Halo #3
Arabia’s mouth was open, her face turned red when she looked at Keanu. “You got her pregnant? That’s why you were at her place? Some how you found out she was pregnant and you got mad that she got rid of it. You are a low-down liar!” She screamed and shoved him in the chest.
“Arabia I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I panicked and did not know what to do! For a long time, you know I’ve always wanted a son---
“From me! Not from some young slut you cheated on me with!! You lied and said she was blackmailing you!!” She shoved him in the chest again.
“Aye! I don’t give a fuck about this shit! Where is Story at?”
A loud tired sound was made outside, and I knew that it was my brothers and Blake.
“You! Go open the door.” I turned to the maid and ordered. “NOW!”
She jumped but ran to do what I said.
“Halo!” Greek shouted my name and I responded where I was.
He entered first, Golden had the maid and Blake was behind him with a gun in her hand.
‘They got Story but not saying where she is.” I told them while I still had Dallas and my eyes on Keanu.”
Golden got mad, shoved the maid to the ground. He pulled his gun out and shot her in the head.
“In case y’all thought this shit was a game.” He said to them after he shot her.
Arabia had her hand over her mouth crying and Keanu just stood there with his eyes wide. Then he finally spoke.
“Story is in the basement. The first door through the kitchen.”
“Greek, you, and Blake go. Me and Golden will stay here.” I told him.
They took off and went through the dining room to the kitchen. I caught Golden up on what I had learned. He stepped over the maid and stood next to me with his gun still pointed at Keanu and Arabia.
“Wasn’t you our fifth-grade teacher? Ms. Toll, right?”
“Yes.” She answered and wiped her wet face.
“WE GOT HER HALO!” Blake shouted up the stairs to me.
I looked at Arabia and asked, “Were you texting from her phone?”
This time she just nodded her head instead of answering.
“As if you did not fuck my life up any more than you did when I was ten. You turn around and do all this shit. You’re a vindictive, sick in the mind witch. I should have haunted you down and ended you.” I did not even realize I was emotional until I felt the tear fall from my eye.
“Hold on. It was her. This is who…her!” Golden reminded me that he was right there when he talked. “You the nasty bitch, hell no.” I did not expect him to shoot on the side.
Arabia fell back holding it and Keanu yelled out and ran to her.
“Golden! Stop!” I told him so he would not kill her.
Greek and Blake came back and he was carrying Story. She had a cut on the side of her head.
“Take her.” I told Golden and he got hold of Dallas.
I went to Story as Greek sat her on the couch. She did not have much on but some pajama shorts and a green tank top. I took my hoodie off and put it on her. Then I had to give her a hug. She hugged me back so tightly that for a second, we were one person. Her cries broke my heart.
“How did you know I was here?” She asked me while I looked her over. I even kissed her lips a few times. She allowed me and was kissing me back, nothing deep but they were meaningful.
“I’ll catch you up later. Are you okay? What did they do to you?”
“I’m fine, just cold. The only think Keanu did was hit my head against the wall. Other than that, his wife threatened me. Halo, she’s the teacher---
“I already know boo. I know. Can you stand and walk?”
“Yeah, I can walk. My head just hurts, that’s all.”
I took her hand and we went back to the dining room. As soon as I saw Keanu I let her hand go and hit him in his jaw. Then I grabbed him tightly with his shirt and slammed his head against the wall. Blood spilled from the side of his head. Still holding him, I bent down and talked.
“The job that you needed us for tomorrow. Was Story the hit?”
He looked at her and I blocked him. “Nigga don’t look at her, answer me!”
“She was the hit.” He replied. “But Halo, I did not know she was your ex. Nor did I know what Arabia did to you. I always knew she was jacked up in the head. She thought I didn’t, but I knew about the seniors even when we were in Atlanta.
But I did not know she had a dark past like that. On God I didn’t.”
He confessed loosely like it was supposed to move me. Greek handed me a a gun and I put it to Keanu’s head.
“Rather this happened or not. You were already dead the minute I found out someone else got Story pregnant. Kidnapping her just makes this all the sweeter.” I let him know then I pulled the trigger.
Keanu!” Arabia screamed.
“Daddy!” Dallas followed next.
I got up and went over to Arabia. She was holding her side, her hand had blood on it and she was sweating.
“Come here Story.” I called her.
When she came and stood next to me, I asked, “What was the threat she made towards you?”
“Before she took the tape off my mouth, she said if I said anything besides answering her questions then she would slit my throat. After that she said I was dying tomorrow morning.”
I turned and wiped Story’s tears when they dropped.
“Hey, you all good now boo. Don’t let her see you sweat anymore than you have.
” I kissed her lips again then stood Arabia to her feet.
I told Blake to go to the kitchen and bring me the biggest knife she could fine.
When she returned and handed it to me, I focused back on Arabia.
“You know when I was a kid. I was so confused, I felt exposed, alone, trapped. I thought because I was a boy and complaining about what we were doing that I wasn’t being a man.
I felt perverted because I let it go on and I felt hollow when you just left.
I thought I did something wrong, that I was fucked up.
It took me a long time to understand that there was never anything wrong with me. You were the one who was fucked up. You were an adult. I was a kid.” I gripped her jaws and got close to her face.
“I know there were ones before me and after me. This is for me, them and now Story.”
I told her that and took the knife to her neck and cut her open across it. I went deep and by the time the knife reached the end of her neck. She dropped to the floor with it exposed wide open. I dropped the knife next to her, and I spit on her like the trash she was.
“What about this bitch? We can’t leave her alive.” Golden asked me about Dallas.
Her eyes were red, puffy, wet and she looked terrified. “Halo. Please, you can’t kill me.”
“Why?” I asked her.
“C-C-cause I’m…I-I’m pregnant Halo and it’s yours.”
I started laughing but Story turned to me like she wanted to have me be the next dead body. Mind you, she had a whole other nigga’s baby in her. But I was not about to do my boo that way. Because I know the feeling from when she told me she had an abortion.
“Ain’t no way your pregnant. I strap every time---
“Not the last time you came over. I.” She started crying harder then continued.
“I drugged you that night when you woke up on my couch. I know it was wrong, but you would not make me your girlfriend! Even after Story was gone you still skipped over me! I’m sorry but it’s done.
I have your child inside of me, you can’t kill me. You’re not heartless.”
I watched her as she talked and Dallas had no idea what her confession triggered. Once again, I was at the mercy of a predator like Arabia. Only this time, I was out of it from being drugged. I looked at Arabia’s dead body for a few seconds. The memories of her touching me, her opening her legs.