DEEP ( Completed)

Chapter 5

                                                                                   

                                                                                    Lawrence

After the party was done i said bye to all the guest, paid the servers and the clean up crew then I headed upstairs to deal with Paula and this bullshit. When I opened the bedroom door she was packing her stuff with tears in her eyes. I immediately stopped her..

"What are you doing"? I asked as i grabbed the clothes out her hand that she was tempted to throw in the suit case.

"Leaving you before you leave me" she said still trying to pack. She wobbled in the walk in closet and grabbed a hand full of shoes, making her way to the suit case before i stopped her again.

I stopped her again " I'm not leaving you first off but we are gonna talk about this shit with you and O" I said with a serious face.

 She stopped and wiped her tears from her eyes with shaking hands "I didn't know" she sobbed.

"You didn't know"? I repeated.

"I swear baby I didn't know" she stated with more tears flowing, and at that moment i believed her. Paula was a good woman, for the years we been together i never had to worry about infidelity, lies none of the bullshit so i trusted what was coming from her mouth at this moment.

"Explain than" I said calmly still wanting to know all the answers.

"I didn't know O was your friend. When I was dating him he told me his name was Rodney not Orlando. We dated for a few months and then he left me for someone else. I found out a few weeks later he was locked up... I didn't know he was your friend" she said truthfully.

"So who's the nigga Joey you was messing with before him... He said that was his homie or some shit"? I questioned.

"Huh... What... Wait me and Joey were never together he was a good friend of mine that's all. He was murder like two months before me and Orlando made a official relationship I never had sex with no homies" she said with her face frowned up.

"Why didn't you just tell me the minute you found out"? I asked posted up against our tall dresser.

"I tried to... When you showed me the picture of y'all Earlier I tried to but you pushed me off" she admitted as she started to cry again.

I sighed and rubbed down my face with hands. "This shit is gonna go left real quick" I mumbled.

"Baby you gotta believe me I didn't know" she continued to cry and plead her case.

"That's not the point anymore... we gotta leave from here baby" I stated. She looked at me with a confused face.

"Why"? She asked frowning her eye brows.

"Baby O is up to something I don't know what it is but I ain't good" I said.

"But how do you know"? She questioned.

"Because I'm a man myself and I know how men feel when something is taken from him" I said.

"But I wasn't taken from him... I walked away" she said still confused.

"In his eyes I took you... i Read right tho O tonight  trust me I know how he operates" I stated.

"Baby don't you think you thinking a little to much to this situation"? She asked.

"No Paula I don't... I'm thinking into existence Baby. Listen"... I said walking closer to her so she could get a better understanding about what I was about to tell her. "He wants to do a deal with these corny ass dudes from outta town. He claims they from across town but i don't believe that... O usually things cautious in Situations and plus when we meet new connects the whole crew which is Me, him and Travis meet the new connect not just one of us".

"And"... She said waving her hand for me to tell her more.

"Moral to the story Paula he doesn't deal with white boys what so ever. I've known this nigga for years we ain't never deal like that... them niggas sound like the feds or some set up boys and I'ma go with some set up boys because i know O ain't that stupid" I stated facts.

She just stood there staring at me nervously "So what do you want to do Lawrence"?

"We I hit this mission if shit don't go well... We leaving" I said.

"And go where"? Her voice softened up.

"Another area here in Chicago... Start a new life and leave all this shit behind us" I said.

"So why are you doing this mission then why can't we just leave now and start over we have more than enough money Lawrence" she begged.

"Because there's a chance I could be wrong" I said.

"What if something happens... What if you don't make it back to me... Please Lawrence don't go" she begged.

I gently held my hands on both sides of her face "Then you take my kids and go far away from here... Don't even stay in Chicago" I warned.

   At the end of the day she
Was my wife and I had to believe what was coming from her mouth and at the same time she had to trust me that
I had everything under control.
See I knew O like the back of my hand, he just didn't know I
Was two steps ahead of him.