I walked over to him and leaned in to kiss him. His Polo Red cologne smelled good as hell and I wanted him right here, but I knew better. “I missed you,” I told him.
“Girl boom! Y’all just saw one another. You act like you haven’t seen him in months.” Leave it up to Halee.
“Anyways, heffa!” I said, giving her the finger. “Well, I called everyone over because I want y’all to know, I love y’all and I thank y’all. I know losing Daddy fucked with everyone, but he wouldn’t want us out here acting up. At some point, we have to let God handle it. Everything will work out just how it’s supposed to.” I could tell they wasn’t feeling shit I wasn’t saying. I knew they wanted so badly to avenge daddy’s death. “I don’t want to lose anyone else… I just feel like-” The alarm on the front door went off. Like me, everyone turned to see who it was. Because this was it. “Carrrrr!” I yelled as I ran to hug my brother. I missed him and even if he was always MIA, that’s still my brother nonetheless. I noticed how everyone had a mug on, including Halee. Maybe they just mad he always going missing. He hugged me back and didn’t say a word to anyone. That, as well, piqued my interest. I was about to ask them exactly what was going on, until Halee jumped up and ran up the stairs. “What the fuck?” I asked myself as I followed them.
Walking into my old room, she was on the bed, letting tears fall down her face. “Am I missing something?” She didn’t respond and I asked her again, only to get the same response. She was going to say something until I heard yelling.
“Fuck what y’all talking about! If y’all ain’t going to let me tell y’all what the fuck going on, just go ahead and do what y’all gotta do!” I heard Carter yelling. Running down the stairs, I tripped and fell. Not before seeing my best friend, my sister, shoot my brother!
“Noooo!” I yelled out before all black consumed me.
**to be continued**
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