Baton Rouge, Louisiana Parish Prison||
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"y'all have 45 mins to talk" the guard says closing me, kentrell and his mama in this tight room together.

i sat down in front of kentrell and his mama sat next to me.

i was a bit nervous seeing him in person after not seeing him in almost 10 years and plus i have a huge celebrity sitting in front of me and im working his case. it was just mind blowing.

a little backstory, kentrell and my step brother dae who passed away a while back grew up together and when i would go to my pops house for the summer kentrell and dae always were together they were tight as fuck. i found kentrell fine and shit but never had a crush on him hell i found majority of my step brother's friends fine but i never wanted anything with any of them.

i didnt hang out with them at all, never had a conversation with the nigga or nothing.

when he came over our house i barely saw him or anything so he probably don't even remember me.

"kentrell you remember solaii." his mama introduce us.

he take a couple glances at my face, i attempt to be nice by throwing him a slight smile but i just got a mug in return.

"nah who this is?"he sits up.

"dae little step sister?"she tries to get him to remember me.

"ma didn't i just say ion remember shorty"he says

it didn't get to me that he didn't remember me hell ion give a flying fuck cause we didn't have a friendship for him to remember. we only spoke like a couple of words to each other the whole time they were friends so it didn't get to me at all.

"anyways lets get into all your charges and stuff"i change the subject pulling out my yellow folder with everything in it.

" so it says that they got you in here for an illegal gun, one murder charge and assault"i inform him

"nigga what assault?"he leans back in his chair and let out a irritated chuckle.

"they said on may 4 2021 you assaulted some dude at the vip section at the club before your security came over and jumped him as well"i tell him.

"the shi all cap and how they gon bring up something that happened 2 years ago?"he asks

"it says that at first they didn't have proof of the act of assault until the dude brought it to them and they checked the cameras at that club but that's all the information they gave to me about that"i turn the page in the folder.

"now the biggest thing is your murder charge and the illegal gun they found and they're finding you guilty on all charges at the moment."i inform.

"oh lord"his mama let out a frustrated sigh.

i continue to tell him all the information i have about his cases also the options he has.

"alright times up"the guard comes in.

"ma you sure this girl know what she doin?"i hear before i walked out.

i wasn't too worried because i know what i signed up for. ima just prove to him that im good at my job in court.

two weeks later-

"GIRL YOU THE LAWYER FOR NBA YOUNGBOY?!"my 15 year old cousin screams into the phone as soon as i answered.

"first of all calm the fuck down."i mug the phone as i stuff my face with noodles.

"aint no calm down THATS MY MAN!"she sticks her tongue out.

"that man do not want you.."i laugh.

"he most definitely do" she frowns.

"anywho how he look with his orange jumpsuit oN cause i know he look reall sexy."she smiles.

"girl i wasn't examining the nigga outfit. im there to work"i remind her.

"yea that's coo an all i guess"she rolls her eyes.

"aint you supposed to be in school right now?"i ask her.

"papa in the hospital so parents said i could stay home."she tells me and my eyes widen.

"whatchu mean in the hospital?"i set my bowl of noodles to the side giving her my full attention.

"he had a slight stroke but they said everything was gone be okay and stuff."she informs me, "i thought ya parents told you."

"obviously not riley"i say annoyed

"don't think to much about it laii, everything's gone be fine"she smiles into the camera

"i know.."i lie

my papa is literally the funniest, most intelligent man i know and he's in the hospital bed and im working.

"you think i should come see him?"i ask.

"no laii he's gone be okay."i sigh.

" they can afford to replace me with another lawyer."i tell her

"now i see why they didn't tell you."i mug the fuck outta her.

"girl it's my grandpa the fuck you expect me to do just sit here and pray about it and continue working like nothing's wrong?"i ask but not really asking.

"yes that's exactly what i expected you to do because at the of the day coming here isn't gone really change anything or change the condition he's in."she tells me and i slowly start to realize she's right...

"i know how close you and papa is that's why i understand your reaction but laii you need to see through with this lawyer shit and im not just saying that cause your the lawyer of my favorite artist."she states. "im saying that because your more talented than you could ever possibly see and people need to witness that."i start to kinda tear up but it was bittersweet because the emotions was turning me every which way.

but she did make me actually happy.

my girl riley might be only 15 but she sure know how to comfort people. she's my little sister i never really actually had.

"i love you riley."i tell her as i sniff.

"i love you too laii pooh." she blows a little kiss

"now get my man outta prison so he can come home to these kids."i laugh

"i gotchu."i say confidently.

that's the most confident promise i've made since i've got here.

now we gone see if i can hold on to my promise...
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