Jaliyah Campbell is a 23 year old trying to succeed in life. She was kicked out of her home at the age of 16 by her single mother moved back into her grandmothers home. Her grandmother soon passed away and she has to make one of the worst decisions...
"I remember the day you broke my fucking dolly....I was so done with you, Darren....I swear, you'd always wind me up or some shit." Jaliyah rolled her eyes in between clearing her throat due to her losing her voice a little and watched him smile.
"I was a trouble maker, I'm not gonna lie." He chuckled.
The both of them, Jaliyah and Darren, were in his hospital room reminiscing about their childhood. They were both troublesome kids but they both had love for each other which was more important. It's been three days since Darren has been put into hospital. He's getting better and better each day by God's Grace which is a good thing but his confidence is getting worse day by day. He tells the doctors that he doesn't want to leave the hospital. He wants to stay here where he knows that he'll be safe. Although he's got Jess at home, the gunman is still out there and could be planning on shooting one of his beloved ones. He can't help but figure out why he got shot and why it's him on this bed and not anybody else.
"Darren, the Feds are coming in here to talk to you soon. I want you to tell him.....the truth, alright? I want.....that gunman in jail for shooting just a young boy with big ass dreams." Jaliyah bent down and kissed Darren's forehead.
Y—yeah..." He slowly nodded his head and smiled at her.
Can Darren really tell the truth about that night? No. Darren wasn't raised to become no snitch but when it comes to shit like this, you're gonna have to. Darren can't snitch and he has his reasons. If he snitches and the gunman finds out, he'll make sure that he's six feet under, for sure. The term 'snitches get stitches' has always stuck by Darren. It is true in most cases, I guess.
"Can you please....tell them everything, Darren?" She looked him into the eye.
"I—....." He sighed and looked away.
"Truth is, I can't snitch, Jaliyah. Reason being is because I don't know this dude and he can come back and make sure that I'm dead if he finds out. I'm worried and scared that it's anyone that I know." He looked at her.
"You not snitching...You're explaining what happened that night for you...You and Jess. And if you don't tell them then you're just letting the gunman....escape from where you want him. We can't let that happen....He could come striking again which we don't want." Jaliyah folded her arms.
"Could you tell...me one thing, though?" She asked.
"Yeah.".
"Was you...beefing anybody since you've gotten here?" She lowered her voice.
"No, no one." He shook his head.
"You sure?".
"Yes, I'm sure, Jah." He chuckled.
"Hows Queen and Yoshi?" He asked.
"They're okay....They're with Jess trying to cheer her up which she has. You wanna see a picture she sent me?".
"Yeah." He nodded his head.
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