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GHETTO (37)

Continued...

J

I felt someone approach me and block my sunshine. I was trying to look up but I wasn't trying to lose because I was about to beat my high score. I felt a kiss being placed on my head and I lost. I looked up and saw Mystery. I stood up and hugged him.

"Where were you?" I asked

"I was handling something." He said pulling away and placing a kiss on my lips. "Imma need you to stay here for a couple days, for about two weeks to a month." He announced

"Um, I'm cool with as long as mama cool with it but why?"

"Mama knew about it before you did." He said sitting down and pulling me in his lap

"You still didn't answer my question." I laid my head on my his chest and wrapped my arms around his lower body.

"I don't need you to be a target." He said and threw his head back.

"What you mean a target? Baby please don't tell me that people lookin fa me! "

"That's what I'm trying to prevent, and dont nobody knows where mama stay so you cool here."

I rolled my eyes, "ight, man."

"Stop the attitude, I'm trying to keep you safe." I didn't say nothing else I just sighed and rolled my eyes. "Get up, man." I looked up at him then got up.

He pulled me in the house, up the stairs and in a room that I never been in before. It must've been his room whenever he visited because it had basketballs, Jersey's, and basketball nets on the walls. He closed the door and the tv was hanging on the wall beside it. This was most definitely his room because his full name was spelt below his tv with question marks. He closed the door and sat on the bed

"Ight enough exploring Ian bring you up here for that." I side eyed him and continued doing what I was doing.

He sighed and watched me. Forgetting that he is tall and long, he grabbed me as soon as I got close enough with no effort. He pulled me to sit on his lap but I sat my ass right next to him.

"J what the Fuck is wrong with you." He said

"Can you quit?" I asked and he looked at me like I was crazy.

"What?" I gave him a 'you head me' look. "Not right now." He sighed leaning toward putting his elbows to his knees holding his head in his hands.

"Why? You could have a way better life than this." He stayed quiet. "Hello, I'm talking to you."

"You gotta problem with my occupation now?" I stayed quiet at he looked at me. "If you do, yours is as bad as mine and you knew what it was when you signed up for this shit." He announced and chuckled, I could tell he was pissed now.

"I apologize."I said throwing my hands up in surrender

He chuckled again shaking his head, "I'm in too deep, I couldn't quit if I wanted to." I took a deep breath. "I'm tryna keep you safe. I Don't want nothing to happen to you."

"And you think that I want you to get hurt? Mystery, I don't want you to end up in a casket 6 feet under. I want soo much more for you, I want kids with you and I want us to have a life where we don't have to worry about if it's somebody where I'm finna go tryna shoot my ass. I Don't want you or me to watch our backs around any and everything. I've had too many death scares and I'm really tried of it, ion think I can handle it any more."

"So what are you tryna say?" He sat up and looked me in my teary eyes.

"I don't know, I wanna leave. Only for about a month or two. So we can come back on a clean slate. I don't want anything happening to you." I held my face crying.