Strictly Business

15

"I seen how you are with Tysheem, we doing nicknames now?" Shannade said, smirking. She folded her arms.

"Oh, you got his name right."

"What's up with the attitude?"

"I don't know why you hate him so much." I said in frustration.

"He use to work with Andre Wilson, you hear me? Anytime now he can turn on us. He's a detriment to our business. You're always defending him, you realize that?" She whispered, a little loudly.

"And if I am?"

"I, Shannon Clermont, will never make a man come between my sister and I. What happened to that?" Shannade said.

"I don't think I can keep it up, Shannade." I said, shaking my head.

"This is exactly what I was trying to avoid. You following a nigga you just met. So now I have to do deals and drops by myself."

"I'm always going be there." I walked out and sat next to Tysheem, laying my head on his shoulder.

"You gotta be fucking kidding me." Shannade said in the background, pinching the bridge of her nose.

SHANNADE POV

"I told you so." Amandla said, snickering.

"Yo, it's been two months we know this man." I said, as I stood and looking out into the dark night on my balcony, blowing out smoke, sipping on some vodka.

"So, she got a man. Go get yourself one. You dick-deprived for real." She said, munching on the phone.

"First of all, stop chewing on the damn phone. Second, I ain't dick-deprived."

"My fault, what you doing?"

"In my room, on my balcony, smoking weed, drinking vodka then I'm about to get some Hennessy right quick."

"You crazy."

"Nope, I'm immune." I took a sip.

We both chuckled.

"Man, go talk to her. She's your sister. I know y'all made a promise and now it's broken. Oath or no oath, she still your sister."

"You right."

"There you go. Now get off my phone." She hung up. I shook my head.

Maybe, I took this thing a little overboard.

3 three days later

I haven't talked to Shannon nor Tysheem ever since that day. I gather my thoughts and went to talk to Shannon.