Kept Secrets

Chapter 2

Same Day
Azure's POV

11:30 am

"All done man", my barber ziggy said.
"Thanks man", I said getting up from the barber chair dapping him while sliding him a fifty dollar bill. My hair cut was only $20, but I always slid him alil extra for always keeping me fresh no matter the time or day.

"Ight y'all I'm out", I said as I left out of one of my moms barber shops she owned.

I hopped in my 2015 black on black Range Rover and drove over to Manchu's. I was starving cause I hadn't ate since 9 something last night. I was tired from last nights drop and just wanted to go chill with my best friend Phi, but I knew she probably would be busy getting ready for her senior prom that I was her date to. I had graduated the year before from McKnight High and she was my date, it was a pact we had made up from years ago.

I could only imagine what this night was going to bring. I was in love with Jophiel but I never had the courage to tell her that. Don't get me wrong I was a confident,cocky mutherfucker. I could make a grown man cry just by looking at him, and make any bitch come out her panties just by glancing. But when it came to Phi all of that shit went out the window. She made the kid soft . She was Mí Corazón, my everything , my wife. But she didn't know that, everyone else knew though.

As I snapped out of my thoughts, I realized I finally pulled up to Manchu. Hopping out my truck I locked my doors. Not that I was afraid that somebody would break in my shit. Everyone knew who I was , my name rang bells in the streets. If it was from being the son of one of the biggest King Pins , My Uncle Azrael, Phi's dad being the other. Or to people hearing the work i was putting in. I was nobody to be fucked with.

I walked up to the counter and placed my same order I always got when I came here. I ordered the 10 piece fried chicken wing special with shrimp fried rice.
I grabbed a pineapple bigshot and sat it up on the counter to be rung up.
"$12.97" The young female who kept trying to get my attention told me.
I handed her the twenty dollar bill.
"Keep the change", I said as I turned around to walk out , not bothering to pay-attention to the piece of paper she tried to slide my way.
She wasn't ugly, she was actually bad. But I was too tired , and only had eyes for Phi ,to even give the girl my attention.
Don't get me wrong I loved Phi which I finally realized over the course of these past couple months. I Always loved her, I just finally was able to identify what it was, but I had needs as a man. I was 20 years old and I needed to get my dick wet from time to time . I wasn't a hoe far from it  and only gave my Lil nigga to clean bitches I knew deserved him. I only had two bitches I had fucked from time to time.I hadn't had sex in almost 2 months and I was backed up and frustrated. One reason being business was booming, but the recent beef that was going on meant more putting in work. Which in other words meant killing any Nigga that even thought of stepping to the Valéncia Cartel my father ran. It was a Spanish cartel my dad had passed down to him from his mentor and it was only a matter of time for it to be passed down to my older brother Ahmad and I. We were tight as thieves since we were kids. Right now I was in training to make the moves he was making, and I couldn't wait. But that's was the main reason I hadn't tried to pursue anything serious with her. Phi didn't know anything about the double life we were all living . My Uncle made it clear that he didn't want his baby girls introduced to this world. It was grimy and cut throat and I respected his wishes. Jophiel and Ariel were the only ones who didn't know what our parents really did. The car washes,dealerships, nightclubs, and salons were only a front. To them they thought our parents were just business owners and investors but little did they know. I didn't know how Phi would react whenever she found out. She would have to sooner or later, since i planned on making her my wife.
As much as I was thinking about her I had to call her. I went to my recent call log that was filled with recents calls between us I clicked on her contact MyLove💜 and FaceTimed her.
Phone Call
MyLove💜: Fix your face Zuri you always muggin"she said as soon as she answered the phone.
I couldn't help but stare at her, she look beautiful even with a plastic shower cap, with her face flushed red from the heat from the hair dryer she was currently sitting under.