Chapter Fifteen

Where y'all going ? to my crib or yalls ? " Drick asked Blaire and Brianna as they walked through the airport. They just landed back in Chicago from their two & a half hour flight from New Orleans.

" You can take me home " Brianna huffed with an obvious attitude. She was mad at coby mostly but lashing out on all of the boys .

Drick ignored it because  her , Jari , and Shania been having that stank ass attitude since they landed in New Orleans to pick them up .

They claimed they were doing too much by going out there and getting them but what did they expect them to do if they see their cousins on social media half naked , drinking , getting drunk in a unknown city and then they weren't answering their calls .

They were acting like sex trafficking isn't at an all time high and bitches don't abducted within 3 seconds .

" I'm coming with you to your house " Jari said as she walked next to Brianna .

" No you is not ... Mama want talk to your hot ass " Westin said causing Jari to roll her eyes.

" I bet she do . I bet your overdramatic ass done told her a whole bunch of shit that didn't even happen " Jari snapped on him .

" You better watch how you talking to me before I wring your neck " Westin threatened .

" Bruh chill out " Hasaan said taking up for Jari . He hated how Westin talked to her and threatened her sometimes like she wasn't his sister but a bitch off the streets .

He knew he was protective over her but felt there was other ways he could go about it than being so mean about it .

" Nigga I could talk to my sister how I want " Westin said angrily . He already wasn't feeling how close Hassan and Jari seemed to be so Hasaan was pushing it by telling him something.

Blaire tapped Hassan as a way to tell him chill out but Hasaan didn't listen .

" Thats how you talk to your baby sister ? If a nigga hear you talking to her like that then they gonna talk to her ten times worse " Hasaan fussed .

" I mean ... he is right " Blaire said agreeing with Hasaan and although Drick didn't voice it he agreed too  .

" What you so worried about Jari for anyways ? " West asked looking at Hasaan .

" Can we just go and everybody argue on their own time ? I got moves to make " Drick said stepping in and saving Hasaan . He didn't know for sure if they talked but he knew that they liked each other .

He didn't personally care because Hasaan wasn't dumb and he knew what would happen if he fucked over Jari .

Everyone was ready to get away from each other so they all agreed and hurried to get out of the airport and home . Drick dropped Blaire , Hasaan , Bri , and Shania off at Brianna's house and went about his business .

Since he had to unexpectedly leave and go to New Orleans he had a lot of business that he left unattended to .

He pulled up on the block that belonged to his youngboys. Young boys were just what he called the high schoolers that slung for him .

He parked his car infront of the abandoned house and got out . Corey was sitting on the porch with his gun rested on his lap , guarding the house in case anything popped off , greeted him as he walked up. .

" What's up Drizzy Drick ? How was New Orleans? " He asked .

" It wasn't a vacay I just went to go get my cousins . Anything happen while I was gone ? " He asked even though he already knew.

" yeah Chris dumb ass got caught selling at summer school when they asked who he got the drugs from he gonna say me . Police took me in for questioning of course I played dumb and I got off the hook since when they searched my locker and backpack they didn't find anything in there " Corey said and Drick nodded .

" You begged for me to put Chris on and against my better judgment I did it anyways . He a snake and he ain't loyal so you need to handle him " Drick said .

" Fuck you want me to do ? Kill him ? I been going to school with him elementary " Corey said .

" I don't give a fuck and neither do he if he almost had you sitting in jail . Handle it and it better be handled by the end of the week if not you getting demoted and i'll have Gene take your place " Drick said.

Since Corey was best friends with Shane and Shawn and he didn't have time to be chasing after wild ass teenagers all day he left Corey in charge of his young boys . He supplied them with the drugs , collected their profit to give to drick and kept them in line .

He was good at his job and whenever Chino left the game and Drick took over he planned on making Corey his right hand man but couldn't if he had a problem killing a snitch .

" I'll handle it " He said .

" Handle it by yourself too , don't bring none of these reckless young niggas with you " Drick said looking out for him and he nodded . " You got all the money collected for this week ? " He asked changing the subject .

" I got it yesterday ... it's not on me though I can stop by the crib and bring it to you " Corey said and Drick nodded .

" Call first and make sure you have a talk with them niggas about selling in school " Drick said before walking off and heading back to his car .

Just as he got in there Brianna was calling . " I thought ain't want be bothered with our extra asses" He said as he answered her call.

" Ain't nothing to eat in here . Brooklyn must've been sleeping here while we were gone can you please send me some money so I can order groceries to the door " She said .

" I'm driving you gotta wait like thirty minutes " He said . He never sat in his car parked anywhere without paying attention to his surroundings . He refused to get caught slipping.

" Ok " She said and they hung up.

After stopping at the other trap house he controlled and collecting the profit he went to the main warehouse where Chino was . As he was about to walk in Dmack was walking out and he saw that as an opportunity to finally talk to him about Brianna .

" Aye " He called out .

" What's good ? " Dmack questioned already knowing what he was about to say . He was surprised this didn't happen sooner actually.

" I heard about you trying to fuck with my cousin . It's not beef with you but cool off on her , she don't need to be involved in all that shit you got going on " He said as nicely as he could.

" I hear ya" Dmack said simply to avoid any confusion on Brianna's behalf . She told him how extra her cousins were and he didnt want to have them on her ass about something that wasn't even anything so he kept it cool .

He didn't even feel a way about drick coming up to him , he would do the same for his lil sister .

" Aiight " Drick said as he walked in the warehouse and went straight to Chino's office. He sat the duffel bags of money on his desk .

" Do you and your cousins have someone y'all can trust to take over yall responsibilities for a month ? " Chino asked .

" Yeah why ? " Drick asked .

" I'm going on vacation so you three need to be here running this main warehouse . Next week i'll show y'all the ropes to how things operate around here and then I leave the week after that . Y'all can split it into three shifts if y'all want but this is the most important trap house and I need eyes on it at all times " Chino said .

" Ok I'll let them know .. in the meantime I need a reup on my supply " Drick said .

" You selling out fast ... may I know your secret ? " Chino asked impressed . He was really impressed with Drick he didn't tell him but he had what it took to be a boss in this drug world a true king pin .

" These older niggas be lazy as fuck my youngboys be putting in work " Was all he said simply not about to tell him all of his moves and how his system worked .

But his high school and college workers made him the most money . Chino didn't know it but Drick was actually getting rich off of him and not the the way around .

His college workers went to frat parties or college parties in general and oversold the drugs for a way higher amount and drick pocketed the extra money only giving chino what he thought was his share .

Since nowadays all high school kids were stoners and pill heads Corey and the kids at high school sold out damn near everyday . and they too were over charging.

" We'll tell them to keep doing what they're doing " Chino said . " The drugs will be delivered to the warehouse tomorrow morning make sure you're there "

" aiight " Drick said before walking out and leaving .

Since he didn't expect his day to go by so smoothly and end so early he decided to have some fun so he called up Halana .

" Hello ? " She answered his call .

" What you on ? " He asked .

" Just dropped my son off at summer camp about to go home and relax until I have to go to work later , what you on ? " She asked mimicking his slang.

" i'm about to come spin on you "

" okay " she said eager to see him .

" aiight i'll text you when i'm downstairs " he said before hanging up on her .

Since she showered right before she dropped her son off at summer camp she just sat in the front room playing on her phone until she heard him knocking on the door .

She went to open it for him and smiled as he stood there looking fine as ever. He wasn't even dressed up . He had a red durag over his head that looked good against his tan skin complexion, he wore a white beater that showed his neck tattoo and the tattoos on his arms and he wore gray sweatpants with a pair of fresh white air force ones .

and too top it off he smelled good like always . To say drick would be out in the streets all day he always smelled fresh and good .

She stepped to the side and let him in . " All this damn hair on your head and you insist on wearing weaves " He said looking at the her pretty curls hair she wore that touched the middle of her back .

" It's easier to maintain but I know you don't come here to talk about my hair " She said as she locked her door. .

" I ain't come here to talk at all " He said . He grabbed her neck and kissed her . Halana loved dricks roughness.

His phone ringing stopped them before it could get to where he wanted it too . " Call them back later " Halana said but drick ignored her .

He never missed anyone's phone call because that could be the moment someone needed you the most . He didn't care if he was mad with you if someone called he was answering . Seeing it was Brianna again he answered. " Yeah ? "

" You never sent the money and it's been over thirty minutes " she whined .

" My bad baby , i'm about to send it now " Drick said.

" Ok " Brianna mumbled before they disconnected the call again. He went to his bank account right then and there and zelled her five hundred dollars before locking his phone and putting it in his pocket.

He looked at Halana who was mugging him . " That was disrespectful " She said .

" What was ? " Drick asked confused.

" For one I didn't know you had a girlfriend and how you answer the phone for her in my house " She said jumping to conclusions causing Drick to chuckle.

" I don't have no girlfriend that was my cousin " He said as he went to the living room and sat down.

" You call your cousin baby ? " She asked with a weird face.

" Yeah cause that's my baby " He shrugged.

" Sounds a little alabama-ish to me but ok " She said causing him to laugh.

" Man chill . It's not like that i love all my cousins but Brianna and Blaire i have a little more love for them because they were like my shadows growing up even now they always want be under me and around me , I practically helped my mama raised them " Drick said .

" Your mama or their mama ? " She asked confused .

" mines but enough about that take your clothes off " he said.

" Why can't we talk a little first ? I feel like we just be fucking and we don't really know anything about each other " She said causing Drick to sigh. This is what he didn't have time for .

" Cause that's what it is Lana " He said.

" I like you Drick ... and i'm not asking for a relationship right now but I would like to know more about you . We can add being friends to what we got going on right ? " She said .

" Aiight so tell me about you " Drick said. Truth was ... he felt a connection with her too but his baby mama had him all fucked up and he didn't know if he would ever trust another bitch but he could give Halana friendship along with them fucking .

" No tell me about you " She said as she sat onside him .

" What you wanna know lana ? " He asked .

" Whatever you want to tell me " She said.

" I really just want fuck " Drick said bluntly causing Halana to give him a look . " i'm Man .. uh .. I hate this stage ... fuck i'm pose to say ? "

" You can tell me about your family , what you like to do , your childhood " she gave him suggestions and he smacked his teeth .

" My family is pretty big , I have a bunch of cousins around the city but Im really only close with my immediate cousins . I was with my grandma a lot growing up because my daddy was in the military and my mom was always so busy with school cause she was studying to be a surgeon .. I still had a good relationship with them and we spent time together but my grandma mostly had me that's why i'm so close with my cousins . My grandparents they always had us at their house so we really grew up like brother and sister . I had a real fun childhood ,I don't have any complaints " He said .

" What made you want to start selling ? " She asked . " If you don't mind me asking i'm just confused because you said your mom is a surgeon and your dad was in the military so it don't sound like money was the issue "

" I mean .... I never went without food , clothes . I got toys and shit on my birthday and christmas and like my dad was in the military so he had money but I mean he was paying all of our bills , my moms school expenses , car insurance and he was taking care of his parents too so we wasn't balling we had money to cover the basics and as far as my mom go it was hard for her to really find a job and actually get paid what she eas worth because she's a black women . Me and my cousins we started selling cus it was fast money and we wanted exclusive shit . No sad story to it really " He said .

" Your family wasn't disappointed?"

"  As fuck " Drick said simply . " Enough about me what about you "

" Well I have one more question first " She said .

" What ? "

" I know you have a daughter but you never talk about her mother " She mumbled .

" cause she don't have one ... now tell me about you " He said .

She wanted to ask more but judging by how his tone changed and his facial expression was different she decided to drop it .

" Well unlike you I didn't grow up with such a loving family like that I'm the oldest of three I have a little brother and sister in their teens . My father got killed when I was three and their father is a deadbeat so my mom always worked two jobs to care for us . I didn't really have much of a childhood , I was always inside watching my siblings while my mom was working the one night I did go out my dumb ass lost my virginity and got pregnant and sixteen and it's been kind of downhill since then " She said .

" Elaborate " Drick said .

" Well ... like most teenage boys his father claims that the baby isn't his and doesn't want anything to do with him . My mama was pissed when she found I was pregnant and she had another mouth to feed . Mekayla and Brandon were old enough to watch themselves and Amir so I got a job . I started working fast food but that shit wasn't for me so I started worked as a topless bartender and I start stripping next week "

" And then what ? " Drick asked her .

" What do you mean ? " She asked .

" That's your story ? You don't have no long term goals " He asked .

" Well I didn't think you cared about all of that. I graduate high school in the top ten of my class actually so I got a scholarship but it wasn't full ride. So my job helped me pay for my car and for this apartment and to take care of my son and for books and school . Anyways i'm studying to become an OB/GYN " She said .

"  That's what's up " He smiled .

" What about you ? What's your long term goals ? " She asked catching him off guard because he never thought about that but now he realized he should've.

" I really don't know " He said honestly .

" that's okay we can figure something out " she said .

" How did you know that you wanted to be an OBGYN ? " He asked her .

" welll " she sang before she started to tell him more of her life story .

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Brianna was looking down at her phone as she walked up the street . Blaire and Hassan were inside sleeping and Shania left to go be with Tyreke so she was bored and hungry so she decided to talk to Luckys .

She was going to order groceries on Instacart but the wait time was too long and she didn't feel like waiting that long.

" You should really be watching your surroundings " She heard . Without looking she knew it was Corey. .

" I saw you following me a few streets over and I knew you wouldn't let anything happen to me stalker " She said honestly .

" Ain't nobody stalking you this is my territory and I saw your dumb ass walking to this store again and I had to look out for you on the strength of Drick " He said.

" my point exactly " she said. " but i'm here now so you can leave me alone " she said as she made it in front of the store.

" I'll be out here waiting for you so I can walk you home " He said .

" I'm about to order some food so it'll be about twenty minutes " She said .

" Aiight ... you got my number so call me when you're done i'm about to go make a few plays. Call my phone forreal Brianna I don't want nothing happening to you I don't know why you keep walking to this store knowing shit get hectic round here " He preached .

" Ok .. I promise i'll call you " She said as she walked into the store and she didn't know why but when she saw Dmack standing by the food counter she smiled .

She slowly walked over to the counter . " Oh shit look who's back in town " Dmack said.

" it sounds like you missed me " She teased.

" that kool aid smile on your face make it seem like you missed me " he said.

" whatever " she said playfully rolling her eyes .

" Did you enjoy your trip ? " He asked .

" I really did " She said . He opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by gunshots ranging from outside the store. He grabbed Brianna's arm and pulled her down the bathroom and locked them in there .

" Can you close your eyes " Brianna asked. .

" What ? " He asked looking at her crazy .

" I - I got scared and almost pissed my pants but I have to go really bad " She said embarrassed.

He didn't closed his eyes but he turned his back to her and she relieved her bladder. Once she was done she called Corey to see where he was but he didn't answer.

" i'm pretty sure whoever was shooting done left the scene by now but we'll wait another minute and then i'll bring you home , okay ? " Dmack told her and she nodded .

He wasn't scared at all because he was a hood nigga and this wasn't the first time some shit like this happened .

A minute later he pulled his glock from his waistband and led the way out of the bathroom . They left out of the store and Brianna gasped once she saw corey .

" Are you okay ? We