Trap Royalty: It Was The Only Way

|Chapter 5: Without You|

"There's no me without you" -Lloyd

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"Don't matter what you look like, don't matter what you wear, how many rings you got on your fingers, we don't care, no we don't care." Analicia and Giselle sang along to Dig A Little Deeper with Mama Odie from The Princess and The Frog, when a knock at the door interrupted them. A confused look appeared on Analicia's face. It was ten o'clock at night, and they weren't expecting any visitors.

"Stay right here, baby." Analicia says to her daughter before walking down the hall to grab her phone. Once she reached the bedroom she shares with Ace, she grabbed her phone off of the nightstand to check the surveillance camera. She didn't see anyone, but there was a package on the doorstep.

Mailmen don't deliver this late. Just as she was about to call Ace, a loud noise come from Giselle's room. Analicia dropped her phone as she ran down the hall and into her daughter's room, only to discover that she wasn't there. She started looking around the room, tossing everything around as she called her name. She began to hyperventilate as she fell to the floor while crying.

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"You want us to voluntarily go in there and talk to the pigs tonight?"

"I know this may shock you, but they're looking for you." He sarcastically says before chuckling. "You're their number one suspect and it'll look better if you go to them instead of waiting for them to come to you. Your child's mother was just murdered, at least act like you care."

"Aight, aight." Devin says before sighing and rubbing his face. "So that means I need to get my story straight with Alex."

"I already talked to her, she knows what to say." Ace informed him. He made sure he told Alex first so Devin didn't tell her anything different. "You and Alex have been dating for six months, and you just moved in together last month. You had Ariel for the weekend, and you were home all night making smoothies and watching Disney movies. If they want proof, we got you some mail."

"What if they talk to the neighbors or the landlord?" He asked as Ace had him some mail addressed to Devin with Alex's address on it. Although Ace suspected he wasn't telling the truth about why he murdered Miley, he didn't have any proof at the moment and no other choice but to help him.

"I already got that covered." Ace said before sitting down. "Mitch knocked on the door a little after nine thirty to borrow a can opener and vegetable oil. He returned it an hour later and you answered the door both times."

"How you get his creepy ass to agree to this shit?" Devin asked as he sat down.

"I got the world in my hands, nigga." He said just before his phone starts ringing.

He looked down and noticed that it was Analicia. It must be really important because she never calls him when she knows he's working and she's usually in bed by now.

"Hey, baby! I-"

"Ace, s-somebody t-t-took her. I can't find her anywhere." She cried into the phone. "You have to come home."

"What?" He asked as he jumped out of his seat. "Who took who? What happened?"

"Giselle is gone!" She yells at him through the phone. "I need you to come home now!"