The Cartel Part 2: A Thin Line

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Paris stared at the ceiling of the airplane as she listened to the sound of the engine from the plane roar.. She had been drinking, she had been smoking, even popped another Xanax.. All to clear her head of the horrible day she was having, she couldn't wait to get home to her kids. Her future and the entire Carter future was on her mind heavily and she didn't know how none of this would end ..

The Cartel and The Carter family was in deep shit at the moment and she didn't know how to get them out of it ..

"You alright ?" Shane asked as he closed the bedroom door behind him

"Do I look alright ?" She asked, not taking her eyes off of the ceiling ..

"I'm gonna do what I can Paris to stay with you, but it ain't lookin too good .. I'm just being honest ma, so you'll be prepared.. " Sitting next to her on the bed, he wiped her tear stained face with his hand ..

"I could never be "prepared" for something like that Shane .." Paris replied, also making the quotation marks with her fingers ..

"This a tough one Paris .." He said

Sitting up, Paris stared him in his face "Well you need to figure it out, because 20 years is too much .. our kids will grow up without you !! What am I suppose to do ?" She asked, this time raising her voice ..

Seeing her in that state was too much for him especially when he didn't know how to fix it, standing up he began to walk away "You'll be fine .." He said

Watching as he walked out, it angered Paris all over again .. Picking up the closest thing she sat eyes on she picked up the phone that was on the nightstand and threw it at the door just as he closed it ..

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They had touched down in Miami more broken than they already were when they had first left, nobody was talking to each other .. They had agreed to meet over Shamar's to talk to their mom, they didn't know why .. but for the short time they were on the phone with her they didn't think anything of it ..

"You know what this about ?" Shane asked Paris as they got inside of the all white Rolls Royce that was waiting at the landing strip ..

"Yes.." She replied, honestly

Getting in on the other side Shane never took his eyes off of his wife "Well what is it ?" He asked ..

"It's a reason your mom wanted to tell you in person, I'm not delivering the message Shane .." She replied, he couldn't see that she was tearing up behind her oversized Chanel shades that she wore..

Turning away from her he smirked, "They getting a divorce this time ? Or separating again ?" He asked, referring to his parents .. "We ain't 7 damn years old, they could've told us that shit over the phone .. I knew it wasn't gonna work out no damn way .. " He finished as he replied to a few text messages ..

"It has nothing to do with your parents relationship Shane .. just your mom .." She said

"Well, it can't be that important .." He replied

Glancing over at him, she almost wanted to tell him .. Out of the two of them Shane was definitely the mama's boy, while Shamar was more fond of his dad .. Paris knew for certain he wasn't gonna take the news well and almost felt bad for keeping it from him ..

But she said nothing ..

The ride to what used to be Shamar and Kelsey's home was quiet, more than anything Paris wanted to break down .. She wanted to place herself into an alcohol induced coma and just wake up when everything was better .. but she knew that wasn't possible.. she was going to have to face all of the daggers that were being thrown her way one by one .. Even if not for her or Shane for her kids ..