They talked for a while and then fell asleep naked in each other’s arms. Lakea woke up some time around 1 am and stared at Jeremy. He looked so handsome sleep. She kissed him on the cheek got dressed and the left the room closing the door behind her. Lakea could hear the TV in Mesha's room, so she knew that she and Scott were probably having their own party, so she made her way to the back of the house to Quan and Anterrius room, which was right next to Anthony's room off the kitchen.
Just as Lakea was about to knock on the door Quan opened it on his way out to find her.
“Big sis, I was just about to find you.”
Quan said with that same sneaky look he had on his face the day he ran from the police when the lived in LMG. “I handled that shit big sis.” Quan said stepping back and pulling Lakea into his room. Lakea sat on the bed and noticed that Quan had his phone hooked up to the TV.
“What you do lil bruh?” Lakea asked staring at Quan. He was acting really weird. He couldn't sit still.
“I fucked them bitches off big sis. I created this substance that is odorless, tasteless, and leaves no trace. This shit is similar to cyanide that it is lethal, except it does shit to the body that causes extreme pain before you die.” Quan said with a sinister look on his face.
“It liquefies the internal organs causing a muthufucka to drown on their own fluids. It's a very painful death that usually lasts for three to four minutes. The beauty of it is the chemical don't show up in an autopsy or nothing. It looks like a real medical condition.”
Lakea shook her head in disbelief. She knew her brother was smart, but she never imagined he could pull off some shit like this. “For real lil bruh?” Lakea asked.
“Big sis, I been working on this formula for four years now. You remember when we was living in LMG and I almost knocked you down running from the police?” Lakea shook her head yes, she remembered. “Well, that's the day I stole all the shit I needed to make it from the pharmacy. You heard the metal vials clicking as I ran? I knew we would need this one day.” Quan said shaking his head.
“Okay so what happened, you used that shit on them?” Lakea asked watching Quan as he walked over to the TV and turned it on.
“You about to see now.” Quan said.
Just then the TV popped on and it showed the inside of Bunny's apartment. There her and her brothers were sitting on the couch eating weed brownies, laughing as they talked about how Ray-Ray deserved his ass kicked. They were sitting there chilling while her brother fought for his life.
“How did they get the brownies?” Lakea asked without taking her eyes off the TV screen.
“I was at Tay-Tay party in the hood earlier. You know Bunny fat ass greedy and a thief, so I put the tin of brownies with $10 taped to it on the table, and just like I knew she would, her fat ass stole them. I just sat in the corner and made sure she got them and no one else, and when I saw her put them in her purse I ran over to her house and set up my camera. I broke in of course. I was glad she a trifling hoe and left nephew over Tay-Tay house, so he wouldn't see that shit. That hoe greediness fucked her off this time and I knew her punk ass brothers was gone be there too.” Quan said laughing.
Lakea looked at Quan sideways, like her brother was losing his mind. Quan could sense she was kind of scared, so he came and hugged her.
“I had to do something big sis. He said hugging her.
“It’s okay, lil bruh, you did what you had to do.” Lakea held her brother close as she stared at the TV again.
Soon she noticed Dario get up from the couch and open the window. Sweat was pouring off of him as he fanned and tried to wipe it away. Bunny had begun to cough uncontrollably as Mario started throwing up blood. Lots and lots of blood.
“What the fuck going on?” Dario yelled as he left out of the front door and collapsed. His body twitched violently as he peed on himself.
Lakea had seen that before, she knew he was dead.
Mario continued to throw up blood and scream, “What the fuck!” until suddenly the screams stopped and his body dropped to the floor.
Because of her body fat, it took the chemical longer to work on Bunny. She was the last to die. As she ran to check on her brother still coughing, she suddenly fell to the floor in front of the camera and began to shake. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she screamed in pain. Foam rolled down the side of her face from her mouth as she mumbled her last words.
“I'm Sorry!” She said looking straight at the camera.
Then she screamed again as blood began to pour out of her nose and mouth, then she was dead. Lakea sat there staring at the TV for a while. She still felt numb. She thought killing the people who had almost killed her brother would make her feel better, but she still felt nothing. No remorse, nothing as she stared at Bunny laying in a puddle of her own blood. Quan cut the video off and stood beside Lakea.
“Delete that shit lil bruh.” Lakea said. “And destroy the SIM card. Fuck it destroy the whole phone! Don't tell nobody about this shit either.” Lakea said standing and hugging her little brother. “We all we got lil bruh and I love you more than I love myself. You did what you had to do.” Lakea said wiping the tears from her brother's eyes.
Quan wiped his face and stood up straight. “I'm straight now. I love you too big sis. I'm about to go take a shower though to wash some of this shit off me. I think I stepped on that fat bitch when I went to get my phone.” Quan joked. They both laughed.
“Okay brother.” Lakea said leaving and going back to her room. Her mind was spinning and she wondered was that the best thing to do.
When Lakea got back to her room the door was open and Jeremy was gone. She walked into the den to find him, sitting with Mesha and Scott smoking a blunt.
“Hey beautiful!” Jeremy said walking over and grabbing Lakea kissing her.
“OOHH, I'm telling y’all was hunching.” Mesha said in a child-like voice and they all laughed. Jeremy wrapped his arms around Lakea and kissed her neck, she could feel his warmth when he hugged her. She needed that love. “My mama called not too long ago.” Mesha said suddenly. “She said Ray-Ray still hanging in there and he is actually getting stronger. The doctors said he must be a super hero.”
Those words gave Lakea a little relief, but made her feel that maybe they shouldn't have retaliated so harshly. She felt overwhelmed by emotion again and started crying. Jeremy held her close and comforted her.
After smoking and talking a while, Jeremy and Scott prepared to walk to Kroger on Frayser Blvd to meet their cousin when he got off so that he could take them home. Lakea didn't want Jeremy to go, but she had to let him go. Mesha and Scott exchanged a kiss, and then Mesha left the den and returned to her room. As Scott stood at the door watching Jeremy and Lakea wrap in a passionate kiss, he didn't notice the lights to a car that was parked across the street, suddenly go off. Nor did he see the two dudes with guns jump out of the car and run towards the house. Lakea pulled away from Jeremy's embrace in a playful manner.
“Where the hell you going wifey?” Jeremy said jokingly pulling her back.
“Nowhere baby, I'm with you until the end!” Lakea said turning around and kissing him.
“You know it’s for life with me.” Jeremy said pulling his sleeve up and revealing his Lakea tattoo.
“Ooh, baby I love you. I didn't even notice it before. It is for life!” Lakea said kissing Jeremy as Scott opened the door and stepped out on to the porch. Jeremy stepped out behind him with his hand in his pocket looking back at Lakea as if he was about to say something. On the second step Scott froze causing Jeremy to bump into him.
“Nigga why you stop. You...” Jeremy said as he looked up and right into the barrel of a 9MM. He froze and dropped a small pink box on the ground. Lakea had made it to the door and had one foot on the porch when she saw the dudes in all black standing at the porch with guns to Jeremy and Scott's head. Just then Jeremy looked back at Lakea and said.
“I love you,” right before the bullet from the 9MM took the top of
his head off. Blood splattered back in Lakea's face as she stood there frozen, still seeing the look in Jeremy's eyes. Ten to fifteen more shots rang out and Scott was hit in the face and chest and his body crumbled on the sidewalk. Suddenly Lakea felt something hot on her stomach as she fell to her knees and crawled to Jeremy.
“Don't leave me!” Lakea cried not even realizing she was shot in the stomach and one of the killers was still standing there reloading. Jeremy looked into her eyes as she stared into his crying. She wanted to remember everything about him. Just as Lakea kissed her one true love for the last time, his body stopped shaking and his eyes closed. She knew that he was dead.
Lakea screamed out, “Noooooo!!!” she heard the killer cock his gun once more. Then Lakea heard a loud BANG, and everything went black....
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