Page 12 of Walk Thru The Fire

“Fuck that nigga, and you too, lil’ nigga. You better be glad I ain’t got rid of you and ya mama. Now shut the fuck up!” I hit the back of the seat he sat in as Bull pulled out of the garage.

It took us about thirty minutes to get to the hospital. When we pulled up, Bull’s girl was waiting, so he parked near the emergency entrance, and we got out and ran to the other car. I didn’t even look to see if Jace was got anyone’s attention or not. I needed to get the fuck from ’round here.

“What the hell did y’all do?” Ol’ girl asked.

“I’ain do shit, but that nigga on some other shit,” Bull snitched.

“Nigga, stop all that fuckin’ whining. You weren’t saying none of that shit when you thought you was gone get some money out of it. I’on wanna hear that shit now that you scared.” This muthafucka was pissing me off because now, all of a sudden, he wanted to be a bitch. All before he was with the shit.

Closing my eyes, I sat back and thought about my next move. I needed to get my hands on some more money so that I can get the fuck on. I know Kasha was gone tell them niggas what happened when she woke up. Jace’s lil’ bad ass was definitely snitching. I had to come up with some shit and fast so I could lie low.

“We gotta find another spot to go to. I’m pretty sure they’ll be looking for us in the area now.”

“Where else we’re supposed to go?” he asked.

“My aunt has a rental spot on the outskirts of the city. Close to the state line. We can go there and hide out until we can think of something else. That’ll give me some time to come up with some shit.” I nodded because this could work. We could go out to the house and stay there until I came up with a solid plan. I’m pretty sure this bitch ain’t gone stick around so we won’t have transportation.

“Fuck!” I bleated.

All them niggas had to do was leave me the fuck alone, and none of this shit wouldn’t be happening now. On top of that, Kasha had to start fuckin’ with that young nigga. All this shit she caused, so at this point I’ain cared if she died or not. Shit, she was useless to me, anyway. I closed my eyes and laid my head back on the seat. Hopefully, by the time we made it to the house, I would have a plan so I could take down those DeLuca niggas once and for all.

8

Chapter Eight

Stacks

When Kasha’s mama called and told me she was in the hospital, my heart sank. I don’t care what I said. I wanted nothing to happen to her. When I hung up with Mrs. Janice, I called Buck just to put him on point. I should’ve known his ass would want to tag along. I didn’t have time to go back and forth with his ass, hence the reason he had James watching Nic and Benny and he was following me in his truck. He offered to drive, but I needed some space and freedom to move when I wanted.

While I was dodging in and out of traffic, not caring about the laws of the road, Kilo called.

“Yeah?” I answered, already annoyed because I knew he was about to be on some big brother shit.

“Yeah? The fuck wrong with you?”

Breathing heavily, I told Kilo what was going on and where I was headed.

“You think he did some shit to her?” he asked.

“I’on know. I won’t know shit until I get there,” I countered.

“Look, Jackson. If she’s in the hospital after being with that nigga, she couldn’t have been in on the shit. He probably did some shit to her for not complying. Don’t take yo’ ass in there acting like Buck. We both know that nigga don’t give a fuck what the situation is if he feels like his feelings hurt.” I had to laugh at that because he didn’t lie one bit. Look what happened to Joi, and he snatched Nic’s ass up when he thought she was about to have an abortion.

“Nah, I’m not on that. At least I’m trying not to be. I can’t make no promises, though.” I was being as honest as possible.

“Aight, bro. Let me know what’s going on. Buck with you?”

“Yeah. He’s in his truck. Probably on the phone wit’ Nic. I told him to stay his ass home.”

“You know that wasn’t gone happen. That nigga loves shit like this and you’re our lil’ brother. You ain’t ever gotta go into some shit alone.” I nodded because I agreed, but some shit I just wanted to handle myself.

“I hear you. Let me get my head straight before I get there. Muthafucka had her in Wood Haven. I got about another hour to go.”

We said our goodbyes and hung up. The rest of the ride I was in my head about how I was gone deal with this shit with Kasha. I wanted to have a level head, but the shit was hard to do. I guess I’ll get the answers I need when I got to the hospital.

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“Nigga, you owe me some fuckin’ gas money. Every time you got some shit going on, it’s a gah damn field trip. If I wanted to do that shit, I would’ve brought Benny wit’ me.” Buck fussed as he got out his truck that he parked next to me.

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