Reckless

Frenchie 112

As I sat in Legend's semi-lit living room recounting tonight's events.... I'm not going to lie, I was hurt. I looked up to Epic, in some ways he was like my big brother.... but his actions lately, it was difficult to recognize him. Epic had been consumed with getting revenge... but revenge for what exactly. Detective Cullen was the one responsible for what happened to Eileen and Elisha, Kendu's family played a role in what happened as well and Kendu was still running around pulling strings from behind the scenes and there was no telling what he was REALLY planning. Then there was Renee... sure Renee came into Columbus like a hurricane but at the end of the day their goals were the same. Justice for Eileen, Elisha, and unborn baby boy. Yet it seemed like those two were at constant odds with each other, but the more I thought about it, the more it became clear that their war was by design.... though neither one was the architect. SOMEONE. Was benefitting on Renee and Epic weakening each other and if I had to take a guess, my money would be on Kendu... He had the most reason to hate Epic and his family due to what they did to the Lawsons, he was the one most connected to every piece on the board; Legend, Epic, Cody... shyt pretty much everyone. He seemed to be thriving off the chaos he was creating and I felt like sooner, rather than later he was going to make his move and if Epic wasn't careful..... Legend sat quietly listening to every word I was saying, Jizzle sat of the the side focusing on a fidget spinner, seeming uninterested in what I was saying.....

"I hear you Frenchie.... but I don't think it's Kendu pulling the strings." Legend said quietly. "Personally, I think it's Santerìa... he's the one in Epic's ear influencing him to make stupid decisions that he wouldn't normally make...."

"Maybe... but that wouldn't make sense. Epic was the one who pulled Santerìa and Preacher out of retirement if Santerìa was really some mastermind, he would've pulled up as soon as he heard Epic was in some shyt...." I said trying to connect his theory to mine and to me the pieces didn't fit.

"Unless that was also by design... I mean there aren't too many people who could go toe to toe with Epic, Renee is one of those rare few who can give Epic a run for his money.... She's always blamed Epic for what happened so it isn't impossible that someone could've pushed her to start this war while Epic was... not exactly weak, but not at fully strength. When you think about it... Santerìa was close to Midnight, and Midnight was the one pushing that Legend and/or Icon were responsible for what happened.... We all know Midnight is a follower and Santerìa knows... or rather knew exactly what to say to manipulate Midnight, just like he's doing with Epic.... That's just how I see things." Jizzle said shrugging.

"He also knew about your issues with your cousins.... what better way to have you distract than to bring some of your famiy up here to pull you away from Epic so he can slip in and start whispering into Epic's ear." Legend added. "I think we can persuade them to answer a few questions...." Legend said.

"Only problem is they have gone into hiding since putting that hit out on Nolan and Bazil...." I said remembering that I needed to go check on Nolan since Micah was out of town. "For all we know, they could've gone back to Louisana.... they could be anywhere." I said dejectedly.

"True... but eventually, they'll need to be dealt with. As far as Epic is concerned, I'll deal with him soon.... I'm not to worried about Renee because she's out of town with her ex and I doubt Epic will be able to touch her at least until she gets back.... no one knows exactly where she's at accept me and Hezekiah...." Legend said though he seemed pretty annoyed.

"And you trust this dude?" I asked.

"Renee trust him.... that's all I can say on the matter." Legend said shrugging. "Anyways, we need to figure out how we're going to get Santerìa away from Epic.... If I know my brother, getting close to him right now while he's in one of his moods will be.... difficult." Legend said. "Look there's no point in wasting time, I say we go over there right now and....." Someone started knocking on the door and Jizzle got up to answer it.... Chess didn't say a word, she just pushed past Jizzle running towards the stairs.