Hit Hollow’s name on my phone and waited for him to answer.
“Where you at?” Hollow answered.
“How the fuck did you know they were kicking my door in?”
“Nigga, do you really think I don’t be watchin’ and listenin’? Soon as you came to me wit’ this muthafucka burnin’ shit down and fuckin’ wit’ you, I jumped into big brother mode. I got acamera at your garage and one hiding behind the light on yo’ front porch.”
“How do you know they got a warrant?”
“As they were beating on the door, they tell you they got a warrant. I couldn’t tell you what happened when they kicked the door in. Adore, them folks been building some shit on you again. This was not no random ass kick-in.”
“Did they walk out with anything?” Adore asked.
“Nah, bruh. They came out empty-handed.”
“‘Cause I cleared that bitch the day I moved out. Told yo’ ass not to ever have shit where we lay our head at. Have you not learned that shit from the last time?” Whodie said.
“Do y’all think someone set me up?” I asked both of them.
“Shit, I don’t think,” Hollow said.
“Man, fuck all that. We not lettin’ her turn herself in over no bullshit case.”
“I didn’t say I was–”
“The look you got lettin’ me kno’ you ready to turn yo’self in me,” Whodie said.
“Adore, listen to me. Don’t move stupid. We can work this shit from the outside,” Hollow said through the phone.
“Or they can pick me up like I’m some random bitch off the street,” I said.
“They not gonna do that.”
“They already kicked my door in!” I snapped.
Everyone went silent, like we all were thinking of our next move. If they had a warrant, then they had enough information on me. If I ran, they’ll start picking all my shit apart like my businesses, my people, and my money.
“No,” I said quietly.
“What?” Whodie asked.
“I’m not letting them tear down everything I built looking for me.”
“Adore, don’t do that. We can move you. Get you outta the city.”
“And leave you?” I turned to him. That shut him up. “I built this shit. I’m not about to run from it.”
Hollow exhaled through the phone, “If you do this, you do it the right way. No talking and no statements.”
“I know how this goes,” I said.
We all went quiet again. Whodie pulled into a dark lot and cut the engine off.
“You not goin’.”
“I am,” I replied. “It’s the only way to keep them off you.”
He ran his hands through his locs. “Man…you just got me back right and now you…”
