Page 74 of Quasim III: King Inferno

I nodded my head. “Here on some important business… can’t get into it?—”

“Don’t need to. I spoke with Capone, and he told me about King Inferno needing to lay low here.”

“Flying is out the question right now. He needs to recover.”

“He not trying to hear that, though,” Teflon chuckled.

I took back the rest of my drink. “Hell nah. He wanna get up and get back to it, but his body ain’t allowing that shit to happen.”

“I owe Capo more than a few favors, so he always got whatever he needs when it comes to me and my brothers. Especially with him letting Knoxie come out there and work for him.”

“Do I wanna know those favors?”

He smirked. “Nah… a time and a place for everything.

“Heard you.”

“Shit funny, though.”

I looked over at him. “Enlighten me.”

“Always thought you favored Capone and Cappadonna. Anytime I saw you with Menace, always felt like you had their eyes… their aura or some shit. Funny how life works.”

“Life is a funny ass bitch… you good, though?”

He nodded his head and accepted his drink from the bartender. “I’m always good. You came alone?”

“Nah. Came with my wives and daughter.”

Teflon lifted his brow, now interested in what I had said. “Nigga said wives… you deadass?”

“Deadass.”

As if they were paid actors, I spotted Jeffie on her phone while holding onto Estella’s hand. Stellie turned her head for a quick second and that beautiful smile lit up when she noticed me sitting at the bar.

She pulled at Jeffie’s arm and pointed to me. Jeffie let her hand go, and she came running over toward me. I picked my baby up and kissed her head, as she sat on the bar with her feet kicking.

“This my daughter, Estella,” I introduced Teflon to her.

She looked at me, always making sure it was okay to talk to strangers. Skyler was real strict about her approaching or being so friendly to strangers. “I can say hi, Core-Core?”

“Yeah, baby.”

She smiled. “Hi!”

“Hi Sweets… you like gum?”

Her eyes widened like a damn baby crackhead. “Yes.”

Again, she looked to me and I nodded and allowed her to take gum from Teflon. “Menace is having a whole breakdown because the CPR instructor is trying to teach him how to save the baby’s life if needed… he took it as she was trying to kill the baby.”

Teflon broke out into laughter. “Ah, Mens… it’s always his ass.”

She held the phone to her ear. “No, I didn’t tell your business and give them the passwords to your accounts, Menace.”

Jeffie quickly kissed me on the lips and helped Stella down, as she happily chewed her gum while they walked to the elevator.

“Jeffie, huh? Always felt like you had some shit going with her.”

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