To survive harsh economic times, Calvin and Angie have merged the barbershop and beauty salon into one business. The days of male bonding are gone as Eddie and the crew must now contend with sassy female co-workers and spirited clientele. As the bat...
Jalen walked from school with his friend Kenny, on there way to the barbershop. They saw Jalen's girlfriend Trinity, the most popular girl in school, also the head cheerleader. "Hey, um you wanna go to the shop with us? We going to sit up there for a while." Jalen stopped and looked at her. "Fine with me, maybe they can do something with this hair I don't have time for doing all this every morning." She laughed and they continued walking. "Yo you seen on the news where they shot this man over selling CD's at the corner store?" Kenny said as they turned the corner. "Honestly, I think that was messed up the man had kids and his wife in the car and he got shot by the police for no reason." Trinity looked at her phone playing in her hair. "Can you leave your hair alone for like three seconds? It's fine baby." Trinity snapped her head to Jalen. "Look this curly type look crap may be good for y'all two but my hair is not staying like this any longer." Still picking on her curls Trinity rolled her eyes. "But like we were talking about, the police had no reason to shoot the guy. He had no gun or anything on him but CD's I mean what if that was you in the car watching that shit go down, that's on some real fucked up shit." They stopped at the front of the shop. "I just really think this shit getting out of hand." Jalen opened the door for Trinity and laughed closing it behind him closing Kenny out. "Yo man open. The door.." Kenny banged on the door laughing. "Open the door Jalen" Calvin brushed the hair off his clients shoulders. "Y'all no fun.." he chuckled letting the door go letting Kenny in. He pushed Jalen and laughed. "Oh Jalen who's your cute little friend." Bree walked around Trinity and smiled. "She got that good hair. You should let me put some braids in it." She smiled "Um, I really don't have money on me right now. I really want my hair done. My dad should be home from queens by next week." Trinity looked at her and played with her shirt. "It's on the house girl come on." Bree put her in a chair and stared playing in her hair. "Yea Jalen who is this friend.." Calvin raised his eyebrow. "Dad, this is Trinity she goes to my school, she's also my girlfriend." Jalen looked at him waiting on his approval. "Ok.. I see my little man.."Jerrod nugged him. "aye, aye, I know you slid I-" "Yo Jerrod cut the bull crap and get back to sweeping" Calvin mugged him and counted the money the man gave him. "Man Calvin you know you slid in Jennifer's..." he mumbled sweeping up hair from his station. "SHUT UP JERROD!" Everybody yelled and Trinity just laughed scrolling on her phone. "Y'all to much and this my first day in here." She looked up. J.D. Walked in to the shop holding bags. "WE GOT YA BEST IN THE HOOD GANSTA GRUB.." He smiled standing in the middle of the shop floor. "Hey J.D what I owe you for mines." Draya came out of the break room and had the phone up to her ear. "Hold on baby I'm not done let me get my lunch ok?" Bree stopped on Trinity's hair. Trinity nodded and got on her phone. "J.D you got my bake beans?" Terri came over counting her money. "You got me Terri cause somebody took my money I had for my lunch for his.." Rashad looked at Kenny and messed with his hair. "It was worth it tho." He laughed moving his hand. "I got you baby.." Draya hung up her phone and smirked at Rashad. "Drags I got it thanks.." Terri smiled and rolled her eyes. "You ain't say that last night..." Draya laughed paying for hers taking her bag sitting at her booth. "Did I just hear three some??? Where was I?" Raja held up his phone. Trinity choked holding chest laughing. "What...wait" "Girl you ain't know...Draya had a threesome with Rashad and Terri...yea that's like a once every 2 weeks child.." Angelia laughed. "I would ask you did you want some food but um...yo ass say otherwise.." she laughed and gave her a plate anyway and they all stared arguing about how stuff did and did not happen in that bedroom. --- "And then his ass was like what you mean pay child support I looked at her and him. To be honest I didn't care about who had to pay what and take little Kayla to the daycare I just wanted my money, hell it was closing time." Angelia laughed and so did the whole barbershop. Trinity was done getting her hair braided.
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And she was trying to call her dad since she haven't talked to him in a while. "Yo turn up the news they got breaking news." Calvin looked at Draya and Draya turned up the tv. "Right now we are in middle of Chicago's South Side area and we have been informed that a 37 year old African American man has been killed. Police have tried to talk to him but he seemed to be reaching in his car for something..." the news reporter looked in to the camera. "You know that's what's wrong with the world now to many of us gettin shot by these no good cops and it's getting out of hand." Eddie set in his chair still watching the news and everyone stopped working to see what they were talking about. "Police described him as non compliant with their commands and one said she felt in dangers way-" Calvin interrupted. "They say this all the time, they feel threatened or they are in danger of getting shot man, half the time we could just flinch and they will shoot. But I bet you if a white person was out there they would have took it as just moving and wouldn't have shot so quickly." He continued to sweep. "How are we supposed to trust the police when they are killing us... they are supposed to provide protection for us but what they do...they kill us." Everybody nodded there head in agreement. "Hey baby are you ok? You've been pacing around the shop for ten minutes." Jalen held Trinity's waist and looked at her still typing numbers on her phone. "Baby.." Jalen looked at her phone and she didn't answer. "Trinity.." he shook her still no answer. "Trinity Armani Nichole Brown." She looked up at him and sighed. "I'm just trying to talk to my dad he usually calls me everyday you know I'm not from Chicago I'm from Queens, He's there with my cousins and aunts and grandparents visiting and he lets me talk to my family." She got out of his grip and called her grandma. "Hey gandma.." she walked to the back. "Um...what is her last name?" Jerrod looked at Jalen. "Brown, why?" "Um, I think we know where her father is.."Bree pointed to the TV that said, "37 year old Jason Brown Gunned down by the police" They all looked at each other and looked at the back. "Thank grandma...I love you too.." Trinity smiles and hanged up the phone and looked around. "Um...what I missed.." she chuckled looking at all them with sad faces. "Come here baby girl..." Terri held out her arms and looked at her with tears in her eyes. "What did I do.." Trinity walked to her and Terri held her in her arms as tight as possible. "Umm...thanks..why are you-" Jerrod came and hugged her too and then everyone stared to group hug her. Eventually they all pulled away with sympathy in there eyes. "Can someone tell me what's going on..." she looked around still baffled about how everyone was looking at her and why they were hugging her. "Kid..we know where you dad is." Calvin looked at her and took his hat off. "You do? Where?!" She smiles and pulled out her phone. "It's sure as hell nowhere you can call to." Eddie looked at her and wiped his glasses off. "Baby you father is the man on the tv.." Draya came and rubbed her back. Trinity looked at every one and then the tv and then looked at her phone and stared to tear up and ran out the door and down the street where the shooting happened. All she could do is run, but Jalen followed her and caught her bringing her back in the shop. "What do you mean my dad is on the tv.. IT SURE IS HELL NOT THE ONE THATS LAYING ON THE FUCKIN GROUND..." her cries got louder and her eyes got redder and she sat in Draya's chair shaking holding her phone in her hand letting it ring as her grandma and cousins called her. She didn't know what to do right now. Not at this moment. All she could do was sit there and think and cry while everyone tried to calm her down. It was something, something that she wasn't ready for, something that no one is ready for, losing some one close to them. --- 💈TBC✂️
