December 27, 2023
9:07 AM
Queens, New York City, New York
Rich sat on a leather seat in the back of an 8-seat SUV, sitting with 2 bodyguards. They were escorting Rich to New Jersey, since everyone knew that he would be dead if he stayed in the city any longer. Meanwhile, bodyguards told stories, specifically one named Axl Jagger, who was simply called Ax. He told one in the moment.
"You guys ready?" Ax asked.
"Yeah, we're good." Another bodyguard in the back, Silas Ellisson, said.
"Okay, so, I was driving to the fuckin'--to this place, I was meeting someone, we were gonna exchange ammunition, but this isn't the punchline." Ax told his story as Silas and another person in the middle row, Noah Cobb, chuckled and/or laughed; "That's not it, so, I was driving, and the light turns green, right? Some motherfucker in front of me, just isn't moving. Not at all. I honked, I was gonna drive around them, but I was curious that day. With that being said, I looked into the driver seat from my car, this motherfucker's head is down."
"Oh, shit." Silas said.
"I know, yeah, that's what I was thinking." Ax said, chuckling as he spoke; "So, yeah, he's--head just down, right? I decided to check this fucker out. I got out the car, went over to the driver, right? I'm lookin' in, he isn't even asleep or anything, I knew cause I knocked on the window and he looked up."
"He didn't hear you honk at him?" Noah asked.
"No--lemme explain it real quick." Ax said, chuckling as he spoke once more, but this time more intensely; "Yeah, right? So I looked into the driver seat, he's not asleep, he looks up at me after I tapped the window, you know, and this motherfucker... has the reddest eyes ever."
Rich, Silas, and Noah either chuckled or laughed.
"I know, and he's like, he's high as fuck, he's this close to seeing God in a few minutes, he's boutta walk on fuckin' water with Jesus." Ax told the men, and the laughter got to the point where even the driver laughed a bit; "Yeah, so I--he's high as shit but still rolls his window down, he looks at me dead in the eyes... and sa--and he says, 'Mama?'"
Everyone in the car, even the most monotone of people, laughed to the point of choking on air from Ax.
"Yeah, I'm like, 'Not your mama, man'... and... then the next week he got arrested for possession of cocaine." Ax pointed out.
The laughing exemplified even more as Rich continued to laugh, but his laughing turned more melancholy, along with his mood. Silas noticed this.
"What's wrong, man?" Silas asked.
"It's my... sister. I just started to think about her." Rich prompted.
"Y'know... I'm sorry, man. I was gonna talk to you about it."
"What do you mean?"
"Cause... I... I know who did it."
Rich stared at him; "Who?"
"His name is... Xavier... something."
"Barnes?"
"Yeah."
Rich stared more intensely at Silas; "How long did you know?"
"Just found out yesterday."
"That... motherfucker."
Rich wanted to punch something, but didn't want to cause a commotion. He kept his protests silent and let himself have a tantrum in his head.
"Are you okay?" Silas asked
"I'm just fine." Rich answered.
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