7. Young, Wild & Free

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"𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙗𝙬𝙤𝙮! Alicia exclaims as she helps Murda back to his bed after a shower. His face scrunches from the pain. "𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣' 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙—𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨." Murda ups his pace, leaping to the bed. He sits down the middle, letting out a soft grunt. "𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙂𝙖𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙣𝙞𝙩! 𝙎𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣! 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙣' 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙦!" she says, propping his leg on a pillow. He pushes air with his hand, signaling her to calm down. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚?" Alicia asks. "𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙪𝙝 𝙖 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩?" Murda pleas.

She laughs, "𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝘾𝘽𝘿 𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙪𝙝, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩" she jokes

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She laughs, "𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝘾𝘽𝘿 𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙪𝙝, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩" she jokes. They share the same unserious humor.

"𝙄 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙝, 𝙏𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙎𝙣𝙤𝙬" she says proudly. He sneaks her a smile. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙖 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙩?" he raises his brows in playful shock. "𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚. 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬?" he says. "𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩?𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙣?" she bumps his leg. "𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣' 𝙜𝙤" he snickers, staring at his propped foot, at end of his bed. "𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡" Alicia interrupts him. His face paints with shock again. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 he thought. "𝙐𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙝. 𝙄 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚" she explains. They laugh in turns.

"𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙩" she admits. Murda doesn't hear much about his father or his momma's past, so when she teases at it, he's sure to listen even if he notices or not. He knew that she was young when she had him, a year or two before entering her twenties. He also knew that when she got with his daddy, she got with his first love; the streets. His daddy never joined a gang, but he was a well known hustler and drug slanger of Chucalissa's streets. "𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚." Her smile fades for a second. "𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝...𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚." 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪" she bumps his head with a knuckle or two.

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