Sandcastles

9

Onika Maraj

"So what are your girls like." I raised my eyebrow at him while sipping my wine. Shawn's been asking me personal questions all night, if tonight wasn't important I would've stabbed him in his chest. "My oldest is an introvert, she likes to keep to herself mostly. My youngest is my outgoing one."

"What are their names?"

"Octavia and Bailey." He threw his arm around me, I had to take another sip from my drink to stop from gagging. His cologne was pungent, it smelled cheap and stale. For someone who claims they have power his pockets looking kinda small.

I agreed to going to dinner with him to lure him in a trap. He's been so busy looking down my dress he hasn't noticed how surrounded he was. All of the Hive's heavy hitters were protecting me tonight. I saw some familiar faces, Jt and Jahseh were here.

Even Megan was here, I didn't even know she was apart of the Hive until tonight. I'll have to ask her later about it later, "is everything to your liking?"

"We ain't called you over miss we're go-"

"Don't be rude, we're good thank you Megan." She winked at me and walked off. My eyes landed right on her ass, she looked like she was my competitor in that department. I could tell it pissed Shawn off because he firmly grabbed my thigh. "Problem?"

"Don't talk over m-"

"Who exactly do you think your talking to Shawn. Let's be clear, I'm not no average bitch so watch how you talk to me." I rest my glass down giving him my full attention, he's about to make me speed shit up. I grabbed my purse placing it in my lap.

His grip on my thigh got tighter. "Bitch I-" I jumped on his lap putting my gun against his temple. Everyone stood up pointing  their guns in our direction.

All that egotistical shit Shawn once had dashed out his body. The bitch boy had nothing but fear in his eyes, "wanna repeat that from me Shawn?"

"You kill me she's dead and so is them kids."

"Oh hun, I don't plan on killing you." I traced the gun down the side of his face. He shook underneath me, "leave my kids out of this."

"They already into it, when's the last you called your mom Nicki. You should've heard it, they way she begged and pleaded for us to spa-" I pulled the trigger, I didn't kill him. Only a piece of his ear was shot off, he'll be fine. Them shits big as hell, he won't be missing anything.

I got off his lap ordering them to take him, he screamed and cried like a lil girl. "This is Shawn....the Shawn."

"He's more dangerous than you think Meg, oh here." I gave her his wallet. "That should cover the damages. Ask Jahseh to get into his account so you can max out his cards."

"Okay, I see you. When are you gonna stop playing and run the Hive with Bey? Everyone's been talking, once y'all find Bey and bring her back we want you to stand by her side."

"Yeah right, I'm not cut out for this life."

"Girl you just took down Shawn, something both Bey and Solange couldn't do. Niggas lower their guard around someone with a pretty face, shit you see how much you threw Shawn off."

"That's true, I gotta go. Phase two is about to start, it was nice seeing you again." I popped her butt and she laughed pushing me. It was fat, I couldn't help myself.

***

I cursed silently as I wiped blood off of my face , that last blow caused Shawn to erupt like a volcano coughing blood out everywhere. Michelle and Kelly were taking turns beating him into talking, I found irony out of the whole thing.

Shawn was a sexist prick. So getting beat and tortured from two women must be hurting his pride.

Serves him right, ain't no one told him to start a war between us.

Now he's chained to the wall getting beat with a metal pipe. "Ready to talk?" I grabbed his face forcing it up to me, one of his eyes were swollen shut, the other was halfway there. "You'll never find her. She's mine, I ow-..AHHHHH!" I pressed my heel into his little buddy, digging it deeper into the flesh. "Beg me to stop." I applied more pressure, I even started twisting it slowly. "Beg.Me."

"OH GOD PLEASE STOP! STOP JUST STOP PLEASE I'LL AHHHHH I'LL TALK!"

"Good boy." I took my foot off of him, he shook and whimpered but he finally sputtered out an answer. "Oakland. She's in a house in Oakland, take the main elevator to the base level you'll see the headquarters."

"This nigga on some Syfy shit." I mugged Michelle, her stupid ass actually had the nerve to be taken back. "So we cool with what he said. This nigga said he got an underground headquarters and I'm the one tripping."

"Michelle I love, I really do but shut the fuck up." She rolled her eyes at me and slouched against the wall.

Solange came in with a pissed off look. She took the pipe from Kelly and swung at Shawn connecting it to his head. She didn't stop, she hit him over and over until his head was a pool of mush.

I held my mouth from vomiting.

It didn't seem like she was going to stop either, Kelly had to come over and hold her. "He's dead! Soso he's dead baby stop!"

"Let go of me!"

"Stop baby stop look at me." She turned her around holding her arms, I watched as Solange breathed heavily. Eventually Kelly got her to calm down and drop the pipe, "Solo what happened?"

"He was one step ahead us, the stupid fuck was one step ahead of us." She moved Kelly off of her stepping back, "my mom called, she stopped by your house Nicki. They're gone, your and the kids they're gone."

"What do you mean gone?"

"Someone took them, your door was kicked in and trashed. Wayne is on his way there now, Shawn put out a hit on them."

"Impossible we had eyes on him, he wasn't making a move no time soon." I walked to the table as they were arguing looking through his clothes. I took out his phone and unlocked it, opening his message I scanned through each of them. Shawn has been arguing with someone the past couple of days, it was a woman. I overheard them once arguing on the phone. "Solo call the pilot and tell him we're on the way. Michelle call Rihanna and tell her to empty inventory, I want everyone coming to be armed. Kelly call Nip and Snoop and tell them to hide Lo and the kids then meet us at the address I'm texting to them." As I was talking I was sending out the text to them.

The others did as I said as we moved down the hall.

Taking Bey was one thing, but taking my kids was a whole different ballgame. I was out for blood, I don't know who this bitch is but she's dead the moment I lay my eyes on her. "Rihanna, Jah and Jt are on their way to the jet."

"Nip and Snoop are getting ready too, I'll call Wayne too. Is that cool boss." Kelly gave me a look, I winked at her smiling big.

For some strange reason I was calm.