Chapter 21 Shabu
“I’m paying it.”
Shabu stared between the unnecessary ass call on his dash screen and the dark road he’d only been on twice but had recollected to memory for the most part.
He should’ve been in bed, but instead, he was driving to Relic’s cabin to grab six fucking figures because they’d led him to believe his wife would get out on bail easily.
They were wrong.
His brother was neck deep in shit, and they wanted his ass so bad, that they’d beat Savvy over the head with her bail, knowing she wasn’t a goddamn flight risk or a danger to anyone but herself if she didn’t get out of that fucking jail soon.
“Mr. Blaise, I understand you’re upset, but you have to think logically.
” Morrone tried to reason with him. “If you walk into a court or precinct with a large sum of cash, it’ll make matters worse, and nine times out of ten, they’ll do a source hearing to make sure the funds are legitimate before they release her. ”
“What the fuck are you good for, huh? What?!” He bellowed, slapping a hand on the steering wheel, beyond enraged.
Shabu was on the verge of killing everyone, his damn brother and Morrone included, if they didn’t figure it the fuck out and fast.
“How should I pay it, then? Let me know, so I can go pick up my fucking wife.”
“You shouldn’t pay it. Just give me a chance to make a bond appeal or request a new bail hearing. She should be home with possible house arrest at the most. Her bond was excessive, and any judge would see that.”
Shabu rubbed his forehead and squinted against the dim light. “How long would it take?” he asked, thinking it over.
“Give me a week.”
“Nope.”
Shabu ended the call, done with hearing that nigga out.
Savvy had waited days for the first bond hearing, so he wasn’t about to make her wait longer when her release was as good as done once he got the money to get her out.
Every time he thought about his wife stuck in a rank ass cell, he wanted to kill someone.
And that shit was coming because he had a long list of muthafuckas to take care of. That included his wife’s friend who’d made it on his shit list after escaping it for so long.
“There it is,” he muttered once he spotted the cut his brother had driven through to take him to the cabin.
Shabu mashed a foot on the gas, speeding through the deserted space, knowing he was one step closer to having his wife home.
The kids were noticing their mother wasn’t around, and if he reached over for her one more time just to realize she wasn’t there, he’d lose it worse than he was at the moment.
Shabu had barely parked good before he was hopping out of the car—tugging up his jeans as he sauntered to the door and pressed his fingers against it. The screen lighting green before it beeped removed a pound of pressure from his chest.
Anxiousness overcame him as he hurried to push the fridge aside, like Relic had shown him, before he lifted the hatch door and climbed down.
After flicking on the single bulb dangling from the ceiling, he sauntered straight to a safe and punched in the code given to him.
Shabu blinked when a long beep followed before it flashed red.
“What the fuck?”
He tried it again, but the same outcome occurred. He went to the second safe, keying in the same number that he was positive Relic had given him. When it flashed red, all Shabu saw was that exact color glazing his vision.
He went to the last safe to try it for good measure and then punched in a few more guesses after getting the same response.
“This nigga,” Shabu spat, knowing Relic had revoked his access or changed the code altogether for not listening to Morrone.
He lost his cool.
He attacked the safe—banging on its keypad before shaking it like it’d magically burst open. Shabu turned his fist to the side and slammed it against the circular pad, his eyes bucking wide after it slid aside to expose a small slot for a key.
He raced to the second safe and then the third, noting each held a skeleton key slot behind its pad. Shabu burst into laughter before dashing out of the cellar.
All he needed to do was find out where the hell Relic had stored the key, and he was in there.