Chris
Hearing all the stories of our pops life is more fascinating then I thought it would be. I knew he did his thing in the streets when I was a kid because he wanted me and Chan in the house at a certain hour, made sure we stayed away from certain corners and the people he did business with knew not to approach him when he was with his family.
Twenty plus years of friendship, they've been through everything possible but their loyalty never was never questioned and as a man I have to respect that. Lenny was taken away from his family,his girls ,no freedom ,all for my family. From what I see, there's no animosity from Lenny towards my dad. Since he's been home ,they've left off from where they were. Seeing old photos of my pops, Johnny ,Lenny and some of there old friends is dope. Can't front at first I seen it as my dad hiding shit from us in a sense he did, but a lot was obvious and ima smart man, I just didn't pay attention to the obvious shit. "You came in a little later?" Channing asks Johnny.
He nods,"Yeah ya moms was pregnant with you when I met them." My dad starts laughing, "His crew had numbers." I've never been more confused in my life. "Good majority of them were running from the feds so to keep everyone out of prison ,we never used our names or nicknames when we're busy in the streets." That made more sense after Johnny explained this number thing. The stories we've heard so far ,one of the three of them need to write a book about this shit. One it's hilarious, two a lot of people can relate to their stories.
My mom told me she's been helping Anita find a house for six months now. Mind you, Anita has only been home a little over two months But that's irrelevant right now. Lenny bought the house, Anita loved in full and moved in a week later. Two blocks away from my parents house, my mom and Anita planned that one out perfect. Knowing the friendship, the history of both of our parents friendship is dope. Lenny has been in the office working like crazy with my Pops. I see why they went into business together.
As for our moms, they're in full decorating mode for their new house. That bill is gonna be crazy!
Now that her parents moved out, our situation can kinda go back to normal. I can be affectionate towards Stasia ,rub on her ass, feel on her a little bit. Angel is running around so I can get away with it. Stasi signed Angel up for mad shit when Anita came home keeping her mom busy was on her to do list. Lowkey OD with some shit so I convinced her to chill on some activities and let Angel enjoy her summer break.
Angel did cry when her grandparents first moved out. I get it, she finally is getting her mom's parents everyday and is loving it. Many nights I'll FaceTime Stasi waiting to see Angel lay next to her and she would be knocked out in bed with Lenny and Anita. Angel loves her Gigi and papa as she should but traveling to see them will be more exciting.
"So y'all had this all figured out all this time? All the moves set ,just needed some signatures." Adam says ,deadass you would think they were still dealing. Working with my pop and seeing how he interacts with people he makes deals with ,and who works for him ,has a lot to do with what he did when he was selling. Him, Lenny ,Johnny, Kareem, Mike and Tony are all the same when it comes to business.. Kareem, johnny, Mike and Tony have a business called C.A.R.E.S outside of D.O.C. Corp. Mike is technically my boss, CFO everything me and Adam do has to go through him.
I always heard of a man named Freeway till this day I never knew his real name. Again that's irrelevant. I found out they all own a percentage of the company and have their own company outside of Lenny and my pops. "This hustlin shit wasn't gonna be forever. Our mind set back then kept our families straight. Under one roof, clothes on y'all backs ,food on the table. Hustlin' is all we know. One way or another our families will eat."Lenny explains. Johnny points behind me, I turn around to see Angel cheesing hard. "Grandma said come here." Shoving my cards in my pocket. I don't trust none of them. As soon as I open the door ,Angel threw a tiny ball at Channing's head. Ivanna got Ryan this ball pit that holds 300 balls. Everyone but Evelyn loved it. "I'ma beat you." Chan says ,throwing it back which it hits me. "You wish."
