A Perfect Storm

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Malik tried to get outside as quick as possible when he saw Jake walk up on Storm but by the time he got down there, Jake had drove off with Storm in the car & a black truck followed behind them.

"Fuck!!" Malik yelled, running back into the house. He quickly grabbed his phone & looked for D'Angelo in Facebook messenger.

D'Angelo sat on the porch with his visiting family members from his father's side. They all cracked jokes and reminisced on D'Angelo's father, making D'Angelo happy.

They told him how proud his daddy would be of him, and he needed to hear that before starting his job Monday.

As they all continued to talk, D'Angelo's phone vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out & furrowed his eyebrows when he saw it was Malik calling. He picked up confused.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Jake got Storm!!" Malik yelled in a panic. D'Angelo hopped up, his family's attention immediately shifting to him.

"What?!?" He asked, ready to fuck some shit up.

"She was leaving my house & getting in the car when he walked up on her, took her keys & took her away in her car!!" Malik yelled, pacing back & forth, not knowing what to do.

"Shit!! Give me 15 minutes & imma meet you at yo house!!" D'Angelo hung up without allowing Malik to reply before running upstairs to his apartment, ignoring his family's questions of concerns.

D'Angelo headed straight for his closet & grabbed two hand guns and some ammo before grabbing his keys & running back out of the apartment.

"D'Angelo where are you going?!?" His cousins asked. He ignored them, hopping in the car & quickly pulling off.

Malik had sent him his address & D'Angelo sent it to a few of his people, letting them know that shit was about to get real.

The whole ride to Jake's apartment, Storm contemplated just jumping out of the car & letting other cars hit her.

When they got to his place, the men who were in the truck that was following them followed behind as they went to the elevator. They stood in front of Storm & Jake when they got on the elevator then let the two off first before following behind once again. Jake unlocked his apartment door, let Storm go in first before following behind. One of the men locked the door & stood in front of it while the other walked to another place in the apartment.

Storm stood there in the middle of the living room, trying to calm her nerves as Jake took his suit jacket off & placed it on a chair before rolling his sleeves up.

"You can sit down, Storm," He said & Storm obliged. She didn't want to make him more than once. Jake walked in front of her & sighed. "What all do you know?"

"If you gon kill me, you might as well just kill me now," Storm said.

"Storm if I was going to kill you, I would've killed you & Malik back his place. I just wanna know what he told you."

"He told me more than you ever did," Storm spat before standing up. "The fucking Italian mob? Really Jake?"

"I hid it from you for a reason," Jake said.

"Yeah? And what was that?" He gave her a look.

"Because it's the fucking mob!! We've only been together for two months!! That's not something that you really share after only two months of dating!! I didn't wanna scare you off!!"

"Are you serious?!? Gangs, mobs, none of that shit scares me!! I'm not one of these little white bitches you've fucked with before, I know about this shit!!"