Thug Luv 2

by Jazmyne

  “Sunshine is this true?” Ace asked as his heart dropped to the bottom of his stomach. Sunshine never answered his question. She kept whispering she was sorry. “Sunshine, is it fucking true?!” He yelled, scaring the hell out of her. “Just tell me why?” He requested as a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

  “Yes!” She yelled back. Sunshine felt bad. Nevertheless, there wasn’t anything she could do to take back what she had done. Seeing the hurt in Ace’s eyes tore her up. Yet, the damage had already been done.

  “Why?” Ace asked. Sunshine shrugged her shoulders. She had no genuine reason as to why she did what she did. If she tried to explain, it wouldn’t make since to anyone but her. Even so, she would attempt to enlighten him.

  “Ace, I just wanted you out of the game. I believed if you thought I was gone, you would give that life up,” she admitted. “At times, I felt you loved the streets more than me…”

  “BULLSHIT!” Ace yelled cutting her off. “All you ever had to do was tell me you wanted me out and I was gone. Sunshine, since we’ve been dating I put your needs first when it came to anything. That bullshit you’re kicking right now, you can save.” Ace replied angrily as he waved his hands in the air. Ace began to laugh while shaking his head. Everyone looked at him wondering what was funny.

  “The same woman I’ve been putting my life on the line for is the same woman who’s holding the fucking gun that’s going to be the death of me,” he said in disgust. “I guess I didn’t cut my grass low enough to fish out all the snakes.” He concluded, looking Sunshine directly in her eyes. He wanted her to see all the pain he had been carrying around because he blamed himself for her death. Only to find out he had nothing to do with any of it.

  Uncovering the fact that he had so many snakes slithering around him for so many years caused Ace to be angry with himself.

  “I’m sorry,” Sunshine repeated.

  “You’re sorry?” Ace asked frowning. “You ain’t sorry. All this over some bullshit you concocted in your head. Sunshine, you put my life, along with yours, and OUR fucking daughters’ in danger for nothing,” he said incensed. “Adam, why did you cross me?” He asked, now looking at his brother.

  “Truth be told Ace, jealousy got the best of me,” Adam answered shrugging his shoulders. “I wanted to be you so bad. I wanted everything you had: love, respect of others, etc.,” he admitted.

  “Adam, there wasn’t any reason for you to be jealous of me. We were supposed to have each other’s backs, be in the game together. When daddy died, yo ass took a different road,” Ace declared. “Adam, whether you notice or not, I’ve always had your back and held you down. Anyone who tried throwing you shade or disrespecting you because of your drug habit I handled it; me!” Ace yelled, hurt beyond any words he could possibly explain or express.

  “You took my love. It’s only right I take yours,” Adam stated.

  “What are you talking about?” Ace asked.

  “Ace, don’t act like you don’t know. You killed Brenda, the same night you saved Sunshine!” Adam yelled.

  “Adam, I didn’t kill Brenda…”

  “Well, I blame you; and for that, this bitch has got to go!”

  “Enough with the fucking soap operas,” J’vion announced, letting everyone know he was in the room as well. “You have to choose. Your life or her’s,” he said getting back to the real reason they were there.

  “He doesn’t have to choose a damn thing because she’s dead,” Adam said.

  Ace looked up at Sunshine to find her still crying. In the past, seeing her cry would have messed with him, but right now her tears meant nothing. Ace was finally at his wits end. If losing his life would end all the bullshit, so be it. At last, he had gotten the truth.

  “Bring our guest of honor out so we can make this a little more interesting,” J’vion commanded bringing Ace from his thoughts. Ace looked up just in time to see Aaliyah being pushed forcefully. Ace’s heart damn near stopped beating when his eyes landed on her perfectly round belly. It was small but much more noticeable. His eyes slowly roamed up her body and looked into her bruised, teary face.

  “It’s me you mothafuckas really want; let them go and do as you please with me,” Ace urged, unable to take his eyes off of Aaliyah’s battered face. She hadn’t asked for any of this. The few times he told her to leave, she never did. In fact, she informed him she would always have his back no matter the outcome of the situation.

  “Amir, where are the twins?” Aaliyah asked as if she had birthed them herself. Here she was facing death and was worried about Serenity and Savanna. Their own mother didn’t have the compassion to ask about them.

  “Baby, they’re safe. I made sure of that,” he said just above a whisper.

  “Ace, I don’t get you. You just found out she was the mastermind of her own kidnapping and you’re still willing to put your life on the line to save hers. Why?” Adam asked.

  “She’s still the mother of my daughters, that alone speaks volume,” Ace answered. “I’m doing this for my daughters. They’ve gotten to know me. They need to know who she is,” he ended.

  “Aahh!” Aaliyah screamed as she doubled over in pain.

  “Damn, this can’t be the ending,” Ace thought. It was all making sense now. The reoccurring dream he had been having was now playing out in living color right before his eyes. The voices and faces he couldn’t make out before were now standing before him.

  “Please, just let them go,” Ace pleaded.

  “Oh God!” Aaliyah grunted in pain as a contraction washed over her, sending her to her knees. “I’m in labor,” she moaned as she tried to breathe. “It’s too soon. It’s way too soon.”

  “Let her go. She needs to get to the hospital fast,” Ace begged.

  “Fuck her, fuck you, and fuck that bastard ass baby she’s carrying,” J’vion stated.

  The bright lights flashed on blinding everyone in the room, giving Ace enough time to react. He quickly turned on his heels and punched J’vion in his face. Stunned from the unexpected blow, he dropped his gun. Shots rang out as Ace made his way over to Aaliyah, who at this point needed him the most. Ace could feel the heat from the bullets as they flew pass his body barely missing him. Ace reached for the gun at the small of his back, pulled it out, aimed it at the unknown man holding Aaliyah, and pulled the trigger. Ace watched as the bullet penetrated his forehead and left the back of his head along with some of his brain matter, painting the wall behind him. His body slowly dropped to the floor inches away from Aaliyah.

  “Oh God,” she cried as she looked into the dead man’s eyes.

  “I’m gonna get you out of here,” Ace vowed as he knelt beside Aaliyah.

  “Ace!” Adam called getting his attention. Ace turned around to find J’vion holding a gun to his head, and Adam holding a gun to the back of Sunshine’s head. Before Ace could say anything, a shot was fired.

  POW!

  “NOOOOOOOOO!”

  Thug Luv

  3:

  The Finale

  Coming Soon

  Acknowledgements & Shout-Outs:

  Here we go again. I’ve learned this is the most difficult part of writing a book.

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