THE BRONX

Wake up

Jamie felt his hands tremble as he climbed the long stairs that led t to his apartment,all he could think of was what kept playing in his head.
He tried to get the spare key from his pocket to unlock the door but he noticed that the door handle had broken and some pieces of wood were on the floor

"What the hell is going on" he thought to himself
"I just left here an hour ago and its already a mess"
All he could pray for was his mom to be unharmed,,,

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45minutes ago

Bram and Dave walked into a old container warehouse,,,, they had business to take care.
Dave carefully removed the iron bar that served as lock to the metal door,and they both entered..
Bram switched on the lights,revealing a dusty place.
"What's up bro,here looks pretty cool for business" Dave said to Bram who kept coughing from the dust that filled the inside ..
"Damn,the problem is finding the money to pay off our debts with Miguel" Bram said as he picked up a book lying on the ground
"That ain't no problem man,we just need to convince him to give us sometime"

"What!,and you think he's gon add up to the time given to us" Bram said with a worried look on his face

"The f*ck you talking 'bout,Miguel understands business ain't going smooth these days and its pretty bad with the new Sheriff in town" Dave talked with arrogance clearly shown on his face.
Bram brought out a medium sized bottle of whisky from his pocket and rushed it down his throat."man you been drinking much these days,you and Claire in another argument"Dave said.
"Yeah,she's been nagging a lot these days and I find it difficult to take it,"
Bram took another gulp and said to Dave
"She's pregnant D,,I need more money and get responsible"

Dave laughed at Bram for a while then walked over to where he was sitting,,,patted his back and told him
"Don't worry man,we all need to get responsible when a baby is involved"
Those words were the nicest he had ever said to Bram in 5-6 years."Fuck"was Dave becoming a gentleman now,he thought.

They were still talking when they had gunshots being fired few blocks away,
Maze came running
"Miguel and Krill are fighting "
"Shit!"Bram exclaimed as he dropped his whisky and ran towards the back exit ,Dave and Maze followed suit..
The entire hood was in disarray when they got out to the streets,,,,

" What happened man?"Bram asked Maze
"We need to find a safe place,,Krill ain't having it cool,,,,this place is his territory and Miguel stepped in here looking for us,,,so when they crossed lanes" maze said with a kind of bad expression.

He didn't have to explain much..Everyone who lived in the Hood knew Krill was the leader of the entire North Bronx crime world,,,,,,
And he had one enemy,,the Latinos.
Miguel was the one who ruled the Latin Domain of south Bronx,these two had one goal,to have the entire Bronx under their control.
They were often at war,,whenever a Latino came crossing into any part of North Bronx,,krill made them spell their name in French,so as Miguel.

They ran all the way down to the slums apartment and knocked on Mrs Clarke's door,
"Bang,bang,bang"
"Who the hell is that" Mrs Clarke yelled from her room
"Its Dave Mrs Clarke" Dave answered
Mrs clarke grinned before she stood up to come open up for him,,she had always resented most kids who lived in the hood cos of their way of life.
She opened the door and looked at the three boys who were breathing so hard from running,

"Hello Mrs Clarke" Dave greeted waving his hand as a sign of gesture
"The hell you boys doing here?,thought I told y'all to stay away from my Jamie " she nagged
"We being chased ma'am, its krill and the Latinos again,we just need to hide here for a while" Bram said trying to convince her to let them in.
She gave them a thorough look before moving from the doorway, this signified she was letting them in.
"I don't want no noise,if ya wanna keep your heads,you should prolly stay quiet" Mrs Clarke advised,,
"Thanks ma'am" they chorused in unison