“Is that right?”
“Yep. I slithered my way around New York for years untouched. I couldn't be fucked with. Kind of like you.”
I tried tuning his ass out, looking up the street, half-listening to this nigga talk like he was losing his mind. That’s when I noticed a couple of all black cars coming down the block back to back, and they stopped in front of us.
“Who the fuck is this?”
I didn’t even have time to stand up before three men hopped out the cars charging towards us. Then four more came from different directions, treating this like a fuckin ambush.
“Police! Crewshon Banks, put your hands up!”
I looked over at Gio, and he had already stepped back to the side, watching them handle me while he cracked another beer open.
“What the fuck is this about?”
“You are under arrest for the Attempted Murder of Gio Matthews.”
“What the fuck?”
I looked back at him again, and he didn’t say anything. Didn’t flinch. Didn’t even pretend not to know what this was about.
“So, you really doing this shit nigga? You really set me up?”
“Son, I told you that your mistakes are your mistakes. I l thought after the test results, I might cancel all this shit, but they didn’t move me in that way. You tried to kill me little nigga, and you have to go lay down for that. Look at this as lesson number one I’m teaching you in fatherhood.”
I spit at him.
“Fuck you pussy.” I replied as my mama ran out of the house when she heard the yelling. She stumbled and fell down the steps because she was moving too fast. The worst part was,that nigga didn’t even try to help my mama up. He just let her lay there screaming my name.
“Mama! What's going on out here?”
Jas and my nephew soon came outside and helped my mama up, then they came to the car window but got pushed back.
“What happened, Crew?”
“Ask that nigga over there. He set me up!” I yelled through the car window.
“You fuck ass nigga! I knew my mama should have dropped your ass! I knew something wasn't right about you in the back of my fuckin head!” Jas started after Gio, but one of the police officers grabbed her back.
“Why did you do this, Gio!” My mama turned away from the car window.
“He had to learn Debbie. You didn't teach him, so I will.”
“You dirty bastard! Oh, baby, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know. I swear I didn’t know he would do this.”
“I know, Mama, but that’s what I was trying to tell you. That’s what I was trying to tell you this entire time. Listen, call Hov, let him know what’s going on!”
“Okay baby, I will.”
The police got in the car and slammed their doors shut before driving off.
All I could think about at this moment was my daughter, my son, and Pernelle. They need me, and most of all, I need them, I just wish I had realized that before pulling the trigger on Gio.
Chapter 18
Bria
Eight months later
