I wasn't the type of person who got rattled but looking at that nigga Kyle, I felt a lot of different emotions that were foreign to me shame, guilt, regret, and a little fear because I didn't know how this was going to go. So when he agreed to take a short walk with me I had my guard up, I didn't know if he was going to steal on me, pull out a gun and blow my brains out, or push me in front of a bus... but we reached the parking lot and we stood there and I could see he was just as nervous about talking with me, although I knew that had little to do with me and more to do with my crazy ass older brother. I tried to find a good place to start, did I apologize for fuckin his girl? Did I apologize for the situation with Diante? You know I'm just going to start talking and let my words flow out naturally... damn why is this so damn hard and more importantly why were my hands shaking, whatever the sooner I get this over with the sooner I could get back to Raheim, speaking of my dude I glanced over in his direction and Raheim gave me an encouraging smile.
"Look what me and my bro did to you was foul, I should've shot you the fair one and called it a day..... though I don't regret kicking you in the mouth because you kicked me in mine and I believe in an eye for an eye." I said and Kyle stood there staring at me, after about thirty seconds I moved into a defensive position because I wasn't sure what this nigga was about to do but then his face relaxed and he shrugged.
"I should've never swung on you.... my girl is the one who cheated on me and you didn't owe me any loyalty, it's not like we were coo or anything but I could've handled it differently. However, we need to shoot the ones before we can officially squash this because what you and your brother did was some hoe shyt." Kyle said and I nodded.
"So what are we going to fight right now, or do you wanna wait until after the game?" I asked and he thought about it for a second.
"Not today.... it'll have to be on my terms and right now I'm not in the mood to fight but it'll happen eventually and don't worry about me sneaking you or anything, I got enough confidence in my hands that I don't need to do no weak shyt like that." Kyle said and I had to admit this shyt was weird as fuck, but that was one thing crossed off my redemption list.
"Everything alright?" Raheim asked as we walked back over to them, I nodded but didn't say anything. "Well as long as you're good then I don't have a problem but let's get outta here, it's about to rain and I'm not about to stay out here." Raheim said and I nodded again. "De'Veon look at me.... forreal are you good?"
"Nah I'm horny....." I said smiling and Raheim looked at me for a second and smiled. "I meant hungry, let's go grab something to eat and then we can go back to your house or Doonie's... whichever you prefer." I said offering him my hand.
We decided on Steak n' Shake since it was closer to Doonie's house, I couldn't help but think about my conversation with Kyle, it just made me feel weird as fuck and honestly, something about it just felt.... off. As I sat there making small talk with Raheim, I felt that feeling I had about Kyle starting to diminish, passing it off as just paranoia and as I began to settle someone walked into the restaurant who made the hairs on my arm stand up and my heart started to race in my chest.
"Y'all go on ahead and order...." The woman said before walking over to my table honestly she scared me more than any man because she just had this look.... and when I stared into her eyes I imagined that is what death looked like. "De'Veon Richmond."
"Genevieve.... look I'm having a someone decent day and if you're looking to cause trouble I'm just going to ignore you. I know you're pissed about what happened to your brother but that ain't got shyt to do with me so go on somewhere with that fuck shyt." I said looking directly into her cold eyes.
"De'Veon, I'm not here to mess with you, I just wanted to say hello and go on about my business. There's really no need for you to be rude... tell Doonie to call me, I need to talk to him about something." Genevieve said smiling, she looked at Raheim and winked before walking over to her friends and suddenly I wasn't hungry anymore.
"Rah let's get outta here..." I said and Raheim sensing my distress nodded and called over the waiter. Something about today just felt... off, I didn't know what it was but there was just this alarm going off in my head that I couldn't shake.....
If there was a God he was probably laughing at me right now, he was probably telling me that I should've stayed my ass in bed or something because this day just kept getting worse. When I arrived at Doonie's house there were police officers outside and I could see my oldest brother standing outside looking pissed.
"What happened Doon?" I asked walking up to the house and began to fear the worse.
"I took De'Vaughn to the hospital, he was coughing and shyt and I fucked up... I was in such a rush to make sure that he was good that I didn't make sure the doors were locked and the alarm was set and someone broke in.... they took some money, jewelry, some electronics and one of my guns." Doonie said and even though his voice was completely calm I could tell he was beyond pissed.
"Cameras?" I asked knowing that after the last incident Doonie wasn't taking any chances.
"They're looking at them now.... and they better pray they find them before I do because I don't play about my house. This is where I lay my head, where my son lays his head, where my family...... On the bright side no one was here because that could've ended badly for someone." Doonie said looking out as Elijah rolled up. "Let me talk to him right quick, y'all should be good to go in." Doonie said looking at me and Raheim.
"If you want my honest opinion... this was some teenagers, some pretty sloppy teenagers at that. I mean look at everything they took money, jewelry, games, and a gun.... they missed all the real valuable shyt." Raheim said looking around.
"Rah have you been casing out my brother's house?" I asked looking at him sideways.
"Nah... I just know how niggas think and these were some dumb ass niggas." He said shrugging. "Just think had we gone with your first instinct we might've been here when they broke in." He said and I guess he had a point. "Give it a few days, I promise them niggas is going to be all on IG flashing the money and jewelry like they really got money.... that's a promise." Raheim said.
"I don't feel bad for what Doonie is going to do to them once he catches who did it.... I'm actually curious to see the footage." I said, a split second later me and Raheim looked at each other and jumped up, the police must've been done because they were starting to leave and a few were outside talking to Doonie which gave me the opportunity to scoop up his phone. "You know any of these dudes?" I asked showing the footage to Raheim who examined it closely.
"That one looks familiar but I can't place his face..." Raheim said and I had a feeling I had seen him somewhere too, I just didn't remember where. "Yeah these niggas are stupid, just leaving fingerprints everywhere...." Raheim said handing me the phone back. "So what's on the agenda for the rest of the day?" Raheim asked and I shrugged.
"It's not like we can play the game because them bum ass niggas took them all..... you tryin to go to Dave and Buster's or something? It's been a while since we went on an official date and I think... given everything I been through today, I deserve some time out the house." I said looking into his eyes.
"We just ate.... so how about we take a nap and then decide after we wake up." Raheim said and I nodded, Raheim grabbed my face and we started kissing before long I was on top of him ready to go in for the kill when......
"DE'VEON COME HERE REAL QUICK!!!" Doonie yelled and I swear nothing was more irritating than being interrupted in the middle of intimacy. I got up and walked downstairs where Duron was waiting but he wasn't alone... Diante was standing there looking like he had been through hell.
"Damn what happened to you?" I asked trying to figure out if I felt bad for him or if I wanted to laugh, I'm leaning towards laughing.
"Someone attacked me.... and I think it was that nigga Idris." Diante said and considering what he had done to Idris brother it wouldn't surprise me. "And since I've been handling your problems for you since you could walk I think it's time you repaid the favor....." Diante said and I don't know what he expected me to do but I wasn't getting involved in his problems anymore but I knew Diante wouldn't leave this alone and IF it really was Idris then I had a feeling this was only the beginning.................................
****** QUESTIONS ******
1) Who should get the next two chapters; Duron, Luka, or Elijah?
