Money. Power. Love.

02

( picture of Jaye 6 in MM )

( Jaye 6 )

"How yall been though? You and Tori? How's the baby?" Lasso asked passing me the backwood.

"Man, my son in there getting big cuh I'm not gon lie to you. I can't wait to see him. Tori been havin pains and shit lately though I guess since it's getting closer to him coming and stuff she is starting to feel it more." I said scrolling through her maternity pictures. "She took these last week." showing him the phone.

"Damnnn yea he ready to come out fasho." He said and we shared a laugh. Lace was the first person I told when Tori got pregnant. I was scared as shit and he was the only one I felt like could give me advice. Our dad would've told me to had her abort it. That's my seed. I can't do that.

"Yea man he's almost here." I said. "I just keep praying that I'm here to take care of em you know?" I told him changing the atmosphere of the conversation. "You is bruh. We family & you know how this family rock. We take care of each other by any means necessary. Starting with Tony, you know we gotta handle that right?" Lace looked at me as I passed him the blunt. "Yeah man I know. I really do. Cuh got some nerve shootin over here." I looked at the window. "Yeah, a big one." Lace said as we just watched TV. "Imma handle that though. Doubled up."

We heard the girls pull up. Laughing and giggling and shit. Tf they got goin on?

"Hello my brothers! How was your day?" Yaz said falling onto the couch in between me and Lace. I gently punched her thigh.

"Hey what the fuck!" She said lookin at me waiting for me to tell her why I killed her joy.

"Why you so bubbly?" I asked her. "Because sheeee has a date with Symen tomorrow." Lani snitched and Yaz looked at her like she should've stayed quiet.

"Symen Turner?" Lace looked at Hazel. "Yeah, he met her today at the mall. He works at Champs." Hazel spoke up getting out some food for dinner. "Damn Hazel what part am I gonna tell?"

"How about we tell you that you not going." I said. Symen was cool but I don't know if I approve him feelin my sister. It's two things I don't play about. My family, and my money. Yaz my sister and Symen work wit me. I'd hate to have to kill cuh just cause he chose to like my sister.

"Why am I not?" She asked me. I looked at Lace signaling him to take this one. "I just don't think he has the best intentions with you sis. We are clones, we know how they think. Does he know you are our sister?" He asked her and she gave us that look. "Well you see, that might have slipped my mind to mention." She said looking at her phone. "Okay so that means tell him that you are our sister." I told her getting up to get something to drink.

"Fine fine. Anyways, what are we doing next week? It's Christmas." She said trying to change the subject. Notice I said trying.

"Nah, we not done. You better tell him that you are our sister Yazmeen I'm not even playing with you right now." I looked her in her eyes. This was serious. Symen needs to know that one wrong move and he's in the dirt.

"Okay I will tell him dang. It's just not something I jump and tell guys when I meet them, it drives them away." She told us and we laughed and simultaneously said "Good." As we dapped each other up.

"Anyways though, Pops had mentioned something about a New Years party at his crib that we can pull up at." Lace said to everyone. "I haven't met your dad. I'm sure it's a family thing anyways." Yaz said holding her head down. Our dad didn't have a problem with her. If anything he has been waiting to meet her. She just thinks he won't like her because her dad is the nigga my mom left him for. "You are family Yaz, stop saying shit like that. You are coming and that's that." Lace told her. "I keep telling her to stop saying stuff like that. He has nothing against you. I think he'll love you. I mean, he loves me." Hazel bragged and we all laughed.

"It'll be fun sis you'll see. It's time for you to mingle, meet some people. I wanna introduce you to a couple of people anyways. You need to know some faces so that if I have someone looking after you, you will know who they are." I told her. Since she has a target on her head, I was fasho gon have someone be with her for a little bit. Just until I see what Tony is up to.

"Alright yall, Imma head out, I got a couple things to do before I call it a night. Ima see yall on Christmas." I said making sure I hugged Hazel and my sister and dapped Lace up before I left. "Aight cuh be safe, hit me." Lace said closing the door. I hopped in my Camaro and facetimed Shady and Quis.

"Yooo whats the deal cuh, what you on?" Shady answered with Maci on his lap. "Oh yall over there turnt huh?" I asked noticing he was faded. "You know you know just a little bit. Nah what you on though foo?" He asked. "Aye get Quis real quick I gotta holler at yall." I said pulling out of Lace's driveway.  They walked away from the company and got serious on the phone.

"Wassup cuh?" Quis said looking at the phone.

"So my sister dad shot up Lace house cuh, trying to kill my sister cause he mad she been living with Lace instead of him. Cuh let off 8 rounds in that bitch, shot up my folk whole front window. So now I'm like sum gotta happen foo but my sister don't want us to kill him." I told them.

"So we killing em right?" Shady asked. I chuckled at his ready to go mindset. "Nah foo my sister gonna hate me for killing her pops but we gotta do sum. So quis, imma send you his name, license plate info, address allat. Look into cuh, see what you can find out. We gon hit him but just not with bullets. We gotta move a different way you feel me?" They nodded in response.

"How's yo sister foo she straight?" Shady asked. "Yea cuh she coo just a lil shocked right now but I told her we got her and she gon be good." I answered pulling up to the house. "Aye but open the door I'm outside."

"Hey Jaye." Maci opened the door greeting me. "Wassup Mace how you doing? Where Shady at?" I asked dapping the homies up. "He in the back with Quis." She said going back in the kitchen.

"Ahhh shit cuh was really outside outside." Shady said, I couldn't help but laugh. This was the funniest nigga I knew. Cuh was always joking around or laughing. I ain't never seen him be serious. His mom got locked up a few months back bro didn't show one sign of worry or nun. Even when his brother got shot, he didn't shed a tear. He was still being positive. I appreciated that cause in this life it's rarely shit to smile or be happy about. But having Shady around always kept the spirits up no matter what.

"This nigga man how many drinks has this foo had?" I asked Quis. "Shiiit I don't even know cuh way too much though fasho fasho." He said trying to act like he wasn't as faded as Shady but I know he was. "What yall niggas been on man?" I said sitting on the couch in our meet room. "You know me just chillin chillin. Aye we still going to yo pops house on New Years?" Shady asked. "Yeah foo we still going. That shit finna be live foo. My sister coming too I just told her about it today." I mentioned. "We finally get to meet yo sister cuh?" Quis asked me. I talk about her all the time but just ain't never brought her over here to meet these niggas because I know one of em gon end up liking her and if the other one like her to they gon see her as a trophy and they my homies but that's my sister. I gotta draw the line somewhere. I mean the only homie I would let her talk to is Shady but he got a girl so it don't even matter.

"Yeah Yeah just remember she off limits. You got a bitch anyway Shady." I teased him and he dropped his head. "How many times I gotta tell yall I don't have no bitch." He laughed and we all looked at him like we wasn't stupid. "Maci just coo you feel me if I need her to set a nigga up she gon do that.  And after she may top a nigga off just for a little razzle dazzle. But I'm just chilling." He tried to be serious but we still laughed. "This nigga said just for a little razzle dazzle. You a foo cuh that's on two of em." Quis clowned while shaking Shady hand. "Well anyways you look into Tony yet?" I asked quis while sparking up another wood. "Oh nah foo I was gon wait till you got here but we could check him out fasho." He walked over to our iMac we had set up in the meet room. Quis dad was a detective. He worked for my dad though so he was coo. He always let us know when the cops was on our shit. Quis had access to everything he did.

"310. This nigga is a 310?" Quis sat back and looked at me.

This just got more personal.