Different Type of Love

6.

A few days have passed and Armani was still in the basement. Emily and Armani's family had been trying to track Malachi down, but had no luck. "Uncle Tony, you don't have anyone else working in the streets that's on the inside of someone else's gang?" Emily asked and she could tell he knew the exact person to call.

"Niecy you are so smart." He said, placing a kiss on her forehead. "I totally forgot about Lil Tae. I got him keeping tabs on Malachi's boss, but I'm sure he knows something about this boy."

Anthony walked off making a phone call to Lil Tae. Lil Tae, whose real name was Dontae, was Anthony's nephew from his sister Antoinette. Lil Tae was older than Armani by six years and after he graduated high school, no one really heard from him again except for his parents and uncle. Dontae Sr., went to Atlanta a few years back to deal with some work things and he planned on coming back recently but had to stay longer due to his boss becoming extremely ill.

Anthony hired Lil Tae to be an informant of anything going on in the streets and he paid him well. His sister, Antoinette, didn't like her son being involved in any street business, but she knew that her brother would never put him in a line of danger.

Within 15 minutes after the call was made, Lil Tae showed up in a blacked out SUV. Anthony and his best friend/business partner, Smooth said their goodbyes and went to the SUV with Lil Tae speeding off.

The ride was silent as Anthony had already informed the other two of their plan once they made it to this house. Lil Tae informed Anthony that he was at that exact house earlier picking up some money to take to the head boss and that he had to go back to drop the product off. He knew that Malachi had taken someone but he didn't know who it was as he never said her name but only referred to her as "some dumb thick bitch".

Lil Tae, Smooth, and Anthony hated niggas like Malachi and they were definitely going to give him what he deserved. After driving for an hour and a half, they arrived at the house. Smooth noticed there were no cameras around the house and no cars around.

"Alright let's go in here and get out quick. Y'all know what to do." Anthony said and the men hopped out pulling their ski masks over their faces.

Lil Tae burst through the front door and saw no one around. He searched the main level and found one dude sleeping in the bed. "Mann get yo ass up." he said with the gun pointed at the guy's head. "Where the girl?" Tae asked.

"She's in the room in the basement. The keys are in the kitchen." The boy replied, pissing himself. "Please man, I'm only 15. Please don't kill me." Tae thought about what he should do and he tied him up to the bedpost. "I'll be back to get you and you coming to work for me." Tae told the boy as he started crying.

Tae and Smooth met up in the kitchen. "Any sign of dude yet?" Smooth asked.

"Nah not yet, but we'll find him. Where Unc at?"

"He went around the back." Smooth replied and just as the two were about to get the keys and go down stairs Anthony came in another way.

Smooth grabbed the keys and they all followed behind. When they reached the basement door, it was unlocked so they quickly went down the steps and still found no one in the house.

"Alright let's get baby girl and get out." Anthony said and they all spread out.

"Yoo it's a door over here." Tae called out and Smooth came rushing with the keys.

They found Armani balled up on the bed with no clothes on, shaking and crying. "Baby girl, it's daddy." Anthony said as he slowly walked up to her. Armani could hardly move or speak as the last few days had been really stressful on her mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Anthony picked her up and made his way upstairs when he heard tires screeching outside.