Me, bri, kel and deja we're sitting in kel's frontroom, catching up.
"Jaylah yo head still big as shit" kel side eyed me and bust out in laughter. I can't believe I had seen them after all these years, it felt good.
"So what yo nigga in for jay?" Deja looked up from her phone and asked me. I was skeptical about telling deja and kel. What if they didn't believe me? Bri already knew jahaan was innocent, she had known him as long as I had.
"Murder" I told them quickly not wanting that word to spend to much time on my tongue. They looked at each other with furrowed eyebrows before looking back to me.
"You talking about that curly haired short nigga you posted on Instagram" kel looked at me still confused. I chuckled and nodded my head. "You follow me on insta?" I asked him. "Yup" he shrugged his shoulders. "He don't look like the type to do sum that serious" deja added. I huffed and shook my head. "He's not. They just needed somebody to lock up and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time."
I thought back to that day and quickly shook my head. That was the worst day of my life, the last day I got to physically touch Jahaan. I quickly turned my attention back to my 3 friends in front of me.
"You got any idea what day or time you tryna do this?" Deja grabbed a pillow and leaned forward on it. "Nah that's why I need y'all help. Shit y'all always been better at planning than me." Bri, kel and deja chuckled in unison. "True" they said together. We all moved in closer as they began to explain explain dates and how we should start.
Later that day
Me and Bri were back in the car and I was exhausted. We had decided that we would going through with our plan exactly a week from today which meant next Wednesday would be the day I would be breaking my baby out of prison. We had blueprints of the prison so we knew exactly what exits and entrances we would be using, we learned how many guards were where and what areas of Attica were heavily guarded vs the ones that weren't. It was a lot to remember but this was for Jahaan.
I stared out the window and found myself thinking about that dreadful day again. The day I lost Jahaan, Was the day I lost myself. I couldn't function right without him, he was my other half.
(Flashback)
We sat in the car at a red light waiting for it turn green and Jahaan decided to spark up conversation. " this light long as shit yo, almost as long as my-" I cut him off. "Heyyy!" I chuckled "chill shorty, nobody tryna hear that mess" I shook my head.
He side eyed me and gave me a sly smirk. "Really because last night was different" he rubbed his hands up my thigh. I sighed and laid my head against the seat but I quickly rose back up because I heard loud ass sirens out of nowhere. Before we knew it we were circled. There were police cars all around us.
What the fuck? I looked over to jahaan and his eyes were widened and he was looking around frantically. "Yo what the fuck is going on!" He unbuckled his seatbelt and took in our surroundings.
"Jahaan Jasiel please step out of the vehicle." A white cop was talking through one of those speaker things while the other cops got out of the car and had all their guns pointed towards.
"Jahaan what the fuck is going on!" I felt tears stream down my face. "Baby I don't know shit, I don't know what they want with me." He was breathing hard, tears coming down his face as well. He stepped out of the vehicle and put his hands up and so did I.
"GET ON THE GROUND NOW! BOTH OF YOU" A cop pointed his gun at us and we quickly complied. Two officers came over and roughly put us in handcuffs. The one behind me pressed my face into the concrete making me face Jahaan, his officer doin the same. I looked around and there were people everywhere just staring at us with suprised faces.
"Man what the fuck is this we didn't do shit!" Jahaan yelled at the officer who was holding him down which earned him a kick in the jaw. I screamed and tried to move my hands out of the cuffs they were in, and of course I failed. He kicked Jahaan again and again. I cried more and begged the officer to stop, earning me a blow to the head. My Vision became blurry, all I heard was police sirens and people screaming at officers. I felt woozy and everything around me started to go black.
*end of flashback*
I sighed and rubbed my eyes still staring out the window. I could never remember much from that day. I always try but it's always little by little. I looked over to bri and she had a distraught look on her face. "What's wrong boo" I asked her waiting for an answer. Her eyes widened and she glanced at me quickly before looking back on the road. "Nothin I'm aight just thinking about my brother." She opened her mouth to say something but quickly shut it instead She bit her lip. It was something she always did when she wanted to get things off of her chest.
"I think my brother is still in Attica Jaylah." Her voice cracked and she tightened her grip on the steering wheel.
"huh? I thought he got out a few months ago. "
"I was lying. I haven't talked to him in years. I don't think arson was the only thing he got charged for either. I just can't remember what else it was."
I studied her as she drove. Her hands were gripping the steering wheel, her teeth were sunk into her bottom lip which meant she was in deep thought, pretty sure it was about her brother.
"What made you bring him up?" I asked her.
"Because I think the second thing he got charged for.. was murder." She clenched her jaw and took a deep breath. " I personally believe that he was wrongfully convicted as well." She continued.
"But the real reason I brought him up is because I think him and Jahaan have crossed paths"
(A/N: I'm so sorry about the late update, I've been working a lot and I kind of lost track of time. I hope y'all enjoy this chapter!)
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Algee Smith as Kel
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