by Brenae Shaw
“I love you Lisa.”
“I love you more Kori.”
“Come on. Let’s get you naked and in the tub. I wanna play in bubbles.”
I laughed.
“Oh, you can play in all the bubbles you want now. I think she ready for round 2.”
“Baby, number 2?!”
“Ok, now you pushing it.”
I gave him this look like nigga you gotta be out your damn mind.
He busted out laughing.
“Ok ok, let me stop. Come on, so we can play house.”
This man is truly my soul mate and I thank you God for bringing him back to me. I don’t wanna lose him again.
Kori
I finally got my family back. The right family. I got my wife and my baby girl. Lisa think I’m playing, but it’s gone be a baby number 2 coming real soon, watch. After I put her to sleep with this good loving dick, I decided to go outside for some fresh air. As I was rolling me up a square, my phone started ringing, and it was a number I didn’t recognize, so I ain’t answer. The number called again and still, I didn’t answer. It called for a third time and I said fuck it and answered the mothafucka.
“Man who the fuck is this calling my phone back to back?!”
I was angry because I’m supposed to be enjoying my weekend with my girl.
“Say nigga, you might wanna answer your phone homie. Yeah, I heard all about you, but guess what, there’s a new nigga in town. I’m taking over now that my brother OG Rashad gone. You gone have to answer to me now punk ass nigga.”
“Say bitch, you got the wrong fucking one! I ain’t answer to his ass, so what makes you so sure ima answer to you nigga?!”
“Ha, I bet you’ll answer to me when I get through with that fine ass daughter of yours. She the perfect size and thickness that I like. And her ass look mighty nice too in them sweats walking up to your house. Matter of fact, say hi to daddy baby girl.”
“Daaaadddyyyy! Please come get-”
My heart shattered in seconds.
“If you touch my baby girl, I swear your head is mines.”
“Yeah, you funny.”
He laughed.
“Oh, she gone be just fine. Big daddy got her now. Look, you wanna see your precious daughter again? Tell your father he owe me 10 million in 48 hours. And if I don’t get my money, you can kiss your daughter goodbye.”
The phone went busy.
“FUCK!!”
I rushed back to the room and started packing our shit. I found the first flight that leave in 2 hours.
“Kori, what’s wrong? Why are we leaving so soon?”
“They got our baby. We gotta go home.”
Lisa jumped up alarmed and her eyes were big as fuck.
“What you mean they got our baby?! Where is my baby Kori?! Who the fuck got my child?! Oh God, please don’t let them hurt my baby!”
“They not gone hurt her, I promise you that.”
“How the fuck do you know that?! Huh?! This ain’t nothing to play with Kori! They got my fucking child and I’m nowhere near home and you saying they not going to hurt her?!”
“Lisa, I need you to calm the fuck down and let me handle this! I know who got her and I’m going to make sure I get our child back! I need you to call Rashad, now!”
“What the hell Rashad gotta do with this? What the fuck can he do? You know what, I’m calling the police.”
“Damn Lisa, just do what the fuck I told you! Rashad is apart of this whole thing. He been a part of it. He can help me get KJ back. Just trust me, please. I’ll explain everything once we get on the plane.”
“Ok…Here, it’s ringing.”
“Hello?”
Thank God he picked up.
“Rashad, this Kori. We got a problem. I know I’m the last person you wanna to talk to, but your uncle kidnapped Kori and I need to get her back. I need your help, please. I know you care for her and you love her, but that’s my baby. We hopping on the earliest flight there. I got my boys picking me up. Meet me at this address.”
I started giving him the information that he needed.
“We gone get her back, I promise.”
“Alright, bet. See you there when I touch down.”
“…Kori, what if something happened to her? I don’t think I can live with myself, I just can’t.”
I took Lisa face in my hands and looked her dead in the eyes.
“We getting our daughter back. I’ll kill anyone that get in my way, and that’s for shit sho facts. I love you, ok? Let me handle this…Where is your mom? Didn’t she go out of town?”
“Umm, yeah. She went to visit my aunt in California. Why?”
“Ok. That’s where I need you to go until I handle this.”
“Fuck no Kori! You think I’m supposed to leave my daughter and not be there?! Hell no! You tried it.”
“Lisa, you don’t have no choice. You’re going to California with your mom until I get our daughter back. I’m not finna lose the both of you, that’s what I’m not gone do. You gotta trust me, please.”
Lisa was crying and I just had to hold her in my arms.
“Please bring my baby home, please. I need both of you. I can’t lose you both.”
“You not baby. Come on, we gotta go.”
We made it on time to the airport and thank God they had a ticket available for Lisa to go to California once we touched down in Houston. I gave my baby a kiss and watched her as she got on the plane. Once I knew she was safe, I called my boys, which they was already waiting for me, and told them it’s show time. I texted Rashad to meet me at the address that I gave him so we could set this shit into play. Someone was going to die today and I didn’t give a fuck who it was! You play with my family, that’s your head I’m collecting. But first, that father of mines gotta see me. He the whole reason this shit been going on this long. And if he think he getting away this time, he also got another thing coming. Because the way I feel, I might kill his ass too.
Chapter
18
Kori(KJ)
I just left Rashad from the park. The conversation we had wasn’t an easy one to comprehend. The fact that my dad was the one that killed his brother,was the part that stuck with me the most because they both knew of each other, but kept their peace cause of me. I love Rashad and I love my dad. Choosing between the two would hurt me more than life itself. At the end of the day, the life they live, or lived, was the one they chose. No matter if you turned your life around, the past will forever come back to haunt you.
I made it to my house and ran upstairs to grab a few clothes and my laptop, when I heard the door open. My mama and daddy wasn’t coming home until tomorrow night. And my grandma was with her sister in California for a week, so I knew it wasn’t her. Maybe it was Nick. I did tell him he could come over and talk if he needed to after what happened to him and Kendra.
“Nick, that’s you?”
No one answered. I grabbed my stuff and headed downstairs.
“Alright Nick, stop playing. I gotta go. Where you at?”
“You know for you to be a senior in high school, your body is shaped like a grown ass woman.”
I turned around looking at a man with all black, dreads, and whokinda looked like Rashad.
“Who are you?! How did you get in my house?!”
At this point, I’m thinking about how the fuck ima get out of here. My heart was beating fast. All I could think was, please let me make it out of here alive.
“You asking too many questions baby girl. You don’t need to know who I am…But I know exactly who you are.”
He came closer to me and tried to touch me, but ain’t get too far because I kneed him in his balls and ran.
“Ahhhhh! Grab that stupid bitch now!”
I couldn’t hear what he said, but I wish I did. Because when I ran towards the back door, it was a guy there waiting for me.
“Fuck!”
I tried to run the other way but it was too late.
“Let me gooooo
o!”
I tried to fight him off, but he was of course stronger than me.
“Oh, you a fighter I see. I like them like you.”
He was just smiling at me like the shit was supposed to make me feel some type of way.
“Jimmy, stop playing with her and put her ass to sleep. Business first, play later.”
The one with the dreads, came from behind and bent down, that way we were face to face.
“Yeah, ima have a lot of fun with you. Knock her ass out.”
I tried to fight, but it was too late. He put a black napkin on my face and I was out in seconds.
Rashad
Damn, KJ was taking forever. She should have been here an hour ago. I was grabbing my phone to call her, when her mom number popped up on my caller ID.
“Why Ms. Lisa calling me…?”
I picked up the phone and it was Kori.
“Hello?”
“Rashad, this Kori. We got a problem. I know I’m the last person you want to talk to, but your uncle kidnapped Kori and I need to get her back.”
My heart dropped in a matter of seconds. I was about to go insane. I couldn’t grasp what the fuck I just heard.
“I need your help, please. I know you care for her and you love her, but that’s my baby. We hopping on the earliest flight there. I got my boys picking me up. Meet me at this address.”
I grabbed a pen and piece of paper and wrote down the information he was providing me. If anything happens to her, I promise you, I’m killing any and every one that has something to do with it. That’s on my bro and OG Pops.
“We gone get her back, I promise.”
I gottaget to her as soon as possible. Ain’t no telling what the fuck my uncle got planned in his head.
“Ok. Let me know when you touch down. I’m finna make some calls and I’ll meet you at the address you gave me.”
“Alright, bet. See you there when I touch down.”
“Alright.”
I hung up the phone and called the only person that was more powerful than my daddy and my uncle, my mama. See, y’all thought my dad was an OG? My mama was that lady. Her pops put her on game at an early age. She knew when my father was being played with. My mama don’t like to talk about it, but she done killed over 100 people and got people killed just by the snap of a finger. She been out the game for a minute, but I need her to come out of retirement.
“Hey baby, what’s wrong?”
“Ma, Uncle Black took Kori and I don’t know what to do ma. I’m scared. I’m finna go crazy. I think he killed pops too. I’m for sure he did.”
“Baby, I knew it was going to come to this sooner or later. Your uncle been a very jealous man and envious of your father, all because he didn’t have the life that your father had. But one thing for sure, he would do any and everything just to claim what your father built. I’ve been wanting to take his ass out. That’s the real reason me and your father wasn’t together.I knew Black wasn’t any good and I kept telling your father that, but he was all about family and look where it got him, dead. I know what KJ mean to you and I know you hurting, and that’s where you fuck up at, messing with my baby. I already lost one son and I’m not finna lose another. Let mama make some calls and I’ll meet up with you, ok?”
“Alright ma. Ima send you the address that Kori gave to me to meet him at.”
“Wait, Kori?! The one that killed your brother?! That’s her father?! Really Rashad?! You just now telling me this! I gotta look at the stupid fucker that killed my son?! You better hope and pray I don’t put a bullet in his head.”
“Mama, honestly, let that shit go. At this point,all I’m worried about is getting my girl back! Fuck everything else. I love that girl and I’ll do any and everything to protect her. We know what this life brings and what comes with it. You either down with me mama or I’ll do this shit on my own.”
“Ok. Count me in baby boy.”
I sent my mama the address and information and let her do her thang. I couldn’t get Kori off my mind. God, I pray you watch over her and protect her.
I got a text from Kori saying he was on the way to the warehouse. I texted him back saying ok and texted my mama to let her know I was on the way there. She texted me back saying she was on the way also. Baby girl, I’m on the way. Just hold on for me, please.
Chapter
19
Kori
I finally touched down and made it to the warehouse. I texted Rashad and told him I was here and that he could be on the way. He replied back with “ok”. In the meantime, I had to handle some personal shit first. See, my father was the reason for all this bullshit. His fuck ups and me cleaning them up, was about to come to an end. That nigga only cares about himself but this time, I’m thinking about me and my family. With Rashad uncle kidnapping KJ, everything had to stop. But, that wasn’t gone happen without a fight.
“Boss man, your father is here. What you want me to do?”
“Bring him in. But first, put some plastic down. I don’t need my new floor stained with blood.”
While my boys got everything together, I got the tools I needed to do the job. I know what you’re thinking, “he finna kill his own father?” In this life, blood don’t mean shit. Water was always thicker than blood, if you ask me.
“Bring him in boys.”
JT and TJ brought the old man in tied up. Looks like they had a little fun with him too.
“Why are you doing this?! I’m your father, your blood, and you do this to me?”
He was looking at me with sadness, but also fear.
“Yeah, that family shit went out the window when you started this whole thing from the jump. You always been worried about yourself and no one else. It was about money to you. Hell, you didn’t even give a fuck about your own two daughters that could have died, but here I am, still saving your ass...Shit ends today. I’m going to give you two options. Option one, give me the 100 million that you owe me, move far out of town, and keep your heart pumping. Or, option two, die a slow, miserable, death. The choice is yours, DAD.”
What he did next shocked the fuck outta me.
“Hahaha! Nigga you real fucking funny. You think I’m finna pay a mother fucker that ain’t my blood son 100 million dollars? You must be out your rabbit ass mind.”
I turned my head so quick. I had to make sure I heard him correctly.
“What did you say?”
He busted out laughing. It took me out of character to the point where I snapped. I stabbed him in the side so deep that was painful, but gave him enough time to live and answer my question.
“Ahhhhh!”
He was laughing with blood coming out of his mouth.
“Ha. You not my son, bastard. Your mama was a hoe, and a slut that couldn’t keep her legs closed. I would say she got me good with payback because I had about three kids on her. So hey, eye for an eye, right?”
He shrugged his shoulders like that shit was normal.
“But you grew up looking up to me and did everything I asked you to. So, why not use you? Hell, I thought your ass would’ve been dead by now. All the shit I had set up to have you killed, ain’t work out. Matter of fact, how is that beautiful daughter of yours? What’s her name? Oh yeah, Kori, right? But they call her KJ if I’m not mistaken. I know Uncle Black is having the time of his life with her. And here you are, grilling me, and wasting time finding your precious daughter. So, who’s the bad parent now, SON?”
“Well in that case...”
I shot a bullet right through his head. His body was lifeless. He was a disgusting human being. I’m not gone lie, the information he gave me hurt like hell. But what hurt worse, he was the reason behind this whole deal with KJ, and that’s where I had to draw the line.
See, one thing he didn’t know was, I already took the money he owed me three days ago while he was away and put it all in KJ‘s savings account. So, if something would have happened to me, my baby would have been covered for life. Money wasn’t anything to me, but my
wife and my child, was my world. And I have to make sure they’re straight, no matter if I’m on this earth or not.
Rashad
Me and my mama made it around the same time. The warehouse was ducked off pretty good to the point if you didn’t know where it was from the beginning, you could pass it up. As I was walking towards my mama, three more cars pulled up. You could have sworn it was the swat team, but the hood edition.
“Who these people ma?”
“These some of my old loyal friends. I told them what happened and they was ready to come out of retirement for a night.”
I laughed.
“You really an OG, huh?”
“Your mama got it in her. Just don’t like showing that side, it’s nothing I’m proud of. Come on, let’s get this over with and get your girl back.”
My mama told her crew to wait for her signal and kill anyone or anything that looked suspicious or out of place. We got closer to the door. As soon as we got closer, we heard a gun go off. Me and my mama pulled our guns out. Two big niggas came out of nowhere with their guns drawn. We wasn’t backing down and neither were they.
“Boss man, we got a female and a male with guns drawn. Want us to take them out?”
The one with the Kid haircut off house party was speaking in an ear piece.
“Son, I’m old enough to be your mother and I’m pretty sure I’m more experienced with a gun than you will ever be in a life time. Before you can even shoot, it’s going to be a big ass bullet hole between yours eyes that you’re going to die looking like Wanda off of Living Color. So, rephrase that sentence before you make that decision.”
I guess that was Kori because they put their guns down and showed us the way to him.
We walked into a horror house. It was brain and guts everywhere. They were in the process of cleaning everything up and by time they got finished, you wouldn’t have thought anything happened there.
“What the fuck you had going on here?”
I asked him with a facial expression on my face that was confused, but also worried.