Always

39.

Spencer James

"We need to go" Olivia said as she removed her arms from Spencer. "We've got to find out what's going on with Sean" she glanced at him.

"You go ahead and get in the car" Spencer told her. "I need to find out what happened" he said and Olivia frowned.

"I understand you're upset right now and want immediate answers, but that's going to have to wait" she told him.

"You right" Spencer glanced at the crowd of people in front of his store. "I just need a minute and I'ma meet you at the car" he affirmed. 

"Okay" Olivia said as she turned away from him. Spencer kept an eye on her as he walked towards his car.

"Yo!" Spencer approached the young man from earlier. "You know what happened?" he questioned.

"I do" he answered. "I was walkin' across the street and heard some commotion goin' on. The next thing I knew shots were goin' off. I saw ya homie laid out and that's when I told my friend to call 9-1-1" he continued.

"Was Sean breathin' when y'all  called?" Spencer questioned.

"I don't know I wasn't close enough to see" he answered. "It was yo homie versus five other niggas. It ain't seem like a fair battle to me. Niggas can never handle they beef on their own terms. You gotta a jump somebody, you not a real nigga" he continued.

"What's yo name?" Spencer inquired.

"Lonzo" he answered. "I stay on Crenshaw and 63rd" he told him.

"Well Lonzo, I'ma be back this way after I leave the hospital" Spencer told him. "I'm hopin' we can discuss more of this in detail" he mentioned and Lonzo nodded his head.

"I got chu" Lonzo told him. "I'ma be in the area for awhile. Just tap in with me" he continued.

"Aight then bet" Spencer dapped him up. "I'll holla at you later" he chucked up the deuces and walked away from him.

"Aye, Killa!" a voice called out and Spencer furrowed his eyebrows. 

"What up" Spencer greeted the old friend.

"Niggas was sayin' yo shit got shot up" the friend said. "On hood, the set came out to see if you was straight" he told Spencer.

"Why would y'all do that?" he raised an eyebrow.

"What chu' mean why? Just cause there's a few bad apples in the bunch, don't mean we all like that. Not everybody is out to get you, K" the friend told him. "And from what I remember, you and I built a solid brotherhood outside of the bullshit" he said and Spencer nodded his head.

"I appreciate ya for checkin' in" Spencer told him. "But I've got to get goin'" he said and his friend nodded his head.

Spencer then approached his vehicle and got in the driver's seat.

"Is everything okay?" Olivia inquired as she put on her seatbelt.

"Yeah" Spencer answered as he started the car. "I gotta come back over here after we leave the hospital. That dude might know more on what happened" he said as he began to drive.

"I'm glad that he may know more about what happened but he should go to the police about it...it has nothing to do with you" Olivia told him and Spencer glanced at her.

"Baby it's got everything to do with me when the shit happens in front of my store. It becomes about me when niggas hurt the people I care about" Spencer told her. "I've got a feelin' that bullet was meant for me" he continued.