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Dayvon Bennett- Chicago Illinois 12:00 AM Sunday,

I clenched and unclenched my fist for what felt like the 100th time today, I could feel my heart racing as my lawyer to my paper woke up the judge tapping my feet I took a deep breath as the jury began to murmur amoungest themselves which only made my nerves more worse they what they already were,

"Mr Bennett it says here your being charged with 2nd and 3rd degree murder how do you plead" I felt my natural mug forming on my face as everybody turned and looked at me, leaning over I whispered into my lawyer ear while nodding my head

"Your honor we plead not guilty to all accounts of murder" I chewed on the bottom of my lip as the judge eyed me for second and nodded his head, he shuffled the papers in his head before setting them down and taking off his glasses

"Mr bennett I have every bone in my body to lock you up for life without parole today" my heart raced as I clenched my jaw preparing myself for what was about to come "but whoever your friend is over in the military has stated some great facts one to which I can't let you rot in a jail cell for all your life"

I fought back the smile that dared to form on my face as he continued "jury have we reached a verdict" it was quiet in the room as they chattered with each other glancing over at me every so often, I licked my lips eyeing one of them as she blushed and looked away,

I watched as one of them men stood up clearing his throat "your honor we find Mr dayvon bennett not guilty of all charges" there was several screams and hollers as I felt a large smile slid onto my face a nigga was finally free from all this bullshit.

About 30 minutes later I was back in my regular clothes as two guards escorted me to the front of the jail, i couldn't lie and say a nigga wasn't feeling giddy right now from beating my case we made our to the front as the gates rolled open "don't forget bennett these still my streets so if I catch yo ass doing one thing outta line you'll be right back here"

One of the mail officers who had never liked me said I chuckled while holding my things and walking out the gate "better watch yo self in these streets officer jones" I mumbled to where only he could hear me,
"That nigga finally put them shackles" I heard durk say making a wide grin spread across my face "mannn what foenem yo ass took long enough nigga" I said while chuckling,

I dapped him up before pulling him in a tight hug it felt good being outside these walls and away from all the bullshit that went on inside the jail "they shoulda kept yo big head ass in thea longer" I turned around to see a smirking booka as he held his hand out

"What yo bitch ass doing hea man" I dapped him up before giving him a tight hug "Nigga you thought I was finna miss this shit I knew yo ass was gone beat this shit" I nodded my head while pulling away "a nigga need a shower and a bomb ass meal right about na"

"Dont een worry folks we gone getchu right we got some bitches waiting fa you at the crib right na" durk said while opening the car door "welcome to OTF nigga"

Dakot Banks-  Israel Arabia 4:00 AM Sunday,

"I'm not even finna pretend like that nigga don't be obsessing over you 24/7 shit starting to get weird" dess mumbled as I braided my long hair into two ponytails "girl ain't nobody stuntin trey his ass just need to get a clue and stop acting like we gone be something one day"

I said while shaking my head "well you definitely need to tell him that cause I heard him telling Corey the other day that y'all was planning on doing another year togther" I let out a frustrated groan while rolling my eyes "I didn't say officially I planned on doing another year I said I was thinking about it"

Chewing on my lip I wrapped my hair in a tight bun while securing the back with Bobby pins "kota you don't think it's time for us to head back home we been hea since we were 18 we 24 and 25 I think it's been long overdue" dess said while letting out a sigh

I couldn't say what she was saying wasn't true but I just didn't think I was ready for myself to go back home just yet I just couldn't bring myself to do it "dess you know how I feel about back home I just carry to many demons out there when I'm here it's peaceful cause nobody knows who I am or who my brother is"

I could feel a large knot forming in my throat as I sat  on the edge of my bunker "Dakota you gotta let that hurt go you were young there was nothing you could about what happened with yo mom you gotta stop blaming yo self and start living" I rubbed my fingers over my temples while shaking my head,

"Dess I'm not saying I won't ever go just not right now okay damn" I snapped before standing up and walking out the barracks it wasn't that what she was saying was wrong it was that it was true I did blame myself and being here was a distraction from it all,

The fame , the grief, the lies I knew one day I would have to face all my demons and hiding was only making it worse "morning banks" my marine captain said as he saluted "goodmorning sir I was just dropping by to do a check in with scheduling and attendance" I watched as he put his hand down and took a seat at his desk

"I could help you Lori stepped out for lunch what's going on" I took a couple deep breaths before throwing on a slight smile "I would like to disenroll effective immediately" he eyed me for a second before jotting something down on his notepad "banks you did almost 10 years with us what's your reasoning for wanting to leave now,

I drummed my fingers togther while sitting up and holding my head high "I'm done running" I watched as a wide smile crept onto his face "imma get yo paper work done right now you should be discharged by tommrow morning, and imma do destiny's as well cause I'm bout sick of her lazy ass" I chuckled while standing up and giving him a brief salute and walking away.

"Banks" turning around slightly i raised my eyebrow "imma miss you the most around here kicking these boy's asses" I could feel the stinging of my eyes as I gave him a warm smile "imma miss you more marine Preston" he gave me a head nod before going back to his paperwork,

I turned on my heels and marched out of the tent for some odd reason I had felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders making a wide smile grace my face.