Page 249 of Kentrell

He was older than both Shawdee and Melly…

But I never rocked with him the way I did with his big brother Lamar.

Whenever we crossed paths?

It was cordial… but never friendly.

“Man… we ain’t come here for this bullshit,” Shady said finally, locking eyes with me.

His tone? Low… even… but not soft.

“Look, man… everybody chill out,” I cut in before it escalated.

Glares all around.

Wave sucked his teeth but stayed posted up, arms folded, stone-faced.

“Barksdales. Terrells. Caldwells…” I sliced the air with my hand. “We know all that history. Ain’t nobody tryna be on that… not right now.”

Wani eased back…

Threw one arm over the back of the sectional…

Fixed that hood-famous smirk on me.

“You steady talkin’… woo this…Say what the fuck it is, then, bitch,” he spat, voice low but hot enough to light a fuse. “So I can get back to my Angels.”

I felt the room shift again.

Saw the switch in Shady and Shawdee… from cool to combat-ready in half a breath.

Everybody was so hellbent on fighting a battle…

And none of ‘em had a clue what this was really about yet.

During Oshon’s digging into Malcolm…We uncovered some shit I never would’ve guessed. At least… not before Zoe came crashing into my life. The disloyalty among the South Park 6 didn’t start with Cello fucking Shanelle behind Boog’s back. That was just the crack that finally split the surface.

This?

This had been years…

Years…

Of calculated… deliberate… slow-drip betrayal.

I rubbed my hand over my face, exhaling slow… fighting the urge to snap…

When the door clicked again…

And in strolled Lex.

Didn’t even pause at the threshold… just walked in like he owned air and space… eyes already scanning the room.

His gaze landed on Melly first…

Then Shawdee…

And that was enough to twist his whole face into a scowl.

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