The Rise Of Harlem's Princess 1-3 Boxset

by Chrissy J

  Kevin looked crushed when I said what I said. He pulled his own gun, walked to my father, and handed it to him. My heart was beating loud like a drum. I looked at Kevin as if he was crazy. “Mel do your thang,” he stepped back, looked in my father eyes, then turned to me. “No Kevin please. I love you and I don't want to lose you like I lost Jordan, but if this is what we have to do then go on with your life. Think about Harmony,” I said crying so hard that my whole body shook. My father aimed at Kevin’s head and Kevin didn't flinch. He smiled at me and winked. “I love you Diva,” he said then looked at my uncle. “It was real Mike,” he said. Both my father and Mike had their guns aimed at his head. I heard the safety click and I knew it was over. My aunt Tina ran in the room, she must’ve been on the other side of the door listening in on what was happening. She yelled at my uncle and father asking them what they were doing. My uncle looked at her like she was crazy but didn’t put the gun down. He told her to get the hell out the room. The vein on his forehead was popping out.

  “Mike, you and Mel need to chill, this the same thing that happened with us, y'all. Remember my uncle and father had you just like this,” Tina said looking between my father and uncle. “But look at the outcome Tina,” my father said staring at Kevin. I couldn’t read the emotion that was written on his face. “I chose Mike. Diva just said what she said, don't do this to her. Don't do something y'all are going to regret, she will hate you,” she said walking out of the room. I ran out of the den, ran to my room, and locked the door.

  The Rise Of Harlem’s Princess 2

  Chapter One

  Kevin…

  Standing there in the middle of Mel office staring at the barrel of Mel and Mike gun shook me for a minute all I kept thinking about was my daughter and the words Diva said before she ran out on us; I knew my baby wasn’t ready to call it quits not when we just got back together and put all the bullshit that has happen tousin the past behind us. I needed Diva to step up and be the mother role model for Harmony; my baby girl was cheated out of having a mother due to Gina crazy ass ways. For the life of me I just couldn’t understand why she even played her self and went after Diva like that. Gina and everybody from the Bronx and Harlem knew Diva was off limits and that psychopath took it upon herself to hire some amateurs to come into a hood where Diva and Mel was well known and pull some stupid shit like getting Diva shot and causing her to lose our son; I had to set an example out of Gina. I sent my Cousin who was just more ruthless than me to go handle Gina ass, I couldn’t do it. She was the mother of my child but after learning everything that she set up to be done to Diva and our unborn son I told my cousin to do her dirty and that’s what he did; he slit her throat and cut her into pieces sending her body parts to her mother in a gift box. I know it sounds fucked up for me to give the green light for my child’s mother to be murdered in cold blood but Gina didn’t have any remorse for Diva and Jordan.

  I looked at Mel and gave him the head nod to finish off the job; I knew if I was going to die tonight my daughter would be straight. Diva might’ve spit that hot shit so her father can be happy but we both knew Diva wasn’t going nowhere and neither was I if I lived to see another day, I seen the fire in Mike eyes and I knew Killa Mike was ready to put his murder game down.

  “Yo my nigga I’m only going to give you this one warning, stay the fuck away from my daughter.” Mel said looking me dead in the eyes I nodded my head if telling him I would stay away from Diva was the only thing that was going to spare my life then I was going to do and say the right shit; the look in Mel eyes let me know he knew I couldn’t stay away from Diva and his Lil Princess couldn’t stay away from me. Before I could blink Mel fist collided to the right side of my face, I shook the punch off catching my balance and looking into both Mel and Mike eyes. Mike still had the gun train at my head as Mel sat on the edge of his rich fine Cherry wood desk. “Bro what do you want to do about this sneaky nigga?” Mike asked waiting for the word from his brother; Mel waved his hand for Mike to lower his gun. Hershey let out a loud sigh; I was able to breathe a little bit but I and everybody in the room knew I was going to have a watchful eye on me.“You get to live to see another day K, but I’m warning you stay away from Diva.” Mel said I turned around and walked out the den taking Harmony from Mary and walking out the house.

  DIVA..

  I don't know what happened after I left the room but the party went on without me. I cleaned myself up and changed into a short mint green Ralph Lauren romper and a pair of green Prada sneakers. I walked down stairs to the basement to find that the party was jumping. Hershey was grinding on Teddy and Asia and Eddie was in the cut trying not to be seen but I peeped them. The only thing that was on my mind was Kevin and if my father allowed him to walk out of the house with his life.

  “There go Harlem Princess happy birthday baby girl,” the DJ said lowering the music.

  Everybody clapped and started singing happy birthday to me and Hershey as Sandy rolled out a three-layer pink and purple cake with small purses and heels around it. Hershey and I blew out the candles and hugged each other.

  “What happen when I left the den?” I asked Hershey hugging her and fighting back the tears.

  “Kevin left with the baby, your father and uncle warned him to stay away from you. But you know Mel stole on him; at least he got his life and his job because that is your uncle right hand and he a loyal nigga.” She said smiling.

  I knew she was scared that she was going to witness my father kill another man in front of us, she may not have liked the way Kevin and I ended up but I knew she didn’t want him to lose his life.

  “Thank god,” I said walking towards Eddie sneaky little ass.

  He had his back turn to me so I wrapped my arms around his waist and whispered in his ear asking if he was ready to leave. I wasn't really in a partying mood after everything that happened. He could sense that so he asked if I was good and told me to give him a minute.

  “Yo you not off the hook with me, your little sneaky ass weren’t at Hershey house she live on west 117th and you were on the east side. Diva I swear if you went to see that lame ass nigga Kevin I’mma kill him,” He said in a serious tone.

  His grip on me tightened but I held my own; I looked into his eyes and in a stern voice I told him to let me go, he let my arm go and I went off.

  “Eddie why do I need to go over there and see him? I’m guessing your little bitch told you she seen me, correct?” I asked ready to go in.

  He looked at me like I was crazy I could still see the shock written on his face, what he thought I was stupid? I kept noticing throughout the night Asia was clinging onto Eddie every word and wouldn’t leave his side.

  “What bitch I got Diva? Stop trying to play a nigga, you know you my one and only.” he said kissing me again.

  “Whatever!” I said leaving that subject alone.

  He didn't know what took place in the den and I wanted to keep it that way. We partied until five in the morning. My father came and tried speaking to me but I didn’t feel like even looking at him so I ignored him. Mary told him I needed some space and that was the only way he left me alone so I could enjoy the party. Three weeks passed and my father and I had not spoken to each other since my birthday.. Every time he walked in a room I walked out it was to the point my Granny and Papa had to come and talk to both me and my father; that still didn't change anything. Both Hershey and I graduated high school with honors everybody wanted to throw us a party, I wasn't in the mood for it. Hershey talked to me and told me most of our friends were leaving to collage so I let the party rock. My father paid for everything, trying to get on my good side. I knew and understood where he was coming from with the whole Kevin situation but scaring me and having me begging for someone life was a no go in my book. I was back and forth between Eddie and Kevin; it was hard to sneak off with Kevin because we knew nigga's was watching his crib so we would meet in midtown just to be with each other. Yea, I know y’all shaking y’all head at me; I just couldn’t le
ave Kevin alone I tired but it was hard.

  “Hello,” a female answered Eddie phone

  “Who the fuck is this?” I asked getting off the bed.

  I was sick all week, we were in the middle of July and Eddie was nowhere to be found; every time I called his phone it would ring then go to voicemail. I knew he had to be fucking someone else. I felt it in my gut, my father took Mary to St. Thomas for two weeks they was trying to work out their problems. I really needed them to get back to that happy place they once were in; my father didn’t send me off to my mother house for the weekend. Hershey and I had a ball in that big house by ourselves we drove Maggie crazy. Maggie is our cleaning lady I won’t call her a maid. She’s more than that she’s like family and a third grandmother to me; she has been around since my father took me from my mother at five months. She helped Mary with me she even taught me and Hershey Spanish, Maggie is from Panama she came to the states to give her children a better life but as fate would have it her oldest son got killed two years after coming to America; he got involved with some Columbians smuggling drugs into the United states and some of the other young boys that were with him started stealing and one thing lead to another the Columbians sent Maggie his head in a box, he was only 13 years old. My father made sure he was buried and sent Maggie and her two small children back to Panama to bury him. Maggie been in the family forever it seems; my father made sure she never wanted for nothing. She didn’t like Eddie she said he was sneaky and I needed to watch him.

  “Who is this calling my man phone playing childish games?” The bitch said getting fly out the mouth.

  I was on fire and all I needed was the steam coming out my ears.

  “Your man? Bitch please that nigga lay up in my bed every night, where that nigga at?” I asked cutting the bullshit.

  Little did I know she was wifey before me. She was the one holding him down when he was in and out of jail.

  “He knocked out. Who this Diva? Daddy's little girl,” she laughed in my ear.

  This nigga was telling this bitch shit about me. I told the bitch to tell that Nigga Eddie to get at me. I hung up and threw on my orange Juicy Couture sweat pants and a white wife beater with my Juicy Couture flip flops; I grabbed my phone and house keys and was out the door. My hair was pulled back in a ponytail; I hit Hershey as I was getting inside my car. I told her to take a ride with me to Brooklyn. I pulled out my parking spot, Hershey asked what was wrong being that it was ten at night and I was driving all the way to Brooklyn she thought something was wrong with my lil brothers or mother but I told her they were fine and it was about Eddie trifling ass having bitches answering his phone. I asked if she was coming again.

  “Hell yea,” she hung up.

  I drove to her block and honked the horn at a few dudes I knew and waited for Hershey slow ass, I called Teddy I needed confirmation that Eddie was indeed at his apartment I wasn’t trying to drive all the way to Brooklyn and look like an ass if he wasn’t there; even though I was feeling like an ass just going all the way to Brooklyn to confront some bitch over my supposed to be nigga.

  “Yo” he answered on the first ring.

  I spoke to Teddy telling him I was calling to see if he had spoken to his brother today because I really didn’t feel good and I wanted Eddie to come with me the hospital. Teddy told me he spoken to him an hour ago and Eddie was at his apartment I told him thanks and hung up just when Hershey got inside the car, she passed me the blunt she was smoking and asked if I was good I shook my head telling her to be quiet while I hit my Bluetooth.

  “Hello”

  “Ma I'm on my way to you in an hour Teddy just called me, you aight?” he asked.

  It didn’t sound like he just was waking up but I was going to see for myself who was up in his crib.

  “Yeah I'm good Hershey going to go with me,” I said hanging up on him.

  It took me an hour to get to Brooklyn I was driving like a bat outta hell, Eddie kept calling me he must’ve knew I was coming or he felt it. We pulled up on Eddie block I parked and sat there. Hershey looked at me.

  “D we can turn back around and go home,” she said looking at me then out the car window.

  “I can't believe I'm sitting out here like a fucking stalker,” I said getting out the car with Hershey right next to me.

  The block was still popping he lived on Sterling and Troy right around the corner from my mother. Eddie neighbor was coming out the building he smiled upon seeing me and asked if I was coming to see Eddie who he called a hard-headed boy while holding the door for me I told him yes while walking into the building with Hershey behind me. We walked up to the second floor and stood by Eddie door I heard the TV on, then I heard the bitch that answered the phone“Baby I'm going downstairs the food should be there he just called,” she said I was waiting for Eddie to say something but he never did, she open the door and I was face to face with his ex she was a pretty brown skin chick that looked like the girl from the movie Belly Keisha

  “You gotta lot of mouth on the phone bitch,” I said pushing her back inside the apartment“Eddie I think you better come out here and get this little bitch of yours before she get fucked up,” she yelled you could tell she was much older than us, once she said that smart remark it was on I punched her so hard blood instantly leaked from her nose she swung back and we began fighting, we was getting the best of each other until I felt myself being lift in the air Eddie had me in his arms he only had on his jeans and timbs with no shirt I swung on him but he blocked it and told the bitch who I learn was Shady to calm down, still holding me he told me to calm down also. “Get the fuck off me, and put the fuck down.” I yelled

  “Ma calm down,” he said putting me down and grabbing me before I could grab that bitch;

  “Eddie I really hate you right now, why you got to lie to me and go behind my back and fuck some bitch not some random bitch but your ex?” I asked I could fill the tears forming in my eyes and willed myself not to cry and let this off brand bitch see me hurt, he looked at me and shook his head. Hershey finally spoke she asked Eddie who he wanted to be with? She said she be damn if she let him take me on a ride full of drama and I wound up laid in the hospital again over some Fatal Attraction shit again, Eddie looked at both me and Shady;

  “Diva you know I love you right?” he asked I didn't say anything I just looked at that bitch ready to stall on her, he touched my face and turn it to him;

  “Eddie just let me go now, if you want to be with home girl do you pa.” I said

  “He's mine, you was some young chick to pass time. I'm the one that held him down Eddie tell her,” she looked at him

  “Shady we not together and haven't been together for two years, I let you stay here because you needed a place to stay and I'm not that type of nigga to shit on the people that held me down and looked out for me. Diva go wait for me in the car,” he said looking into my eyes I didn't move, I told him I wasn’t going anywhere until I knew the truth. He asked me what I was talking about, Hershey told him home girl answered his phone and told me she just rocked him in a coma, I cut in and said what you do in the dark will come to light, I asked him why I didn't know she was staying at his apartment;

  “You answered my phone?” he asked walking to her she didn't say nothing I could see the fear in her eye's he grabbed her around the neck and pushed her to the wall she still didn’t say anything Eddie asked her again if she answered his phone I guess he wanted to look into her eyes and see if she was going to lie she looked into his face and told him she answered his phone so I would hear her voice and leave him alone, she said she was still in love with him and Eddie needed to leave me alone. I laughed at this stupid bitch but what she said next stopped all the laughing from me, she told Eddie he had a son that was going on two in August;

  “What son? I don't have any fucking kids,” he barked his eye's was turning red

  “I never told you because I didn't want you worrying about us while you were in jail. Then you came home and got with her so
I didn't know how to tell you,” she said tears were rolling down her face Eddie let her go and she held her neck, I just shook my head walking toward the door.

  “Eddie I'm out handle your business, bitch the next time you try to disrespect me and come out the side of your mouth just know I will kill you,” I said spitting in her face Eddie pushed me out the door he walked me downstairs to my car along with Hershey, I hit the button on my key change to unlock my car and start it Hershey jumped inside while I stood in front of the car to talk to Eddie,

  “Ma what's wrong with you? I thought you was sick?” he asked pulling me to him, I sucked my teeth at him with a roll of my eyes

  “I am sick, but when a bitch answer my man phone it's a motherfucking problem. So, are you fucking her?” I asked tilting my head to the side to see his facial expression “No! I'm not fucking her, I told you I'm letting her stay here because the bitch don't have nowhere to go and me having a baby is new to me. Go home I'll be up there in a few let me see what this bitch got to say, I love you Ma.” he said leaning towards me for a kiss I rolled my eyes and moved away from him mushing his head to the side I asked why his shirt was off, he told me he was cutting up some work for Teddy pulling me to him and kissing my neck, I closed my eyes and melted in his arms;

  “Hi Twin,” I heard a female say from behind me I heard a car door close, causing me to turn around Teddy was walking towards both Eddie and I he had a cheesy smile on his face “I thought you was sick LIL Mama?” Teddy asked chuckling

  “Bro we got a fighter right here, she came down here cuz Shady answered my jack fronting hard,” Eddie said laughing Teddy cracked up also, he looked at me shaking his head and telling me I played him how I only called his phone for info and for me not to worry about Shady because she was a dizzy bitch; I looked at his Dodge Charger and seen a light skin chick inside staring a hole in Eddie and Teddy.