𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬

11. Long time

Once we got to the house Cane was at I felt a little bit of Deja Vu. Niggas outside some working out others smoking and drinking. I furrowed my brows walking up the two stairs and into the house. I coughed immediately. "Fuck what the fuck do y'all got in here?"

Dana laughed leading me to the back of the house where her brother was. "Aye look who I found." Cane turned around eyeing me.

He looked much different than what I remember. Instead of the big hair he had then, he has braids with much more tattoos covering his body. He a lot stronger looking than I remember too. Buffed the fuck up. And a mustache and a short beard.

"Diamond Monroe. The superstar."

I smiled awkwardly "Hi Cane."

"Last time I saw you...you was a baby for real. Now I find out you singing grown woman songs."

"Heh yeah...I kinda am."

"Hm" he looked me up and touch rubbing his beard and cocking his head to the side. He got up walking to me. He stared at me for a few seconds and the smiled. "Damn you grew up" he hugged me and I exhaled feeling relieved.

"Damn...aye you want anything?"

"Uhhhh no. No im good uh." I said nervously. I don't remember feeling so nervous around Cane but then again my last memory of him was him being forced into a police car yelling while the whole neighborhood watched him.

"Calm down Boogy ain't no need to be scared you know me."

"I knew you. When I was young. I don't really know you anymore Cane."

He looked off to the side thinking. "I guess you right. Only one of us changed for real."

"Me?"

He motioned for me to sit on the chair and I did. "Yeah."

"Hm."

I looked around. Was this a trap house? It was dusty as fuck.

"I heard about what that dumb nigga Mack been doing. Im sorry about that Myeisha girl. That shit woulda neva happened if I was around."

I smiled lightly "I know. But what's happened, happened. Myeisha was a good person but Myeisha made bad decisions in her life and ultimately it costed her just that. Her life."

"When you get so intelligent and shit?"

I smiled again shrugging.

"How you been for real catch me up."

"Uh sure... but not here. Walk with me?" I asked.

He nodded and minutes later we were on the block.

"How have you been? Whats it like being free again."

He chuckled "its been cool. Realized a few things in there doe."

"Really? Like what."

"Like this shit ain't fa me no mo. This not the life I wanna live. Im too old. Back then I craved this shit. This was all I eva wanted. Now shit like this don't een attract me no mo."