Page 138 of Hold It Down (alt)


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What had I ever done to those bitches to treat me that way? They hated me. I hadn’t fucked with Tyra’s man. She fucked with mine.

“Let’s just stomp this bitch to death.” the crazy ass chick laughed. She too decided to take off her mask. I couldn’t believe my fucking eyes.

“Bitch, you look like you seen a ghost.” Shell laughed.

“Why? What did I ever do to you?” I asked her, as I cried softly.

“Aw, don’t cry, poor little Raven. It’s always about you, huh?” Shell mocked me. “You didn’t give a damn when I told you that I was fucking with Jah first.I was thinking that you was cool, and all the while you was fucking my man! I fucked with Jahrein for a year, before you came along. Then two weeks after you moved over there he told me that it was over, even though I was pregnant with hisfirstchild. I should be driving the Benz. I should live in that six bedroom house. But no!! Thebaddest bitch from Fifth Wardput a stop to all that shit. He beat my ass and made me get an abortion. He wanted to be withRaven. Raventhis andRaventhat. Fuck Raven! Jahrein and all those other bitch ass niggas can cry overRaven’sgrave.”

“Y’all bitches are really crazy.” the gunman interrupted.

He couldn’t have said that better. I was in a room full of psychos. They weren’t there for money or drugs. They wanted me dead.

Something inside of me just told me to give them the fight of their lives. If I was going to die I was going to take one of them with me. The gunman had gotten too comfortable and no longer had the gun pointed at me. Those silly hoes had left my knife on the floor. So, when that crazy bitch Shell hit me again I fell to the ground. I swiftly picked up that knife and charged at Khalil. I swung the knife slicing his chest. I didn’t stop there, though. I couldn’t stop. I stabbed him at least ten times. Somewhere along the line he dropped his gun and was screaming at the top of his lungs.

I think that those bitches were in a state of shock for a while, because both did little to stop me.

“Raven?” I heard Red’s voice call out from the top of the steps.

“It’s some killers down here!” I shouted. If she was coming down she needed to come prepared.

I pushed who I believed to be Khalil down to the ground and dashed for his gun. He was out for the count, and those stupid bitches weren’t thinking fast enough. So, I got to the pistol first. That’s when Shell dived on my back.

“Red, come help me! It’s some hoes, trying to jump me!”

She didn’t reply, so I assumed she left me on my own. I was becoming desperate, because it was now two against one. I fired a shot to get those bitches off of me. They scattered like some roaches. Both Tyra and Shell ran up the stairs. I aimed the gun and started blasting.Blow! Blow!One bullet hit Shell in the leg. She still managed to keep running.

Those hoes were screaming and running for their lives. I wanted to empty the clip on those tricks, but they were running in different directions and I could hear my kids’ cries. I didn’t know where they were and didn’t want to shoot wildly with them around.

I felt someone walking behind me. I spun around and found myself face to face with the barrel of a gun. “Bitch put the gun down!” she yelled.

“Red it’s me!” I screamed.

“Oh, shit.” she lowered her gun and held her chest. “You the one shooting? Where are the muthafuckas you shooting at?” she asked out of breath.

“They’re around this house somewhere.” I told her. “Let’s go get the kids and get them out of here.”

“Alright.” she nodded as she followed behind me.

“No!” I heard someone scream from upstairs.

I sprinted up the stairs. When we reached the top we could hear some tussling. The sound was coming from Lero’s room. So, I pushed the door open and foundShell struggling with Tammy Chi. Shell had a knife and was trying to lodge it in her chest. Tammy Chi was having trouble getting her off of her. This bitch just refused to go down!

She was dying tonight and couldn’t even see it. No question about it. I didn’t have time to play with her with that knife, so I ran right up on her and aimed the gun in her face. It was either me or her. I didn’t hesitate before pulling the trigger.Blow!

“AWWW!!” Tammy screamed as Shell’s brain matter splashed all over us, before her body hit the floor with a loud thud.

“Oh my God!” Tammy cried.

“Shhh.” I told her as I placed my index finger over her lips. “There was another one. Let’s make sure that she’s gone. Okay?”

Tammy silently nodded.

“Mommy!” I heard one of my boys yell from the other room.

Without thinking, I dashed over to the other room and swung open the door.

“Bitch, you better move back, before I slice every one of these muthafuckas up.” Tyra threatened.