Mine

Chapter 25

1 Month later

CHANEL

Over the past month everything seemed to be even worse than when we were back in LA. We still had the weird stalker neighbor and he still hadn't made any moves but I had a feeling something would happen soon. I just avoided going outside with Gi as much as I could and if I did go out we stayed hidden out of side from his view. I just knew he'd be a problem even if he tried to play it undercover.

Gi was doing better getting adjusted to the outer world but he still had his moments and I still had mine. I wasn't even sure when I'd been out of the house since Cairo insisted on doing everything, he wanted to go to the store for me, go get food for me, and anything else that required me to leave the house he wanted to do. It made me think he had something else going on but it was probably just a way of forgetting about what had happened in LA.

I saw posts about the "King's Massacre" everywhere and even Asha had been sending me things about it. The shit broke my heart knowing everybody I heavily relied on to protect me and help me while I was pregnant was either gone out of state or dead at the hands of another "rival". That was one part I couldn't seem to shake either. Asha said no one knew who was behind it but everytime I spoke to Cairo he just shook his head and walked away from me. He wouldn't even confirm the shit or not which pissed me off a bit because he definitely knew something. How could another gang rise up that quick and just destroy every single thing? Either they worked from the inside or they'd been preparing and waiting for the right moment all this time. It was just ironic that everything went to shit after we left but then again I was grateful.

We never heard anything back from Troy and when Asha went around to the places he usually hung, he was never there. Nobody was. That shit weighed on my mind daily cause I knew he would at least get in contact with Cairo on anything else that'd been done. I was praying he wasn't dead but deep down I knew that was what probably happened and I think Cairo knew the same thing. Which was why he'd started smoking back heavy again.

Sometimes I felt like he kept me around because he didn't wanna be alone and other times I felt like he pushed me away so that I'd leave him alone. I know I'd been saying that it was tiring but it was something I couldn't explain at this point.

I sat on the couch watching TV and scrolling through my computer screen. I'd started looking for jobs just in case but then there was the issue of who would babysit. I didn't even think Cairo would be capable at this point, he had his own stuff to figure out and I didn't have time to go to jail or lose my baby over drama.

He came in sitting on the other couch looking at me before pulling his phone out. This is literally what we'd been like for the past few weeks. He decided when he wanted to speak and when he didn't want to  and he came and went as he pleased. He looked up at me for a minute before leaning forward in his seat.

"I bought a club the other day I want you to help me run it" he said casually.

"Clubs are the first place to get shot up if somethin' go down I'm good it's yours anyway" I said glancing at him before looking back down at my computer.

"Well it ain't gonna be just any kind of club Nel you know Imma stay locked and loaded"

"Yea so it'd be you against a whole ton of people? Yeaa no" I rolled my eyes getting up and shutting my computer. I went to walk past him but he grabbed my arm stopping me.

"I'm already workin' on connections, we'll be good just gimme some time to put it all together" He got up putting his hands on my waist staring at me.

"What you tellin' me for? You do what you want anyways" I said moving his hands off me and going to check on Gi.

Cairo followed me coming and standing next to me watching Gi sleep. We both remained silent, but in my head I still had a thousand words to say to say to him.

CAIRO

I really couldn't tell who Gianni looked like more. It was like he had Chanel's eyes and lips and the rest of him was all me. That shit was kind of weird to think about too cause if he had the same personality and thought process as me Miami would be fucked.

Finally everything had started coming back together after the long ass slump I was in. I couldn't get through to nobody in this stubborn ass city, then it was all about who I wanted to start something with cause that choice alone determined where I was about to set my shit up at. Then again it wouldn't matter, I'd probably just pull a Byron and execute everybody no matter what they role in my shit was.

I just couldn't wait to pick up where I would've been leaving off at in LA by doing it here instead. I could tell Chanel was pissed at me but this was how she got the life she was living now. Nothing but luxury and it'll be the same with Gianni once he grow up and realize the shit thats important in life. This nigga would have the world at his finger tips if it was left up to me,we could run this shit together long as he ain't try to switchup on me. That shit ran heavy in my family for whatever reason and it probably ran heavy in Chanel's too.

My phone vibrated showing flash cross my screen, hopefully it wasn't another hoe on some bullshit. A week ago one started sending some weird shit and Chanel caught on and automatically thought I was fucking the bitch. She had no trust in me yet I trusted her with my life as hard as it was sometimes.

What I saw confirmed all the shit I'd been thinkin' up in my head with just this one picture. Chanel looked over then grabbed my arm staring at me. My mind was blank at this point, if she was talking I couldn't hear it.

CHANEL

I'd made the wrong mistake looking over at Cairo's phone. He was frozen and I was in shock, I didn't know what else to say about what had been sent.

The unknown number had sent a picture of Troy's body, it looked fresh but who knows when it'd happened. He had bullet wounds from his head down to his stomach like someone had stood over him and just let loose with all the bullets. I hope he hadn't suffered, I hope it was just an instance kill and that he could rest now. The picture wasn't sent with anything else but it didn't need to be with the effects it'd caused. That image was burned in my bead and I could only imagine what it'd do to Cairo.

"Cairo...don't do anything you might regret please" I said holding his arm looking at him. He was zoned out completely and hadn't even realized he'd dropped his phone at this point. This look scared me I already couldn't read him sometimes but this look was beyond even throwing out a guess on how he felt. Two of his right hands died at the hands of some rival trying to take him out, whether he wanted to admit it or not I knew it hurt. Hell, it hurt me and I didn't know either that well but they were both still big factors in my life.

He turned away and walked out without saying another word. All I heard was the front door slam shut and silence. He'd left his phone and only god knows where he was going at this point, but maybe it was best I didn't know. I picked Gianni up and sat in the chair rocking and cuddling him. I think it was time I got my priorities back straight and did what I had to do to make sure that he was raised right. This wasn't something I'd ever want him to go through and I damn sure didn't want some girl taking this shit from him in my situation.

So I did what I had to do and packed us a bag and left off to a hotel until I figured out what I wanted to do. It shouldn't be too hard after all, Miami had plenty of oppurtunities.

The End

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