Chapter 15
ANTONIAS
A few days later…
Rolling over, I pinned Bianca to the bed and kissed my way down her body.
She squirmed beneath me and opened her thighs for me.
Her fingers tripped through my hair as I placed her thighs over my shoulders.
I kissed down her scar, her pelvic bone, then spread her lips with the tip of my tongue.
She was soaking wet by the time I dove in.
Slowly, I lapped her up as she moaned and shook from my onslaught.
Gently, I tugged on her clit, causing an orgasm to ripple through her.
She squirted on my waiting tongue, and I lapped that up, too.
I came up for air and pushed her thighs back against the bed to give my dick full access. Bianca’s hand gripped me and slid the tip up her still quivering flesh.
“Shit,” I groaned as I watched her use my dick to play with herself.
She was so fucking sensual that the foreplay kept me struggling not to give in too soon.
Finally, she led me to her opening. I pushed in and gritted my teeth against the feeling of her wet, tight pussy.
This shit was all mine, and I fucked her like it was.
“Ooh,” she crooned as she clawed at the skin on my shoulders. Even as I sank deeper, I kissed her deeply.
“Our bodies make good love together, Bee. You feel how hard I am?”
“Yes,” she softly cried as an orgasm built. Flipping her over on her stomach, I brought her to her knees and drove back inside as I smoothed my hands over her plump ass. The deep curve in her back was perfect, and her fingers found anything to latch on to as I stroked her from behind.
“You so tight around a nigga,” I praised her. “I couldn’t wait to be inside this pussy again, Bee…”
Her pussy tightened its grip. I hissed and bit into my bottom lip to prepare myself for the feeling of her shattering beneath me.
Preparation was futile. As she came, I growled and drove deeper, watching my dick pound into her gushy, wet tunnel.
My dick glistened with her nut and strained even more as she convulsed around me.
“Cum again, Bee!” I commanded. I had to have that feeling one last time for the night.
Then, we could start this shit all over in the morning.
She did as I asked and shattered into pieces.
I was right there behind her. We showered, then moisturized each other.
We climbed back into bed where I held her as we slept.
What was mere minutes later, I was woken up by my ringing phone. I checked the unidentified number on the screen, and the area code flashing on the screen jerked me alert.
“Hello?” I answered.
“Hi.” Shyah’s shaky voice sounded barely above a whisper.
Panic sliced through me. Quickly, I sat up. “You okay, baby?”
“No,” she cried.
“Where are you?”
“I’m in the attic.” She rattled off the address as I climbed from the bed. All I thought about was death. “A friend from school gave me this phone, and I’m hiding behind some boxes to call you. They have cameras in here, and if they find the phone, they’re going to kill me.”
“No, they won’t. I’m on the way, aight? Check in with me every hour. Do you hear me?”
She sniffled. “Yes.”
“Aight. If I don’t answer, it’s cause I’m in the air. Okay?”
“Okay.”
“See you soon, baby.”
“See you soon,” she whispered, then hung up.
“Fuck!” I roared and wanted to crack the phone into pieces.
“Here, baby.” Bianca tossed me a black jogging set, then hustled back into the walk-in closet.
She appeared seconds later with socks and a pair of sneakers.
As I swiped the hoodie over my head, she went back into the walk-in closet.
She reappeared with a duffle bag and watched me as I finished dressing.
Once I was done, she placed her hands on my chest, and I met her halfway for a kiss.
“I love you,” she uttered.
“I love you, too, mama.” I kissed all over her face a few times until the concern there dissipated.
“I’ll have a room ready for her before you make it back,” she stated.
“Aight. Get back in bed,” I told her. I tucked her in and kissed her forehead and lips before grabbing the duffle bag and rushing out of the bedroom. As I did so, I called Cooley first.
“I need the jet,” I told him.
“It’ll be on the tarmac,” he replied.
“Bet.” I hung up with him and texted Tyrese. Russ was here with Bianca, but I needed a second pair of eyes out here while I was away. My next text was to Dothan.
DB: I got you.
Inside the living room, my parents were on the sofa watching a movie. It didn’t matter that it was nearing ten. This was shit they normally did. When they saw me rushing toward my office, my pops got up and followed me.
“Where are you goin’?” he questioned.
Hurriedly, I gave him the footnotes of what the fuck was going on. Honestly, I didn’t have any time to waste. My gut told me to get to Shyah, and I didn’t listen to it. Now, I was frantic and needed to get to her as quickly as I could.
“I’m goin’ wit’ you,” he informed me.
“I am too,” my mama entered my office and added. Judging by their stoney expressions, neither was going to except me telling them no. Plus, a nigga didn’t have time to argue.
Three hours later, we arrived at the tarmac. Adir and Dothan waited by the jet. Dothan had a black folder in his hands. Without a word, we boarded the jet and were off to Miami.
“Coco know you hoppin’ flights?” I asked Adir.
Adir smirked and shrugged. “I’ain lettin’ you go by ya’self. Gotta make sure you get back to my sister.” The same sister I was about to beat his ass over back on Christmas Eve.
“When we get there, I want you to get Shyah and get the fuck back home,” my pops stated.
“Nah, I’m gon’ handle those niggas.” I walked away the last time. This time I wasn’t doing so. They deserved death for what they did to me. They deserved that shit for whatever they put Shyah through. I could only imagine how terrified she was.
“Baby, listen,” my mama intoned. “If something happens to you, who’s going to take care of Shyah?
You’ve just stepped into the happiest time of your life.
Yes, be there for your sister. However, be mindful of the life growing around you.
The devil’s favorite thing to do is snatch everything from you. ”
“Ya mama’s right,” Adir added.
“Exactly,” my pops agreed. “Let us handle it, aight.”
It wasn’t a question. Gion was telling me to let him have his moment with his old friend. While I could respect it, I wasn’t going to promise him anything.
Less than two hours later, we landed at Cooley’s private airstrip. A blacked-out, bulletproof van waited for us. The sun would be up shortly, so we had to move quickly. We made no extra stops and didn’t so much as yawn from exhaustion.
The Valley Ridge subdivision boasted beautiful single-family homes and nice lawns. I didn’t give a fuck about that shit, though. As we pulled into the yard of the house we were here for, everything went to the back of my mind.
“Lights out,” Gion mumbled.
As the neighborhood went dark, we climbed out of the van.
It only took seconds to locate entry into the house.
Palming my gun in my glove-clad hand, I stood inside the living room and scanned my surroundings.
Although clean, the house was eerily quiet.
Walking through the residence, I listened for anything that moved and quickly located the attic.
While I did that, Adir went down a hallway to locate Eldon and Arisana.
In the darkened hallway, I found the latch for the attic. The space wasn’t large enough for anyone to comfortably be in that bitch. I seethed with anger as I climbed the small staircase and peeked my head inside. It was too dark to see anything in the shadows.
“Shyah,” I called.
To my right, she scurried from behind a stack of boxes.
“Antonias?” she questioned hopefully, softly.
“Yes, it’s me. Come here, baby.”
She came closer, then reached her shaking hand out to me.
“They’re going to kill us,” she frantically whispered even as she came flying down the stairs. She was dressed in an oversized, raggedy ass nightgown and socks. She was even tinier than I thought.
As I led her out of the hallway, Margarite waited for us in the living room.
She opened her arms for Shyah. “Come here, baby doll. It’s okay.”
Without knowing who the hell Margarite was, Shyah ran into her arms.
Commotion came from the hallway, prompting all our attention that way.
Adir appeared with a bound and gagged Eldon.
His eyes grew wide at the sight of me. Dothan followed with a bound and gagged Arisana, who looked terrified but hadn’t shed a tear.
She eyed Shyah down, causing Shyah to hide behind Margarite.
That angered Margarite to the point that she growled at Arisana.
Adir and Dothan sat Eldon and Arisana at the kitchen table, and Dothan opened a folder and put the papers in front of them. He clicked on a mini flashlight and handed Eldon a pen.
“Do what the fuck I say, or you will leave this muhfucka in pieces.” Dothan’s direct orders left no room for questioning. “Sign these documents relinquishing ya parental rights to Shyah Lanaé Lovelace.”
Arisana vehemently shook her head.
I tapped my finger on Arisana’s forehead. “Aht, aht, aht… You don’t get to say no, you piece of shit.”
Her eyes burned with fury. Little did she know, her soul would be burning soon enough.
“As I was saying,” Dothan started, “Sign these papers, and I walk out of here. Or… You can leave here in pieces.” He shrugged. “It doesn’t make me no difference.”
After a few seconds passed, Eldon realized there wasn’t any bluffs to be called. His fingers took the pen, and as Dothan flipped through the pages, he signed his rights away. Shyah silently cried as she clung to Margarite.
After Eldon finished signing, Arisana reluctantly did the same. This time, she cried as she did so. Once she was done, Dothan took all the documents and placed them back in the folders.
“Come wit’ me,” Adir said to Dothan. The two went off through the living room and back down the hallway.
Stooping down, I came eye to eye with Eldon.
“You never really know what ya kids grow up to be.” Removing my mask, so that he could clearly see my face, I added, “I’m my daddy’s son.
G, that is.” I pointedly glanced at Gion, who smirked proudly.
Turning back to Eldon, I said, “I have no remorse about what’s gon’ happen to you when I walk outta here. Neither will Shyah.”
Standing, I peered at Arisana. “The same goes for you. Enjoy each other in hell.” She snatched her gaze away like I’d slapped her.
“Here, take her,” Margarite urged, gently pushing Shyah my way. “The sun is coming up soon. We have it from here.”
Glancing out of the window, I saw a twinge of daylight trying to peek through.
Hustling Shyah out of the house, we made it to the van where a blanket waited for her.
I climbed in behind her, then nearly swaddled her in the blanket.
She laid her head in my lap and the weight of the world seeped out of her body.
“Thank you, Antonias,” she whispered.
“You needed to see that I would do anything for you, aight? You have my protection and loyalty forever,” I told her.
She nodded. “Okay. And you have mine,” she replied as sleep claimed her. My sister was exhausted. There was no telling how long she’d been awake.
Dothan came out of the house carrying a medium sized box. Adir came out of the house last and climbed inside the van.
He took notice of a sleeping Shyah and said, “We were just in time.”
Unsure of what he was talking about, my head slightly leaned to the side. He handed me a black book that looked like a planner just as the van left the driveway. Another van pulled up and parked in the spot we’d just vacated.
“Go to page four,” Adir said, taking my attention off the Lovelace house.
Flipping to page four, it took everything in me not to go up in flames. There on the page was a smiling photograph of Shyah. Her demographic information was listed along with several dates. There was one date that stood out like a muhfucka.
“They were about to sell her,” Adir stated just above a whisper. Not much rattled Adir. The look on his face said it all. He was sick to his fucking stomach. “There are some niggas here that won’t like that shit. I’ll put a bug in their ear, so they can locate the other girls.”
The other girls being the ones taking up most of these pages. I had to close the book to keep from flipping this entire neighborhood over.
It was scary to think that I almost let my life go by without confronting Eldon and Arisana. However, confronting my past not only saved me. Confronting those muthafuckas ultimately saved Shyah and would save a host of other girls.