Unhealthy Fruit| editing.

43.

gets worse before it gets better

"Cajun Walker you are sentenced to six years in the Riker's Island Correctional Center for being the accessory to the murder of...."

two months earlier
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Two months of Veronica and Bennet being held hostage in a raggedy room that Bennet assumed was a trap house. They had been taken the next day after Arihah's graduation.

They didn't know if they were still in Jersey or not because they got knocked out and when they woke up they were in the room. They missed Christmas and New Years.

It was hell for them ever since they got there. They only were fed twice a day, could wash once a week, no sunlight, held a cold room with no heat, and beaten badly everyday.

It was now the second week of February and the weather seemed like it got colder and colder.

Bennet huffed and rolled his eyes. He had to relieve himself and no one was coming from him banging on the empty can that once held paint. That was a signal to let them know one of them had to go to the bathroom.

"Bennet please stop banging on that thing!" Veronica shivered. "They aren't coming."

He looked at her wanting to curse her out but decided against it. It was hell for both of them but being in the same room as Veronica was a whole different type of torture for him.

He banged a few more times before someone came.

"What?"

"I gotta piss."

On the other side of town Myles and Jason were working on finding Veronica and Bennet. Arihah already went to Connecticut but of course she was worried sick.

"Aye Jason!" Myles called out. He was looking on Bennet's phone to see if he could find anything.

"Yo."

"I'm looking through Bennet's phone again, right? You know that stripper he got pregnant? I'm starting to think she's related to some old acquaintances."

"Why would you think that?"

"I found her Instagram page and some of the pictures she has on here look familiar plus her last name is Warner. From the looks of it her dad is the son of the head honcho we had beef with."

"So you telling me Bennet got a stripper pregnant who's grandfather is someone we had beef with. Meaning you think The Warner Tribe got something to do with him and V disappearing?" He rose his right eyebrow.

"If she's even pregnant. This could be a set up but I got her address from one of the messages so let's go. Where Jared?"

"In his room."

"Get him for me."

Once they made it to the address they made Jason go to the door to handle  everything.

A short middle aged woman with a short hair cut answered the door. "Yes?"

"Hi is a Shantell here?"