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I watched him walk away.

Carlos ran with them Union City niggas too.

Same circles Keith fucked with.

So I wasn’t stupid.

I knew what came with him.

But tonight wasn’t about picking another nigga to build my life around.

I wasn’t thinking that far ahead.

Shit, I wasn’t even promising Carlos breakfast.

Destiny bumped my shoulder.

“You finally giving that man a chance?”

“I’m letting him take me out.”

“And home?”

“Mind your business.”

She screamed laughing.

I grabbed my bag.

For the first time in almost three years, there wasn’t anybody I was waiting to call.

Nobody I was checking my phone for.

Nobody telling me soon.

Nobody promising me a life they were never really planning to give me.

I had Collin.

I had my house.

I had my money.

I had my job.

And yeah, my family was pissed at me.

Sam might never fuck with me the same again.

I had to live with that.

Some shit couldn’t be undone.

But my life wasn’t over because Xavier Lawless’s was.

I threw my coat over my shoulders and headed toward the back exit.

Through the glass, I could already see Carlos’s G-Wagon pulling around.