I got 2 new tattoos while I was out today. The one on my wrist says 'Nala' in cursive with a hearts at the end of it. My second one is on my right shoulder and it's of a crown. It says 'Lesleigh' under it in bold print. I got it as a tribute to my mother. You can see it if I wear a tank top like I am today. They look better than I thought they would against my brown complexion.
I drive over to the drug house to see a bunch of people running out of the building. Gun shots ring in the air. I call Cardo. He picks up on the second ring. Slowly I get out of the car as more and more people run. The naked girls I see run like their life depends on it. Faster than all the men, they ran.
"Hello?" he sounds like he's in a lot if pain.
"What happened?" I ask him closing my car door and looking in horror. I didn't realize some of the men were carrying bloody bodies while running. Teenagers, grown men, mothers.
"I'm so sorry Lena." he breaths.
"What happened?!" I say a little louder as I run to the back gate of the house. No one is back there luckily. I quietly unlock the gate and make my way in. I walk past the pool and into the back door where the office is. All I want is my child out of this house. Nala is all I can think of. The agony I would feel if she has been shot or kidnapped.
"Lena." Cardo spoke in a whisper. "I don't know where she is."
My heart dropped at that statement. "I'm right outside." I look around and everyone is shooting. I have a flashback to the time when our house was broken into. The one Sarah planned for us to die in. When I got shot and stayed in a coma for a month. The pain I felt then as Cardo carried me out came back and I felt weak. He saved me that night.
"Lena I'on want you to get involved." he said in a low tone. "Don't come in."
I hang up. I saw the gunman walking around the office. When he searched more I followed his eyes until I saw Cardo. The gunman kicked him in the face and my whole body went limp. When he disappeared and left out of the office I slowly walked in. I grabbed a nearby gun off the floor and watched my back. The house was emptied of all drugs and money. Cardo would take a hard hit from this. This business is all he had besides his family. I ran over to Cardo with tears in my eyes.
"Baby, I'm here. Can you hear me? Wake up!" I whispered to him.
His eyes didn't open but blood still came profusely from his wounds. A open gash was all across his forehead.
"Nala." I said to him.
I call Carlos and he picks up immediately.
"Lena I just found out what happened I'm on the way." I didn't wanna leave him but I had to get her out of there before anything happened to her. I got up and ran up the stairs and busted through all the rooms. Finally I walked in to the last rooms and looked on the side of the bed.
"I want my mommy." She cried rocking back and forth. When she saw me she hopped in my open arms. I heard footsteps and froze. Carlos comforted me when I turned around.
"How did this happen?" I ask horrified.
"Man, if I could tell you I would but I gotta get Cardo to a hospital. I'on know what to do." he tells me. Suddenly Nala starts to scream for her daddy.
"Meet me at the hospital." I ask him while rushing out the house with Nala in my arms. "We have to get a story together to tell the police so they don't investigate too much. I don't want him in prison as soon as he gets better."
"Yeah, We about five minutes away from the hospital." he tells me.
Just like he promised he was waiting at the entrance of the hospital. I tried to pull myself together and clear my head before Nala started to cry again. He got Nala out and told me they took him back immediately.
