Love & Loyalty

Flashback

East Harlem, New York

July 24, 2008

Omniscient

Summer was almost over and Dave had been staying in a little apartment in Frederick Douglas Houses that one of his homies put in his name. Everything was a little different since he had his own place , he was able to hustle freely even seeing his mother as she tried to avoid him going into their old building.

"Shit it's dry out here , I could be chilling with my bitch in the house", Dave spoke to his boy Tone passing him as he looked at his watch, passing the blunt as they sat on the stoop.

"Right , I think we need to lay low a couple days , we made our money for the week shit", Tone spoke

"True shit. I'm bout to go in the house my nigga. I holla at you ", Dave dapped Tone and walked to his BMW at the corner

Shit was hectic , he hadn't spoke to his mother since she put him out . In the meantime , he made his brother bring his the bills so he could pay them.

As he drove through the streets of Harlem, he reflected on where he felt life was taking him. Things between him and Brae was just becoming solid and he was looking forward to where life could take them if she held it down. He knew Brae grew up in the hood too , so she understood the struggle. He didn't hear no shit about her fucking with no other niggas in Harlem and she was book and street smart .

Her brother Korey came to Harlem and hit the ground running. He was selling crack for some nigga uptown, soon he felt they should be handling their own product. Even though this was Korey last year, Dave would have to catch up. He had coke dreams , find his own distributor and become a millionaire.

"Ayyye boo , I'm home where you at?" , Dave yelled as he walked into his 14th floor apartment. He took his shoes off at the door and walked through the dark living room.

He may have lived in the projects but when you have a couple dollars you can make some shit happen.

"Babe, why you got the fucking lights off", he asked as he walked into the bedroom