Queen Divas by De'Nesha Diamond

Author:De'Nesha Diamond [Diamond, De'Nesha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

33

Mack

The survivors of the Ruby Cove massacre are on pins and needles. We’re all waiting for the call from either Fat Ace or Profit on what our next moves are going to be. People attended funerals and wakes in waves. Everyone wants to pay respects; that includes to GG and Qiana.

Romil and I remain quiet when members of our crew spread rumors that the Gangster Disciples are also to blame for their deaths. Tombstone took the shit hard. I’ve never seen that brothah lose his shit the way he has. His rage narrowly focused on Diesel Carver. Apparently, Tombstone had the man all up in his house once. This convinces Tombstone that Diesel had played Qiana’s ass to get information on the Vice Lords. He’s telling everyone who’ll stand still long enough that the slick muthafucka used Qiana to pump information out about Ruby Cove.

Other soldiers and Flowers agree.

Guilt trips all through me, but what choice do my girl and me really have in keeping our mouths shut? Confessing that we had a hand in Qiana and GG’s murders would just turn our own against us. In a way, LeShelle Murphy is responsible for Qiana and GG. Her and Qiana’s treasonous deal is what led to both of their deaths, so fuck it.

The thing is, when Profit makes the call, I’m not too sure he’ll reach out to Romil and me. Whatever is going on with him and Ta’Shara is a done deal. He’s let it be known that he doesn’t want anyone to mention her name. The fact that she was so cool with us now has him looking at us sideways. A reminder as to why it’s important to stay out of muthafuckas’s relationships. The second that shit goes left, people choose sides.

I’m pulling out of Dime’s funeral with Romil when Tombstone’s number pops up on my screen. “Hello.”

“It’s going down tonight,” he rumbles over the line. “You in?”

Finally. “You know it.”

“Be at my crib, three o’clock. Three o’clock. Don’t be late.” He disconnects the call.

“Got it,” I say though he’s already gone. I glance at Romil.

She reads my excitement. “What? Was that the call?”

I nod.

“Good. This fucking sitting and waiting is for the birds. The whole damn city talks like we fell off. We’re not the only ones who’ve sustained a hit.” After Shariffa’s body was inexplicably found in Lucifer’s crib, the police then discovered her husband, Lynch, the chief of the Grape Street Crips, decapitated out in Tupelo. When LeShelle Murphy’s body made the news, cheers went up on Ruby Cove, but hours later, people worried about retaliation.

Romil and I follow Profit’s lead. Since he’s quiet about LeShelle’s murder, our lips are sealed, despite the fact that we would’ve been treated like celebrities. Will the Gangster Disciples come gunning for us again? Some are split on whether it was her death that set everything off in the first place.

Romil and I return to my place. Our mood goes from excitement to somber reflection. So much has happened so fast and our clique is now so small.

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