Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers

Author:Walter Dean Myers [Myers, Walter Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-06-204689-5
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2005-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“The word on the street is that Rise is taking over the whole neighborhood.” I could tell C.J. was breathing hard, even over the telephone. “They say that the drug dealers from up in the Heights gave him the territory, and they were the ones that shot that dude on 145th and Convent.”

“What did you do? Run up the stairs to get to the phone?” I asked.

“No, man, I just wanted to let you know what Calvin said,” C.J. said. “I think I’ve seen at least two of those dudes from the Heights on television. They’re violent as anything. Calvin said they’d shoot you and make bets on how you going to fall.”

“Rise told me that, but it doesn’t have anything to do with us,” I said, checking myself out in my dresser mirror.

“It does if Rise is still a Count,” C.J. said. “But I’m telling you this. If the police start rounding up all the Counts, I’m going to rat you out for a lighter sentence.”

“Thanks, buddy, but I haven’t done anything yet,” I said.

“Police don’t know that, so I’m still ratting you out,” C.J. said.

“Yo, C.J., I thought you and me were tight.”

“Yeah, but I need to get a light sentence, and you’re the only Count I have a chance of beating.”

“C.J., you couldn’t beat me if I was an egg and you were a Mixmaster or something,” I said. “You might have a chance against Little Man, but there’s no way you’re going to stand up against Jesse the Magnificent.”

“Oh, I forgot to tell you something. Check this out.” C.J. lowered his voice. “You remember when somebody was saying that there was this kid around with a gun? They said his name was Brittle or something like that? Well, the story now is that it was Little Man. He’s carrying.”

“You got a job with the Amsterdam News,”I asked. “How come you know everything?”

“People come to me with news,” C.J. said. “They count on me for leadership.”

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