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“That’s tomorrow’s problem. Right now, I’m just trying to get some rest, but you won’t let me.”
“I’m not stopping you. Go your ass to sleep.”
“I’m trying, but you won’t lay down.” Knowing this was going nowhere, I decided to leave. His ass got a kick out of fucking with me, and I didn’t like that.
“The bathroom is over there, and the TV might work, so you should be good.” I turned to leave when he stopped me.
“What about food? Even the niggas locked up get a meal. I’m sure Peanut eating. Who is he to you anyway? That’s yo lil nigga?”
“You ask a lot of questions to be a hostage. I’ll bring you food tomorrow.”
“How you know what I like to eat?”
“Don’t matter. Peanut doesn’t get to decide, so you don’t either. If you hungry, your ass gone take whatever I bring. Get some sleep Boukie.”
“Goodnight, Stink.” Shooting him a look, I damn near ran up the stairs. I could hear him laughing as I closed the basement door. I’d never seen someone amused and their ass was being held hostage. Turning the deadbolt, I made sure he couldn’t get out before heading out of the house. Once I was outside, I released the breath it seemed like I’d been holding forever. They were going to listen, and Peanut might be okay. I ignored the thought that kept trying to push its way into my mind. What if they don’t? Getting in my car, I drove back toward the city. Dialing Taffy’s number, it was time I told her what was going on. She still didn’t know her life hadn’t drastically changed.
“Hey girl. We can finally go tear the stores up?” Sighing, I got right to it.
“Taf, there is no money.” I could almost hear her sit up.
“Damn! I knew you were your mama’s child, but I didn’t think you would ever do me like that.” I looked at the phone with my face turned up. I was fucking offended. Granted, I did my shit, but my crooked had boundaries.
“Really? You think I would do that to you, Taffy?”
“I didn’t, but now, I don’t know. You calling me talking about it’s no money and I know damn well we had seventy five thousand dollars a couple of days ago. The shit didn’t evaporate. So, what happened to it?”
“Juanita.”
“Awww hell. How the fuck she know it was there?”
“She saw us bring it in on the camera but fuck all that. You just accused me of being grimy.”
“My bad. Seventy five thousand makes a bitch crazy. You know, if we both jump Juanita we might can beat her ass. She needs to be dragged.”
“If I hadn’t seen her beat two niggas at one time, I would agree. She said it’s gone. Either way, we wouldn’t have had it though, friend. Peanut called me and told me the niggas saw him get arrested, so they sent some boys at him in jail. Said if we don’t give the money back, his ass is dead.”
“Since Juanita won’t give it back, that means-…” She stopped right there because she didn’t need to say anything else.
“Not exactly.”
“You got some money hidden I don’t know about? Because I know you don’t think them niggas playing about they money.”
“I kind of went back to the trap.” This time, I could hear her gasp. This hoe was shocked.
“Wait, you went back to rob the same niggas you robbed, to pay them back with their own money?” I laughed because hearing it back sounded crazy as fuck.
“Well, that was one of the theories. I didn’t know what I was going to do, but I ended up grabbing one of their niggas. I talked to their boss, and I told them I’ll give their boy back if they call off the hit.”
“You have gasted the fuck out of my flabbers. I always knew your ass was crazy, but this tops the cake.”
“I know, but it worked. We’re in negotiations.”
“Wait, do they know who you are?”
“I don’t think so. Why?”
“Because they could be stalling you, so they can come kill your ass tonight.” I hadn’t thought of that, and now a bitch was scared.
