The Ghetto

Weekend Continued

Jahlil POV:

As soon as the closet doors opened I headed butted her dad right in the stomach. I quickly found my clothes and tumbled down the stairs. I was still naked but I burst out the door and ran to my car. Her dad stood at the front door yelling threats that if I ever came back he'd kill me. I sped off, my heart and mind both racing when I got a call from a number I didn't recognize. "Hello?", I asked. "You have a collect call from Desmond." "Do you accept?" the operator asked. "You damn right."

"Boy why the fuck you at the police station." I yelled into the phone. "Look I didn't do anything Zoe was taking me to one of my hoes house when he told me he had to stop at the bando to make a drop. When he got there he grabbed the brick and a strap walked inside. Five minutes later he come out running and then he got lit. I got out the car and called the police and when they arrived they just arrested me on the spot. Jahlil I didn't even do anything I'm the one who called the police and when I tried to explain they just ignored me and put me in the car." I couldn't say anything I was angry not with him but with the cops who did it. "When are you going to be questioned?", I asked. "I don't know.", came the reply. "I'm calling mom." I told him, "stay strong kid, I love you." With that I hung up." I pulled up to the house and ran inside to my room got dressed and called mom. "Momma, listen Desmond has been arrested. From his story he says he's been falsely accused of a murder. I believe him, Desmond isn't that kind of kid." "So you're telling me my son has been arrested for a murder he hasn't committed." "Yes ma'am I am." She started crying I couldn't stand to hear her cry. Look mom he's gonna be fine don't worry. I love you I'll talk to you later okay. With that I hung up and laid back on the bed. I closed my eyes to think and images of Desmond started running through my head. I couldn't imagine what it was like to see a friend die and to be in a small cell. The only thing that got me away from thinking about Desmond was a text from Briante. He asked me if I wanted to go to the movies tomorrow. "Nah fam I have to handle some things tomorrow. " I replied, after that I fell asleep thinking about my day as a whole.

Desmond POV:

"Desmond Harris?" the officer's voice rang out. Yes, yes that's me. "Follow me we have some questions for you." The officer unlocked the cell handcuffed me and led me to the interrogation room. When I sat down at the table my heart was racing and and my head was throbbing. My hands were sweating, I was nervous. Two officers walked in one smiling one with a grimace. "So what's this supposed to be?" I inquired. "Some type of good cop bad cop routine." I said mockingly. The officer that spoke voice cut like a knife. "This isn't some cliche movie boy you're going to answer our questions and just maybe we'll let you go.

I got a look at the officer's name tag. B.Dix it said, I couldn't help but giggle a little at the sight of it. "You think this is funny son?" the other officer asked. His name was A.Hole, I wanted laugh right in his fade but with that grimace on his fade my serious switch flipped on. "No sir, I just found your names to be slightly funny." I responded. Now isn't the time for games lets get to the questions. "Why were you at the crime scene in the first place?" Officer Dix asked. "Well I called the deceased victim and asked him if he could take me to my girlfriend's house and he said yes, when I got in the car he told me that he needed to make a stop around the corner, I said okay cool". "When we pulled up to the house he grabbed a gun and a brick of cocaine and said I'll be right back, five minutes later he comes running out the door and he gets shot. I got low in the seat so I wouldn't be seen by the shooter but I never did see the shooter himself." So you couldn't give us a description if we asked for one? "No sir", I responded. "That's all we needed to know, we're going to go back to the house and question anyone who lives there if we need you for anything else we'll come find you." Officer A.Hole said. You're free to go, Officer B.Dix uncuffed me and I walked out of station rubbing my wrist. Quickly I called Jahlil.

"Hello"

"Jahlil can you come pick me up from the station they just questioned me and released me."

"I'm on my way"

After hanging up I sat on the bench in front of the station and waited.

Jahlil POV:

"Mom they just released Desmond I'm going to pick him up."

"Oh thank God my baby is okay, when you pick him up I want to speak with him."

"He's been questioned enough mom I don't think he needs anymore of that."

"Boy just do what I said!"

"Yes ma'am"

"Alright then I love you talk to you soon."

Five minutes later I'm at the police station and I whipped around the front to pick up Desmond. I honked my horn and he looked up and ran to the car. "Jahlil thank you so much man I love you man despite what I say." It shocked me it really touched my heart. "I love you too Des, now stay yo black ass out of trouble ya hear?" I called my mom so she could speak with him. Put it on speaker I said before she picked up.

"Hey ma."

"Desmond oh my God baby are you alright?"

"Yes ma'am I'm fine not anything I couldn't handle."

"Did they give you a cavity search?"

"What's that?"

I laughed and said in the background "It's when they take two fingers and stick em' in ya ass to check you for anything illegal you might have."

"My mom laughing said Jahlil you a mess."

I smiled.

"No mom they didn't give me one of those."

"Okay baby I just wanted to check on you, I'll see you when I get home from work okay, I love you Dessy and you too Leel.

The whole drive home Desmond rambled on about some girl he was supposed to go see but because of the incident he never made it. I guess he really got to thinking because he got real quiet. "Zoe is gone Jahlil I can't believe it." I sighed, "It's just one of those things you cant control man, you either spend a little time on a nostalgic trip reminiscing about all the good times y'all had or you can move on and do something with your life dedicated to him, not selling drugs though because I'll kill you if you do that. He laughed "I'll never do that trust me." The rest of the ride we talked about what he was going to do and he just decided to go back to playing football since Zoe always badgered him about playing since he'd quit last summer.

When we got home he took a shower ate dinner and went to sleep. Me on the other hand I found my baby blue cut off levis, my french blue sevens and a white tee shirt and called my niggas Briante, Kaitlyn, Lay and Prego. I said to each of them get dressed we going cruising. I walked out side plugged up my aux cord and blasted "Alright" by Kendrick Lamar. I picked up Briante and we went to pick up the rest.