Reckless

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After much debate we decided it was probably best for morale if we went back home; Xavion missed being able to sleep in a comfortable bed, Courtney missed fuckin random dudes (though he did that in every city we were in), and Detroit missed his kids.... I knew that feeling all too well. I missed my baby so damn much but it wasn't safe for him here, not while Qwantay was still out and about and I knew he would try to snatch up Jordan the second he got the opportunity, right now they were safely hidden away with the man I trusted with my life. Being home though.... I felt like a failure, Qwantay had escaped me numerous times; some of those were my fault but I definitely blamed Epic for a role in Qwantay's escapes as well. I really wanted to go see my parents but the shame of being unsuccessful stopped me from going over there the second I dropped these niggas off; knowing my parents they probably didn't blame me for what happened, they'd probably tell me everything was alright and generally make me feel worse about myself..... Nah, I would be in town for a few days before heading back out again, I would use this time to gather information and try to formulate a plan of attack, but right now all I wanted to do was sleep in my own bed and forget about all this shyt... at least for one day.

"WAKE YOUR BITCH ASS UP!!!!!" I said getting pulled by the leg, my first and probably the most correct instinct was to grab the gun from my pillow and aim it at the person who had disrupted my peaceful slumber. It took a second for my eyes to adjust but when my vision finally came into focus, Philly was standing at the edge of my bed with a smile on his face while Rich was peeking around the corner.

"What the fuck are y'all doing here, how did y'all get in, and who did y'all know I was even back?" I asked rubbing my eyes and sitting up on the bed, damn I had forgotten how soft my bed was. Instead of answering immediately, Philly and Rich gave me a few minutes to gather myself; washed my face, brushed my teeth, and trimmed my beard down some but I was definitely going to need to hit the barbershop. "Aight so answer my question." I said once I got downstairs where they were waiting.

"It's not that important....." Philly said smiling, but I gave him a look that showed him I wasn't in the mood for his games. "You gave me a key to check on your place while you were gone, we're here because we haven't seen our boy in weeks, and we knew you were back because Renee told us." Philly said.

"That woman... she's.... scary good." Rich added. "The mind of that woman is something..... remember when we used to watch Avatar? Renee reminds me a lot of Azula, crazy as fuck but so damn tactical and intelligent.... I've never seen a woman instill so much fear in grown-ass men." Rich said shaking his head.

"So y'all are here on Renee's orders?" I asked shaking my head.

"Nah, we're here to see our boy... like I fuckin said nigga, now get your as up we got a lot of shyt to do today." Philly said grabbing my arm and pulling me to the door, but I pulled away. "We're not about to start that shyt Icon, you got a lot of catching up to do and not a lot of time to do it..... First, we gotta do something about that scruffy ass beard, then we gotta fill you in on everything you've missed, and then we're going out tonight." Philly said.

"Man I just got back....." I said not trying to do anything but sleep all damn day, but knowing this nigga that would be next to impossible. I went upstairs and took a quick shower and threw on some casual clothes, I wasn't planning on being out longer than I needed to be.

I thought Philly was taking me to a real barbershop, so imagine my surprise when I started recognizing shyt from my childhood, the neighborhood started looking familiar as fuck and all I could think about was running these streets when I was younger.... Epic being older than me, he had a lot of enemies even when we were young so I had to be extra careful; one day some dudes tried to jump me and I ran my ass straight home and grabbed my big brother.... Damn, that nigga Legend always had my back and I really fucked him over. I didn't even bother asking why they had brought me here, I just got out of the car and walked up to the house; when I reached the door, I took a deep breath and started to knock before deciding to just walk in..... My face started burning, it wasn't a hard slap but I wasn't expecting it so it stung a little.