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12. Piecing Together

Quez
Like Old Times
5:08 am

I tried to block out the screams and cries of agony coming from Jonas. Crystal was cleaning his wound after an hour of trying to safely remove the bullet. The screaming made my whole body get goosebumps.

"I'm almost done, just hold still," she said as she pulled out a big gauze from her kit. He yelled again as she came closer to him. "Stop screaming before you wake up Nami," she said in a whisper.

"Leah is going to fucking kill me when she finds out about this," Jonas said trying to control his breathing. "She said not to let no shit like this happen," He winced as Crystal tightly pulled on a bandage wrap she had wrapped all around his abdomen.

"All done," She said stepping back. "You should be fine within the next few days."

"Aww damn, now you definitely can't hide it from her now," I said laughing.

"Man, that shit ain't funny," Jonas said, shutting down my laughter. "You don't get it, man. When you got somebody like Leah, you don't want to fuck nothing up. I don't ever listen to shit she gotta say, and that's the type of shit that make her want to leave me. I ain't ready for her to leave me yet," He paused, rubbing his face. "I just ain't ready."

We all sat in silence, reflecting on the side of Jonas we never seen before. I knew he really liked the girl, but I ain't know it was like that. I only met Leah once, and she was probably one of the sweetest females that I had ever met. When Jonas told her what he did for a living, she didn't even think about leaving.That's how you know you got a good one.

"I still got a question tho," Trey said causing everyone to look in his direction. "Whose plan was that to kill that man?" He looked traumatized.

"It was all of our decisions. You just wasn't there to hear it," I mumbled. I began to realize what we had done. Reflecting on who it was and what consequences was coming for us.

"Our guys did the shooting?" He asked for further clarification.

"Yeah, man," Jay stretched his shoulders. "It was all part of the plan." He said leaning back on the operating table to rest his head. "Crystal, get me some meds, ma." She turned around to her medicine cabinets and began reading bottle lables.

"For what tho? What the fuck are we going to get out of killing him besides getting all of our asses beheaded? You know that nigga TC don't play about his family," Trey grumbled. I knew he was mad. We didn't let him in on what we were doing, and he looked up to that nigga. In all honesty, I forgot to tell him the plan, but I knew he wouldn't go along with it.

"TC?" Crystal asked turning around and walking towards Jonas with two pills and a cup of water. "You mean Boss? Aww, c'mon. What stupid shit did you guys do that involved him and his family?" She asked putting her hand on her hip.

"Well, we kinda had his brother killed," Jonas said sipping his water.

"We?!" Trey yelled. "Yes, nigga! We," I responded. I knew he wasn't in on the plan, but everything we do is group effort. We a fucking unit, and that's how it's gone stay.

"Ol' Thomas, huh?" She said putting her hair behind her ear. "You know, I don't think it's true, but I had a Mommy & Me class with TC's daughter like a year ago. I think her daughter was like one and her name was pretty close to Nami's."

"He got a daughter?" All three of us said on queue.

"Well yeah he has a daughter, but it was only a rumor that it was her in the class with me; however, she did have like three big ass security guards with her every class, so yeah, it probably was her," She shrugged.

"Was she cute?" I asked jokingly. Crystal giggled. "A stab to my self esteem, honestly, and God, was her daughter a blessing. I think her name was Raven," She put her finger on her chin trying to remember. "Maybe it was Sasha, hmmmm."

"Don't think too hard, you might hurt yourself," Trey said causing us all to laugh. "I kinda miss you losers," She said hopping up to sit on the operating table next to a half asleep Jonas. "Then come back. We making so much more money. You could get you a bigger place for you and lil' mama upstairs, and way better equipment for yo' Doc McStuffins ass," I suggested.

She pretended to think for a second. "Okay," She smiled. "I'm in."

"Awwww, the whole crew is back together," Jonas whispered. "Well, almost."

We all sat back and laughed. We then agreed to go back to the crib to chill. I was going to be like old times.

Crystal Matsu
Her
12:14

We had been sitting at Quez and Adonis's penthouse for almost six hours, and I was honestly having the time of my life. We were laughing, smoking, and having a good time. I brought over Nami who was acting like she worked a job, and was still sleeping. I knew that if I got back with the crew, I could give her way more than enough, but for now, I could only give what was needed. The only thing I was worried about was getting into so much trouble that I would be separated from her.

"Tiff said she coming over," Chris said while reading a text from his phone.

"Who's Tiff," I asked, being nosey. If he were to say anything but 'Some bitch that does blah blah blah' it would honestly suck the life out of all mankind. The whole world and they grandma know that every man in this here crew don't fuck with relationships. Well, besides Jonas.

"That's his permanent booty call," Adonis laughed. "Whaaaaat?" I asked playfully, but still very shocked.

"I don't know why you playing. She said yo' baby mama Raj coming too." I was taken aback and a little hurt that I missed all of this. "Whaaaaaaat?!" I said a little louder and more dramatic.

Adonis cackled. "That ain't my baby mama, but if I was to get ha' pregnant, I'm definitely claiming that youngin'." We all laughed. "So you out here getting bitches pregnant on purpose by accident?" I tried to get out the full question without laughing too hard. I missed this. "Something like that," He responded, still laughing.

The doorbell rang, and I immediately perked up, waiting to see who was on the the other side of the door. "I got it," Quez said, lazily getting off the couch. "I'm coming!" He shouted. He opened the door, and standing there was a beautiful girl. "Hey Tiffany!" Jonas hollered before she could even get in the door. She smiled, and Quez moved out of the way after hugging her and kissing her cheek so she could enter. She walked in, and I turned my head in her direction, smiling and saying a quiet "Hi." My head turned back to the door. Quez then reached out to hug someone else who was being blocked from my view. After he let her go, he gestured her inside. "Hey Raja!" Jonas hollered again. That name sounded so familiar, but I couldn't place a face. Then that's when she stepped inside, and I knew it from the first glance that it was her.

A/N: Crystal and Nami in the MM