Its A Thugs World

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Flashback

Monty walked into a room and saw Q  trying to do a tie in the mirror. He saw him kept being frustrated and he exhaled and walked into the room.

"You need help son?" Monty asked as 9 year old Q turned around and snapped, "I cant do it. I know you showed me and Kareem but I cant get it."

"Well come here and let me show you again. And its Kareem and I. Not me and Kareem." Monty told him as Q walked over and Monty sat down on the bed and Q spoke, "I thought you were on business. Mommy said you wouldn't be back until next week."

"I know but she called me and said you had a play for your school and you wanted me there. So I came home." Monty confessed as Q face lit up and he quickly hugged Monty neck.

"Its a play about great fathers and I wanted the school to know I have the best one. You stepped up as my mom like to say when my real Dad died and you didn't have to." Q said and Monty got immediately choked up as he was the reason Q's father wasnt of this world anymore. And he hated his plan to just make sure Christy was alright turned into them falling in love, making a baby, and him stepping in as a family man and father all while being a Drug Kingpin.

"Well my father always told me a man can be a Dad...but its takes a real man to be a father. Now let me show you how to do this tie so we can head over to the school. How about that?" Monty replied as Q smiled.

Present Day.

"Now I perfected this night and it shall go as I expect it. First on the minutes is the big move"

"What big move?" Christy angrily asked. As he rose his finger making her stop talking and continued, "Please don't interrupt me. Now the big move is you three moving in this house with me as we are a family. Its more than enough room and I need my image as clean and perfect for when I am CEO of James and I company in Palmetto."

"If you think I'm moving in here after all you just confessed you fucking crazy and if it wasn't for your security detail on those walls your brains would be coating that mantel behind you fucknigga!" Q snapped with such hate in his tone as Monty replied, "is that anyway to talk to the man that raised you. Your anger should also be towards your brother and mother. They knew as well. Christy first and I wrote Kareem 15 letters that got replies from ages 12-18. He knew too. This family isn't going to work unless we got transparency." Kareem looked over at Q and Q nose flared up. If looks can kill Kareem would stop breathing any second.

"And where do I come in? I am not apart of this family? All we do is own a company together." Deuce said as Monty chuckled, "No legal business man runs circles with Q. No legit Barbershop owner can invest that much money to be a CEO. I am all fine and dandy with you being James Cartier but I need to know who you really are. Because the plans I got for this company is groundbreaking and is going to bring in boatloads of cash...and if you are in the life that I think you are in we can make this thing bigger than what it is. Besides, you are Q's right hand man that means you are family. Which also means you are my family. And family protects its own."

Monty rose up and walked over to the mantel and grabbed a manilla folder and slid it down in front of Deuce.

"I know Mister Bass tricks as I am the one who funded him to be the man who he is today. And what happened at that Gala was right up his alley with your girlfriend...so I had my connect do a little digging and found his side chick in Bahamas. She was pregnant with a seed of his. Lets just say her or the seed made it to visit him via a cruise ship yesterday. Now are you ready to talk business, Deuce?"

The table went quiet as everyone just sat in shock and in their moods. Minds racing against time as Kareem finally spoke, "Okay I don't need to hear all this. Im leaving." Kareem stood up and Monty spoke, "Son this is bigger than you and your hurt feelings. We are about to do what the Colby's failed to do. We are about to take over Miami. You all except James got a week to get affairs in order and move in. I know you may have lost your appetite so you can go. Except James and Q."