Finally Happy

11FH

Paris' POV
"You okay?" Shawn asked as we entered my house. I was a bit shaken up from the sound of the gunshot.

What do you expect? I almost died from that shit. I'm traumatized.

I nodded quickly, "Yeah, no. I'm fine." I carried Amari to my room and laid him on the bed, then going back downstairs.

I poured myself some wine to ease my nerves. A sigh left my mouth.

"Girl you need to lay off that damn wine." I almost broke my neck looking at him.

"My fault sis." He laughed.

I leaned over my island. "How long you been following me?"

"Following you? What imma foll-." I cut him off

"Look, drop the bullshit. Just tell me the truth."

"Ever since you had Amari. I'm only doing it to make sure you guys okay. Which I did. For example, if I wasn't there, that nigga Rico would've taken King." He told me.

I couldn't even be mad, he had a point. A valid point at that.

"So you were there when I went on a date with Tre?" I asked.

"Nahh, I was keeping a eye on the house while you were gone." I nodded. It made sense.

"How do you feel about it?" I asked, referring to Tre. He shrugged.

"Honestly, I don't have a problem with it. You deserve to be happy. Laquan would want you to." He answered, causing me to smile, "What he wouldn't want is you getting hurt by him again." I nodded.

"Now come give brother some love." He said while standing from the couch. I laughed, walking over to hug him. I'm happy about how close we grew.

"Wait you been watching us for 3 years. Maria don't think nothing of it?" I asked breaking the hug.

He chuckled, "Maria knows I'm either looking after or I'm running the trap."

Oh yeah, Laquan made Shawn second in command so when he died, the trap was Shawn's.

"Not gonna lie, she did feel some kinda way about it, but trust me. I handled it." He said while licking his lips.

"Oh my gosh, grosss!" I laughed. He along with me.

*knock knock knock*

Our laughter stopped as we looked at the door. He took his gun from his waistband as I walked to the door.

"Nigga put that shit away." I said with tightened lips. He put his hands up in defeat.

"Who is it?" I asked

"I-it's Toni." Her voice shook. It sounded as if she was crying. This was a shocked because Toni rarely cries, so I knew this was serious.

I opened the door and Toni stood there with King in her arms. Outside was dark and pouring rain.

"Come in, hurry." I told her. She walked past me and set King on the ground. "King, Amari sleep, but you can go in his play room." I watched him as he excitedly ran into the room.

Antonique sat on the couch with her head in her hand, sobbing. I went and kneeled in front of her.

"Hey mama, what's wrong?" I asked while rubbing her head.

She put her head up. Her eyes were red and puffy. Snot was draining from her nose.

"Imma get you some tissue." Shawn said while going to the bathroom.

"Malik and I got into an argument. He was angry because of what happened today. I got upset cause he was blaming me and cussing at me. One thing led to another and he told me.." she trailed off.

"Told you what Toni?" I asked. She sniffled, "He told he see why Rico used to hit me." Her lip trembled as she started to break down again.

I held her head on my shoulder. "It's okay, it's okay. I'm sure he didn't mean it, it was just the heat of the moment."

Shawn came back and handed her the tissue.

"That still doesn't make it okay, why would he throw that shit in my face?" I said crying harder, "He knows the shit I been through with that nigga. He knew how much that hurts to even think about!"

I sighed and kissed her forehead. "And then he took his gun and left. I don't know what he's gonna do or where he went, but I'm scared. I don't want him to go to jail because of Rico's bullshit."

"Malik isn't stupid, he knows what not to do. His future too bright for that shit." I assured her. She nodded.

"Aye Paris, imma catch y'all later. Maria texting." Shawn said while texting back.

"Alright, bye." I said as he left, closing the door behind him.

"I think I'm gonna sleep here, cause if he comes back home ion wanna see him." She said wiping her nose.

"It's okay, you can." I told her while rubbing her hair.

The door swung back open, "Uh guys. We have a problem." Shawn said stepping aside.

It was Malik. He was covered in blood and rain water, his body was shaking. His eyes were widened like he had seen a ghost or even made one.

Antonique sprung up, "Baby what happened? Are you hurt?" She said while checking him.

"I killed him." He said in a shaky voice.

All of our eyes widened. "Where's the body? You left it there?" Shawn asked.

He nodded quickly. "Baby, what do you mean you killed him? Killed who?" Toni asked.

He looked at the ground and then into her eyes, "Rico." She covered her mouth in shock and looked back at me.

"I'll handle it." Shawn said while leaving.

Toni hugged him as he blankly stared into space.

What the fuck? I guess he is that stupid.

Author's Note
-Well uh, that happened .
-Follow the kid🥱 .
-Much love❤️ Muah !