TWO WEEKS LATER
Iwas never a person who talked to God a lot. Mainly because I felt like I was just way too bad to even attempt to call out His name, but today? Today, I couldn’t do anything else except thank Him for the blessing He gave to us, even though I wasn’t deserving of it.
All my life, since I could remember, I’d been rough around the edges and doing what I wanted. Don’t get me wrong, I honored my parents and listened to them while at home. I knew better than to talk to them like I was crazy; however, I wasn’t that innocent on the streets.
I always told myself that as long as it didn’t get back to them, I was okay, and so, I became a whole ass terror.
My motto was ‘what they didn’t know, wouldn’t hurt,’ and for a long time, they didn’t know what I got up to, but I knew God was seeing it all.
That was why I could never bring myself to pray and ask for anything because I knew I didn’t deserve it. However, forwhatever reason, he decided to bless me, and I had to thank Him.
Since I could remember, I didn’t want anything to do with Havoc. Simply because he was Orlando’s son and mixed up in the same shit I wanted nothing to do with, but he came through for us in a big way.
I would admit, I walked into this thing a little nervous, wondering if he truly knew what he was doing. He was putting himself in the line of fire more instead of keeping away like I was trying to do. Even after Sincere approached me about joining his team for the person he wanted to take over, I had no idea that it was Havoc until I saw him that night I went for Sony.
A part of my deal with Sincere was for him to find the “little niggas” that ran up in my crib, and he blew my mind when he told me that it was Sony and his weak ass pops.
I didn’t want to believe it at first. Not because I actually trusted Sony or no shit like that, but because I didn’t think he was dumb enough to try my family like that. Not only did the snake nigga try to rape my baby sister, but he let his fucking pops beat on mine when he tried to protect Kairi.
That shit blew my fucking mind! I had to spend days at Oblique’s store just so I wouldn’t take my anger out on my sister for not telling me. But at the same time, I already knew that pussy ass nigga probably threatened her to keep her quiet. I knew she only did that to protect me and my pops.
But after Sincere told me the real, there was no way I could let Sony get away with it. I would admit, I was both shocked and proud to see Havoc beating his ass that day. At that point, I finally understood that he was checking for Kairi, and it wasn’t just a mess around thing.
There was no nigga going toe-to-toe with another nigga over a broad they weren’t feeling like that.
He showed me right then that I could take a chance on him, and looking around at this new house he purchased for us, I was glad that I did. That was what I was thanking God for.
Sincere had allowed Havoc to tap into some of that money, and the first thing bro did was buy us a new house far away from Sony’s reach. Havoc did some shit that I wasn’t able to do for my own family, so that nigga had my support a thousand percent.
I was making a little something already, but it wasn’t enough for me to be purchasing houses and shit. Sincere hooked Havoc up with a realtor friend, and instead of getting himself a new crib, he set us up, showing me that his heart belonged to my sister.
It was just too bad she wasn’t budging on him. No matter what I said or tried, she was steering clear of Havoc. I had to respect the fact that he had no intention of forcing her, but something was telling me that he might have to.
I stood back and watched as the movers brought all our new furniture inside. My chest was swelling with emotions I didn’t even know I could have. I flipped my eyes up at the ceiling and nodded at God.
Havoc wasn’t playing with us and made sure that he brought everything new too.
Kairi briskly walked past me, watching the men deliver our furniture, and she had this uneasy look on her face.
“What’s going on with you?” I asked. She spun around to look at me and sighed.
“Nothing.”
She’d been acting weird ever since Havoc came to our old house, and I’d been leaving her alone, but not today.
“Don’t tell me it’s nothing when I can see that’s not true,” I said. When she looked away from my eyes, I knew that I was right.
“It’s just—” she started and stopped. Taking that moment to look around again.
“It’s just what?” I probed. Again, another heavy exhale told me that my little sister had a lot on her mind.
After taking a moment to look around us again, she finally looked my way and said, “Doesn’t it feel like something will go wrong?”
That made me frown.
“Something could go wrong like what?” I asked. Her shoulders hunched even though the look in her eyes told me that she knew exactly what she was talking about.
“Is Sony threatening you or something?” I asked, feeling my blood start to boil. God knew I wasn’t trying to fuck shit up for Havoc before he could even start, but if that nigga had ignored my warnings and fucked with Kairi, I was going to war.
