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“You sure, Stink?” My pussy jumped and his smile turned to a full laugh. Oh my God. This nigga knew what he was doing calling me that. I damn near ran toward the stairs. “Where you going?”

“Away from your ass.”

“We not done talking.” I cut my eyes back at him as I climbed the stairs.

“Yes, the fuck we are,” I yelled over my shoulder.

“See you tomorrow, Stink.” My pussy jumped again, and I swear I hated this nigga.

“Man, fuck you!” His laugh followed me out the door. I slammed that mufucka closed so hard, I hoped it got jammed and he couldn’t get out. Making sure I locked it, I ran out to my car. Once I was inside, I sat there trying to figure out what just happened. I sat there and ate with this man, told him things about me, and joked like we were old friends. All while fighting for my life trying not to give up this pussy. I slowly shook my head. This kidnapping was going terrible.

Anton “Tax” Hodges

The basement door opened, and Key came down the stairs looking like he was already sick of my shit. Standing up off the bed, I grabbed my gun and the phone he had left me. He stood there watching me annoyed, so to piss him off more, I took my time. Key had come back last night to bring me something to eat and had to turn right around and pick me up today. His aggravation was warranted, but I wasn’t about to give him the satisfaction.

“Everything good?” I asked him as I slow strolled over toward the stairs.

“Yeah. Drop was scheduled for this morning. He should have already handled that, so we just gotta grab and go.” I nodded and headed out. When we got outside, I climbed in the driver’s side. As instructed, Key had come in my Cybertruck. As soon as he got inside, he pulled out his phone and checked Bubbles’s location.

“Where she at?”

“At a house on Hamlin. If she makes a move, I’ll know.” I pulled off and made my way to the road. “Hey, if she did leave and we are in the city, how long will it take her to get from her house to here?” I wanted to make sure we covered all our tracks.

“If you at the drop off spot, your ass is grass and this lil thing you doing will come to an end. If we in the city, you and her will arrive around the same time, unless you put this bitch to the floor. Bottom line, you better hope her ass don’t try to come out here while you handling business.” I nodded in understanding as my stomach growled. Reaching toward the navigation screen, I put in food spots near me and headed to the closest one.

“I gotta grab some food first. I’m hungry as fuck!” I could see Bubbles really didn’t give a fuck about a nigga. I don’t know what kind of hostage situation she was running, but she clearly didn’t think feeding me was a part of the equation.

“You want me to call and report her? I can tell them she violating hostage labor laws.” This nigga made my ass hurt. Ignoring him, I grabbed us something before putting the truck in self driving mode after putting the address in to the drop. Grabbing my food, I began eating. Key was looking at me like he wanted to ask me something.

“What, nigga?

“I still don’t know what you see in her. This girl is as ghetto as they come. Not to mention, she involved in all kinds of shit. What if it’s more than just this? She’s clearly unhinged, but here we are.”

“I think it’s more to her than what’s showing on the surface. I just need to figure out if what’s there is worth knowing. When we were on our date yesterday-…”

“On your what?”

“Date,” I said without batting an eye. That’s what the fuck it was even if she didn’t realize it. “She made me realize it was more to it. You know people tell on themselves without saying a word sometimes.” Bubbles didn’t have a problem saying what was on her mind. However, when I said the shit about people robbing out of desperation, she went quiet and picked up one of those nasty ass gizzards she lied about liking.

“It doesn’t bother you that she kidnapped you? I could never trust a chick like her. Never know if she setting you up, robbing you, or about to throw your ass in a basement at gunpoint.” He had a point.

“Two things can be right at the same time. I could be bothered and amused. Once I figure out everything I need to know, we will see which one I am the most.”

“So, underneath the kidnapping and robbing, you think you found a good woman?”

“I didn’t say all that. I said I’m going to find out. I also said get off my dick and let me eat.”

“Keep on, I’m gone agree to the trade and end this lil charade before you get the pussy.” We both fell out laughing as I took a bite of my burger. We continued to talk shit until we reached the dead end. The wall lifted, and we headed into the garage. After scanning my hand, we walked in the next room and pushed the button, then waited for the cart. Once it got to me, I grabbed the bag and unzipped it. After making sure all of the money was there, I turned to head out.

“It’s all here. We got other shit to handle.”

“So, where we headed now?”

“Going to see Fats.” Key looked at me confused.

“For what? He paid.”

“Yeah, late.” This nigga was acting like he didn’t understand how I moved.