Page 58 of On Everything
He turned his camera around showing me a picture of me and my name Jehovah written under it like a fuckin obituary or some shit. Just seeing that shit had me heated that quick. I leaned down over Mr. Davis’s body and grabbed him up by his shirt.
“You were trying to get me killed muthafucka! Why would you want me dead when I have done nothing but try to help you and your daughter? You’ve known me most of my fuckin life nigga.”
He started to spit up blood.
I kicked him in his stomach making him take another ten seconds to catch his breath.
“If you don’t start moving your lips right now you going to see that this nigga took it easier on you! Explain this shit!”
Carl coughed a few times before he struggled to get his first few words out.
“My daughter has been scared that you were about to leave her for months now.”
“So, Cashmier is in on this shit too?”
“No Jehovah. It was just me. She thought things between you two would get better because of the baby but I know niggas like you. A baby wasn’t going to change the way you treat her.”
“Says who nigga?”
“Says everything about you Jehovah. You’re selfish. You one of them niggas who thinks he’s saving the world only he’s making it worse. I knew you would never marry my daughter, but I knew that you would leave every dime you had to a kid. That’s why I was planning to get you taken care of a few months after she has the baby. I made a mistake in thinking so recklessly and now I know I am about to pay for it. I tried to steer you down the right path, but I learned long ago that you still turned out to be a cold blooded drug dealer.”
Pop Pop Pop.
Crew sent shots straight into his head.
“Crew what the fuck? I wasn’t done talking to this nigga!”
“Talking to him about what? He just admitted that he is a snake and he and his daughter were trying to take you out.”
“He didn’t say him and Cashmier. He said he was doing it because she felt like I was about to leave her ass, which I was, so I know that shit is the truth.”
“Look, all I’m saying is that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This nigga a snake so do the math Hov. I don’t care if she pregnant, watch that hoe. Hoes will forever be hoes, just like snakes will forever be snakes.”
Crew fussed, as I stared at my mentor and one of my highest inspirations dead on the floor.
“Well, I’m about to step outside for a minute. I need to smoke before I clean up all this fuckin’ brain matter.”
He walked away from me, lighting a blunt as he stepped outside of the building. No matter how much I hated to admit it, I know he was right about the apple not falling far from the tree. Now I feel like I really can’t trust Cashmier because she has the same DNA as her father. The blood of a snake. I can’t believe I didn’t see it at first. How I let a nigga like him slither past me all these years let me know that I’m not on my shit
My father used to tell me that when I’m on top, I would see there are more people that will be against me than with me. People who I felt would have my back would stab me in it without a second thought. It’s crazy that the gems he used to drop when I was a kid were proven to be true now. He knew how much I loved Carl coming up and he always said he couldn’t stand that uppity nigga. I see why now.
My phone chimed in my hand taking my attention to a message from Ciara.
Where are you? I’m not about to wait out here for too long and we probably leaving in a minute anyway.
I can admit I let her slip my mind after getting that call from Crew but since he is going to handle this shit, I know I need to get to her before she really cut me the fuck off.
Hov:Still on my way, was caught in traffic, but I’m coming.
I left out of the warehouse leaving Carl’s body on the ground.
“You leaving out my boy?”
“Yeah, I had some other shit to take care of? You got it here? You need me to send some help to get this nigga gone.”
“Nah.”
He blew out another cloud of smoke.
