𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒

31.~𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤~

~BOSS~

He seem disappointed that I was his father. I may not be the best man but I would never put hands on no kid for something that isn't his fault. The day I saw him in the hospital bed. He had so many bruises on his body with how little he was he was lucky to be alive.

I never seem him after that, until a few years later. I gave him the beating he deserved. Neveah never forgave him for what he done to Syair and I'm proud of her for that but, she was selfish to not allow me to see my son. We were so in love I don't understand why she didn't just tell him, or at least talked to me about it.

Now that the truth was out I figured everything would be easier for what I had planned.

"So here what we finna do..syair" I motions with my fingers as the bodyguard lets go of him and he steps forward. "Don't try shit cause we quick to shoot." I warn referring to me and my bodyguards.

I bend down uncuffing their feet as there hands were still cuffed. I grab both of them by the shirt pulling them up as they stand next to me.

"Pick"

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~SYAIR~

Pick?

I look at him confused as he stares at me with a straight face.

"Pick." He said more firmly and aggressively. He wanted me to pick between the two people I love. "If you won't pick , I'll gladly pick for you" he put on a fake smile.

Layori stares at me and my heart aches for her. Tears start to fill her eyes as I'm already knowing what's running through her head.

I don't want to pick. I love them both. I would do anything for my mother but I'll also do anything for her. Their death is something I don't want to be the cause of.

My mother gives me a sorry expression. Her eyes puffy and red.

I can't pick.

"No."

"What?"

"You heard me" I say more louder.

"A nice fuck huh?" He scoffed eyeing her down. "You love her don't you?" He puts the gun up to her head.

My body freezes, imagining her body lifeless. Him putting a gun to her head made my stomach turn. She shuts her eyes shut. Like she was tryna prepare herself for death.

I couldn't say anything like my tongue was tied.

"What you lie for?" He laughed at me. He know exactly why I lied. "We wouldn't have this problem if Mo would have finished his job like I asked." He says.

It takes me a minute to process what just came out of his mouth. "Mo?"

He planned something on me just to get his way..they were both selfish. This showed me that boss would go to the extreme just to make sure everything goes his way.

Everything finally started to make a little more sense. Why he was coming to see her dance. Why he knew about our relationship.

The day we killed him was the same day he was gonna kill her. If we didn't plan things that day or at that moment I would have lost her.

I feel Amir eyes burning in the side of my head waiting for me to give him a sign.

But i didn't want to give it right away. We was out number. I tried to plan everything in my head before I act it out. With the little time i had, i had to think fast. He had 2 of his guards both with guns. Aria had a gun on her but she was held hostage and both my mother and La'yori was cuffed. So it was up to me to make sure everyone of us make it out alive. The only one that could visibly shoot right now was boss.

I tap my fingers against my side, giving him a signal to go.

Everything moved so fast as he hooks his legs under the guard making him lose his balance as he dropped his grip on Amir. I quickly ran towards boss slapping the gun out his hand as we fall onto the floor.

Aria grabbing her gun holding it up to Chucky. I feel boss try and grab the gun. We tussle a bit before I get ahold to it. Trying to pull the trigger but his hands holding down both my wrist. Amir shoots at the guards leaving it with 2.

A guard, chucky and boss.

I over here aria cussing out Lo her arms stretched out as she held the gun up to chucky. "Touch me if you want to and I will blow yo fucking brains out. Don't test me" she said. He didn't say anything putting his hands up in defense. I never seen aria in this stage it was kinda fascinating.

She handle him pretty well, but I'm sure he wouldn't risk losing his life.

We both fought over the gun but I needed to hold him off while they go rid of the guards.

Where the cuff keys?

I try to feel for his pocket to see if they were in there and it was. I quickly grab the key out his back pocket while he was distracted trying to get the gun.

He gets ahold of the gun before I could push it away again. Positioning himself above me as he held the gun to my face.

Fuck.

"I'm not gon ask you again syair, pick" he stares me into my eyes.

I grabbed his wrist pushing the gun away from me as he pulls the trigger sending out shots making my eyes flinch. We fought over the gun until I finally got it out of his grip.

Anger now fueled my body. He backs up his hand up in the air. Surrendering.

He know I'll shoot. He knows I wouldn't hesitate to put a bullet through him for fucking with the ones I love most. I felt like my surroundings blurred around me as every sound was being blocked out. My hand sweaty as I held the gun to him.

I've shot a gun before but something in me is hesitant. He looked me in face, he had that look on his face, a face mixed with guilt and doubtfulness.

The more I look at him the more things about him I find similar in me and I hate that I had to find out like this. I hated that things had to end this way. The six year old me would have took this opportunity to finally learn more about my real father and build that bond.

But I know what type of man boss is. I knew damn near everything about him. I wanted out, I didn't want to be associated in stuff like this anymore. I'm so tired of getting my hands dirty just to make sure that I survive. If this is what I needed to do to be out of Crenshaw for good then killing the man that started all of this is what I would have to do.

I bite down hard on my lip as my finger linger over the trigger. Heart pumping so loud in my chest i could feel it through my ears.

My finger paused on the trigger when i hear the cries from aria. I stop in my track zoning back in looking around as i see bodies on the ground. Two bodyguard's dead. My heart dropped when I seen her lying on the ground so much blood pooled around her body as aria held her head in her lap.

Her screams pierced my ears as I watched the tears pour out her eyes like waterfalls.

My eyes widening at the sight of seeing her body unresponsive.

Trying to play back in my head what just happened, but I was so zoned out I don't remember hearing her get shot.