Thug-ish (Book 1)

33:Two kids

West

My eyes open and close a few times before finally staying open. I look at Malo and she is sitting down bouncing her leg at the speed of light.

"Where is my wife?" I ask.

"I- I don't know. I've been calling her." She says.

"Calvin." I mutter.

"Huh?"

"Calvin took her. Calvin has my wife. We have to go get her." I demand as I try to push myself up. Malo pushes me back down and shakes her head at me.

"You need to heal, bro. If Calvin has her then you know he is not going to harm her. We will get her back when you get your strength back."

"How long have I've been out?" I ask her.

"It's been maybe four hours or so." She shrugs.

I just nod my head and chew on my bottom lip. I know what needs to be done, but am I really that desperate? Do I want to bring this man back into my life?

"What are you thinking about?"

"Calling Eduardo." I sigh.

She shakes her head again and says "No. He's out of your life for a reason."

"You right."

"Just get some rest."

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When I awake again, Malo is standing by the door yelling into the phone. "What the fuck do you mean?! Check again!"

"Yo, What's going on?" I wonder.

"He's gotta be in that house somewhere!"

"Who? What house?"

She throws the phone on the ground and it shatters into a bunch of tiny pieces. "What the fuck is going on?"

"I gotta go. The police are at the house and Crystal was found unconscious, but there is no sign of Westley or P.J."

"I'm coming too." I say as I start pulling the cords out of me. The monitors start to go off and some nurses run inside, but Malo pulls out her piece and they run out screaming.

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Police cars are scattered in my driveway as we pull up to the house. Malo runs inside, but all I can do is walk. I head inside as fast as I can and the first person I see is Crystal being tended to by the paramedics.

"What happened?" Malo demands.

"There was a knock on the door, so I answered it and these guys rushed in and they hit me in the head with a gun." Crystal cries.

"Calvin did this. He did all of this." I demand.

"Call Eduardo." Malo says on the verge of tears. "Call him and get my fucking son back!"

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Malo

I sit in Crystal's hospital room while she sleeps. There isn't any major damage, but Calvin's boys really fucked her face up and now all we can do is wait.

Fucking wait on West's dad to get here, so he can kill the muthafucker that stole my god damn baby. This is every parent's worst nightmare. My three month old baby is missing and who knows if he's being treated right.

What if he isn't getting fed? Or not being put to bed properly and all that self soothing shit was a waste of time. I hope he's with Leti or even Yaya. They both know how to put him to sleep and he'll be safe with them.

"Don't cry." I hear Crystal whisper.

I look up and wipe my eyes. She has a point. These tears are useless. I get up and walk over to the side of her bed.

"How does your face feel?" I ask her.

"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have answered the door. I just figured it was Jamiyah or somebody." She starts to cry.

I wipe her tears and shake my head. "Don't cry baby girl. I'm getting my son back."

"I really fucked up. I got two kids kidnapped and West left the hospital and you pulled a gun on some nurse."

"She was going to leave anyway and we know the owner of this hospital, so nobody is going to charge us with anything."

"I still got two kids taken." She sighs.

"That's not your fault. I had no business trying to make a family with the life that I live."

She puts her hands on my cheeks and wipes the few tears I have. "You should never feel bad about what you've created. Your son is an amazing baby and he is so loved and so are you."