Hard Times Purify

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Karti ,

"BAE !" I yelled from the closet .

"Yes Karti ?" She answered .

"You seen my green leather jacket ?" I asked , walking into the bedroom fully dressed minus the jacket .

"Last time I seen it was last month . Uhm , look on my side of the closet . You know how you get and put your things anywhere ." She replied , still typing away on her computer . Baby girl was studying for some test she had coming up . I smiled watching how her glasses sat on top of her nose . After she graduated college with a Pre-Law degree , she went straight to Law School .

Walking back into the closet , I followed her orders and just like se said , I found it . Taking it off the hanger , I slid it over my arms .

"Thanks babe ." I leaned down and placed a kiss on the corner of her lips .

"Gone." She hissed , still focusing on her MacBook .

"Dont play me ma . Give me a damn kiss ."

She sighed and turn to me and gave me a deep , passionate kiss .

"Happy now ?"

"Yup!" I smiled .

"Ole demanding ass . Hurry up and leave . The quicker you walk out that door the quicker I can get done with my damn homework ,"

I chuckled and pivoted on my heels , "Remember that when a nigga get back ."

I heard her laugh behind me .

"I love you babe ."

"I love you too ."

exiting out the house , I hoped into my ride . I had to go see what was up with my crew .

*****

Walking into the warehouse , I noticed Gee and Dale posted in the back office . Money and money machines was everywhere .

"Wassup ?" I asked , taking a seat , grabbing a handfull of money and running it through one of the empty machines.

"Nothing much man . Trying to finish up this counting . Wifey let you come play ?" Dale spoke .

I chuckled , "Nigga , we not going to go through this shit again . My wife dont let me do anything . Im a grown ass man ." they gave a few giggles . "Where them niggas Nico and Tate ?"

"Tate at a doctors appointment with Veah and I dont know where that nigga Nico at ." Gee answered .

"Oh yeah , Tate did tell me Veah was pregnant . Thats crazy!" I stressed .

"Crazy aint the word. Thats tragic. Nigga then went and got a blockhead knocked up." Dale smiled .

"All I see in that nigga future is drama . Lots of it ." Gee added .

"I dont even think it's his lowkey . That girl gets around !"

Gee and I both looked over a Dale and shook our heads . The nigga without a kid always got some negative shit to say .

"Well if it aint , he'll know in some odd months ."

We continued to count the money in silence until Dale turned on the sterio , blasting Jay-Z . It took us 6 hours to count up all the money and just our luck , 2 of the 5 money machines stopped working on us .

After all the bills were accounted for , we added up the numbers .

"Yo , you sure this was all the money from all the spots ?" I asked , looking at the numbers confused .

"Positive . I went and got it myself ." Gee said "And when I collected nothing was out of the ordinary ."

"These numbers aint adding up . All 6 spots bring in 3.5 or more every month . We bring in 21 or more M's every month . Why the fuck are we only looking at a litte under 18 ?" I said , outraged .

"Somebody getting sticky fingers ... And were going to find out who !" Gee voiced , followed by a "Hell yeah" from Dale .

"Call up Dee, Eb, Tay, Vell and Hench . Were going to get to the bottom of this shit . And fast !" I told them . Those 6 are the head of the 6 spots we work out of .

This wasnt a messy operation I was running . We didnt work out of abandoned houses either .

Dee was head of the highrises on the east side . The Highrise wasnt run down nor housed addicts . It housed regular teenants as well as some niggas from the crew . Dee was the middle man when it came to product . When the product left our hands , it went to Dee and he's responsible for delivering it to the crew .

Eb was head of the storefront . I owned this "Family Owned" grocery store on the east side as well . It wasnt anything too big , but the basement and back of the store is where traffiking took place .

Tay was head of the "Pool Bar" centered close to downtown . It was a hot commodity , the basement and back of the Pool Bar was were a lot of gambling took place . Im talking very BIGG gambling . Drugs and Firearms were sold as well .

Vell over looked "Kisses & Secrets" , my strip club centered in the city . The basement , back room and 3rd floor of that establishment had no limits to what was going down . Drugs , trafiking , sex , gambling , fire arm exchange , EVERYTHING !

And white boy Hench handled "Gonzales Golf Club" , located far on the west side . Out of the eye sight of the Club Members , sex , gambling and exchange of drugs was bring in major money !

I looked down at my watch , it was going on 10:00pm .

"I want to do this shit tonight , but we all the way out in bumble fuck . By the time we hit these nigga each it going to be like 3 am ." I hissed .

"True . Man we gon' handle this early in the morning . 8 AM sharp . Yall niggas better be ready ." Gee stressed .

That nigga was always a morning person .

"Yeah yeah yeah ." Dale smirk . "We get it nigga . 8 Am ! Be outside my door ."

I dismissed the bickering from the two .

"Yeah , were going to get this shit squared out tomorrow . Early !"

Who the fuck is stealing from me ?