you is the truth. The thing is I don’t
think you share the same feelings…….do you?” I stood there and thought about
it. I wanted to tell her the truth.
“I’m
sorry, I can’t say I do.” She didn’t cry, but her eyes watered up real good
like.
“I
don’t want our relationship to change.”
“Me
neither.” I agreed.
“I
have to go.” She walked to the door and left. I stood there, confused. I heard
Tierra call for me. I went to my room to attend to her.
“What’s
up?” I asked.
“I
got lonely.” She said.
“I’m
sorry, lil bit.” I sat on the bed. “Whatcha watchin?”
“Last
Samurai.”
“Good
choice.” I lied down and watched the movie with her. She got up and lied down
on my chest. The one person I can count on not to leave me. “Netta? Promise me
somethin.”
“Anything.”
“No
matta what, when you grow up and marry some guy that treats you good…….you
won’t forget about me.”
“Promise.”
“That’s
my girl.”
“I
plan on returnin the favor.”
“Whatcha
talkin bout?”
“When
I grow up and you get old, I’ll take care of you. If my husband has a problem
wit it, then he’s gone.” I laughed.
“You
sound like Sydney
“Who’s
Sydney
“You
met her at the hospital that one day. I grew up wit her. She’s my best friend.”
“Daddy,
I don’t mean to be all in yo business, but I think y’all may be more.”
“Is
that right? You’re 4 yrs old, how would you know that?”
“I
don’t know. You’re my 22 yr old father. How would I know that?”
“I
guess my talents rubbed off on you.”
“Are
you in love with her?”
“Nooooo!!!!”
“Really?”
She looked up at me and made a funny face.
“Maybe.
I don’t know.” I replied.
“Are
you goin to tell her?”
“I
told her no when she asked cuz I didn’t want to endanger her.”
“Huh?”
“Listen
to me good. Somethin is bout to happen real soon. I’mma have to pull you out of
school for a while.”
“Am
I in danger?” She asked.
“I
neva lied to you so I’m not goin to start now. You may be in danger.” I looked
at my watch. “Don’t worry, I won’t leave you alone.”
“I
feel safe.” She lied her head back down.
“You
are safe. I won’t let anyone hurt you.”
I
believed completely that someone was goin to try and hurt me. Someone hired by
Mr. Williams since I hurt his daughter, he might try to hurt mine. His wish may
have come true, but he wanted more than just us to divorce. He wanted her to
take my life from under me. If she won, she’d have 50% of everything I own. SJ
Enterprise is broken 50/50 between Dad and Uncle Tevin. Johnson Corp. is broken
down 50-25-25. Dad owns 50%, Ma and myself own 25%. This would mean that if
Monique was to get half of everything, she would have 12.5% of my ownership,
giving the 12.5% of Johnson Corp.’s value and a say in everything. I have
reason to believe that Mr. Williams was goin for that the entire time. Since
that failed, he’s goin to plan B. He betta not try anything stupid. Until I
know it’s safe, Tierra will stay under my watch and Sydney can’t be anywhere
near me.
At
1500, I took Tierra to the park like I promised. The boys and Karla were also
there. Chris, Dre, Will, and myself watched them as we sat down and drank.
“You
remember those feelings I used to get?” I asked Will.
“How
can I forget? Those feelings are why we’re still alive.”
“True.”
I paused for a moment. “They’re startin to come back.”
“How
so?”
“I
think Mr. Williams may plan on a way to hurt me.”
“I
was thinking that too. We did kinda hurt his daughters. I already pulled Karla
outta school. I figured she’ll stay wit me til this thang blows ova.”
“I
always said we think alike.” I looked around and noticed a man eyeing my
daughter. He noticed me lookin and slowly walked away. I had my hand on my
glock ready to pull as he walked away.
“This
can get hostile real quick.” Will looked and saw no one.
“Look,”
Chris came in, “y’all need to relax. Basketball season is comin up, so y’all
need to concentrate on that.
“Point
taken.” Will said.
“I
peeped the schedule out.” Dre said. “Guess who y’all play, first?”
“San Antonio
“Did
y’all check the polls?” Chris asked. We shook our heads. “A poll was taken on
who would be the next champion. Cincinnati
“Y’all
were fourth behind San Antonio and Pittsburg
“I
love the NBA.” I proclaimed.
“How’s
yo game lookin?” Dre asked.
“Not
too good, but I’ll handle.” I replied.
“What’s
not too good?”
“If
I take 100 shots from behind the arc, 95 will drop.”
“And
you say that’s not good?”
“Not
for me. My whole career I’ve been a 99.8% shooter from anywhere.” I finished my
beer and grabbed anotha. “Don’t strut, fellas, I’ll be ready.”
“As
shall I.” Will added. We continued watching the kids as they had the time of
their lives.
“Brings
back memories.” Chris commented.
“No
doubt.” I agreed. “I remember we used to have ice fights.”
“Awww
yeah,” Will remembered, “we used to shoot ice outta guns. I had that big ass
rocket launcher and capped Dre in the back.” We all laughed. “He had that big
ass bruise on his back fo like 3 weeks.” We were dyin laughin.
“I
remember,” I began, “when Chris poked his head around the corner and I shot him
in the eye. Dat shit was black fo like 2 weeks.” We were crackin up.
“Good
times. I remember when we had that wrestling ring and used to act like the WWE.
We had the entire neighborhood participate, made belts and er’thang.” Chris
reminisced.
“I
remember that classic Tag Team Championship match.” Will said.
“The
best match ever.” I added.
“I
think it was on TV.” Dre said. “We had the belts.”
“And
we won them.” Will stated. “Man was that fun, painful and bloody.”
“Sho
nuff.” We sat there reminiscin. We did so much growin up. I looked at the kids
and was glad they will also have life-long friends like us.
It
was three afta 8 when we walked in the room. We had gone to McDonald’s first
and were bout to watch I, Robot. We sat on the couch and ate. I was
halfway paying attention to the movie and concerned about the surroundings. At
about 1 am , Tierra was
sleep. I lied her down in her bed, tucked her in and went to my room. I lied
down and stared at the ceiling. The light from outside lit my room. That’s when
I saw a figure pass by. I saw anotha shadow pass by the door. I grabbed two
glocks from under my pillow. I loaded em as quietly as possible and snuck to
the door. I slowly opened the door and looked at Tierra’s room. Her door was
open. I looked at my watch…..it’s only been 20 minutes since I lied her down so
I knew she wasn’t awake. I went into the hallway and snuck to Tierra’s door. I
looked into her room and saw the man that was in the park. He was putting a
silencer on his gun. My human “spidey sense” went off and I rolled into the
bathroom. Anotha guy came from my guest room. I looked at my security monitor
and noticed two guys were waiting outside my door. I looked at my security
status and noticed it was deactivated. Somethin didn’t add up. I looked at the
rest of my cameras and saw two otha guys. That is six all together. I listened
to the two in Tierra’s room as they discussed what they were goin to do.
“I
don’t remember. Did he say kill her or take her?”
“I
think it was kill.”
“Couldn’t
be. He wouldn’t want us to kill his own granddaughter.” When I heard that, it
echoed in my head like somethin out of a movie. I had to think of somethin.
“Best thing to do is take her. If he wants her dead, we’ll kill her there. If
not, at least he won’t kill us for killing her.”
“Good
point.”
As
they grabbed her blanket, I made my move. I ran in and hit the first person I
came to. He hit the ground. I then hit the next person. I did it so quick,
neitha saw it comin. I grabbed his gun, leaned out the room and shot the two
runnin towards me. I headed to the living room and saw the otha two. One had a
chain and the otha had a bat. They surrounded me, circling, ready to strike at
any moment. The one with the bat (which I’ll now refer to as batboy and the
otha one as chain boy) attacked first. He swung at my head; I ducked, he swung
again and again; I dodged with normal quickness and stuck him in the jaw. Chain
boy came up behind me and hit me with his fist wrapped with his chain. Batboy
got up and hit me in the leg. I fell to my knee. He hit my back and chain boy
hit me in the chest. I was on my face. I then heard chain boy take the chain
off his hand. He swung it; I moved just in time. I did a leg sweep on chain
boy; he hit the ground next to me; I kicked him in the face twice. I then stood
up, kicked batboy in the jaw four times; made him drop his bat and beat him wit
it. Chain boy came up to me and started choking me with his chain. I had my
fingers in between the chain and my neck just enough to breathe a tad but not
long.
I
then heard a scream. The guys in there must have woken up. Tierra was in
trouble, I didn’t have much time. I grabbed the bat wit my feet and hit chain
boy with it. He let go just enough for me to lift him off the ground and flip
him over my head. I snapped his neck as he tried to get up. Batboy started to
get up. I picked the gun up and shot him in the head. I ran into Tierra’s room.
She was putting up a good fight. Both men were scratched up pretty good. I
tried to shoot em, but the gun was out of ammo (what type of person does a
kidnapping with half a clip). They threw Tierra on the bed and came up to me. I
ducked from the first punch thrown at me and kicked the otha guy. I put one guy
in a headlock and snapped his neck. The one remaining looked scared for his
life. Just not scared enough cuz he still chose to attack. Before he got a
chance to swing, I hit him 4 times. He fell to the ground. I grabbed him by the
throat, held him in the air, and slammed him against the wall.
“Tell
your boss the next time he wants to pull somethin like this, have him do it
himself.” I dropped him, put my foot to his head, pulled his arm and snapped
his neck. 6 intruders; 6 dead. Tierra ran to me, crying. “You ok?” I asked her.
She nodded. “Iight, come on.” I picked her up and heard sirens. I went to the
door and opened the mansion front door. “Fifth floor gentlemen.” I told them through
the intercom. When they came to my floor, I opened my door.
“Are
you ok, Mr. Johnson?” The female officer asked me.
“Fine.”
They came in and looked around.
“What
happened?”
“I
was bout to go to sleep, they came in tryin to take my daughter and I did what
I had to do.” I sat on the couch as medical personal tended to my wounds.
“Do
you have any idea who did this?”
“Mr.
James Williams. He’s my ex-wife’s father.”
“Did
you actually hear his name?”
“Nah,
not exactly. One of the guys referred to him as Tierra’s grandfather. That
leaves two possibilities, but my father wouldn’t dream of doin somethin like
this.”
“Do
you know how they got in?”
“Right
through the front door. They turned my security system off.”
“How
do they know how to do that?”
“From
my ex.”
“Is
she part of this too?”
“I
DON’T KNOW!!! Someone just tried to kidnap my daughter! Instead of askin me
questions, do somethin about it!”
“I’m
sorry, Mr. Johnson, but I can’t do anything if there’s no evidence.”
“I’ll
give you my security discs. Just get these bodies out my house and do your
job!”
“Fair
enough.”
She
got up and did what I told her to do. I got the security discs from 0100-0130.
When they left, it was about 230. Tierra was safely in my arms. She didn’t say
a word. I turned the TV on in my room.
“Fa
now until wheneva, I am not letting you out my sight.” I told her. “You’re
sleepin in here til I deem necessary.” I lied her down in my bed. She lied on
the pillow and watched TV. I went into the bathroom and washed my hands. My
phone started ringing. “Answer that, Netta.” She grabbed the phone.
“Hello?”
She answered.
“Tierra,
this is your Uncle Will.”
“Hey
Uncle Will.”
“Are
you ok?”
“Yes.
Daddy saved me.”
“Is
he available?”
“I’on
know, let me see.” She looked at me, “Daddy, are you available?”
“Yea,
give me a minute.” I replied.
“He
needs a minute.” She told Will.
“That’s
coo. Whatcha doin?”
“Watchin
Fresh Prince.”
“Good
show.” I came and got the phone.
“Thank
you, baby.” I said to Tierra. “What it is, Will?”
“What
da hell happened?”
“Monique’s
father hired some guys to kidnap Tierra.”
“How
many?”
“6.”
“Damn.
Chris and Dre aren’t home, Latoya and Yvonne went out somewhere with JET and
Damion. I heard a lot of noise, checked my security monitor and saw you getting
jumped by dem niggaz.”
“Well,
thanks fo yo help.”
“Nah,
pimp, it ain’t even like dat. Day hit me up too, B.”
“Say
huh?”
“I
was headin up and I heard Karla scream. I came out my room and got kicked in
the jaw, banked wit brass knuckles and busted wit a nightstick.”
“How
many?”
“5.”
“Is
that why 911 came?”
“Yea,
I needed em to take some bodies out my crib.”
“Is
Karla iight?”
“Yea,
she coo. Luckily I didn’t leave right away. I think their plan was to hit one
afta the otha so when one of us help the otha, that would leave one child
available. They thought I left already, so Karla was goin to be the lucky one.
They noticed I was still hea so they ganged up on me.”
“Looks
like we payin Mr. Williams a visit in the morning.”
“First
thang.”
“What
bothers me is why would Mo and Beyonce give them our security codes?”
“We’ll
ask when we see them.” Will said. “I’m goin up dare at about 11.”
“Bet,
I’ll be dare.”
“It’s
on den.”
“Holla.”
I hung up and lied down wit Tierra. “You iight?”
“Yes.”
“At
least you put up a good fight.”
“I
tried doin er’thang you taught me, but I couldn’t handle both of em.”
“You
did good, baby girl. You took long enough for me to get to you.”
“I
wanna learn how to fight like you.”
“Trust
me, you will.”
As I
lied there, I started thinking bout Sydney. I didn’t like the fact I lied to her,
but I had to protect her. I looked at Tierra and noticed she was sleep. I
smiled and kissed her forehead. I grabbed the remote to my security system and
changed my codes. I lied next to her and wrapped my arm around her. The only
way anyone was getting to her was under my dead body.
The
next morning, Tierra and I met up with Will and Karla at Mr. Williams’ crib. We
got out the car and walked to the door.
“Element
of surprise or casual?” I asked.
“Lil
bit of both.” Will said. We rang the doorbell. Monique answered.
“Will,
Kenny, what a surprise.” She had a big smile on her face. “Hey, sweetie.” She
said as she gave Tierra a hug. “I’ve missed you.”
“I
miss you too, Mommy.” Tierra replied.
“How’s
my lil girl?”
“Fine.”
“That’s
good.” She kissed Tierra again.
“Where’s
your father?” I asked.
“In
the office, why?”
“We
need to speak to him.” Will replied.
“Come
in.” We walked in. “Have a seat.” As we sat down, I looked at her stomach. It
was still flat.
“Where’s
the baby?” I asked.
“I
got an abortion the same day the divorce finalized.”
“My
bad, I did kinda kill the father.” I joked.
“Yes,
you did.” She looked away from me and then back. “May I talk to you?”
“I’m
here to talk to your father. I have nothin to discuss with you.”
“Me
first, then I’ll get him.” I looked at Will.
“Go
see what she wants, nigga, so we can do dis. I’ll watch the girls.” He said. I
sighed and got up. We went upstairs to her room. She closed and locked her
door.
“Kenny,
I know that our marriage is ova, but that doesn’t mean you can’t allow me to
see my daughter.” She began.
“You’re
right. I’m sorry. Listen, when things calm down a bit, I’ll set things up wit
you.”
“When
what calms down?”
“I
can’t explain right now, but if ya stick around, you’ll know soon enough.”
“Is
that why you’re tryin to see my father?”
“Yep.
I have reason to believe he’s the key.” I turned around and was bout to walk
out.
“Kenny,
wait.” I turned around. “That’s not the only reason I want to see you.”
“What’s
on yo mind?”
“I’ve
had two months to think about this. I want to start ova with you. Before you
say anything, let me explain what happened. Yes, I did say I was pregnant, I
did know it wasn’t yours, but I didn’t plan on keeping it.”
“Say
huh?”
“I
was goin to get an abortion days after….I think I had an appointment set up for
that Thursday. I told you I was pregnant to make sure you wouldn’t leave me.
When I had the abortion, I was goin to tell you I had a miscarriage to bring us
closer.” I rose my eyebrow. “Understand that I was goin to do anything to make
sure you didn’t leave me. ANYTHING!!! Yea, my plan backfired, and it got me
here. I’ll neva be able to stop lovin you, missing you, or wanting you. I want
us to start over….try at least a relationship again.” I looked and smiled.
“You
are somethin else.” I started walkin towards her, still smiling. “You were goin
to do all that just to keep me. You were goin to play wit my emotions like a
toy.” I stopped smiling. “Your term is up with me. We are finished; done;
through; nonexistent; extinct; and last but not least…….finished. The only time
I wanna talk to you is pertaining to Tierra. Otha than that, I don’t want to
know you exist.” I turned around and started to walk out again.
“Kenny?”
She called. I stopped. “Please do me this last favor.”
“What?”
I turned around and noticed she was naked.
“Please,
for old time sake.” She lied on her back and spread her legs. I shook my head
and sighed.
“You’re
pathetic.” I slowly started walking towards her. “The thought of entering you
makes my dick shrivel. I’m at a point where I can only imagine what you may
have.” I was inches away from her. I leaned over her, standing between her
legs, staring directly in her eyes. “We’re done. You had my dick for the last
time. Enjoy your future ones.”
With
that, I got up and immediately left.
Downstairs,
Will was educating Karla and Tierra.
“The
one thing you got to remember is to NEVA point
it at someone if you can’t see yourself killin that person.” He had a gun in
hand. He was teaching the fundamentals.
“Have
you ever shot someone before?” Tierra asked.
“More
than I can say.”
“Have
you been shot before?” Karla asked.
“More
than I can say.”
“Does
it hurt?”
“More
than I can say.”
“Do
you feel bad about shootin people?” Tierra asked.
“Not
if they deserve it.”
“Do
they?”
“Yep.”
As he was talkin, Beyonce came downstairs.
“WILL!!!
What are you doin? You don’t need to be showin her that.” She said.
“Don’t
worry bout us, we got this.” Mr. Williams finally showed himself as he came out
the kitchen.
“Ah
my former son-in-law. How’s it goin? Did you have a good night?” He asked. Will
stood up, still holdin his gun.
“Fabulous.
Yourself?”
“Couldn’t
sleep, been thinking bout too many things.” He approached Will a lil more, but
didn’t get too close. “What brings you here?”
“I’m
glad you ask.” I said as I came downstairs.
“Kenny,
you’ve come too.”
“Of
course, afta all, I’m involved as well.” I looked at Will and saw the gun.
“Aye, dawg, put that up befo you actually use it.”
“Good
idea.” He put it up without taking his eyes off Mr. Williams.
“Looks
like y’all have some things on y’all mind, so let’s step into my office.”
“Nah,
we’re good.” Will said.
“Ok,
Beyonce and Monique can take the girls.”
“Nah,
they’re good.” I said. “We no longer trust you, so we’re goin to have this
convo here and now.”
“That’s
fine, what’s on yo mind?”
“What
are you goin to accomplish kidnapping our daughters?” Will asked. Mr. Williams
laughed.
“Excuse
me?”
“Did
he stutter? We know you had somethin to do wit it.” I stated.
“You’ve
honestly lost yo mind.”
“Did
we?” We stared him down.
“I
think it’s time for y’all to leave.” Beyonce opened the door.
“That’s
coo.” I said. “But ya know what, just in case, here’s a lil somethin for ya.”
Will gave him a gut check as I stuck him in the jaw.
“Try
dat shit again, nigga, and you really gon catch one.” Will said. He picked up
Karla, I picked up Tierra. Mr. Williams was on the ground coughin. We walked
out the house and to the car. “Now what?”
“We
wait. He’s not goin to wait long befo tryin again.”
We
got in our cars and headed home. We went up to the gym to shoot around.
Basketball season is next month, so we had to get in shape. Tierra and Karla
shot around wit us.
“I’m
thinking bout callin Sydney and tellin her the truth.” I stated.
“I
feel ya. I thought about callin Candace myself.” Will replied.
“I’m
callin her tonight.”
“Daddy?”
Tierra called.
“Yes,
princess.”
“You
said you were goin to Da Zone to get some more games.”
“Damn,
you’re right. Iight, let’s go now.” I looked at Will. “Stayin or goin?”
“Goin.”
We
stopped and went back to the rides. I drove to Da Zone. I held Tierra’s hand as
we went to the game section.
“Find
what you want.” I told her. She picked out 8 games, 6 computer games. “While
we’re here, let’s go grocery shopping.”
“May
I go bathroom first?” She asked.
“Yea.”
We
walked into the Family bathroom. She went into a stall. I used a urinal, but
kept a close eye on the stall. I finished, washed my hands and continued to
wait. As I waited, 6 guys came in. I looked at em and knew they were packin. I
immediately thought out my action. 6 grown ass men in a Family bathroom is a
dead giveaway. I heard Tierra flush. I acted normal. She came out the stall. I
picked her up to help her wash her hands.
“This
is the cleanest public bathroom I’ve seen.” She stated.
“I
do own the place, I make sure of it.” I set her down and got her some paper
towels. “Ready?”
“Uh-huh.”
I
was bout to take her hand and in an instant, I whipped my gun out, shot the
first guy comin at me. I shot two more before being disarmed. One of the guys
was as big as Dre. He had me in a headlock. The otha two alternated turns
hitting me in the stomach. I refused to be beaten, especially in front of my
daughter. I kicked them both in the stomach and rammed the big guy into the
wall. I stepped on one guy’s throat and kicked the side of his head as hard as
I could…..dead. I took out my knife and stabbed anotha guy. Then I heard a
gunshot. I turned around and saw the big guy with a bullet in his head. He had
a gun in hand. I turned and saw Tierra holding my gun. Shocked, I slowly
approached Tierra, tryin not to startle her.
“Netta?”
I called. “Princess?” She was out of it.
Her
breathing was deep. I approached her and took the gun from her. She hugged me
instantly, crying.
“It’s
okay, baby girl. Let’s go.” I said, trying to calm her.
I
picked her up, grabbed our bag, and went straight to the store office.
“Mr.
Johnson, we weren’t expectin to see you today.” The store manager said.
“I
wasn’t planning on comin. Look, I have a situation in the front store Family
bathroom. There are 6 dead men in their.
“DEAD!!!”
He yelled.
“Keep
your voice down.”
“Sorry,
sir, do you want me to call security to find the perps?”
“No
need. I’m the one that killed them.”
“What?”
“Out
of self defense. I need you to bump security up in this place. Around the
clock. Do whateva it takes. I don’t care how much it costs.”
“Yes,
sir, I’ll do it right away.”
“Call
the police and let em know so they can get the bodies out the bathroom. I
locked it now, so no one can get in.”
“Is
there anything I shouldn’t tell em?”
“Tell
em er’thang I told you. They’ll believe you.”
“Yes,
sir, I’m on it.”
“Good
man, I know I can count on you.”
I
left the office, grabbed a shopping cart, put Tierra in it, and started
shopping. I still needed to get groceries, so I wasn’t gon let dis stop me. I
called Will to see where he’s at. No one answered. I waited til he called back.
I looked at Tierra.
“You
ok?”
“Am
I goin to hell?” She asked. “I don’t want to go to hell.”
“No,
you’re not goin to hell. You did what you had to do. You saved my life.”
“But
I killed him.”
“Better
him than us. If you didn’t, he would have killed me and then you. My whole
thing is how’d you do it?”
“I
don’t know. I saw the man, saw what he had in his hand and knew what he was
goin to do. Then I blacked out.”
“Sometimes
I forget how old you are.” I said. I couldn’t help but notice how troubled she
looked.
“Daddy,
I’m scared.”
“So
am I, princess.”
“You
can’t be scared. You’re not scared of anything.”
“I’m
scared of very few thangs. All pertaining to you.”
“Like
what?”
“Losing
you, someone hurting you, or you getting hurt period. The biggest one of all is
you hating me.”
“I
can neva hate you.”
“That
may be, but I’m still scared that it may happen.”
“It
won’t Daddy. I promise.” She hugged me.
“I
tell ya what, after we done hea, I’ll take you to your favorite restaurant. Sound
good?” She nodded, still hugging me. She then saw somethin and stopped huggin
me.
“I
want that.” She pointed.
I
looked at what she was pointing at. It was ice cream. I grabbed it since we
finished shopping and went in line. That’s when I saw Will right in front of
me.
“Aye,
B, I tried hittin you up.” I said.
“Yea,
I heard my phone rang, but I was too busy protectin my baby.” He replied.
“Told
you day’ll try again.”
“I
had Karla kick one of em right in da shlong……with the point of her shoe. He was
bleeding like hell.”
“Well,
I’d like to thank you for your gun lesson.”
“Why?”
“Tierra
saved my life. Dis nigga da size of Dre was bout to straight blast my ass and
out of nowhere, Tierra tips dis nigga in da fore.”
“I
may have taught da funs, but she’s a natural shooter.”
“Runs
in da fam.”
We
paid for our stuff, headed back to da rides and went home. It was about 3 when
we got back. I lied down fo a lil bit while Tierra played her new games.
“Are
you goin to sleep, Daddy?” She asked me.
“Lil
nap, why, wassup?”
“I’m
scared someone will try to get me.”
“Don’t
worry, da doors are locked, security system on, and I’m here. You know better
than anyone that I’m a light sleeper.”
“True.”
“If
you don’t feel safe, I’ll come closer to you.” I rolled ova, had her lean back
against me as I wrapped my arm around her. “Better?”
“Yep.”
She
continued playing. I fell asleep. She woke me up two hours later when she got
up to go to the bathroom. I stayed awake til she came back then went back to
sleep. She woke me up again two hours later.
“What’s
wrong, Netta?” I asked, half sleep.
“I’m
hungry. It’s 7:22 .”
“Iight,
let’s go.” I stretched and sat up. I went to the bathroom and washed up. That
nap felt real good. I finished up and met Tierra at the door.
We
got to C-Town Grill at 2000. We got a table and looked at the menu.
“Whatcha
havin?” I asked Tierra.
“I
want the same thing you want.”
“Iight,
whateva you don’t finish, you can take, iight?” She nodded. “What drink do you
want?”
“May
I have a pop?”
“Yea.”
“I’ll
take a……Pepsi Twist.”
“So
shall I.”
“May
I take your order sir?” This cute ass waitress said.
“Yea,
we’ll both have a Big Steak platter.” I replied.
“Drinks?”
“Two
Pepsi Twists.”
“Ok,
I’ll be right back.”
“Thank
you.”
As
she turned around, I peeped her ass out. Nice! I then saw Sydney
“Tierra,
wait here for a minute. If anyone makes an attempt, whistle. Do you know how?”
I asked.
“No,
but I brought a whistle.” She said, showing me her whistle. I smiled.
“That’s
my girl.” I got up and approached Sydney
“Busy.”
She looked at the guy she was wit. “I’d like to introduce my date. Alvin , this is Kenny, Kenny, this is Alvin
“Kenny,
nice to meet you. Sydney
“Wish
I could say the same.” I shook his hand. He tried to squeeze the hell outta
mine, but I showed him out. He then let go.
“Sydney
“Best
friends.”
“Sorry
to step between y’all, but I can’t resist this sexy woman.” He smiled and
kissed Sydney
“The
cutest, funniest, most adorable girl I’ve ever met.”
“I’m
sure not more than Sydney
“Guaranteed.”
I claimed.
“Well,
let’s meet her.”
“You’re
not worthy.”
“She
must be hideous.” That pissed me off. I walked up to him and stared him in the
eyes.
“If
you ever in your life insult my daughter again….I will cut yo balls off and
feed em to ya, patna
“Gentlemen,
please, Kenny, may I talk to you.” She pulled me to the side and I didn’t stop
eyeing Alvin
“I
don’t trust him.”
“You
neva trusted anyone I dated.”
“And
to this day I haven’t been wrong. I got you out of a lot of shit.”
“I
thank you for that, but now is different. I’m older and wiser.”
“I
look at you and can tell you’re not happy with him.”
I
looked where Alvin was and noticed he wasn’t there no mo. I looked towards
Tierra and saw her still by herself. I switched places with Sydney
“Sorry,
I need to keep an eye on Tierra. Please, continue.”
“Let
me get this straight, you don’t love me, yet you don’t want me to date otha
people? What sense does that make?”
“It’s
not like that.”
“Whateva.
I’m goin back to my date. Have a good night.”
“Sydney
I
sighed and walked back to my table. Tierra was reading and drinking her Pepsi.
“Here
you are, sir.” The waitress brought our food as I was sitting. “If you need
ANYTHING, let me know.”
“Thanks.”
I looked at Tierra. “Wanna lead the prayer?” She nodded. We held hands as she
led the prayer. I was so proud of her as she said it beautifully. We began
eating. “So, what are you reading?”
“This
book you got me.”
“Is
it good?”
“Yea,
it’s funny.”
“Can
you understand all the words?”
“Most.”
She tried cutting her steak.
“Want
me to do that for you?”
“I
wanna be independent.” I laughed.
“You’re
four years old, you don’t have to worry bout that fo a while.”
“True.”
She handed me her plate. I cut her steak into strips.
“A1?”
“A1.”
I poured some A1 sauce on it and gave her back the plate. I watched her as she
put a piece in her mouth. “It’s good.”
“It’s
a $20 steak, it should be good.” I joked.
“Daddy,
am I spoiled?”
“Rotten.”
“How
so?”
“Anything
you want, you pretty much get.”
“I
wanted a car, you haven’t gotten that for me.”
“Cuz
by the time you’re 14 and licensed, there will be a different car you want.”
“What
about a new computer?”
“What’s
wrong with yo current one?”
“Nothin.
I just wanna know if I can have a new one.”
“If
you want.”
“Can
I have a gun?”
“Yep.”
“Seriously?”
“Yep,
I can give you this one.” As I grabbed the one on my hip.
“Nah,
that’s ok.” I smiled.
“You
may be spoiled, but you don’t act it; mainly since you’ve been growing up with
Karla, JET and Damion.”
“I
suppose.”
“Do
you think you’re spoiled?” I asked her.
“Yes.”
“At
least you’re honest.”
I
finished eating just as my phone started ringing.
“What
it is, what it be like?” I answered.
“Aye,
B, I have a situation that I need your help on.” KJ said.
“Where
you at?”
“I’m
at yo crib. Will let me in. Me and Terrell is hea and it’s an emergency.”
“I’m
at dinner wit my baby.”
“I
understand that, but it is extremely important. Please, it deals with my fiancée.”
I kinda froze up. What’s goin on wit Giovanni? “Please Kenny.”
“Iight,
pimp, I’ll be dare in a minute.” I told him.
“Just
to let ya know, Yvonne and Toya ain’t hea, so you may have to take Tierra to
Ma.”
“Good
idea.” I thought about it. “Damn, I forgot, Ma’s at work and Dad is in Detroit Sydney
“Bet,
I’ll see ya when you get hea.”
“It’s
on.” I hung up. “Hol up, baby girl.” I told Tierra. I called Sydney
“Yea,
what do you want?”
“I
have an emergency I have to deal with. KJ needs my help, so I was wondering if
you can watch Tierra for me.”
“Yea,
I can do that. For how long?”
“It
may be a minute. I’ll pick her up from your place as soon as I can.”
“That’s
fine.”
“Thanks,
I owe you one.”
“Yes,
you do. I’m at Section 3 table 9.”
“I’m
on my way.”
“See
ya in a minute.”
“It’s
on.” I hung up wit her. “Sorry, Netta, I have to go.”
“Is
somethin wrong?” She asked.
“Your
Uncle KJ needs a lil assistance so I’m going to go help him. It may get a lil
dangerous, so I’m goin to leave you with Sydney
“Yes.”
She
picked up her plate and drink. I grabbed her jacket. We walked to Sydney
“Thanks,
Sid.” I kissed her cheek. “Be good, Tierra. I’ll be back as soon as I can.” I
gave Tierra a hug and kiss. “Love you.”
“Love
you too.”
I
rushed out and got into my car. I drove straight to the crib. KJ, Terrell,
Will, Chris, and Dre were in the main living room.
“So
what’s goin on?” I asked.
“I’m
not goin to beat around a bush.” KJ began. “Last night, my fiancée was
kidnapped.”
“Say
word?”
“This
morning, Terrell’s fiancée was kidnapped.”
“How
the hell….”
“Now
the question is who took em?” Terrell said. “Will said that it may have been
Mr. Williams.”
“I
put my inheritance on it.” I agreed.
“But
why? What does he want with her?” KJ asked.
“Has
Giovanni told you anything about him?” I asked.
“He
tried to blackmail her. She didn’t go into great detail.” He replied.
“Iight,
best thing to do is start with Mr. Williams.” Terrell suggested.
“Tried
that. He won’t talk.” Will stated. I sat on the couch and thought about it.
“What
do we know?” I asked.
“They’ve
come in flocks of 5 against me twice tryin to take Karla.” Will said.
“6
twice tryin to take Tierra.” I said.
“Vanni
last night.” KJ added.
“Jasmine
this morning.” Terrell added.
“Last
attempt made was about 1 at Da Zone.” Will stated. We thought about it. “What
exactly do they want; they being Mo, Beyonce and Mr. Williams?”
“What
do our fiancées have to do with this?” Terrell asked.
“Maybe
it’s a game of revenge.” Chris suggested. Then it hit me.
“SHIT!!!
It’s a setup.” I jumped up. “Will, where’s Karla?”
“I
left her with Candace. I ran into her earlier and asked her to watch her for
me.”
“Look,
Giovanni and Jasmine are bait…..reasons for us to be separated from our
daughter. Being separated, that enhanced the chance of succeeding this time
around. We were being watched from the get-go.” I grabbed my keys. “KJ, Chris,
y’all wit me. We have to go to Sydney
“I’m
wit ya, kid. Rell and Dre are wit me.” Will stated.
I
led the trio to Sydney
“Good,
she’s still breathing.” I said to KJ and Chris.
“She
looks like she’s been chloroformed.” Chris suggested.
“I
think so.” I agreed. I tried to wake her. She looked up at me.
“Kenny.”
She slowly said.
“I’m
here.” I picked her up and took her to her room. I lied her down on her bed,
grabbed a wet washcloth, and wiped her face. “Are you ok?”
“No,
you were right about Alvin
“What
happened?”
“Tierra
and I were watching TV….gettin to know each otha. That’s when he showed his
true colors. 5 guys came into my house. As you can see, I was able to kill two
of em. Alvin
“Damn
it.”
“I’m
sorry, Kenny. I shoulda believed you.”
“This
was unavoidable. I shoulda kept her wit me.”
“What
are we goin to do?”
“Before
we do anything, there’s somethin I need to get off my chest.”
“What’s
on yo mind?”
“I
owe you an apology.”
“For
what?”
“Getting
you involved. I’ve been tryin to avoid that since this started. I also want to
apologize for lyin to you. I told you the feelings weren’t mutual.”
“What
are you tellin me?”
“Sydney
“I
love you too.” She kissed me just as KJ and Chris came to the door. KJ cleared
his throat to get our attention. We stopped kissing and looked at him.
“Sorry,
big brotha, but we need to get goin.” He stated.
“You’re
right.” I said. “I’ll be out there in a minute.” They went back to the living
room. “I have to go.”
“I
know.”
“I’mma
take you to my house so you’ll be safe.”
“I’m
goin wit you.” She declared.
“No,
I don’t….”
“Kenny,
don’t even try it. You know I’m more than capable of handling any situation
thrown my way.” I sighed and smiled.
“Bonnie
and Clyde .”
“Always
ridin high.” She said, smiling.
“Iight.”
We stood up and headed into the living room. “Let’s go. We have to do some
thinking.”
“No
need.” Sydney W
180th street
“How
do you know that?” KJ asked.
“Just
before I went out afta Alvin Alvin
“Damn
I love you.” I kissed her and took her hand. “L’eggo.” We rushed to the car. I
called Will to let him know. “Aye, B, go down to da Old Site Warehouse on W 180th.”
“Iight.
Is yo car loaded?”
“Aren’t
all my rides loaded?” I asked him.
“My
bad, dumb question.”
“Very
much so. I’ll be at the warehouse in 5.”
“It’s
on.” I hung up and gave Chris a key.
“Load
us up.” I told him.
He
pulled down the backseat to expose the trunk. He unlocked the truck floor and
opened it to expose the 45 weapons I had under the trunk floor. He grabbed and
loaded as many guns as he could.
When
we got to the warehouse, we scoped the place out to see how many people were
there. I had infrared goggles on and counted the bodies.
“Looks
like 15.” I claimed.
I
grabbed my two favorite guns: solid gold AMVs with the grim reaper engraved on
the handle. I then saw Will parked on the corner of the Warehouse. We got out
the car, met up wit Will, and leaned up against the warehouse.
“What’s
our move?” Will asked.
“Let’s
make a call first.” I pulled my phone out. I called Monique. “Hey, where you at
ri now?” I asked her.
“I’m
at my father’s house. Why?”
“Is
your father there?”
“No.”
“Where
is he?”
“I
don’t know. What’s goin on?”
“You
really have no idea what’s goin on?”
“None.”
I put my hand over the phone and looked at Will.
“She
really has no idea. I don’t think the girls are involved.” I told him. I got
back on the phone. “Look, your father has been making attempts to kidnap our
daughter.”
“What?
That’s upsurd.”
“No,
it’s very much true. Since you’re very close by, I need you to come down to the
warehouse. It’s down the street from where you are.”
“I’m
on my way.” She hung up.
“Let’s
wait.” 2 minutes later, Monique and Beyonce showed up. “Damn, I didn’t think
they were that close.” I told Will. They ran to us and crouched down along side
of us.
“What’s
goin on?” Beyonce whispered.
“They’re
being held inside.” Will told em. “We want y’all to go in there and talk to em.
Find out what the hell they’re tryin to accomplish.” They nodded. They got up
and slowly walked to the entrance.
“Quick
question.” Dre said. “What does this accomplish?”
“We’re
curious.” I told him. “Now come on, let’s get a good seat.”
I
looked up and saw the emergency ladder. I jumped up and grabbed it. I climbed
up and went through the second floor door. Everyone else followed. We crouched
down and listened in on everything. There were 15 guys just as I counted.
Tierra, Karla, Giovanni, and Jasmine were tied up on a chair.
“I
told you, all you had to do was destroy their reputation.” He yelled at
Giovanni and Jasmine. “Yet, you failed to do that. Your so called conscience
got in the way.”
He
slapped both of them. Will held down Terrell and I held down KJ before they had
a chance to even show emotion. Monique and Beyonce made their appearance.
“Daddy,
what’s goin on?” Monique demanded.
“Monique…Beyonce….what
are y’all doin here?” He asked.
“Why
are our daughters tied up to a chair and in this warehouse?” Beyonce asked.
“Why did you kidnap them?”
“I
did this for you…..the both of you. Kenny and Will took the happiness away from
you.”
“What
are you talkin bout?”
“Those
good for nuttin bastards took my daughters’ happiness. They don’t deserve to be
around their own.”
“You’re
not making any sense.” Monique said.
“Damn
it, girl, use your brain. From the start, Kenny and Will didn’t deserve y’all.
They were goin to do y’all wrong. I proved it by using these two.” He pointed
to Giovanni and Jasmine.
“You
blackmailed us.” Giovanni yelled.
“Shut
up.” He told her. “Robert was the man for you. That boy had the brain to run
the country.”
“Please,
Robert was a kiss ass. He sucked up to you on an everyday basis.” Monique told
him.
“That
may be so, but he loved you. He treated you right.”
“Daddy,
Robert and I were through. He cheated on me, remember?”
“But
he was a reformed man when I brought him back. I know you still loved him. You
proved that when you did what you did.”
“I
neva regretted somethin so much.”
“That
may be, but it still worked.”
“So,
it’s true. You did set us up. You were behind the entire thing.”
“Well,
I told you that I didn’t want you with him any more.”
“What’s
THIS goin to prove though?”
“This
is phase 1 of 2. Tierra and Karla are goin to be in your possession.”
“Will
and Kenny won’t allow this. They both will be lookin for em.”
“For
now, but not for long.”
“What
are you talkin bout?” Beyonce said.
“Will
and Kenny wouldn’t let their daughters be alone long enough to pull this off,
so we had to kidnap them. They can’t witness the death of their fathers. I may
be an evil person, but I’m not cruel.” They both gasped.
“You’re
goin to kill Will and Kenny?” Beyonce asked.
“Yep.
At midnight tonight, I will
wage an attack on them. My men will show no mercy and waste no time. You don’t
have to be onboard, but your daughter will be in your possession.”
“That
may be, but they will hate you.” Monique said.
“Not
necessarily. Tierra and Karla have been blindfolded and can’t hear anything
while listening to music through headphones. They won’t know it’s me at all.”
He walked away from them and up to Alvin
“No problem,
sir. All though I do wish I could have boned Sydney
“I
can arrange that.” They both laughed. I looked at Will.
“I
think we have enough info. Shall we dance?” I asked him.
“I
do believe this is my song.” Will said. “Chris, you know what to do.”
“I’m
on it.” He pulled out his sniper rifle and aimed it at Mr. Williams. They saw
the red dot on his forehead. Mr. Williams raised his hands.
“So
you want to kill us.” Will said. We jumped down and walked towards em, not
holding anything. “Here’s your chance.” All his men pulled guns out and pointed
em at us.
“NO!”
He yelled. “What do you want?”
“How
much is your life worth to you?” I asked. I pulled out one of my guns and put
it to his head. “How much is your life worth to you?”
“Please,
don’t kill me. I did this for my daughter. As a father, you know you’d do
anything to make your daughter happy.” I cocked it back. He started whining and
crying. “Please.” I went in my pocket and pulled out a dog treat.
“Have
a biscuit since you want to be a bitch.” I stuck it in his mouth and put my gun
down. I looked at Sydney Alvin
“So
you wanted to hit this. Here’s your chance.”
She
started teasing him, showing him cleavage. She started to lift his shirt and
caress his body. He smiled and leaned in to kiss her. She pulled her gun out
and shot him in the head. She turned towards Mr. Williams and threw her gun at
him. He caught it and then dropped it.
“Congratulations,
you just killed Alvin
“See,”
I began, “we know how to set people up too. Your first mistake was kidnapping,
now it’s murder.”
I
looked around and saw a man comin behind Will with a gun in hand. I pulled mine
out and shot him in the head. It triggered the rest of Mr. Williams’ men to
open fire on us. We started hiding behind the machines in the building. I
looked to see where Sydney
“Looks
like this is goin to get a lil ugly.” Will yelled to me. I nodded and smiled. I
looked up towards Chris and Dre to see why they ain’t sniped anybody. They were
in a fistfight with a couple of people. They must have just got here because
they weren’t part of the original 15.
“Well,
time to get dirty.” I yelled back to Will.
I
popped around the corner and started blastin. I took out three of his men. Will
took out four otha ones. Sydney Sydney
“Before
you go,” Will began, “we have one question to ask you.”
“How’d
you get our security codes?” I asked him.
“Monique
and Beyonce inadvertedly told me by giving me a hint.” He replied. “You used
your wedding date.” He smiled. I stuck him in the jaw and Will gave him a gut
check.
“Felt
like déjà vu, didn’t it?” I stated. The cops took him away. I picked Tierra up.
She lied her head down on my shoulder. I looked at Monique. “To be honest, I
thought you were part of this from the beginning.”
“No,
neva. I may badly want to be with my daughter, but not that bad.”
“Call
me tomorrow. We can arrange everything.” She nodded. I turned around and left.
CHAPTER VIII
AN ACT OF REVENGE
We
got home and went up to my floor. I lied Tierra down in her bed. I felt good
about leaving her alone in her room especially since we got Mr. Williams
arrested. Sydney and I went out to the balcony. It was a full moon and clear
sky.
“Crazy
night.” She said. I smiled.
“I’ve
seen worse.” I replied.
“How
long are you allowing me to stay here?”
“However
long you want.” I looked into Sydney
“As
have I.”
“The
worse mistake I could ever make was to let you go.”
“Kenny,
being gone from you for 10 years was the absolute worse thing I’ve ever been
through. I hated not being able to have fun with you like the old days.”
“Yea….we
had some good times.”
“But
we had a few bad ones too.” She added.
“I
don’t remember any.” I claimed.
“Oh
really?”
“Yea,
really.” I said.
“What
about that situation that occurred wit Quenton?”
“What
about that situation that occurred wit Quenton?” I asked right back.
“You
knew I liked him and I wanted to date him.”
“So.”
“You
did all you could to make me hate him; like you didn’t want him to be with me.”
“True.”
“When
I found out, we got into that big argument.”
“That
led to practical jokes.”
“But
you took it too far when you spread that rumor about me.”
“Damn, forgot about dat.” I said. “I’m glad
you didn’t hold a grudge for long.”
“Me
too, but I, for one, learned a lot about you afta that.”
“Like
what?”
“How
you can be so self-centered, conceited, manipulative, and two-faced all at the
same time.”
“Is
that right? Well, I learned somethin bout you as well.”
“Like
what?”
“You
can be stubborn, difficult, triflin, and a real bitch.”
“Oh
really?” She kinda took offense to that. “So I’m a bitch now?”
“You
could be.” She stared at me and then turned her back to me. “But those
qualities are why I made up wit you.”
“Say
what?”
“I’d
rather be on the spectator side than the receiving end. It made me feel more
comfortable knowing anyone that got in yo face would be on day face.” She
turned around.
“All
your qualities kept me at ease every day when boys would hit on me.”
“Yea,
well, you were well developed for an 11 year old.”
“You
were too.” We smiled at each other. “So, are things comin to this,” she said
softly and seductively, as she walked slowly towards me, “our relationship from
best friends to lovers.”
“I
know no reason why not.” I replied also
softly and seductively, as I walked towards her slowly.
“I
wish I could say how long I’ve been wanting this.”
“I
wish I can say how long I’ve been in denial.” We stopped as we stood right in
front of each other.
“Everything
feels so right.” She stopped smiling and looked ready for me to kiss her, but
she kinda noticed somethin about me. “Why is your eye twitchin?”
“I’on
know.” I thought about it and pulled out my gun and ran into Tierra’s room. She
was sound asleep and no one was in there. I grabbed her coat and woke her up.
“Netta, we have to go. Put this on.” She quickly woke up and put on her coat.
“What’s
goin on?” Sydney
“Go
in my closet. You’ll see a security vault. Enter your birthday day-month-year
and load up er’thang in that black bag.” She nodded and ran into my room. I
helped Tierra into some pants and picked her up. Sydney
“I’mma
take a wild guess and say you sense somethin.”
“You
have no idea. Call your sista and see if she’s here.” I went into my house
control panel and turned off the lights to the entire perimeter.
“She’s
downstairs.”
“Call
Will, Dre…..nevamind.” I used the intercom system. “Aye, B, dis Kenny. This is
an emergency message. Arm yourself and proceed to evacuate the crib. Evacuate
NOW!!!” I turned off my intercom and proceeded to the kitchen.
“What
are you doin?”
“Taking
out my important valuables.” I informed her.
I
opened anotha security vault and put all my important documents, emergency
cash, and more weapons into a big duffle bag.
“Let’s
go.” I directed.
As
we proceeded to the door, it began. Bullets drilled the house as an attack
staged against us began. I covered Sydney
“Cha’mon.
We’ll have to take the stairs.” I suggested.
She
picked up Tierra. I had both duffel bags. We ran to the stairs and then down
them. We stopped on Will’s floor. He was comin out his room as guns went off
again, destroying the house even more. I low crawled to Will.
“Loaded?”
I asked him.
“Always.”
I low crawled to Sydney and Tierra.
“Go
downstairs and wait for me. The password is “U AND I 4 LIFE”. It’s a bomb
shelter, so you’ll be safe.” I kissed her and then Tierra. “We’ll be down soon.”
She
nodded and went downstairs. There was anotha pause. Karla and Candace followed Sydney
“Let’s
see how many we’re dealin wit.” I looked at the security monitors for the
entire perimeter. “Do a quick explosive search.” I suggested to Will.
“Way
ahead of ya. There’s 20 all together.”
“Damn.”
I looked to see where Chris and Dre were. “Chris and Dre are in the living
room. All the girls and kids are in the shelter.”
“How
many we’re dealin wit?” Will asked.
“A
lot. I don’t have a clean count because they’re scattered.”
“Well
just take em out; as many as possible.”
We
stood up, opened the balcony door, crouched down, and started shooting between
the balcony pillars. We were able to kill 5 before they started shooting again.
Then I saw a man with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
“Shit!!!”
We jumped up and dove into the house as he blew up the balcony. “These niggaz
are serious.”
“We
must of pissed someone off pretty badly.” I looked in my bag and grabbed a
grenade. I threw it and blew up two of em.
“We
better run.”
We
got up and ran out the room. Another rocket came through, blowing a hole in the
floor. We fell through and ended up on Chris’s floor. Coughing and wheezing, we
moved some debris off us and pressed on. That’s when the house warning came on:
“Destruction
Alert! Explosive Material Detected. 5 Minutes To Evacuate!”
“I’m
glad that 5 mins exploding warning was installed. Yet you said we wouldn’t need
it.” Will stated.
“Ya
know.” They started shooting again. I could hear Chris and Dre return fire.
“Iight, we got less than 5 to get out. We can’t take the elevator.”
“Good
thing we’re at least on the second floor.” I looked up and noticed a grenade
fall down, pin off.
“SHIT!!!”
I grabbed the grenade and threw it with immediate quickness. It blew up in
Damion’s room.
“We
better go.” Will suggested.
“Right
behind you.” We got up and were bout to go into the hallway, but as I poked my
head out, I immediately backed up as I was shot at.
“They
really tryin to get us.” Will stated. I loaded anotha clip in my AMV.
“They
gon fail.” I peeped around the corner and started shooting. Will had my back
and we both were killin em as we got to the stairs. I had my handheld infrared house
scanner to see who was still in the house. “Chris and Dre are with everyone
else.”
“Who’s
inside?”
“10
people in the stairwell.” We heard footsteps comin up and down. “There they
go.” I replied.
“You
take top, I take bottom.” Will suggested.
“Bet.”
I
went up stairs and started shooting. I stood on the first flight by the first
floor door. One guy came from first floor and hit my arm wit a bat. I dropped
my gun and held my arm. He swung with the bat. I ducked and kicked his leg,
popping his kneecap out. I grabbed his bat and hit him in the head as hard as I
could. I smashed his head into a thousand pieces, breaking the bat in the
process. I picked my gun up and ran downstairs. Will was standing in front of
what used to be the shelter entrance.
“They
sealed the shelter.” I looked at my watch.
“Nah,
that’s a house defense to ensure safety. We have less than a minute.”
We
went back upstairs to the first floor. We hid by the door because guys were
still in the house, but started to leave. We ran to the closet and grabbed
coats, then ran into the kitchen. I unlocked the walk-in freezer. We got in,
sealed it and huddled in the middle. As time expired, the house blew up. A
metal beam broke through the roof of the freezer, cutting both of us pretty
badly. We waited til it was quiet before trying to leave. I tried opening the
freezer, but couldn’t. It was being blocked by debris.
“Slight
problem?” Will asked.
“Just
a slight.”
“Any
C4 in yo bag?”
“Yea,
but it won’t do no good. This thing is solid. Nothin can blow it up; outside or
in.”
“Damn,
I guess we’re chillin til the othas move that debris out the way.” We looked
around and saw the metal beam sticking out the roof. We pulled it all the way
through. The hole wasn’t big enough to climb through, but it was big enough to
put C4 through. “Hopefully my aim is good enough.”
“What’s
the plan?”
“Well,
I’mma throw this C4 through that hole and hopefully get it to the front door.”
“Worth
a try.”
He
threw a C4 through the hole. We stepped back from the door. I detonated it. I
tried to open the door. Missed. He tried again. I detonated that one. This time
I was able to open the door. The house was completely destroyed. Well, most of
the house. Some parts were still intact. We walked around and noticed some
people we killed. I looked at one of em for any markings. He had a tattoo on
the back of his neck.
“Recognize
this?” I asked Will.
“Nah,
that’s a new one to me.” He replied. He looked at anotha guy. “This one has a
different one.”
“Weird.”
We
heard a noise, pulled out our guns, and pointed towards the direction it came
from. It was everyone else.
“Thank
god y’all are ok.” Latoya said.
“Fine.”
We replied. Tierra and Karla ran to us.
“Any
of you recognize these?” I asked. We showed the tats.
“Alvin Sydney
“Yvonne,
do you recognize any of these?” I asked her.
“Yes.”
Dre looked at her.
“Who
are they? More importantly, what beef do they have wit us?”
“2
years before I met Andre, I was dating this guy from this gang called Showdown.
We were in a fairly serious relationship, but I always knew that things weren’t
goin to last. I began coming scared that he was goin to hurt me, so I left him.
That’s when I moved here. I’m not goin to say that he’s been lookin for me all
this time, but I wouldn’t be surprised.”
“What
about this guy?” I said, referring to the one I checked.
“Not
too long afta I left, my cousin joined that gang. He then told me that they
united with Showdown. Alvin
“What
beef….” I stopped myself. “Alvin
“Looks
like we have some shit to handle.” Chris stated.
“That
may not be a good idea.” Yvonne claimed. “You don’t want to start anything wit
these guys. All the members of Showdown are former prisoners that have criminal
files with murder, assault, and rape. Their leader was arrested for the
Cunningham massacre.” She looked at the otha guy. “My cousin told me bout their
gang. They have almost the same rap. The bad part is that both are deep beyond
yo imagination.”
“How
so?” Will asked.
“The
person that started it all was a billionaire, making his money from drugs. It
was always past on through the generations. Each one was getting crueler,
richer and popular. All the people they recruit get paid. That’s why they do
what they do. For them to do this, someone paid them at least 8 figures. We’re
talkin bout guys in their 30s or, in some cases, 50s that are lookin to kill
us.”
“How
many we’re lookin at?”
“695
nationwide.”
“Cleveland
“113.”
She took a deep breath. “Doing this will cause all their members to come here.”
“We’ll
be doin society a favor.” Will stated.
“At
least the garage is untouched.” Sydney
“Put
out an emergency page to the click. Tell em to meet us at Dad’s house.” I told
Dre. “Let’s head ova there so we can get out the cold.” I grabbed my duffel
bags and led everyone to the garage. As we were walkin, Sydney
“Baby?”
She called me.
“Huh?”
“You’re
cut pretty badly.”
“What?”
“You
have a big cut on your back.”
“Really?”
“You
don’t feel that?” She touched it. I yelled in pain.
“SON
OF A BITCH!!!! Now I do!” Before getting in the car, she tightly wrapped my shirt
around it. It hurt like hell. Sydney
“What
happened? She asked, worried.
“We
were evicted, may we stay here?” I asked her.
“Please,
come in.” We walked in and sat on the couch. Well, they sat down, Will and I
lied down on our stomachs to get our backs treated. Sydney
“Our
house was destroyed.” I replied.
“By
who?”
“This
gang collaboration of Showdown and Killa Bomb.”
“Showdown?”
She repeated.
“Yea,
you heard of em?”
“That’s
why your father was arrested a month before you were born.”
“What?”
“He
and Tevin took out their founder and his son.”
“Why?”
“Your
father’s ex-girlfriend was pregnant with his child. He broke up wit her by
mutual agreements, but they both wanted the baby. One night, her ex-fiancé
busted in on them together and he killed her right in front of him. As you can
easily see, her ex was the founder of Showdown. Kevin was determined to kill
him.”
“How
was Dad involved?” Will asked.
“Tevin
was with his sister. They were walkin in the park and Showdown jumped them.
Well, jumped him. He was forced to watch his sista get raped by five men.” She
teared up. “Tara was neva the same. When she
came to the hospital, she was a complete wreck. Tara and I were good friends.”
“Were?”
Will said.
“A
week before you were born, Tara killed
herself.” We gasped. “Shot herself in the mouth with a sawed off. Of course,
Kevin and Tevin were bout to stage a war. It took a couple months to find them,
but they did manage. They killed half the Cleveland
“How
they get out?” I asked.
“I
got em out.” Latoya said. “I remember when that happened. I got my main
recognition from that case. There was so much rock hard evidence that they did
it, it was hard to win. I managed to do it though.”
“That’s
why there’s no case that Kevin and Tevin will go through without Latoya as
their lawyer.” Ma stated. We sat in silence for a few moments.
“So
what are we goin to do?” Will asked. “We have no home; our insurance forms are
buried under the house.”
“Not
necessarily. I was able to empty my vault. I have all our important paperwork
including insurance.” I told em.
“How
much are we entitled to” Chris asked.
“Since
the policy is through SJ Insurance, we have the option of having a new house
rebuilt or $6.5 trillion.” I said.
“If
we rebuild,” Dre began, “what’s our budget?”
“$6.5
trillion.” I replied. “I think we should rebuild.”
“Yea,
that’s a good idea.” Latoya agreed. “We could have everything
state-of-the-art.”
“More
rooms.” Chris added.
“Bigger
gym.” Will suggested.
“Sounds
good.” I agreed.
“Now
that y’all covered that, where are y’all movin to?” Ma asked.
“What’s
on the market?”
“Well,”
Ma began, “your father and uncle were ok’d to expand SJ Lane
“Where
at?” I asked.
“Bout
3 miles west of Smith manor is the end of SJ Lane SJ Lane/South Zone Rd. Coral Ave. Coral Ave.
“How
much space we talkin?” Latoya asked.
“About
220,900 acres. For y’all that is.” Ma replied.
“How
long will it take?” Yvonne asked.
“I
say around two months at the most. Kevin and Tevin can have them work around
the clock, rotating shifts. Y’all may be able to move in by late next month.”
“Works.”
I said.
“Until
then, I can give y’all the guest rooms.”
“I’mma
go to my parents’ crib.” Will said. “Dre, you, Yvonne and JET are more than
welcome to come.”
“Definitely.”
Yvonne agreed. “I really wouldn’t mind seein Daddy.”
“It’s
on. We’ll head out that way. Hit me up in da morning and let me know what ya
come up wit.” Will told me. I gave him dap.
“I
got you. If anything rises, I’ll hit up.” I assured him. They left and headed
to Smith Manor.
“Kenny,
your room is still intact if you want it.”
“No
doubt.” I said.
“As
is yours, Toya. Sydney, the room you used to stay in is still available too.”
“No
thank you. I feel that Kenny’s arms are the safest place for me.” She smiled at
me. I looked at Ma and noticed the twinkle in her eyes.
“Well,
I’ll see y’all in the morning. Your father should be here in a few if you want
to wait on him.”
“I
may. I’m not sure yet.” I looked at Tierra. She was on the couch sleep. “I’ll
put her to bed first.”
“You
do that.” Ma came up to me and kissed me. “Night sweetie.”
“Night
Ma. Thanks for everything.”
“You
don’t have to thank me. I’m here for you at all times and for whateva.” She
kissed me again then gave Sydney, Latoya and Chris a hug goodnight. She kissed
her granddaughter and grandson before going up to her room.
“So
what’s the plan?” Chris asked me.
“Simple.
They want a war, they got one.” I replied.
“Are
you serious?” Latoya asked.
“Neva been so serious in my life.”
“How
do you expect to do this?” Chris asked.
“We
gon get as many people as possible. I’m talkin bout da entire click: Trey,
Troy, Frost, G-Money, Oak-Dogg, O-J, Odie, New York, Killa T, Blaze, Rico, Cold
Blood, KJ, Terrell, Dad, Uncle Tevin, Big Mike, Lil Ray, Quart, Slick Rick,
Tommy Guy, 9, Dozen, Dime, Dub, Half Page, Pinky, Gold, Fang, Dre, you, Will,
and myself.”
“Hol
up, y’all ain’t doin shit wit out me.” Latoya said.
“Me
neither. I’m sure Candace and Yvonne also want in.” Sydney
“Iight,
fine. Eitha way, we’ll have at least 35 people. We find out where day hangin
out at and deal wit em. Just like we always do except mo people to
exterminate.”
“Cold
murder?”
“Most
likely. Unless we burn em.”
“Think
we have a chance?” Chris asked.
“There’s
always a chance.” I told him. “Just a very unlikely chance.”
“So
what exactly is the plan?” Latoya asked.
“We
try to find out as much as possible through our connections.” I replied. “By
the next couple days, we’ll be prepared to hit.”
“How
long you think it’s goin to be before they find out we’re alive?” Sydney
“Let’s
see?” I turned on the TV.
“In
breaking news, the Big Pimp Manor, home of; Cleveland Browns’ stars Andre
Thompson and Christopher Lopez; Cleveland Cavaliers’ stars and worldwide stars
William Smith and Kenneth Johnson; along with Channel 9 News’ own Yvonne
Thompson; #1 worldwide lawyer Latoya Johnson-Lopez; and their children was
destroyed today by explosives set around the house. Evidence shows that a
definite shootout occurred. 12 men were killed in and around the house by gun
shot wounds, but the bodies of the residents have not been recovered yet. Most
likely they were home, but they may have escaped in time. This deadly
assassination attempt may either be an act of terrorism, or an act of hatred.
We go live to the Cleveland
“City
of Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland
I
turned off the TV.
“We
have very lil time before they find out where we’re at.” I stated.
“Daddy
wasted no time.” Latoya said.
“Let’s
just handle this in the morning.” Chris suggested. “We need to end this night.”
“Good
point.” I agreed. I picked up Tierra. “See y’all in the morning.” Sydney
“Crazy
night, huh?” Sydney
“Basically.”
I agreed.
“I
can’t really say I’m sleepy.”
“Me
neither.” I sat on the couch and took a deep breath.
“Are
you really prepared to go to war?”
“I’m
always prepared.” I looked at her. “Thanks for stickin by me.”
“Always.”
“I
plan on makin sure that they realize how big of a mistake they made messin wit
us.”
“That’s
what you do best.” I looked away at my hands. “Kenny, how ready are you to take
the next step in our relationship?”
“I’ve
been ready for 10 years. Just do me this one favor.”
“Anything.”
“Let’s
not bring up marriage for a long time.”
“That’s
fine.” We started kissing. I ended my night makin love to Sydney.
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