June
I aimed my choppa throughout the Prestige.
I didn’t know how that rancid muhfucka got away, but he did.
Clark better had been on the next plane smoking because now I was on his ass.
I rushed out of the Prestige back to my Caprice.
Hurrying, I put the car in reverse and started to back out of the parking lot when I slammed on the brakes because a mangy-ass dog, or what looked like a dog, sat there.
I put the car in drive, sped up, then shifted to reverse again, and this time, when I turned to hit him, he was gone.
“Fucking stinking-ass dog,” I grumbled as I sped off.
My phone lit up with a text from Indigo saying she was at my crib while Bishop, Bleek, and Pierre were headed to meet me.
I felt a bit of relief, knowing now that my kids were truly safe.
It didn’t take me long to get to the jail because the way I floated my Caprice, you would have thought a nigga was a flying spaceship.
I threw the car in park in the middle of the street and hopped out.
When I got inside, all eyes were on me. “How can we help you?”
My eyes scanned the staff, waiting to see one of the officers who was at my house. I walked over to the front desk, where some corny-looking nigga sat.
“I need to bail out a few people,” I told him.
He pecked at his run-down keyboard before he looked up at me. “What are their—” He smirked. “I remember you. Clark!” he said. “You’re the guy Indigo tried bailing out. You know me and—”
I slammed my hand on the counter. “Fuck nigga, my name isn’t Clark.
I said I wanted to bail people out, and you're on some bitch shit.” I glanced at his name tag.
“Jasper, I’m two seconds from flipping this muhfucka inside out.
My patience is wearing thin. So again, goofy, I need to bail people out,” I gritted.
He nervously swallowed. “Names?”
I gave him a list of everyone whom I knew was back there. He began using his calculator to tally up my total. Once he was done, he turned to me as if the amount would be too much for me to pay.
“It’s pretty expensive, Mr.—”
“Calloway.”
He raised his brows. “Mr. Calloway, it’s going to cost—”
I tossed my card over to him. “Get ’em out now! I’ll wait.”
Jasper glanced at the card and snatched it. He did his secretary duties while I paced the lobby. What seemed like forever was finally over when I saw Z coming from the back. She rushed over to me and wrapped her arms around me.
“Thank God,” she exclaimed.
Moments later, all my family came out one by one. All the guys looked angry, and I didn’t blame them. To be emasculated in front of their women was something I was upset about them having to experience.
“How the fuck are we supposed to get home? Nigga, we can’t all fit in the hotbox,” Diamond said.
“Shit, fuck how we’re getting home. What are we going to do about your pissy patty-ass granddaddy, Chev!” Dio snapped.
“I’ll handle him. Let’s get out of here.”
Mali wheeled forward in the jail’s wheelchair. “Um, I can’t take this shit with me.”
Streets stepped in front of him, and Symphony stood beside him. “I got you, bro-bro. Chevy, open up your back doors.”
When we all got outside, Bishop, Bleek, and Pierre stood next to their cars.
Everyone squeezed in so we could head back to our side of town.
I noticed my thoughts starting to fixate whenever I looked at my wife.
I was waiting for fear to settle in her face or maybe sadness, but instead, it was anger, concentration, and, from what I could tell, plotting. I placed my hand on her leg.
Zaria, what’s up?
I’m fine. I just want to get home to my babies.
Are you—
June, just get me home, please.
The hell? I didn’t like it when she was in this space; it didn’t make for a great night, and it didn’t help with how she moved around the house.
Once we got back, everyone retreated to their homes. Bishop and Pierre stayed a little longer so we could talk, while Bleek didn’t even bother to come in because Tania was inside.
Zaria cradled each twin in her arms, giving them endless kisses while speaking life into them as I took Bishop, Pierre, Indigo, and Tania out back.
The moment we stepped outside, I put Bishop and Pierre on game so that if Clark tried to run, he would be caught before he set foot outside the city.
I then focused my attention on the twins.
“Dinner. I want us to have dinner here in two days. Just us. We need to talk.”
They both stared at me and nodded. Tania reached out and touched me. “If I come to your dinner, you have to come somewhere with me. Deal?”
I wanted to say no, but for the sake of building something with them or giving them a chance to be a part of my life, I reluctantly agreed. My hope was to check them off my list of things that I insisted on getting accomplished before I found myself at the finish line.