Angelo Simms

"You want a cookie? Say cookie" I said squatting behind Knox has he leaned into me. He held an Oreo in his hand and looked at it before raising it to his mouth. I watched him bite it getting a chocolate crumb on his lip.

"Cookie" he responded pushing the piece of Oreo stuck to his lip in his mouth. He looked at the cookie that was bitten in his hand and I eyed the gold bracelet that was clasped to his wrist.

"Cookie!" Knox said again holding it to me mouth and I bit it before wrapping my arms around him while he giggled and bit the cookie again. Reaching into the package I grabbed another one and handed it to him so he had a cookie in each hand and he looked at both.

"Lolo I want a cookie too!" Harlem's three year old daughter Carmen exclaimed and I frowned and eyed her. She attempted to snatch one of the cookies from Knox.

"No mine!" He shouted mushing her in the face causing her to fall over dramatically and start crying out. Harlem looked over at us and I tried to contain my chuckle as Knox resumed eating one of his cookies.

"Kaine get your fucking son he's always making her cry" Harlem stated and Kaine got a bored look on his face as he stopped his conversation with Clintus.

"Tell your daughter not to take stuff from him, he does nothing to her unless she starts being annoying as fuck" Kaine replied back and Harlem smacked his teeth.

"Angelo give her a cookie and quit starting stuff!" Harlem snapped and I frowned. I wasn't giving her lil chubby ass shit.

"She's already had six fucking cookie, that's enough" I stated and Harlem mumbled something under his breath before standing up from the couch in my brownstone. He walked over to his daughter and picked her up wiping tears from her face before mugging me.

"Why you always gotta play favorites?" He asked and I made a face because I wasn't contributing to his daughters childhood obesity I was playing favorites?

"Your daughter ate her lunch and his lunch and ate six cookies and she's trying to steal the cookies in his hand. She's had enough" I said standing up.

I was nice to all children because I was a cool ass nigga and Knox just so happened to be the only one that wasn't always asking for shit, yes I did favor him more.

Knox finished the first cookie before picking his sippy cup off the ground. I watched him wobble over to where the toys Kaine brought for him were before I rejoined Kaine on the couch listening to his conversation.

"When will people learn to stop underestimating Moriah? He's crazy and I'm not dumb enough to even go around him right now because I know the outcome. I lived with him I know how he thinks and I know how scary he can be. I don't even think he's mad about Elias anymore to be honest" Kaine said quietly.

"If he was going to kill you he would've done it a long time ago. He hasn't really done anything, Harlem is the one that keeps taking slick shots at him and when that man snaps and comes over here to kill his ass I'm not risking my life for him" I stated as Harlem sat down.

He gave me a side eye before picking up his can of soda and his daughter snatched it from him nearly spilling it on my couch.

"Because you're a bitch that's why. Coward ass nigga" Harlem mumbled taking the can from his daughter and sipped on it.

"I'm talking about facts you ignorant son of a bitch. We aren't on the Scotts level yet and if we step out of line and cross them the wrong way you know what will happen? All those connects that we have will side with them and turn against us. I don't seek to start anything with them because they aren't fucking with us. There is obviously a middle man playing both sides" Kaine stated and I pushed my dreads out of my face.

"You guys can play this two ways, either stay to yourselves and continue to work underground or you guys can arrange a sit down meeting and explain with facts and talk out a solution of the problem. If you want to succeed always keep your hands clean" Clintus said nervously and Harlem nodded.

"So the question is who do we talk to?" Harlem questioned and I shifted nervously in my seat causing Kaine to eye me.

"I play NBA live with Sharif and Sincere and Ajani are still really close" I said and Harlem frowned and looked at me seeming hurt.

"You said you stopped playing months ago, you said I was getting better at playing" He said sounding like a scorned lover and I eyed him briefly.

"No nigga you suck and playing with you is boring because I know I'll win. Every time it never fails I always beat you" I said and he frowned.

"Look can we focus on the topic at hand? If we do arrange a sit down I don't want any security, just us talking about the situation. My ultimate goal is to combine with the California organization I want peace and I want to have a sit down but the only way to do that is if everyone stops being petty" Kaine stated.

Knox's loud cried filled the living room followed by Carmen's cries and I noticed she was no longer in Harlem's lap. Kaine and Harlem quickly stood up and jogged over to the play area where Knox was biting down on her arm and she was holding one of his toys.

Kaine returned with Knox in his arms and sat down keeping him up on his lap as he cried wanting to be down.

"Time out for two minutes. Look at me, no biting" Kaine said to Knox as he whined and Harlem was examining his daughters arms.

"No bite" Knox repeated causing Clintus and I to chuckle. I'm sure Carmen deserved it with her bully ass, he never fights with Raheem's kids so Harlem's daughter was the problem.

"She snatched his toy away and he got upset" Clintus explained and Harlem looked over and mugged Kaine.

"That lil spoiled brat makes her cry again and he gets his ass whooped!" He snapped and Kaine got a look in his eyes.

"You touch my son and I will kill you. He doesn't act this way with other children you're daughter is a little bully he was playing peacefully by himself. He only gets like this when she comes around" Kaine responded dryly.

"Buzz!" Knox cried reaching for the buzz light year toy on the ground and Kaine leaned down and got it for him as he relaxed back in his fathers lap and pretended to make it fly.

"I'll set up a meeting with Sharif and he can invite Sincere, Kaine and I can go out to have drinks with them and try and reason. Maybe if they can't talk to Mo then they can still talk to Calvin he's cool and has never came at us wrong" I explain.

"You and Kaine have a trip to Chicago in a couple of days so the meeting can be set for Saturday" Clintus said marking it in his calendar.

Clintus was Kaine's assistant and some college kid, he was cool and never got involved directly in our business and we never let him know to much but he was always giving a better perspective.

He was some rich white boy that came from a good family, had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked like he belonged in some frat playing beer pong.

"And if this plan fails? How do we find out the middle man if there even is one, I still think they're a bunch of snitches" Harlem mumbled looking away.

"If there is a middle man it wouldn't matter. If we came together with California and explained what was going on and eventually formed an alliance that middle man would have nothing to control because we're taking ourselves out of the equation. He's feeding off of the beef and we shouldn't feed into it. Getting angry will solve nothing, I know Moriah is playing it cool but he gets annoyed easily and the quicker we handle this the quicker everyone can relax for the time being" Kaine explained and I agreed.

I heard my front door open and frowned standing up from my spot on the couch. Everyone's eyes darted towards the entrance way and soon India appeared and I bit down on my lip taking in her appearance.

She was a brown skin girl with a nice petite shape and big breasts. Harlem and I were debating on if her ass was real or not because it was to much for her shape but she always ranted about how real her body was.

India wore weave in her hair that came to the center of her back and dressed in leggings and a long sleeve shirt that stopped above her bellybutton showing off her toned stomach.

"Thank you for letting me do laundry Lo" India winked tossing me my key back from two days before and I licked my lower lip.

"No problem" I said as I retook my seat on the couch and watched as her body swished while she walked.

Her eyes set on Kaine and her entire demeanor changed especially when she saw Knox. India took a seat next to Harlem and folded her leg over the other and stared at Kaine.

"Why is she here?" Kaine questioned not acknowledging her and she rolled her eyes at him and folded her arms.

"I don't know I thought she wasn't dropping my key off until later" I shrugged and India looked away from us.

"Why do you act like we can't be in the same room? I'm being cool" India stated and Kaine shook his head.

"Fuck it I'm not even going to feed into the bullshit. I'm gone" Kaine said dryly as he got up from the couch and placed Knox on the ground and helped him put on his small coat.

"Your son is very cute and put together, I like his swag" India said and Kaine ignored her taunting as he lifted Knox up and headed out.

"Keep fucking with me thot and see what's happens. Clintus, email me those real estate properties I wanna look more into the market" Kaine said and India smiled at him and licked her lip revealing the tongue ring she wore.

My front door opened and slammed shut and Clintus followed soon after. I walked him out and locked my door before returning to the living room.

"Why is he always running from the pussy? I have never craved sex as much as I do with him, why does the first faithful nigga I come across have to be so sexy. He was wearing joggers and I saw his dick print" India said biting her lip as she leaned back on the couch in frustration.

I watched her feeling like she was getting ready to touch herself or some shit she was getting carried away.

"I don't see what everyone sees in that nigga. Do we or do we not have good sex?" I questioned and India eyed me.

"You're better then other niggas and above average. You're better than Harlem in bed, your dick is bigger than his" India stated and he frowned.

"So you just gone hoe me out in the open?" He questioned and I glanced over at Carmen who was sitting on the floor watching cartoons forgetting she was in the room.

"Yo his lil girl is in the room be respectful" I reminded as I walked towards where my phone was sitting and picked it up.

"I wanna be real with y'all though. You ever liked someone so much and then when you see them with someone else it physically hurts and your chest tightens? That's how I feel like when I first came around we were vibing and everything was all good until he got that bitch pregnant" India said and I frowned.

"Chill on Jani you do realize they're married and they were going to end up having children regardless?" I questioned and she sighed and looked away from me.

"All I'm saying is I can't help how I feel I genuinely like Kaine for Kaine and I want to be with him. I want these feelings to go away but they won't and I hate looking on Instagram and seeing pictures of them at the club or cuddled up together I don't like it" India said and Harlem and I both gasped.

"Bruh the club opening next week, I forgot!" Harlem said jumping up. His daughter looked at him as he helped her up and started to put her shoes onto her feet while I sent a text to Sharif letting him know to call me when he got the message.

"Did you not hear anything that I just said?" India questioned me and I ignored that bitch and reposted a flyer from a week before broadcasting the opening again to my followers.

"Yo text Kaine and remind him" Harlem said and I nodded my head and India frowned and followed Harlem to the door to make sure everything got locked up.

When she returned she stood in front of me and I looked up from my phone. Tossing it on the couch India stepped closer and kissed my neck before moving her lips to my jaw and I turned my head letting her know I wasn't about to kiss her.

"Just a quickie" she begged and I looked down at her and contemplated it. I didn't have anything else to do for a few hours might as well kill time.

"You gotta suck me first" I stated boldly and she smacked her teeth and pushed passed me before grabbing a hold of my hand as she led me to the staircase.

I palmed her ass and pressed against her and she gasped feeling my erection. I didn't really care about the fact that she was obsessing over Kaine as long as she continued to supply pussy which was all I wanted from her.

Kaine didn't want her and she was going to keep on being stupid and Ajani was going to whoop her ass, she's known for cutting off limbs, India better be careful.

India wasn't a dumb broad but when it came to pussy and dick females and niggas loose their head for some reason.

So I knew her dumb ass wouldn't listen and would have to find out the hard way. Let's just hope I was around with my camera out when that time comes.

Q Scott

Resting my head against my headboard I closed my eyes feeling like I hadn't been to sleep in days. My phone rung off the hook constant and I was just put on academic probation so I had to get my shit together and figure out what I was going to do right now.

The door to my bedroom opened and I didn't have to open my eyes to know who it was. There was only one person in this house that didn't knock before entering and it was getting me mad as hell.

"Nigga one of these days you gone bust up in here and I'm going to be beating my dick or naked" I said opening my eyes as they landed on Sincere. He was holding his phone out and tossed it to me.

I was rooming with Sincere and Sharif for the time being and I didn't mind at first but it got annoying after awhile. Sharif not so much because he actually stayed to hisself and wasn't always busting up in here but Sincere had no limits.

"My bad again" he said scratching the back of his neck and I looked down at his phone reading a text he'd gotten from Ajani and I straightened up some and stood up.

"You sure this is from her? Why would Kaine want to sit down with us?" I responded tossing him his phone back as I put my shoes back on on Sincere placed his phone in his pocket.

"Riley got a text from Angelo, they're serious and I think we should go and at least here them out" Sincere continued and I cleared my throat and rubbed my face.

"Then let's go, we can bring security to make sure we aren't walking into something" I suggested as we both walked out of my bedroom.

I shut the door and locked it causing Sincere to roll his eyes. Yes it'd gotten this serious so I had to always lock my shit up.

"They requested no security. I think we should just go, you act like when you, Sharif and I get together we don't turn into our own fucking army" Sincere said looking into my eyes and I nodded in agreement.

Nobody was fucking with us on that level. When I turned eighteen I told my father what I wanted and he and Mo raised soldiers.

I didn't want to be a drug dealer but I refused to watch my family die off and not be able to do anything about it so I was going to take a different approach at the situation and I didn't give a fuck who liked it, it was my choice.

"Then let's go in with our guards up, it's a possible they could wanna talk and then it's possible they got other motives we don't know these niggas anymore and only an idiot would belive that it's going to be all cool between us" I said and Sincere folded his arms.

We walked into the living room and noticed Sharif was laid back on a couch smoking out of a bong. He unleashed smoke into the air.

"Y'all ain't got no bread. How the fuck you got all this meat and no bread?" Dre questioned coming up behind us and I could tell he was high as fuck.

"Don't they drug test in the NBA?" I questioned watching him take a bite of the banana he was holding. Dre played for the Heat and had wiped his hands clean of the drug business and became his own man.

"I'm good. You're more concerned about wether or not you'll loose those season tickets" Dre said eyeing me.

"Damn right and you better not get injured again hoe!" Sincere snapped causing Dre to grab him and put him in a chokehold making me chuckle as I looked at Sharif.

He looked like something traumatizing had just happened to him as he shifted uncomfortably. I tapped Sincere and nodded towards him.

"Why the fuck you look so depressed?" I questioned and he sat the bong down and stood up from his spot.

"I met the baddest bitch on Instagram a few weeks ago and we met up last night. We were about to have sex and she stops and says I like foreplay first so I said alright. This bitch had the nerve to ask me to eat her ass and when I said no she got mad and left. Is that what we do now?" Sharif asked and I looked at Dre and Sincere.

"That's where shit comes out of, if it ain't a pussy my tongue isn't going near it. People are nasty these days just like I could never get into anal sex, why not just go and fuck a nigga if that's what you wanna do?" Sincere questioned.

"How bad was she?" I questioned with my curiosity kicking in and they all looked at me like I'd said the weirdest shit.

"You want me to send you her Instagram? You can eat her ass if you want but I ain't about to do it" Sharif stated and I chuckled.

"Nah, Nah. I only came down stairs to tell you we are going to New York Saturday and see what's up with these niggas" I stated and Sharif frowned.

"Do we have to?" He questioned and I nodded my head and pulled my phone from my pocket seeing my father was calling me.

I ignored his call and placed my phone back into my pocket ignoring the stare from my friends. I wasn't talking to my pops right now he pissed me off and I was tired of him.

"What are y'all doing?" My sister Selena questioned coming into the living room with her backpack on her shoulder and I made a face looking at the short ass shorts she wore.

"What the fuck are you wearing? Did you go to school like that?" I questioned her and she looked down and sighed.

"I just came from cheerleading practice my school has a dress code" She responded and I continued to look at her.

"Dre I wanted to ask if you could pick me up from school next week, people don't believe we're related" Selena said and he sighed.

"Yeah whatever" he mumbled sitting down. I wondered what she was doing at my house instead of going straight home like she was suppose to be doing.

Selena walked over to me and gave a puppy dog face as I wrapped my arm around her shoulder and she leaned into me.

"Quentin can you please talk to daddy and let him know that I'm old enough to go to parties?" She questioned and I rolled my eyes.

"No because you hang out with those fast ass hoes waiting to get pregnant. Focus on school work" I said and she let go of me and rolled her eyes.

"But Adonis is going to be there! If I don't show up he won't notice me" She frowned and everyone looked at her.

"Then fuck him. Don't pay his ass no mine, niggas hate when you ain't running behind them and they like you more when you ain't stunting they ass" I said and Selena sighed.

"Is that how Ajani got Kaine? They're goals" She said and I rolled my eyes. I didn't even