“Kill me?” I chuckled. “That’s the least of my fucking worries. I suggest you get yo’ fat ass here before I blow all their brains out and you know I’ll do it. You got thirty minutes. Better make some happen,” I told him and pressed the red button. “Get all y’all asses into the living room. I shoved Jada toward the entrance and everyone else followed. Her mama grabbed her and hugged on her.
“Do you really have to do this?” she asked me as she eyed her boys who sat on the floor next to her. They all were in the corner of the room as if that was gon’ save them or something.
“John the one started the shit. He knows the rules to the game. That’s something you should’ve been asking that nigga.” I peeked out the window to see if I saw him but saw nothing but a stray dog jogging down the sidewalk.
It took Aaliyah a lil bit, but she finally got a trace on their asses. After I shot him, he’d moved them to the next city over, thinking that was gon’ save them from my terror.
I heard a car pull up outside. When I looked out the window, I saw a black Tahoe parked out front. I moved toward the entrance of the living room where John couldn’t catch me off guard and aimed my gun in that direction. The lock on the door turned and the door pushed in.
“Melody?” a masculine voice called out someone’s name, but the voice didn’t belong to Big John.
“Daddy!” the woman yelled and lifted to her feet. I bent the corner to see an elderly man standing there.
“Who the fuck are you?” he asked.
“I’m so fucking sick of y’all. Where the hell is Big John. If someone don’t tell me something soon, I’m gon’ just start killing everybody.”
“You’re not gon’ kill anyone,” I heard come from behind me and then metal touched the back of my head.
“There you go, fat bitch.” A smile etched across my face.
“You talk a lot of shit for someone with a gun to their head.”
“You should’ve just stayed fucking dead… the first time.”
“I can’t stand yo’ smart mouth ass. I don’t see what Wren sees in you.”
I chuckled and replied, “A man. Something she don’t see in you.”
Wham!
He smacked me in the back of the head with the pistol. My shit hurt a bit, but that wasn’t gon’ stop me.
“I’m gon’ enjoy killing you.”
“Drop the gun, John.” The smile on my face spread wider.
“Did you really think I was gon’ walk in here alone?” I asked him, spinning around when I felt the gun lower from my head. Ma stood behind him with her gun pressed at the back of his head. Everyone knew not to mess with her babies. The worst thing he could’ve done was fuck with Wicked behind them bars.
“You almost killed my baby,” left her lips. Pops stood not too far behind her.
“Return him to sender, Ma,” I said with a grin as I headed for the front door. A gunshot rang out behind me.
Epilogue
WREN
Ayear later
The last year was insane. John was killed for real this time, and honestly, no one really missed him. The streets did something to him. They turned him sour where no one wanted to deal with him. It’s sad to say, but I think we all were better off without him, especially after he sent me that weird ass card to the hospital after I had Kairose.
Uncle Trayvon and Nyomi were still going strong. In fact, he’d proposed to her and caught everyone off guard. She’d moved in with him and was helping him out at the shop. I’m surprised she’d lasted this long, but I’m guessing that he’s just tired of being alone and wanted to settle down.
Solei and Zayden were still Solei and Zayden. Every time the family got together, they were still arguing about something. I thought by now she would’ve walked away from the marriage, but she was still trying to make things work with him. I’ll never understand their relationship, but I guess it’s not meant for me to.
Luxe, pure baby was still single. She’d been tossing herself deeper into work. After Wicked got stabbed, she ended up traveling to Europe for a few months. She was gone so long that I thought she’d never come back home. Ever chance she got, she sent something different back home for Kairose. Hopefully, one day she’ll find someone to love her the way that she deserves because if no one else needs love, Luxe does.
Grim’s ass was still living in the shadows. I almost forget that he even belongs to the family ’til he pops up out of nowhere. I literally know nothing about his life. I can’t say who he’s talking to or anything, but I do know that he’s still breathing and lurking.
