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“What you mean?” He sat forward and looked at me. I sat up.
“Who is it?” I mouthed.
“Chaz,” he answered and that was enough for me. I grabbed the phone from his hands and ignored the look Priest gave me.
“What’s up, Chaz.”
“Gone. Both.”
“What you mean?” I asked the same question Priest asked looking for clarity.
“Nigga I just told you. Gone. Both.”
“Chaz, this ain’t no time for games. We on our way.”
“You think I’m playing? Nigga I’m trying to get my woman back. I wouldn’t play like this. Shit. I wanted to handle this shit for her.” I could hear the frustration in his voice.
“I ain’t saying I don’t believe you cuz but I need some proof. It don’t make no sense. I thought you said you had somebody sittin’”
“I did. That’s what I don’t understand, but I can’t be more sure than by checking myself. Check your phone. It made the news.”
He sent me a link and I tapped it. I’d be damned if he wasn’t right. Hamp apparently had more enemies than me and his son was identified with him.
“Cuz, you hear me?”
“What?” I asked missing everything he said.
“Tomorrow, Nesha gone be there too, right?”
“I told her. I think she will make it.”
“Bet. This sealed then. Wheels down ‘til tomorrow,” he disconnected.
“That’s legit? It’s over.”
“Yeah, I guess so.” I said leaning back in disbelief. It was sacrilegious to thank God for someone getting murdered. I was changing from the man I was when I was younger when I just jumped up and did that shit like it was a regular day. I had someone else to consider. Maybe even more than one. I saw the fear in Le’s eyes when she understood what I was coming to do today. After that night, I gave her the food truck. I promised no more secrets. She asked where I was going today and I told her I was getting our freedom. Her eyes stretched wide as saucers but she nodded. She would be on pins and needles until I returned. Now, I could spare her heart palpitations.
“Well shit, I’m going home. Get ya ass out,” he said.
“Yo’ ass ain’t gotta tell me twice. I’m running home to my woman right now.”
I remember that there was a time when I would run to everyone else. Now, my mind was only turning in one direction. I had finally obtained the balance I was seeking in life. I was completing the hotel build and I saw now I couldn’t keep up with it all. I was going to have to take a step back and prioritize the family I was building. I was working on hiring a crew andallowing Cairo to take over some real responsibility. The only prerequisite was that he get in school and finish. Remy was stepping down for good, as he should be, and I was going to heed his words. No more starving my woman chasing a life I felt like was running faster than me.
I stepped off the plane and I dipped my head back in to give Priest one last reminder.
“Don’t forget I need everything in place tomorrow.”
“Nigga if you don’t gone somewhere and stop being a bitch. I told you I got you.”
I corked a smile and headed home to my woman.
***
“I don’t think I can handle any more surprises,” Le said with her arms spread out in front of her.,
“Stop whining.” I admonished, and she smiled, showing all thirty-two teeth.
“I mean, I had to fly here this morning; now I couldn’t even get off the plane without being blindfolded. You know how hard it is to be blindfolded over an hour.” She whined but the sweet smile communicated how anxious she was.
