A few moments later, Troi had sent Kalil’s contact information. No longer feeling confident in making a phone call, Yanna opted to send Kalil a text instead.
Hey, it’s Yanna. I know I said we should stay away from each other, but I really think we should talk. You trying to meet up with me?
Yanna waited, and after a few seconds Kalil responded.
Kalil: Yea, you right, we should talk. Where you wanna meet?
Meet me at my mumma house, she’s right on the corner of 5th and Front in Highland Park. The house is 3101 but I’ll be outside.
Kalil: Bet, I’m down the bottom right now so give me like twenty and I’ll be there.
Yanna figured she’d go check in on Janis until Kalil let her know he’d arrived. Standing from her chair, she noticed Destin pulling up to his mother’s house, but decided she’d talk to him another time. For now, she was just happy to be fixing at least one problem in her life.
“Tell me again why I gotta be here for this shit?”
“Because yo mumma had an appointment or something, and also becauseyou’rethe one who sent a random ass female the location for our houses. That’s why.”
Onyx had tasked Kas with being on standby while a technician came in and updated the security systems for the houses. Though she’d never given him reason to believe she’d behave erratically, Onyx didn’t really know Zahra, and therefore, he didn’t trust her. He’d already planned on updating the systems; this had just given him a reason to expedite the process. The tech would need to go from house to house, updating the systems and resetting all the codes.
“I can’t do this shit at my own house?”
“When it’s time for him to update yours, but he has to go to each house because each one has its own interface. He did mine first.” Onyx stated before walking toward the door.
“Wait, where the hell you going?”
“I’m going home, nigga. Kian should be laying down, and I want to spend some time with Baby before he wake up terrorizing the house.”
“Tender ass nigga… aye if these people take too long, I’m dipping. I got shit to do!” Kas called to Onyx’s back as he exited the door, ignoring his brother’s rant.
Kas took up residence at his mother’s kitchen island while the technician completed the job of updating all the systems. He was hoping the worker would be quick, but after sitting at the island for nearly forty-five minutes, he discovered he wouldn’t be so lucky. Since he’d left all his beat-making equipment at his house and boredom was setting in, he decided to be nosey. Sliding over the iPad that controlled Layla’s security system, Kas pulled up the camera feed. He didn’t feel predatory at all looking through his mother’s camera because he knew she rarely even had company. Scrolling through various footage of nothing but the usual occupants of Layla’s home, his brow piqued when he finally discovered something interesting. Confusion caused his head to tilt as he watched Yanna beam one of his mother’s couch pillows at Kalil’s head. Anger slowly crept its way through Kas’ being as he watched the two on the couch speaking in hushed tones, jumping when Layla reentered the room.
“The fuck they jumping for?” Kas asked aloud, the answer coming to him as soon as the question left his mouth.Some fine ass nigga with a lot of hair, Zahra’s words replayed in his mind. Kas took out his phone and pulled up the Life 360 app, where he tracked all of his family. “Oh hell nah, aye bruh!” He called for the technician, who came out of the pantry keying in numbers on an iPad of his own.
“Something wrong?”
“Yea, you gone have to finish this shit another time.”
“I’m actually done. I was just doing some silent tests to make sure everything was working properly.”
“Alright bet, get the fuck out then.”
“But I still have one more house to?—”
“You gone have to do that shit another time. Take yo ass, nigga!”
The man gave Kas a bewildered glance but did as he was told, packing up his things and leaving the house in haste. Anger on ten and adrenaline coursing through his being, Kas exited his mother’s house, taking hurried steps toward his truck.
“Where the hell you going?” Onyx questioned, stepping out of his house just as Quan pulled into the driveway and exited his vehicle.
“Bout to go kill Kalil.”
“What? The hell you trying to kill my cousin for?” Quan questioned.
“You’re a Garrett, that nigga ain’t yo’ blood. Youmycousin!”
Kas hopped into his truck with Onyx and Quan climbing in behind him. He wasted no time pressing the button to crank the engine before placing the truck in drive.
“Hold on. Tell me what’s going on, Kas.”
