Irritated To The Point Of Destruction

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Ashanti

Latrice came to the table and took my hands, I saw the fear and worry in her eye's. " I'm sorry,  I didn't mean to ruin your night girl" I said through tears. Latrice looked at me " Girl I'm not mad, so don't say sorry. Tell me what the hell is going on." I spilled my guts out to Trice, I told her about Keyona and the information that I was given. Latrice looked at me with shock, I waited for her to respond  but she said nothing. There was an awkward silence between us, until my phone dinged four times in a row, one  from Keyona and three from Marquez. My palms started to sweat, I reached for the phone Keyona: "What happened to you sis? Are you okay" I replied "I'm good I haven't forgotten about you girl". I was scared to read the text from Marquez but, I knew that I had to. Marquez:"where did all this animosity between us come from? Shanti I love you baby. I've just been stressed out, you know how this lifestyle is." "So, we not speaking? I need to know where you are." "I'm sorry baby. I am sorry". Something seemed off, I felt sick, I texted Rico. I got nothing, I told Latrice to call him, make sure he was okay, and that I had to go meet with Keyona. She looked worried but said very little. Latrice hugged me tight, I promised her that I would text her and let her know everything was fine, and that I was safe. I had this pain in my lower abdomen but, I ignored it. It had to wait, I had to make sure that my twin was okay, and that my son and mother were okay, was I scared? I'd be stupid not to be. I didn't know Marquez anymore, that hurt me, and confused me. I loved Marquez, beyond words,  he saved me from Kennon's poisonous grip but, I knew that the way Kennon was acting was because he knew his life was in danger. This,  whole thing was to much, I texted Keyona and waited in the same place we met earlier, I seen her, she was running towards the car, "Hey sis, we gotta move from over here, take me to the docks, it's safe trust me. I just have this feeling that I'm being followed " I once again became nervous. " Key, what's going on? Please tell me you aren't in on this shit too." Keyona looked at me and put her head down, "I'm sorry sis, it's not what you think though. It's not like that at all, I just want you safe and well informed about what's going on" I trusted Keyona, I've known her since I was fourteen years old, I stayed with her, we were truly like a sister to me. I didn't feel unsafe but, I knew that if she was saying that, she must know something she didn't want me to know. We got to the docks and I saw two figures, I got scared. I didn't have any protection, I went out there unprepared but I was ready for anything. Keyona turned to me and began telling what I already knew "Okay look, those two dudes are cool. They're been on our side, this is the part I hate to tell you. Look, your dude Marquez is fraud, he is more than just the middle man, he's like second in command. When, Rico told him that he couldn't betray Kennon, he lied and said that Kennon was trying to kill you and Tae. Now, I know that Kennon got on some jealous shit but he had good reason. So, the Puerto Rican dude's name is Gomez and he's a real deal kingpin, he has turf from Texas to New York city. He's a dangerous dude, like for real. So, once Rico said no Gomez got mad and told Marquez that if he didn't kill Kennon, he's kill him. So, he got Rico to go in with him, but Rico didn't pull the trigger, it was all Marquez. So, they found Snoop and Snoop said that Gomez still wants more blood shed, he just doesn't know who's next. That jolted me, I felt like I had to throw up. But, I had to hold my composure in tack. I got another text but this time it was from Rico "Twin, I got this nigga Marquez with me. I'm playing it cool but, imma kill this nigga." Oh, shit I gotta get to them before I have no one but myself.

Before I began to panic I took a deep breath I seriously need to find a way to calm down or I'm going to hyperventilate 30 minutes later my nerves had finally subsided so I started looking for my twin, If I don't find him in time who knows what the hell will happen I might not have a twin my phone buzzed so I look to see who it was I saw Trice's picture pop up I knew she was calling to see if I found Rico or not but I couldn't answer right now my phone buzzed a few more times so I silenced it 2 or 3 hours later I spotted Rico's car I slowly got out the car then I approached Rico's car only to find it empty fuck I thought to myself where could he be? Rico never left his car unattended so I started to worry thoughts started running through my mind so fast that I couldn't even think straight then I heard Kennon's voice in the back of my head. "Shanti you know that your brother would never leave his whip unattended he ain't stupid." Kennon was right my brother wasn't stupid something wasn't right and I could feel it, I ran back to my car and grabbed my phone I dialed Rico's number someone picked up but it wasn't my twin. "Hello who's this?" "Well damn babe it's good to finally hear your voice." I froze why was Marquez answering Rico's phone? I got scared where was my brother I needed to know, I hesitated on asking the question but it was killing me I had to know the truth. "Where's my brother Marquez?" "Damn no hey bae I miss you too or nothing?" "I need to know where my brother is." "Don't worry about him he's well taken care of." With that Marquez hung up I tried calling back but it went straight to voicemail I screamed in frustration. Bad thoughts started running through my mind what if my brother's hurt?, what if he's dead? I needed to find him before it was to late or I would never forgive myself if anything happened to my twin. My thoughts were interrupted by my phone buzzing I looked down to see Rico's picture flash across the screen I quickly answered and what I heard nearly killed me all I could do was scream and cry.