ride. ( dreezy & 21 savage )

11) Deja's Terror

Seandrea Sledge:

"Whatchu finna call yourself?" Shayaa said over the phone.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Like, your alias, your professional name. Like, mines is 21 Savage, what would yours be?" Shayaa said.

"I thought I already told you it would be Dreezy." I said.

"No, you didn't." Shayaa said.

"I must've told Dej then." I said.

"Ain't Dreezy your name on twitter?" Shayaa said.

"Yeah." I said.

"Where you get it from?" He asked.

"I got it from Lil Wayne." I said.

"How?" He asked.

"I liked him a lot. So then I combined the end of my name with Weezy." I said.

Shayaa chuckled. "Speaking of Dej, did y'all find her?" He said.

"No. But her cousin found out about a dude Dej was fucking around with. She said she talked to him, but he's not the one who kidnapped her. He does know who did it, he just won't say who." I said.

"Y'all got so close so quick and now the nigga don't want to open his mouth. Might as well pistol whip it out of him." Shayaa said.

"Nah, I ain't tryna get convicted, that gun is for self defense." I said.

"You actually got one? Damn man, I was just playing, I ain't know you actually had one." Shayaa said.

"Well now you know." I said mimicking his voice.

"Next time you question him, invite me. I might have something up my sleeve." Shayaa said.

"Don't tell me you gone beat the nigga to the bone just to get him to say something." I said, laughing.

"Nah, nah. I got this way I used with my cousin. I would tell him I was gone tell my aunt that he did something bad and if he still didn't tell me I actually told on him. He would get mad and finally tell me." Shayaa said.

"Oh wow, I hope you got something else to back that up." I said, shaking my head.

"Let me think but Imma call you later." Shayaa said.

"Okay." I said.

Shayaa hung up and I opened up my computer to check my email. I had disconnected my iCloud and email from my phone to keep the emails from taking up all my space. One email from Brooks, two from my insurance company (I never really paid attention to those anyway) and one email from Deja.

I sat back and prepared myself to read over it.

Seandrea, it's really Deja this time. I need you to read over this real fast and don't tell anybody.

I stopped reading and checked the date. It had only been sent a few hours ago. I swear to god this better be Deja because this search for her is stressing me all the way out.

After I left your house, Imani asked if I wanted a ride home. I said yeah and she dropped me off a block down from my house, so she could just turn around and  I was walking and I think I went unconscious or something cause I woke up in my cousin Woodie's basement

I'm gone send you the link to the  google maps location if I can but I need you to get here as fast as you can if you get the address.

-Dej

Sure enough, in my recent messages from Dej, there was a link from Google Maps. I had muted the conversation because the person who had her phone kept sending me messages.

It would be a six hour drive to the house but if it was worth helping Dej then I was all for it. I called Imani and Chy but Chy didn't want to go, so it was just me and Imani in the front seats of my car. I planned to drive the whole way there and Imani would just pay the gas money.

Once we got onto the interstate, Imani finally sparked some conversation. "You've been down there before?" She asked.

"Plenty of times." I said

"At least we found Dej." She said.

"We don't know that cause the nigga that got her had her phone. Dej better be down there cause I didn't go down there to waste gas. And if I use a half gallon each hour, I'll waste three gallons to be technical." I said.

"Okay, Ms. Sledge, tell me more math I already know." Imani said sitting back.

"I do my calculations out loud sometimes." I said.

It was late because it was about 6 when I left. I would make the trip tomorrow but if I could get down there by twelve and be back on the road in less than an hour then I would get home by 4 or 5. There's my three hours of sleep to get ready for work.

Now you on the road, huh?

A message from Deja's number made my phone vibrate and I peeked at it before my screen went off again. Then I focused back on the road.

12:08 AM:::

I stopped a block away from the house that was at the apparent location. "Follow me. If I go towards the front door, go around and find the back door. If anything goes down, stay back since you don't have a weapon. Just leave and wait at the car." I said to Imani before tucking my gun in my pants and pulling my shirt over it.

We got out of the car and walked without making a sound. I knew a random appearance at 12:09 in the morning asking for Deja would be weird but I wasn't tryna creep around nobody's house and make it worse.

I went up to the house. Most of the lights were still on. I signaled Imani to go around the back. If I needed her to go in, she would be small enough for that.

Imani went the opposite way and now everything felt heavy since I was doing the risky job. I knocked on the door and a tall dude, not six feet tall but probably like 5"10 opened the door. "Deja?" I said.

This was about to be one hell of a night. Need I mention it was the early hours of my nineteenth birthday.

Hi y'all.

Ooohh, Dreezy drove down there, she ready to pop somebody with that pistol, whatchu talm bout??😂😂

How y'all feeling about the change of events?

I know y'all like, what happened to Shayaa and Seandrea hooking up??

Yeas, they are still hooking up don't get your panties and boxers in a bunch.

Shayaa said he got sum up his sleeve???

What y'all thinking bout?

Anything to clear up?

Okay bye.