The Bravesoul of a Savage

18. Gap Between it All

ZeyPOV

Picture this a young 15 year old girl who had just experienced nearly getting raped. Who struggles with her mom and her verbal abuse. Who doesn't know real love due to abandonment issues. That was me.

I met another girl with similar problems through my cousin Jada. Her name was Ashanti. We connected with our pain and with our attitudes. Everyday we would talk on the phone if I wasn't on the phone with my best friend. See I met Ashanti after I met Zen but I made time for both of them. I cared for them.

My uncle had gotten arrested and apparently so did Ashanti's it was weird though it felt connected. On the phone with him he had told me stories of the things he had done and regretted. He even told me about his friend Travis he said they were the biggest kings out there. So if I had a problem to call him and he would handle it.

But something wasn't right I didn't want his protection I wanted to fight for me. He knew what I went through at home. With enough begging he gave in and told me to see a guy named Gunna. " I don't want you in the game but I love you and your daddy ain't shit niece. When you go to Gunna make sure you let him know who you are and follow his instructions." From there I knew that he would teach me to hold my own.

I was afraid to do it and I couldn't risk involving my best friend so I confided in Ashanti who I later deemed as my twin. She told me she knew Gunna and that her uncle Travis sent her to him too. Apparently her uncle wanted her to know how to pull a trigger no matter what.

That's when it came together. We figured out through Travis that our uncles were friends. Upon meeting Gunna I met him. Shawn or at least what he called himself, Snipes. He was weird and wouldn't leave me alone. "This  is my son Shawn he will be helping you and Ashanti. He's about 5 years older than you. If anything happens to me he will take over the business." I took in his words. Eventually we grew close I had fallen for Shawn and his crazy ways.

While working with his dad I got him to teach me on making deals and pushing weight. Along side him teaching me how to fight better and letting Ashanti teach me about guns since she was his best student.

One day Snipes who I started calling my lil sniper had asked me a real weird question. "So what name are you gonna go by. You can't say my name is Zey while doing business anyone could find you." I thought long on it because I never had a name in mind and came to the conclusion of Savage. It felt right. When I asked Ashanti what her name was she said Ivy. Because her shot was as deadly as poison ivys kiss.

I liked it Savage and Ivy. I made Ashanti my twin that day and my partner. We were given assignments by Gunna day in and day out. After school we would meet at our warehouse and go from there.

Our names began to ring in the streets. Right before my 16th birthday I met this guy named Demarcus in school. He had too much pride for me. All he ever did was brag about the money he had and how his mom was an OG. Of course I didn't believe it but I should've known.

Shanti and Demarcus fell for each other some how and were hard to keep apart. I had found out through OG Gunna that Demarcus mom had been targeting us. I couldn't bare to tell Shanti cause she was so into him. I started being careful little by little.

Things were changing in the streets and at home. My mom was getting worse where she was putting her hands on me and I had gotten a new adopted sister. When I say she kept me sane she was my light in the darkest of moments. On one fateful night tho everything changed.