I got off the phone, and checked in with Dev, see if he was straight. He was. Then I went outside, and just as it is in the movies, shorty from the club a while back right in front of my building, as if she was waiting for me. I was baffled, I personally thought I'd never see her again, but I was wrong.
"I see you still don't know how to acknowledge someone. Could at least say hi..."
"Wassup, ma? Long time no speak."
"I know, I see you and your boys running shit out here, I like that. You listened to my directions, so now you get the prize."
At that moment, only one thing could come out my mouth.
"Word? I mean...I still don't know your name yo."
She gave me a gaze, I couldn't place my finger on what exactly her intentions were, and then she spoke. "Alanna," she said.
"Well, Alanna, you fine and all of that, don't get me wrong, but you didn't let me even get off a word last time we had contact, and now that I'm some big nigga you want to hit it off? I'm cool on that, you can take your greed elsewhere."
Dumbest shit I ever said in my life, I mean you should've seen the way shorty looked. She was a mix of Ashanti and Mya, my two vices back then. But my pride wouldn't let me go through on that. I looked up and down the block, as she stood silent, and then she finally uttered out this, "Okay, do you. I got you." Then she walked away in a storm, I mean she brought it upon herself though, what can I say?
Anyway, that day passed, and that week passed. Next thing I know it's August and school is about to start back up. Keep in mind P and Reed been real distant lately, I thought I was starting to lose touch on the only niggas I could trust. So I did what I had to do...I remember this day so vividly, because this was the beginning of my demise.
I had P and Reed come through, to see where they heads were at, and surely enough, they said everything was gravy, even though it wasn't. It seemed like they were in a hurry to get up out too, so I let them jet. I just needed some solace, I had to think, like yo what's really good with them? I trust those niggas with my life, and I would kill for them. At that moment, I got a call, resonated with me so loudly...I answer and it's Snow.
"Yo God wassup?"
"I think the end is near, I can feel this shit getting thicker and thicker, Kaide. If I am to get knocked off, know I love you like a son. You on top now, the world is yours."
As soon as he said that I heard yelling in the back, and then a shot. My body goes numb, I'm speechless...yelling for him over the phone. No answer. So I took off up to his office.
The shit was ransacked, and he was in there, bleeding out his chest. I shed a tear, and called 911.
They came and got him, took him to the hospital, you know the usual, and at this point I had to go home and cool off, and call up P and Reed, let them know what the game plan was. But again, shit doesn't always go as planned.
