Chapter 1

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Mrs. Jones, can you hear me," yelled one of the EMT's

When she didn't respond, they shocked her again.

"Clear."

"Adrianne? Adrianne!"

Adrianne was unresponsive, but she had a pulse.

"OK, let's go!" one of the EMTs said.

In less than twenty minutes, they were at the hospital admitting Adrianne

Anthony was torn up. He could not understand what was going on. His heart was literally in pain to know that his soon-to-be wife and the mother of his first child was hurt. Nothing was going to take that pain away until he knew Adrianne was okay. Not even that.

Just the thought of someone putting their hands on her in that manner pissed Anthony off. He didn't know who did it, but he knew the car that he shot at looked very familiar. Just as he was trying to figure everything out, the police walked in.

"Hello, sir. We are detectives Paul and Dan. Can you tell us what happened?" Anthony regained his composure and stood up to greet the police.

"Sir, I really can't tell you anything. When I arrived on the scene, she was alone," Anthony said.

He didn't tell them about the car because he wanted to get them first. He didn't want them in jail. He wanted them dead.

"Ok, how did you know that she was in trouble?" Detective Paul asked.

" Adrianne called me, and I followed her GPS," Anthony assured them.

"We will take her phone for evidence," Detective Dan said.

Anthony didn't really care about that. He wanted them to leave so he could start his mission. He didn't want to leave Adrianne , but he had to get this while it was still fresh.

"Mr. James, you can see her for a few minutes, then she has to rest," the nurse told him.

Anthony excused himself and headed for Adrianne 's room. When he walked in, a tear fell from his eye. She was bruised badly. She had monitors on her belly for the baby. Her eye was black and her arms were bruised. Those were the only bruises that were visible. The rest of them were internal, and Anthony prayed for their baby. He took a seat next to Adrianne 's bed and held her hand.

"Baby, I don't know what happened, but I promise you, baby, I will find out. I know you're not with me physically, but I know you hear every word I'm saying. I love you, girl, with every ounce of me, and I promise on my life I'm going to make this right, and you will pull through this and become my wife. I'm here with you every step of the way, no matter how long this takes." Anthony gave Adrianne a kiss on the cheek and walked out.

He fought back the tears that were trying to come out. He couldn't believe this shit happened. He wanted to change places with Adrianne . He couldn't get the image of her out of his mind. By the time he got outside, the fresh air did him justice. Anthony knew he had to get to the bottom of this quickly. The first thing he decided to do was call Coco. Out of all people, she would probably have an idea of what happened or who did it.

The call went straight to voicemail, but he knew where he could find her. He hopped into his car and pulled off. He could still smell the hospital on his clothes, and he had Adrianne 's blood on the sleeve of his shirt. Anthony could not believe this was happening. Everything seemed so unreal to him. He pulled up to Adrianne and Coco's store and saw Coco decorating the window. She spotted him and stopped to greet him. The expression on his face let her know something was wrong. She looked at him with a concern, and he did not wait for her to ask him what happened.

" Adrianne has been hurt. She's in a temporary coma. I'm assuming it was a group of them. I'm really not sure."

"A group of whom? What coma?" Coco asked, confused.

The truth was Anthony didn't know himself. All he heard was Adrianne on the phone and the scuffles.

"Coco, I just want to know if you know anybody that could have done this," Anthony said.

He was desperate. Coco took a minute to think, and then all of a sudden she blurted out, "Chyna ."

Anthony looked up, then straight at her.

"You think ya sister was behind this bullshit? Their beef was a long time ago," Anthony reminded her.

"You don't know my sister. I'm telling you I know she is behind this. Who else could do something like this?" Coco confirmed. They both knew that Adrianne could take Chyna one-on-one, so they had to figure out who else was with her. Time was ticking, and they were losing. They had to make moves, and they had to make them now.

"Do you think Chyna is at the club?" Anthony asked. He was running out of options. Coco knew Anthony didn't want to talk, but she hopped in the car anyway. The ride was quiet. Coco watched as Anthony gripped the steering wheel. She knew he was hurt, knowing how much Adrianne meant to him. She also knew this meant war, and she was on Adrianne 's side. Adrianne was the sister she always wanted out of Chyna . Chyna was trying to live a hood life, but she didn't have the bite to follow her big bark.

When they got to the club, Anthony saw the car from yesterday. He knew he recognized it from somewhere - it was Nikko's. A strong feeling of hate came over Anthony , but he never mentioned it to Coco.

They got out of the car and went inside. The club was almost empty, considering it was midday, and that was okay with Anthony . Very few witnesses. Coco spotted Chyna at the bar and walked right up to her. Anthony made his way to look for Nikko. He knew he couldn't be far.

"Well, look who we have here. What have I done to deserve this pleasure?" Chyna said as Coco walked up.

"Really, Chyna ? You really don't know how much shit you're into," Coco said.

"Bitch, do you think I give a fuck. I showed that bitch just who she was fucking with. We laid that bitch out proper. She will know next time who she fucking with,

" Chyna stated. "Chyna, cut the bullshit. You are not anybody around here. If anything, I got more respect than you. Ya simple-minded ass is just jealous, and you don't know how to deal with that. Get ya fucking priorities together and get a fucking clue," Coco shouted.

Chyna was pissed. She couldn't believe the nerve of Coco, coming at her like this, and snapped. She swung and hit Coco as hard as she could. The hit didn't even make Coco stumble. She threw Chyna on top of the bar and start whaling on her face.

"Get this bitch off of me!" Chyna yelled.

One of the dancers, Strawberry, ran over to break it up. Coco wasn't going to stop. She dragged Chyna by her hair off of the bar and banged her head against the floor.

"Is the sense coming to you now, bitch? Do you have a clue what's going on? You getting ya ass beat like momma should've done a long time ago," Coco said, still banging and punching on Chyna .

The bouncer helped Strawberry break the two apart. Coco was already on her feet, waiting for Chyna to get crazy, preparing herself for round two. Chyna finally made it to her feet with blood coming from her mouth.

"You just started a fight that you can't finish," Chyna said.

"Bitch, this shit been a war. I'ma show you how to win it."

Vanity spotted Anthony coming from the office. He looked disappointed.

"You might as well grab ya shit, cuz we going for a ride," Anthony said to Chyna .

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