Cry Revenge by Donald Goines

Author:Donald Goines [Goines, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Urban, African American, streetlit3, UFS2, Fiction
ISBN: 9780870679919
Google: zSbayZrcKKIC
Publisher: Holloway House Publishing
Published: 1996-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

9

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU say you did?" Emilio Fernandez yelled at his younger brother.

"I said we caught that spade Billy coming from school and kicked the shit out of him."

"Why?" Emilio asked, sighing and sitting back down on their aging couch. His mother and sister had left earlier to go to the funeral home nearby to leave a proper suit for Ruben.

"Why?" Pedro repeated. "We wanted the coon to tell us where that punk Dan was hangin' out, that's why."

"Brother, just stop for a minute and think. Billy don't even run around with his brother, Curtis, so why pick on him? He wouldn't know where Dan was hangin' out because they are two different kinds of studs. Even you, Pedro, should be able to realize that."

"All these spade dudes know about each other, Emilio. You just like to hang around them too much 'cause you're shootin' that fuckin' shit now!" Pedro eyed his brother angrily.

"Bullshit, Pedro, and you know that's all it is. You just wanted to kick the shit out of somebody, and he happened to come along. I guess you figured it all out, 'cause when you have trouble with Curtis, don't come runnin' home telling me all about it."

"I don't give a flyin' fuck about no Curtis, man! To me, he ain't nothin' but another burr-head," Pedro replied arrogantly.

As Emilio stared at his brother, he had to shake his head in wonder because he knew Pedro meant what he said. Here he had gone out of his way and angered one of the meanest studs in the city, and Pedro didn't give a shit about it. As he stared at his brother, he had second thoughts because, behind the dark eyes that stared out at him, he could see the hint of fear. His brother was just putting on a big front while shaking in his pants.

"Okay, Pedro," he said, "it's your problem. I got my own troubles to worry about. It's too much trouble trying to live without going out of my way gettin' in some silly-ass gang fight. You and that fuckin' bunch of Chicanos that you run around with are going to bite off more than you can handle one of these days!"

Pedro laughed harshly. "I'm not about to lose no sleep on account of no nigger, Emilio, even if you do." Pedro stood up and began to pace.

"You ain't shittin' me," Emilio replied. "I know damn well you're worried, and you should be. Curtis won't take this lightly, but maybe if you guys didn't hurt his brother too bad, we might be able to get Fat George to hush it up."

For a few seconds Pedro didn't bother to answer, then he stopped his pacing. "Listen, man, he was hurt bad. That dumb-ass Vic Mohica shot him in the back while he was on the ground"

"What?" Emilio roared, jumping up from the couch and snatching his brother's arm. "You mean Billy was shot, too?" Emilio couldn't believe it; he didn't want to believe it.

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