My eyes narrowed at her words. She threw her hands up.
“I didn’t come here on no bullshit,” River said. I dropped my guard a little just to hear her out.
River stared at my face for a few seconds before she handed me a cellphone.
“That’s my sister’s location,” she said. I looked from the phone to her, wondering why she was giving me Ocean’s location when I couldn’t care less about that nasty bitch.
River picked up my annoyance.
“I know you don’t care for her, but I bet you’ll find Sony and his father there too.”
A look of pain flashed in her eyes, and she took a deep breath. Probably to hold the tears back.
“You are free to do what you want with them. I won’t be around anymore anyway,” she said, then smiled at me. “I think it’s time for a new start somewhere else with my parents.”
Her statement let me know that she was about to leave town with Leo. He wanted no parts of it. They were leaving Ocean to me.
“No repercussions?” I asked to be sure.
Again, her hands went up in surrender.
“None. My dad just said make sure you don’t miss,” she smirked.
River turned to walk away, but then stopped to say something else.
“Kairi is a real one, Havoc, and I’m glad you picked her and not Ocean. Look after yourself,” she saluted me and then walked away.
After I watched her leave, I rushed back to the house and called Shakur to come.
He came quickly, since his new house wasn’t too far from our house. As soon as he came into my office, I threw him River’s phone for him to see.
“What’s this?”
“Ocean’s location that River gave to me.”
His head popped up, and he looked at me with wide eyes.
“You sure it ain’t a trap?” he asked.
It was probably a trap, but it was the only thing we had right now, and I wanted to take a chance.
“Kairi was right!” Shakur exclaimed.
My head bounced to agree. She seemingly played the sisters against each other!
Shakur pulled out his phone and called Oblique to get the crew at that location ASAP. While he did that, I went down to my den to change my clothes. By the time I was strapped up and ready to go, Shakur let me know that the crew was in route.
“Keep an eye on my wife,” I instructed Lennox on our way to the garage. After Sincere died, I told Lennox to go and retire, which he deserved, but he chose to join us instead as our housekeeper. He said working kept him young. I didn’t give him too much to do other than watch the house and Kairi, and he was okay with that.
Shakur and I hopped in my burner car, and I sped out of there. The adrenaline was pumping as I sped through the night. Shakur sat beside me, checking his guns.
“I know you want Sony, but I gotta lay hands on that nigga,” Shakur said. I looked over at him.
“Say less, brother.”
It was a given. I knew last time he allowed me to get my licks in to prove myself for Kairi, but today was about finally putting him where he belonged—in the fucking dirt.
The rest of the ride there was in a comfortable silence. When we arrived, Oblique waved us down around the corner, and we pulled up.
