Grown Enough (On Hold)

Chapter Seven

December 7th
10:49pm...

Aubree

I stepped off the jet and into the Tahoe as I turned my phone back on.

"Where to, Mr. Alonsso?" The driver asked.

"Back to my route on a regular day." I informed him.

He took off as I became so engulfed in my phone that I didn't even realize when we arrived.

I thanked him, paid and let him know what time to return.

I headed inside as I blew on my hands, that little bit of time from the car to inside had me shivering.

Once I got inside, Big Mike was laughing at me.

"I ain't ever seen you shake like that, you almost look scared." He laughed.

His voice is deep so his laugh damn near vibrated the walls.

I laughed too as I dapped him.

"I'll hold you to warm you up if you want me to." Ryan blew kisses at me as he wrote on his clipboard.

"Bitch, write." I tapped my finger on his clipboard as I kept walking, making him laugh.

I unlocked my office door and went inside, immediately loading the desktop to see these emails.

I knew it was going to be quite a few because I ain't open none of them while I was on vacation, but it's back to the regular now.

I got comfortable and prepared to work with my beverage, pen, pad and mental.

I scrolled through and responded to countless emails before I just needed time away from the desk, I couldn't take that shit anymore.

I got up and headed to the warehouse, just to monitor.

I got down there and Luke seemed like he was stretching himself thin trying to be everywhere.

I couldn't waste time in jumping in, I ain't know what was going on but for him to be stressing like this ain't good.

"What's what, bro?" I finally asked.

He pulled me to the side. "Mannie fell asleep on the road. He drove into a field causing the rig to turn over and we got a lot of product sitting on the side of the road. He was heading to Missouri but he ain't got too far outta our jurisdiction... But, still he's like a fucking—"

"Sitting duck." Ryan said.

"Fuck." I mumbled, thinking quickly. "Go ahead and load the helicopter with one machine gun and one shooter. Send some foot soldiers down there, let those boys tear that fuckin' highway up to guard that truck. Then, they're going off grid in Missouri. Act fast, anybody with pre approval first. Tell em be ready in 5 and get us something fast, you know my time of fast right now."

"On it." Ryan ran off, quickly coming back. "Does Aaliyah come?"

I smacked my lips. "Tell her if she can be ready in 10."

I quickly moved back to my office as I gathered everything I needed for the road, leaving nothing behind.

"Ion like them coming along, thinking this shits a game. We've never even dealt with a situation like this before." Luke barged into my office.

"I don't either. I gave her my word, though." I shook my head.

He remained quiet as we prepared to leave, heading out the door 2 minutes later.

Jas and Li met us out front, Luke's vibe was very apparent.

"Luke, is this attitude work related or Jas related?" Jas rolled her eyes.