On The Rise

Chapter 8: Ricardo Elis

                     "Nigga the fuck you standing up for," Leo barked. His feet moved toward Rico and i ran to jump between the two men. Leonardo was obviously mad, but Rico was too calm. "Leo would you chill out," I yelled. "You sleeping with a nigga you don't even know." My back was against Rico's chest and i could feel him tense up. "You took an oath," Rico said scarily. It sent chills up my spin but made Leo smirk. "You should know who you're getting in bed with before you do," Leo said now looking at me. I started to turn around but Rico wrapped his arms around me, calming my worry some. Rico put his lips close to my ear, "Go get your things Leo wants to take you home." Leo's face went back to anger when Rico did that.

                        "So now you one of these one night stand hoes, huh?" Leo just shook his head angrily. He had never talked to me like that before. "Watch your fucking mouth in my house," Rico said as he started to let me go. "What did you just say," I asked not believing i'd heard Leo correctly. "I asked if your some kind of one night stand hoe now." Before Rico could get to him i walked up to him and kicked him in his balls making him bend over in pain, then punched him in his jaw, even now i couldn't use all my strength because i got love for my family. "How dare you disrespect me over something so stupid. You are acting like an immature asshole," I yelled at him. He stood straight holding his face and i could hear Rico chuckling behind me.

                   "It's funny huh? Okay why don't you ask him what his full name is then Jay!" I looked over at Rico who had an eyebrow raised. Rico walked over to me still looking at Leo, and held my hands in his. "My full name is Ricardo Elis," he said simply. I pulled my hands away from his, that was the first name on my list of suspects for my parents murder. That was the name of the man my father had handed his business down to. "Ricardo Elis, meet the lil miss Jamie Miller," Leonardo laughed to himself. Rico took a step back from me. "How did you know my father," I asked trying to look in his eyes but they were dark, darker then ever. "Get out," he said as if it were the two simplest words ever. His jaws were clenching and un-clenching now. I walked up to him,"Don't Jamie," Leo said. I ignored him and grabbed his hand which he snatched away.

                   "Why didn't you tell me who you were? I would have never...! Both of you need to leave," he said going to the intercom in his office and calling his housekeeper to kick us out. Leo grabbed my arm and tried to pull me out but i snatched away. "Are you throwing me out right now? Does that  mean...," I snatched the gun from Leo's hip and pointed it at Rico's back as tears formed in my eye. "Did you kill my father!" I screamed cocking the gun. Leo moved away from me never seeing me this upset. "Jamie, sis put the gun down!" "What the fuck did you just say," Rico asked turning to look at me, a vein in his neck showing. "DID YOU KILL MY FUCKING PARENTS," I screamed holding back tears. Miller's don't cry i kept repeating to myself. Looking into his his eyes I saw  something snap!

                          He started coming towards me with a murderous stare. "Why would I kill the man who took me in off the streets when my mother killed my dad and tried to kill me at 13? Why would i kill the man who set me up in a place to live, made sure i got an education, kept me fed, taught me everything i know and made me a Machete as soon as i turned 18 so i would be straight for the rest of my life? You trynna say i killed the only person who gave a shit if i lived or died!" he screamed. Leo jumped between us getting a punch to the face yet again today. It sent him to his knee but i kept the gun pointed, not knowing if his story was the truth. I backed up my eyes connected with his until my back was against the wall.

                              "I don't know why you're here, but i'm going to find the people that killed Quincy Miller and silence them for life. He told me if something happened to make sure you stayed clear of any danger. Now get out and go home. Take care of your mothers business and stay away from these streets, and if i catch you doing something stupid i'll drag you back to the suburbs and lock you there," he said harshly. We were both breathing the same air because of how close we were. Finally I put the gun down and walked over to Leo, " Go fuck yourself," I told Rico my back to him. He chuckled and me and Leo left with that. I didn't talk to Leo the entire way to Roselita's house to get my car. When we pulled up Rose ran out and hugged me like it had been years when it had only been hours.

                      "What the fuck happened to you," Mario came out and asked a beat up Leo. "I found her at Rico's," he said walking past everyone and into the house. Rose looked at me then down at my neck, well i guess we know what you were doing at Rico's," she giggled, "I knew you liked him, i could tell by the way you looked at him," she said smiling like the kool-aid man. "I don't like him, as a matter of fact i hate his sorry ass! Mario where are my keys." Mario took the keys out of his pocket and threw them to me. "You wanna talk about it," Roselita asked following me to my car across the street. "No." I got in my car and knew Roselita was worried and heard a knock on my window.

                        I let the window down and was surprised to see Mario's face. "So you know now?" I nodded at his question. "Do yourself a favor before more secrets come out. Get out of town, Rico's good at what he does and your parents wouldn't have wanted you wasting your time doing this. They wouldn't want you killing people and putting your life in danger for those already dead. I know i wouldn't want my son to." Mario said looking at the house. I finally looked at him my eyes cold, "Rico is not his child, and he isn't a Miller. He'll never be able to do what we do. I won't let y'all put fear in my heart and try to keep me away from a life i was born to live. You can either help me and hold me down, or act like you don't know me at all. I don't care but i'm doing this! I will hunt them down and kill the people who killed my family!" He saw the glare in my eyes and knew i wouldn't be giving up anytime soon. 

                          He dapped me off and took a step away from the car. "Give Rico a chance. Talk to him about some things," He yelled as i pulled off. The way i was feeling, fuck Rico. Yeah i had done that already and wasn't sorry  i did. Even if he could still make my la-la thump he'd never get another taste. Did I regret it? No. There were no regrets in this world to make, only choices. My next choice was to start training. My main focus now was to keep my ear to the street and and bring justice to my parents deaths.

              Picture on the side of Mario. Wow Leo definitely deserved that shit and i'm even mad at him. Anyway vote it up and comment it down, there is so much more to come for you guys! so keep reading and i hope you enjoyed. Until next time.