Shawty Fell In Love With A Hustla 3

by Lucinda John

  “I did too, but every test I took says otherwise. Plus, I didn’t fully bleed, I was spotting and I read somewhere that spotting is normal in pregnant woman,” I lied. I didn’t read that anywhere, it just sounded good so I said it.

  I watched Smoke’s reaction, while chewing the inside of my gums. I needed for him to believe that this was his baby in order for my plan to work. I still had every intention to kill his ass when I was done, but for now I needed him alive. This baby would help me finish the job faster. As soon as I had access to his money I would kill his ass, then pinning that shit all on Geek and Tommy before leaving them to get handled by Stacks’ crazy ass. I had it all figured out in my head, so now I needed Smoke to believe me.

  “Say something,” I said looking him in his eyes.

  “This shit is crazy,” he said.

  “I mean if you want me to get rid of it, I can,” I said, praying he wouldn’t be on the same bullshit as Tommy.

  “What the fuck did you just say?!” He voice boomed through the room causing me to jump back in fear.

  “I said if you want me to take care of it I can,” I repeated myself.

  “If that’s my jit then I will kill your ass for even thinking about getting rid of it. If you have this baby and I find out it isn’t mine, I will kill you with my bare hands. Do you understand me?” He asked with his hands wrapped around my throat. I nodded my head to agree. On the outside my face displayed fear, but in the inside I was jumping for joy. I will kill your ass before you can kill me, I thought while I silently did the cabbage patch dance.

  He loosened his grip from around my neck and I started to hysterically cry. Now that I somewhat had him believing that the baby I was carrying was his, I needed him away from Karrueche. I was doing her a favor if she didn’t fall for him then she wouldn’t have to suffer the heartache once she found out he was dead. Anyway I needed all of his attention on me so that I could study him, the way I should have been doing.

  “What’s good ma?” He asked, giving me a look of concern.

  “I don’t want to do this shit alone,” I cried.

  “What do you mean? I gotchu.”

  “I know, but I am not trying to be a single mom raising a lost child because their mother is here and their father is in another house,” I explained.

  “I got you,” was all he said.

  He pulled me into his arms and rubbed my back to comfort me.

  “Shhh, we are going to be straight.” He said.

  “You promise?” I asked in a childlike voice.

  The look on his face made it seem like promising me that he was going to be there for me was the hardest thing he had to do. I could feel it, his heart was fully with Karrueche but he was forcing himself to be with me for the sake of “our” baby. He was stuck between following his heart and doing the right thing, and if I had a heart then maybe I would have felt bad for him. All is fair in love and war, I said to myself as he promised that he would be there for me.

  Chapter 5

  Journi

  The days I was by Shantika’s bedside, I racked my brain trying to figure out who would do some shit like this. The only conclusion that I could come up with is that Josh was finally coming after me. When I decided to work with Smoke, I was already moving weight for this mobster name Josh. His motto was the only way out of the family was through death. After paying him off, I basically cut ties with him by telling him our time was over. The only thing that stood out in my mind was, why would he come after Shantika and not me.

  Again, I was lost in confusion when I felt a pair of eyes staring at me. Looking over my shoulder, I spotted Shantika tugging at the tubes that were down her throat. Picking up the remote, I pushed down on the call button alerting the nurses that I was in need of assistance.

  “Ma, chill out before you hurt yourself,” I spoke causing her to nod.

  Two nurses rushed in the room to see what the problem was. I [pointed to a very alert Shantika and moved out of the way so they could check her vitals. Once they were sure everything was fine with her, they radioed the doctor in to remove her tubes.

  “Hello Shantika, glad that you finally decided to join us,” Dr. Baldie spoke. “Your body was tired, I knew you were going to be out of it, but I didn’t expect for it to be this long,” he chuckled, taking a seat next to her.

  Turning on the light that was above the bed, he raised her up and proceeded with removing the tubes. Once he was done, he ordered the nurses to bring him some ice water. Shantika sipped from the straw and nodded when the nurse asked if she wanted a second glass. The doctor checked her incision and made sure everything was okay with her before giving her instructions.

  “Okay Shantika, your throat is going to feel sore for a little bit when you talk due to the tubes being inside of it. Drink the ice water it should help with the soreness. You have some burn marks from your chest to your arms; we’ve been putting cream on it to stop your skin from getting keloids. There will be a scar, and last but not least as far as your incisions go, I’m not going to lie to you, it’s going to hurt like hell for a week or so. Just take it easy and make sure you keep them clean and dry,” he said.

  “When can I go home?” She whispered.

  “I want to evaluate you for another two days, and then we’ll see what happens. Do you have any other questions?”

  She shook her head no.

  “Thanks doc,” I said watching him walk out of the room.

  “Don’t ever do any shit like that again,” I snapped on Shantika. I was glad she was finally awake and fine for the most part.

  “Let me find out you been missing the kid.” She smirked. Her voice was low and raspy, but I was able to understand what she was saying.

  “It isn’t even like that ma, so don’t flatter yourself,” I laughed. “On the real though, you need to start setting the alarm. Twelve told me the person started the fire inside. Did you see their face?” I asked.

  “Nah,” she said running through her memory bank. “All I remember is feeling real hot all of a sudden, so I woke up to check the AC and there were a bunch of flames. Good thing I use to fuck with this firefighter back in the day or else I wouldn’t have gotten out of that house alive.” She giggled.

  “You think that shit is funny?” I scowled.

  “Yes, because the look on your face is priceless. Where is CheChe?” She asked.

  “I don’t know, but she is supposed to be walking in here soon. I have some business to handle,” I said.

  “Really Journi? I wake up and all you want to do is handle business.” She pouted.

  “Chill ma, I got moves to make. I’ll be back in time to tuck you in. If you’re a good girl, I’ll even play in that pussy like I been doing every night.”

  “You have been doing what?” She said with wide eyes.

  “I’m fucking with you,” I laughed.

  “Hey girl!” Karrueche squealed, walking in the room.

  She no longer had her short hair, it was now the same blue, green, purple mixed color but it was now in long straight extensions. She was dressed in a jersey dress, with a matching pair of J’s on her feet. Her face was glowing as she walked around with a slight limp. Yeah my nigga put that thang on her last night, I chuckled to myself, thinking back to last night when Smoke told me he was taking the night off to chill with Karrueche.

  “Um, look at you. I bet you got some dick last night limping in here glowing and shit. It looks like I might have to call the nurse and tell her ass to bring you a wheelchair.” Shantika joked.

  “Shut up.” Karrueche giggled, hiding the redness in her face.

  “Girl and you threw some tracks in your hair?! Hmm what’s really going on?” Shantika went on to say.

  “I’m going to let y’all chop it up, I’ll be through later,” I said kissing Shantika on the lips before walking out of her hospital room.

  * * *

  With a blunt in my mouth and a loaded gun, disguised as an
AC repair gun, I waited outside the hotel room that Josh would meet his mistress at every Saturday night. He was a married, old, sick bastard that had a fetish of getting his dick sucked by girls that were his daughter’s age. When my blunt was finished, I made my way into the hotel room, right passed his heavy security team. Making my way to the back of the suite he stayed in, I used the air vents to gain entrance into his room. I had a jump off that worked here who was willing to do anything for a couple of dollars, so getting the floor plan to the suite Josh stayed in was simple.

  I heard groaning and moaning coming from the bedroom in the back, so I followed the sounds. I slowly opened the door and almost threw up at the sight before me. I was so disgusted that my stomach started to turn. Josh was on his hands and knees while the gay waiter that worked in his restaurant, pounding him from the back. The whole room smelled like lube and ass as these sick asses fucked without a care in the world.

  “Damn, I knew you were cheating on your wife but I didn’t think it was with a man,” I said pulling out my phone and snapping a picture of them.

  The look on Josh’s face was priceless as he looked from me, to my gun, then my camera.

  “What do you want Journi? I thought our business was done,” he said jumping up from the bed.

  “I did too until you decided to send your people to fuck with my girl.” I snarled.

  “What are you talking about?” He asked with a confused look on his face.

  “Don’t play stupid, I know you were the one who sent your men to set my girl’s house on fire because I decided to walk away and do business elsewhere.”

  “Journi, business is good without you so I felt no need to come after you. When DiMaggio said what he said, it was out of anger because he knew we wouldn’t find anyone like you to move a large amount of weight for us in a short amount of time. I did not order a hit on you because you’ve been too good to me.” He stressed.

  I wanted to believe him, but the fact that Shantika was lying in a hospital bed with burn marks on her body had me feeling some type of way. My trigger finger began to itch as rage filled my body. Cocking my gun back, I aimed it at Josh’s lover and sent a single shot in the middle of his eyes, ending his life.

  “I swear if I find out otherwise, I am going to come back to kill you and your whole family. You are not untouchable because I was able to bypass your whole security team in order to get to you. If you think about jumping stupid, remember I have pictures of your sick ass getting fucked in the ass,” I said.

  “Name your price and I will pay you to delete those photos. If my peers find out about this, they will disown me,” he said sounding like he was about to cry like the bitch he was.

  “I want thirty percent of your business,” I said standing my ground. With apiece of Josh’s money plus the money I was making with Smoke, I was about to be a paid man.

  “Thirty percent? That is unfair,” he said.

  “Josh, you are into more shit than drugs, and you have enough money to take care all of the third world countries, so don’t play with me,” I said showing him the picture.

  “Deal,” he said. “Now delete the pictures.”

  “In due time, and I want that shit written on paper first. I also want two chairs in the meetings, one for me and the other for my boy.”

  “That’s a stretch; you know we don’t have blacks on our Board of Directors,” he said.

  “Well make that shit happen or these pictures my friend will be leaked to everyone sitting on the board,” I said. “I want you to hire your best spies to figure out who set my girl’s house on fire. Since you didn’t do it, I need you to clear your name.”

  “Journi, you’re asking for too much.”

  “Watching you get fucked like a bitch was too much. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” I said in disgust. “Make that shit happen Josh.”

  “I have no choice, now do I?” He sighed.

  “No the hell you don’t!” I snapped. “I’ll be in touch,” I said before heading towards the vent and climbing in it to make my escape without alerting his security team.

  Once I was on the other side of his room, I pulled my hat low over my eyes then walked out of the hotel room and back into the truck. I chuckled to myself as I thought of how Josh was going to have to explain a dead naked man in his hotel room. I made sure to wear gloves so I wouldn’t leave any evidence that would lead back to me. Once I made it to my car, I tossed the gun on the seat and grabbed a bottle of gasoline out of the truck. After pouring gas on the truck, I stripped out of my jumpsuit and stuffed the clothing in the gas gage. I added more gas to the clothes before setting in on fire. I made my way over to my car and pulled off.

  Chapter 6

  Smoke

  Looking at my phone, I held it firmly as I allowed it to ring. Since I left Karrueche’s house she have been blowing me up back to back, but I couldn’t build the courage to answer. I knew she was probably wondering why I never came back like I told her I would, or why I was ignoring her phone calls, but I just couldn’t face her at the moment.

  For the past few days, I’ve been running my business from home while keeping an eye on Tangi. After going to the doctor and confirming she was pregnant, she instantly turned needy. Everything made her sick and all of a sudden, she couldn’t stand to be home alone. All she did was whine, cry, eat and throw up. When she suggested we go to the mall, I jumped up at the chance to get out of the house.

  I knew when I finally caught up with Karrueche, I had a lot of making up to do and to be honest I was stalling for time. My heart was with her and she was the girl I wanted to be with, but I couldn’t do Tangi like that because my father did my mother the same way. It would make me no better than him if I didn’t handle my responsibility like a man. I just prayed that once I tell Karrueche what was going on she would understand.

  “I’m ready,” Tangi sang, walking in the living room dressed in a yellow halter sundress.

  “It’s ’bout time,” I snapped, making my way to the car.

  “I’m sorry, I’ve been having morning sickness all day,” she snapped.

  “Chill out man. I ain’t tryna argue with you today,” I replied before pulling off.

  When we made it to the mall, it seemed like Tangi was on a mission to put a dent in my pocket. I brought five thousand dollars in cash and now there was only a band left. She was going to have to spend this band wisely because I wasn’t swiping my black card for her. If it was for my baby yes, but all she bought was shit for herself.

  “Are you done now?” I asked as we walked out of the Gucci store.

  “Yes, I would love a slice of pizza with extra cheese though,” she said rubbing my stomach.

  Shaking my head, we walked over to Galaxy Pizza. For some reason this shit didn’t feel right to me. I didn’t know if it was because I wasn’t into Tangi like I was Karrueche, but the whole vibe felt off. I was only here for the sake of the baby. I had no emotional ties to Tangi and I’m sure she felt it.

  I grabbed the whole pie from the cashier and handed him the money, telling him to keep the change. I was ready to go home, but Tangi wanted to sit down and eat the pizza while it was hot. While she devoured slices after slices, I just sat there with my phone in my hand making sure shit was straight with my traps. Journi presented me with the opportunity to have a seat at the mob table and my mouth started drooling at how much more money we were going to make. Stacks was cool with it, as long as his money added up each month then he was straight.

  “Oh God!” Tangi yelled, jumping up from the table.

  Not this shit again, I thought watching her run towards the bathroom. I was about to follow her until I heard someone calling out my name caused me to turn around. When I did, I walked right into Karrueche.

  “Damn Smoke you just disappeared on me like it was nothing,” she snapped, cocking her head to the side.

  She was dressed in a two piece green, black, and white Pink outfit. Her tattoos were ou
t on full display causing my mouth to drool. She was rocking the shit out of her little outfit that I was tempted to drag her ass into one of those family bathrooms and tear that kitty up.

  “Earth to Smoke, I’m up here,” she said snapping her fingers. “What’s good?”

  “Nothing ma, some shit came up that I need to talk to you about later,” I said praying Tangi didn’t come out before I got rid of her.

  “Like what? We were making plans to be together now all of a sudden you started dodging me? What was the kitty all you wanted?” She said on the verge of tears.

  “Nah man, I don’t even get down like that, I just-”

  “Bae this baby is going to be the death of me,” Tangi interrupted walking in on our conversation.

  I followed Karrueche’s eyes down to Tangi’s belly. I watched a look of hurt flash across her face as she watched Tangi rub her flat belly in circular motion.

  “Hey girl, I didn’t even see you standing there. This baby got me going through it. Did you use to get morning sickness like this?” Tangi asked trying to be funny.

  “No actually, I had a great pregnancy.” Karrueche smiled. “My skin was flawless, I didn’t breakout at all,” she smirked, causing Tangi to touch the pimple that was on the side of her face.

  “Now it’s clear why you haven’t been answering my calls,” Karrueche said. “I wish you guys the best of luck,” she threw over her shoulder before walking off.

  I could tell by her body language that she ran off to cry and I felt like shit. I wanted to run after her and comfort her, but I couldn’t leave Tangi’s ass here. I felt like going upside her head, but Tangi did nothing wrong. Even though she rubbed her pregnancy in Karrueche’s face, I knew better than to tell her to hide the fact that she was pregnant with my child. I knew the truth was going to come out sooner than later, I just was praying for more time to make shit right.

  * * *

  I waited until Tangi fell asleep before getting dressed and leaving the house. Since leaving the hospital I have been texting and calling Karrueche to no avail. My texts would go unanswered and she would forward my calls to voicemail. It got to the point of her being so sick of me trying to reach her that she blocked my number.