Casmi giggled and turned her head so we couldn’t see the expression.
“Just a reminder, especially for you.” King pointed at Rook.
“Man, whatever.” He waved him off.
“Rook!” Sydney yelled from the entrance to the section.
He did a double take then looked between the four of us.
“I’ll be back,” he said.
He walked over to Sydney and leaned into her. They whispered back and forth for a minute before Sydney grabbed his hand and started to pull him along. He looked back, smiled at us and let her lead him away. I shook my head but didn’t say shit.
I settled back in my seat and scanned the section carefully. Outside of a few women I knew everyone in attendance which put me at ease. I had two shots with Knight and smoked a joint while I chilled with my brothers.
Eventually Knight got up to dance with his wives. Xavia came over and collapsed in King’s lap. We bobbed to the music and talked about some of the upcoming shipments we needed to work on.
Knight was the first one to call it a night when his wives both looked like they were fried. I helped him get them out of the section and to his whip. I double checked that they were buckled in and dapped him up. Then, I stood in the parking lot and watched until he was out on the street and headed back to the section.
King was talking to a few of the men who worked with us and I just sat there and listened since I didn’t have anything I wanted to add.
He was the second one to head out. By the time I walked him and Xavia to their ride and went back up, Rook and Sydney were back in the section.
“What’s up, Syd?” I gave her half a hug and collapsed on the couch beside her.
“Hey Bishop.” She gave me a huge smile and I nodded once then checked my phone so I didn’t stare.
I loved my brother and I was down whenever he needed me for whatever he needed me for. I wasn’t getting in the middle of his relationship though. Whatever he chose to deal with or not deal with was his business.
My thoughts drifted to Asante over and over while I was chilling with Rook, just vibing and people watching. We texted each other a few times while I was chilling in the club but honestly I was down to just chill with him in his office instead of sitting out here in the club with the smoke, noise and my brother and his sometimes woman, sometimes not.
Even then I just hung out for a while with Sydney dancing all over Rook until it was two and time for the club to close. We all climbed up and Rook grabbed the bottle we hadn’t finished and somehow was able to get another woman to agree to go home with him and Sydney.
I dapped Rook up and walked him and the women to his car.
“You good?” Rook asked.
“Yeah. I’m good.”
“You heading out?”
I thought about it for a moment but knew immediately that wasn’t really what I wanted to do. I wanted to see Asante again, even if it was just for a moment.
“In a little while.”
Rook didn’t ask any more questions. I knew he didn’t have to. He just nodded once.
“Be careful and hit me up if you need me.”
“Alright.”
I watched him head out the parking lot then headed back in the club. It was emptying quickly and the lights were already on. I walked back to Asante’s office and knocked on the door.
“Come on,” he called.
I pushed the door open and peeked inside.
“What’s up? You still have a lot of work to do?”
