Silence of the Nine (The Cartel Publications Presents) by T. Styles

Author:T. Styles
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: African American, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780989084581
Publisher: Cartel Publications
Published: 2014-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

AUTUMN ‘LEAF’ LINCOLN

“Tempt not a desperate man.”

-William Shakespeare

The scent from Autumn’s new leather coat wafted above the teenagers’ head as he sat in the gymnasium of Fredrick Douglas High School in Baltimore City. They were watching the basketball team lose another game against Eleanor Roosevelt. The shit was getting boring at best.

Four of Autumn’s friends surrounded him, ready to give their lives with the wave of his hand. Besides, he was a Lincoln. In the drug world his last name carried as much weight as the Prophet Family but he never threw around his power.

Autumn, who went by the nickname Leaf because he felt his birth name was too soft, had an easygoing personality. He didn’t boast about his family association. He believed in letting every man judge him on his actions and not how he could have their life snuffed out at any moment if he desired.

He was smart. He was fair and he was also generous. But he had one problem. He loved girls, especially those who were unavailable. There was something about a girl who never looked his way, which rarely happened, that made him want her even more.

Leaf rubbed his hand backwards through his curly mane. His khaki colored skin was flawless and the gold chain that hung around his neck was speckled with high-end diamonds, which shined clear across the auditorium. He was a king and he knew it.

When his friend’s saw his attention diverted they decided to mess with his head. “Who’s bitch you looking at this time?” Bops asked as he ate a bag of chips on the bleachers. Bops was a foster care kid who was loyal to a fault. He once smacked a teacher who told Leaf that his money wouldn’t give him a pass in his class if he didn’t show up. Leaf didn’t necessarily agree with hitting a public official, but he liked his fire and allowed him in his crew because of it.

“I haven’t found one yet,” he replied as he scanned the room again. “It’s the same chicks in this school. Maybe I should start finding my girls at colleges.”

“You can’t find nothing here because you already ran through everything in the building,” Mole responded.

Mole was a huge kid with large freckles who migrated from Washington DC when his mother got a job managing a McDonald’s on Rolling Road. He begged a lot but because Leaf knew he would kill for him, he didn’t mind looking out from time-to-time, as long as he didn’t go too far. Besides, Leaf had more money than he could spend. His father Justin and mother Corrine Lincoln, were real estate moguls in the city. It was whispered that the real estate company was nothing more than a drug front for a Cartel out of Mexico. But it couldn’t be proven and those who kept talking about it found themselves breathing in dirt.

“I’m getting tired of easy conquests,” Leaf said as he continued his stationary hunt. “I want a challenge.”

“Did this nigga just say conquest?” Bops joked slapping Mole on the arm.

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