“Bet.” I dapped him up then hopped in the lil’ whip that Chez’s team had provided for me. They’d also booked me a nice ass suite at The Celestial, so that’s where I was headed to wash my ass and smoke.
I rolled a blunt when I got in the suite and set it aside for after my shower. I spent about thirty minutes in there thinking about what I was gon’ put on. It was a chill night, so I didn’t have to do too much, besides, I had my notoriety before any of the brands and shit. I could pull bitches in my draws. Still, a nigga took pride in looking and smelling good.
After my shower, I went ahead and fired my blunt up and checked my calendar. Carter, Sy’s assistant, stayed adding shit to it without telling a nigga. I nodded in satisfaction seeing that he gave me the week off like I requested. I had been busy as shit and needed some time off from traveling and shit.
Once I was done, I called my uncle since I’d missed his call.
“Nephew.”
“Unc.” I grinned. “What’s the word, Lord?”
“Same ol’ shit, just a different day. How you like it over there in A.C.?”
“Shit straight,” I said after taking a pull from my blunt. “It ain’t home, but it’s cool.”
“Home is whatever you make it wherever, Neph, but I feel you. There’s no place like The Falls.”
“On Lord.” I agreed. “What you on though, Proof? You got some hoes through there?”
“Naw, not tonight.” He chuckled. “Your mama ain’t been gone too long from tearing my nerves up.”
“She bossy as shit.” I shook my head.
She stayed coming to a niggas crib doing what the fuck she wanted to do in that bitch, and I allowed it because she was my OG and spoiled as fuck.
“She is, but she means well.”
“She had Juanita with her?” I grinned.
“Hell no.” He laughed. “And I’m glad. Woman is worrisome.”
Juanita was one of my mom’s close friends and she had been on my uncle’s bumper since I was a young Lord, but Proof ran from her ass. He said she was too clingy for his liking. He didn’t really do shit but chill in the hood since retiring. I was his only nephew, and he only had one daughter, my cousin Porcia, but he played that role to a lot of kids in the hood that needed it.
“You need something warm to hold at night, Unc.”
“When you get something, I’ll consider it.”
“I always slide up in somethin’ tight and warm, Lord. You know that.”
“And you leave right after, so my statement stands.” He laughed. “I’m not gon’ hold you up, nephew. I was just calling to check in.”
“Aight, Unc. I’ll push up when I touch down at the crib.”
“That’s a bet. Love ya, boy.”
“Love you too, Unc.”
After disconnecting I checked the time and saw I had a good bit of time left to meet with Chez and his people, so I set analarm and shot my mama a quick text to check in with her before taking my ass to sleep.
“That’s not fair.I wanted to come and meet Chez’s fine ass, and I even could have potentially worked with Italy,” Porcia complained while we were on FaceTime. She’d called bugging the fuck out of me while I was getting ready to go out.
“Porcia, realize who the fuck you on the phone with, aight?” I cut my eyes to the phone screen while I put my chains on. “I ain’t one of ya lil’ homegirls, so knock it off.”
“I know, but we’re best friends.” Her pretty ass smiled.
“Naw, we blood, and Lord might be cool, but I will drop his ass behind you, and I’d smoke his wife for any funny shit too, so to prevent that, I’m glad yo’ ass ain’t here.”
Even though me and P were cousins, she was more like a little sister to me. Growing up I wanted a sibling bad as shit, but my mama wasn’t going for it. I was elated when Proof found out he had a daughter. She was the Frick to my frack, and another mothafucka for me to spoil. I didn’t play no games about Porcia Matthews. I didn’t give a fuck about status, gang shit, or none of what a nigga had going on. When it came to her, I was putting niggas down.
