Guilty As Charged

Chapter 2

9pm

Valentina Apartment Studio---

Valentina sighs and as her two best friends pour wine for each other.

Even though they'd gone through many traumatic situations together, Kylie never left her best friends' side through thick and thin.

She is a very pretty girl who knows her worth, but never passes the opportunity to have some fun. Meanwhile her bestie was a complete introvert.

Then there's Cairo. He has always been friends with the two since they were young and dumb. His family owns a cute coffee shop in the neighborhood which is where they first met.

"Bitch- so you saying the nigga was the holy trinity? Tall dark and handsome?" Cairo lifts his cup of wine and gently taps his long lime green nails around the cup.

Valentina giggles as she pours herself some more wine. "Yes but I'm kind of scared of him. The man was big mad."

"Well I'd be mad too if a nigga stole from me. Be for real pookie." Kylie squeezed my arm as we both laughed.

"Besidessss, you ate him the fuck up at the court hearing. He can't even be mad." She continued as she ate one of her homemade biscuits.

Cairo stuffs three into his mouth before nodding his head in approval.

"MMM. Them bitches good! Ima need this recipe so we can sell it at the shop asap."

Kylie laughs as she covers his mouth. "Relaxxxx!"

Valentina smiles as she watches her bestfriends bicker before remembering she promised her brother she'd give him a call tonight.

'Shit I already blew him off last week' She thinks before standing up.

"Guys I have an early morning tomorrow, but it was fun having yall cheer me up." She watched thing one and thing two pout. "Come on yallll, you know how much I love you."

She takes their wine from them and gives them a smile. "But I do love me some sleep too."

Kylie grabs her chanel bag and drags Cairo with her before she kisses her friend goodbye.

As Valentina locks the door behind them she immediately rushes to her macbook and clicks her brothers name. Five rings later she hears a familiar raspy voice.

"Zion! I missed you sugar how've you been?" Valentina eagerly smiles at him waiting for his response.

"Tina...its something I gotta let you know. Its been on my chest for a while but...I love you too much to keep lying to you. Just-"

"Zion what the fuck? Your scaring me what is it!" Valentina's heart beat starts to quicken as the scenarios start raiding into her mind, validating all the doubts and worries that she had when she first thought about sending her brother to boarding school.

This was her biggest fear. Something happening to her precious brother, whom she was supposed to protect.

A tear runs down Zion chocolate skin as he takes his head into his hands before looking back up.

"Big sis...take a deep breathe okay. I'm completely fine I just have to tell you something important. Don't work yourself up too much you don't want to get an asthma attack."

Valentina takes a deep breathe and and slowly looks back at her brother.

"Okay. Tell me."

Zion opens his mouth and then closes it.