Ajani Turner

Kaine and I shared a look before he sighed and knocked on Raheem's front door. It took awhile but soon the bwoy opened the door and looked at the both of us with his face slightly scrunched up. He seemed hesitant before he stepped to the side and allowed us to come inside. Raheem smelled like he hadn't showered in a week and I tried to refrain from breathing in the stench and gave Kaine a look telling him to go easy on him silently.

"How are you? I brought you food that I made last night bwoy" I said holding up the brown paper bag. Raheem thanked me quietly and took the bag from my hands before he walked into the kitchen telling us we could have a seat in the living room.

"Harlem can't come back from this, he has to take the fall for this. Police are snooping around and investigating and this isn't something that could be pushed under the rug. They're watching us hard and I hate the fact that I feel like I'm letting Raheem down by not letting him kill Harlem but I'm trying to protect everyone from serving jail time" Kaine said lowly.

"Maybe you get someone on the inside to take care of him. Don't let him get to comfortable, he'll probably be looking over his shoulder at all times" I said quietly once I heard Raheem's footsteps. He took a seat in the arm chair and looked at Kaine and I, it was obvious he'd had no sleep because of the bags under his eyes and the way he just seemed so done with the world.

"How's Jason? I took Knox to get him a Lego set at Toys R Us and I think he'll like it" I said folding one of my legs over the other. Raheem kept a dull look on his face as he stared straight ahead occasionally blinking his eyes.

"I can't see him anymore, my baby mama took out a restraining order and under the circumstances the judge granted it temporarily until we go to court" Raheem explained as he pushed one of his tears away.

"Court? You explained to her what happened right and how that had nothing to do with you? She can't take your son away because of something fucked up Harlem did" Kaine said growing extremely defensive.

"She can though, she thinks I'm a danger to him and his wellbeing. She doesn't want him growing up to be like us and I don't blame her. This is my fault Kaine, you warned me along with everyone else and I continued to have faith and trust in my brother and he nearly killed my son" Raheem said through gritted teeth as he clutched the arm of the chair.

"Bwoy you can't beat yourself up about that, we all want to believe our family has our best interest at heart. I could never see Johan hurting Knox in any way and I know it was the same for you, but Harelm crossed the line and proved that he wasn't right in the head. Never make his mistakes your mistakes, you lived and you learned" I explained and Raheem looked at me before he leaned forward and allowed a few tear drops to fall.

"My life is fucked, most people don't do drugs for no reason. I got clean for my kids and now I don't even trust myself around them anymore. Where is Harlem?" Raheem questioned glaring at Kaine and I.

"He's tied up and being watched by the cartel until we can see what the police plan to do with the investigation. I mean I could take you to him right now and you can kill him out of anger and without thinking strategically and then go to prison for something you didn't do to your son, or you can kill two birds with one stone" Kaine said before we shared a look with each other.

"Theresa, Harlem's baby mama gave a statement to the police. She didn't name drop Angelo and since the brownstone isn't in his name and he doesn't exist he's good, all that matters is making sure you don't go to prison for this shit" Kaine said and Raheem cracked his knuckles.

"And if he talks to the police and incriminates us all? You think he'll go to prison without putting up much of a fight?" Raheem asked and Kaine looked at the time on his wrist.

"Nah, Harlem feels guilty right now. He'd take that time if it meant that he wasn't going to die and it'd make you feel better. But this is up to you, he shot your son, so you make the call of what you wanna do" Kaine said placing his arm back down.

"Do what you feel like you gotta do" Raheem responded looking away from us. Kaine slowly nodded his head and we both stood up and I walked to the front door after saying goodbye to Raheem and Kaine instructed him to shower and pull himself together.

Kaine eventually joined me at the door and we stepped out and went down the stairs. I pulled my jacket closed tighter and shivered a little before noticing Kemba had a gun pulled out on someone.

When we turned the corner I noticed Jenny was leaning on Kaine's car and filing her nails. When she saw me she stopped what she was doing and stood up before pushing her blonde hair over her shoulder and walked over to me as more guns came out stopping her security from following her.

"Cancel the gala" She said simply and I looked her over before watching her smirk and touch her head that was covered with a beanie.

"Al isn't going to play fair, he's going to bomb the place and get it over with. He doesn't want you to get the upper hand that we both know will eventually come" Jenny said as she blinked and turned her attention to Kaine before smiling at him.

"Aren't you running with him? Thanks for the heads up but it's obvious you have other motives for telling us this" Kaine said and Jenny sighed.

"Dash is dead. He was shot so many times in the face when they showed me the body I couldn't recognize him, now I have to relay that information to my oldest daughter and seeing her heartbroken is going to hurt me a lot and I can't let that go" Jenny said looking over her shoulder at the security she brought realizing she was out numbered.

"Gyal what does that have to do with me? You knew Dash would die eventually it's not like he was smart" I stated and Jenny nodded.

"I know your brother killed him or had something to do with it, there's no need to play stupid!" Jenny snapped and I smirked.

"And let me guess, you want revenge is that why you're here? You know I won't let anyone touch my brother so is this a warning, am I suppose to pretend to be scared?" I asked as Kaine walked over to Vinny who was talking on the phone.

"I'll give you until you drop that baby in your stomach to prepare. I hate that you have a disadvantage and I really wanna see what you're all about" Jenny said boldly and a few cartel member began to laugh as I looked her over before I smiled. Jenny took a subtle step backwards not liking my gaze.

Remaining silent I grew serious and walked passed her as she took another small step back. Julez opened Kaine's door for me and I glanced back at Jenny.

"You have good taste in enemies, I'll give you that" I said simply and she glared at me obviously bothered. I climbed into the car and shut the door as I watched Kaine and Vinny have a heated discussion before he walked away from him.

Kaine got into the car and shook his head as he put on his seatbelt and instructed the me to do the same. We watched the siblings talk to each other for a second before Kaine started his car up and pulled off obviously annoyed.

"With Alvin backing them they really think they have a chance. They're weak, the mob was once deadly but now that their father lost his mind he's off ordering hits on all of his friends because he's paranoid that they're going to take him out. Vinny is following around Jenny because he doesn't want to get his hands dirty, it's like that whole family is fucked" Kaine explained.

"And that has nothing to do with us. They'll be their own downfall and we can help them fall along the way" I said replying back to a text message from Johan.

Our catering service was in business and with everything going on it was good we were moving things discretely. All the other small time businesses in NewYork were getting arrested like some type of bait because the police were trying to get more information on Kaine and everyone he was associated with.

His lawyer said they had nothing to arrest him on but to expect them to show up at our place again with another warrant.

"Moses got arrested, they kicked his door in. They took him for questioning about a murder and then released him last night" Kaine informed me and I raised an eyebrow and glanced at my husband.

"Was it a murder they think he was involved in or was it something they were trying to pin on you or anyone you work with?" I asked as Kaine licked his lower lip.

"Something to do with his brother and he said he needed to keep his distance for a little while because that detective is already watching us hard. What do you think he'd do if he found out we were associated with a suspect of his in another case? I'm not trying to give that fuck nigga anything to talk to me about" Kaine said and I nodded.

When we got back home it was already late, nearly going on twelve in the morning. Kaine went straight into the bedroom and stripped down into his boxers while I checked on Knox who was asleep in his bed and Bam was laid sprawled out on the floor by his toddler bed.

I peeked in Aaron's room and he was on the floor knocked out with headphones placed in his ears. He turned over on his side and I shut the door before returning to my bedroom closing that door as well.

"Guess what day it is?" I said glancing at the clock. Kaine looked up at me and shrugged his shoulders as he sat at the foot of the bed and removed his socks.

"It's officially your birthday" I said biting my lip. Kaine looked up at me as I straddled his lap and he began to laugh before eventually laying back on the bed.

"I'm not in the mood to make love right now, I just want to fuck" Kaine said as I kissed his neck before nibbling on it. I moved my mouth to his lips and kissed him passionately before sitting up  and I could feel his dick began to rise some.

Kaine's grip on my waist tightened before he sat up and kissed me again. He pushed my jacket off  before removing my shirt and my bra and I couldn't help but laugh at his excitement as he pulled my pants off along with my panties.

"Turn over" he demanded dropping his pants around his ankles. I gave him a flirty look before turning over feeling him get onto the bed.

Kaine kissed my back before reaching around me and groping my tender breasts. I groaned and moved his hand and he laughed pushing his boxers down.

"Don't throw your back out old man, I want it rough" I demanded looking back at Kaine and he frowned pushing into me as I gasped.

"I'm twenty four, you gon keep teasing me every year I grow older huh?" He asked thrusting into me slowly as he grabbed my hair.

I went to respond but a moan came out and I smirked as he pushed me further down. Biting my lip I tried to refrain from moaning to loud as Kaine wrapped his arm around my waist to keep me from falling on the bed.

"Why are you holding it in?" Kaine questioned as he moaned in my ear. I bit my lip continuing to moan out as he slapped my ass.

"Harder!" I moaned as he sped up and continued to thrust as my eyes rolled into the back of my head.

-

I knocked twice on Yoli's door the next morning before taking a single step back. When she didn't answer the door right away I knocked again before ringing the doorbell and she eventually opened the door and looked at me before stepping to the side.

Holding my arms behind my back I walked inside and could smell candles burning. She was binge watching The 100 in her living room and I took a seat on the couch after removing my shoes.

"You haven't been returning my calls, I didn't think we were on speaking terms" Yoli said simply as she sat down. She folded one of her legs over the other and I rolled my eyes at her attitude deciding to not get upset.

"I told you I was busy, we aren't teenagers anymore were I can just drop everything and go shopping with you at all times. I don't know why you're mad but I came to talk about it gyal so let's talk about it" I said simply and she scoffed.

"Obviously I'm not mad at that, what I am mad about is your dumb ass husband and his childish ass group of friends or whatever he calls them. Angelo is spreading lies about me and I can't go anywhere around them without them saying  slick shit but when I snap it's my fault" She said growing annoyed.

"I don't think you're a hoe for sleeping with Angelo, I think it was wrong and you should tell Khan but I don't think you're a bad person and I don't feel bad for Angelo because he's cheated on all of his girlfriends except you and you weren't with him long enough to be cheated on" I shrugged.

"I'm going to tell Khan because it was a mistake and I feel bad about it. Is that all?" She questioned growing an attitude and I stood up.

"No, I'm hungry and since you always eat my food I'm going to eat yours" I said walking into the kitchen. When I opened her pantry I was caught off guard by all the junk food inside and instinctively reached for the unopened Oreos.

"They aren't organic, you sure you wanna eat them?" Yoli questioned looking me over and I frowned and opened the bag anyway.

"I'm pregnant and I've been craving these for a few weeks now, leave me alone" I mumbled biting into one. I chewed the cookie in my mouth slowly before taking another bite and Yoli admired the engagement rings he wore.

"Khan will probably take this back but it's beautiful, don't you think?" Yoli asked before she placed her hand down and I thought about it.

"It's beautiful, you're taking this well and we all know how obsessed with him you are" I said finishing the cookie and Yoli shrugged.

"Well we can't all have nice things, I kinda figured we'd never really get married. I don't know why I slept with Angelo to be honest, I regret it and he wasn't as good in bed as Khan anyway. I think I was trying to sabotage my relationship before I could get hurt, I tend to always do that" Yoli explained and I looked away.

She was right, every time she got with someone she messed it up on purpose before she could really love them deeply. She'd done it three times and I knew it was a result of her father and her mother and the issues they had and unless she went to therapy it would only get worse.

"Maybe you should talk to someone, maybe you need to get everything off your chest. I'm not saying that Khan is going to forgive you gyal but this is unhealthy. You don't want to be alone but you push everyone away and I know you don't want to loose Khan" I explained.

"I'm not ready yet" Yoli mumbled taking a cookie from the package.i sighed before grabbing another cookie and opening it up. I licked the frosting off of the cookie and Yoli frowned before laughing.

"Are we okay though, you still think I'm worthy of being your best friend even though I cheated on your uncle?" Yoli asked looking up at me.

"I'm disappointed but I still love you and I'll pray for you when it comes to my uncle because he might choke you out" I replied biting into a cookie and she laughed. I looked at the time on my phone before grabbing my third cookie and I gave her a one arm hug.

"I gotta go, I still have to pick up some stuff from the grocery store for Kaine's birthday" I said and Yoli fake smiled.

"Tell him I said have another fun year of not growing any taller" she said bitterly and I pulled out my phone. I wasn't really bothered by their arguing it was sibling like and the fact that Yoli was taller than Kaine amused me.

I left out of her place before going to finish my errands and got home an hour later. When I walked into my living room Kaine was laying back on the couch playing video games on one screen and Knox was laying on a bunch of pillows while watching Team Umizoomi.

"I got the stuff" I said walking passed and Kaine got up and followed me into the kitchen. He grabbed me and kissed me before he began to dig through the bag in search of the chocolate cake mix.

"When are you gonna start baking it?" He questioned being impatient and I frowned. When he saw the look I was giving him he took a step backwards and looked at me growing fearful.

"Mama!" Knox yelled running into the kitchen. He reached his arms up and started whining until I picked him up.

"Did you tell papá happy birthday?" I questioned and Knox rubbed at his eye shyly and Kaine smiled and looked at him like he was waiting for him to say it.

Knox said it as best he could and Kaine took him and lowered him to the ground. When Kaine kissed me again Knox tried to get in between us by pushing on Kaine's leg.

"If it wasn't for me you wouldn't be here. I blessed you with good genes hijo, your mama could've been a ugly ass stripper" He teased and I slapped his chest.

"Is there something you wanna tell me? You use to fuck with busted ass strippers?" I questioned innocently and he smacked his teeth and kissed my cheek.

Bam started to meow as he rubbed against Knox's leg and my son squatted down and patted the kittens head as Boa came running into the kitchen with one of Knox's stuffed animals and he began to shake it.

Knox tried to pull the bear from his mouth and he began to growl causing Kaine to yank it roughly from Boa's mouth and the dog whimpered before he lowered his head.

"What time does Aaron get out of school? He asked me to pick him up" Kaine said changing the subject before I could say anything about the dog he wasn't taking care of like he said he would.

"He should be about to get out right now, you might as well take bambino with you before he throws a fit so I can get this cake finished and make the fort for our movie day" I said and Kaine looked down at Knox who was already looking up at him with those innocent eyes of his.

"You wanna go?" Kaine asked and Knox looked from me to Kaine and rubbed at his eye again like he was afraid to hurt my feelings.

"Go" Knox said holding his arms up and Kaine picked him up before he walked out of the kitchen. I laughed off the smirk Kaine was giving me like he won something.

Aaron had been moody for the passed few days and I didn't know why. He was his normal self but just spent more time in his room and on his phone more than usual. He said Moses had been avoiding him but now that I knew Moses was arrested I wondered if when he found out would he calm down some at least a little bit.

But then I remembered how I was when I was his age, Kaine and I were glued at the hip and he was my best friend and only friend at the time so I just put up with him until I started to actually like him and think he was cute.

Now here I was knocked up with his second child and baking him a birthday cake for his twenty fourth birthday. I also really liked Moses but if he hurt my likkle bwoy I'd have to rip his throat out or decapitate him.

I'd let him choose though, it was the least I could do since I was fond of him..

Angelo Simms

I leaned back into the chair in my office and stared at the crooked painting before instructing one of the drug dealers in my office to tilt it some so that it was straight but he was only making it worse. Smacking my teeth I stood up from my chair and dismissed them as Johan entered and watched me fix the painting to my liking.

"Bwoy what's wrong with you? I met two sets of twins last night and I didn't get a chance to give you the ugly set" Johan teased as he walked over to the chair across from my desk and sat down.

"I'll remember that when I make you take one for the team with some