Page 65 of Halo: Tales Of A Hitman

Greek laughed but I did not find anything funny.

“Come on Halo, there was nothing wrong with you before. But you can’t front and act like Story hasn’t made you, well…more.”

“She has but it’s too many rules, to many feelings and waiting for her to feel like I do. I’m overwhelmed.” I admitted then drunk some of my drink.

“If you are not happy you can break up with her.”

I frowned, “Fuck no. I’ll never do that.”

He laughed again, “Then shut up and man up.” He hit me on my back then got up.

“Hope you choke!” I said loud enough for him to hear me.

I took my phone out and went to my text messages and went to Story’s name.

Me: I don’t like this shit between us. I miss you boo and if you at home I’ll stop by when I leave this party. Or I’ll dip now and come to you. Regardless, I want us to squash this.

I sent the message and looked down at the screen until she replied. My phone was a Samsung Galaxy 10+ so I could not see if she read my messages or not like iPhones could. After waiting for a while and no response I called her and let it ring until it got to voicemail. Now I was pissed off because she was ignoring me.

“You look like you’re about to explode.”

I looked up and Dallas was sitting next to me. Then I saw Golden had arrived with Aspen.

“My cousin asked me to come with her to this.” Dallas, let me know. “She thinks her and Golden are a couple because he invited her. Talk about delusional.” She joked.

I just wasn’t in the mood or cared.

“Things between you and Story are still messed up?” She asked me.

“Yeah, and now, she’s ignoring me. I’m about to pull up on her.”

Dallas made a cringing expression. “Might not be a good idea. You are way too mad right now, and you’ll say something you’ll regret. You love her and I’m sure you don’t want to break up.”

“I don’t.” I was fast to confirm that.

“Then wait until the morning. Right now, let’s go have some shots and have fun with your friend.”

Dallas was right, all I would have did was yell at Story for ignoring me. I sound like Golden. He hated being ignored. Normally I did not care, I preferred it but not from Story. I went to go get me and Dallas some shots of vodka. Golden had some edibles and I popped a few gummy bears in my mouth.

The DJ cut the music so Thaddeus could get the mic and say some words to his wife. It was nice and had auntie Imani crying. They shared a kiss and the party turned wild after that. The shots were floating around, some stepping music played and my drunk ass actual got on the floor to do them. It made me think of our parents because they used to do them with us in our living room. The Cha-Cha slide, Cupid Shuffle, Turbo Hustle, and my mama’s favorite Step In The Name of Love. When the DJ played that song, he shouted our parents out. That made the entire party cheer and take more shots. I was sweating and hot even though the hall had air conditioning. I went over to where my brothers were, Golden was kissing on Aspen. Greek was with some chick he met.

“I’m about to head out. It’s hotter than a bitch in here and I’m done for.” I told Greek.

“You good to drive brother?” He wanted to know.

“Yup. All clear!”

He stood up and gave me a five then a hug. He kissed the top of my head then I went and told Golden I was leaving as well.

“Hey! You’re about to leave?” Dallas caught up with me after I said goodbye to Thaddeus and my auntie.

“Yeah, I’m out. It’s hot and if I don’t get home then I’ll drive to my girl’s crib.” My words were slurring out a little. But driving while drunk came easy to me and my brothers.

“Can I get a ride? Golden isn’t ready to leave, and Aspen is glued to his hip.” Dallas was drunk too. She did not need to be in nobody’s Uber that wasted.

“I got’chu.” I told her.

She went and got her purse then told her cousin that she was leaving. We made it through the crowd and outside. It was still hot outside even though it was close to one in the morning. But it felt better than the hall. We got in my car, and I let the windows down.