That Girl 2 by Jason Hooper

Author:Jason Hooper [Hooper, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, United States, African American, Urban, Genre Fiction
Amazon: B00ASY9CBQ
Publisher: Black Pyramid Publications
Published: 2013-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Russell pulled a chair from the desk in his office, sat down and lit a Newport. He dragged so hard on the cigarette the tip of the fire looked sharpened. Halos of smoke swirled around his head as he concluded his next move. His team members were gathered inside waiting for Russ’s instructions. The groups of youngins were mostly weed-heads, and pill poppers that thought they were hustlers and killers. There were only a few that were really about their business. He took attendance as his eyes roamed over the people that showed up. They talked in small groups waiting to hear what their boss had to tell them. It was rare that they had meetings so all were trying to anticipate the news. Russ realized Slate wasn’t there and decided to give him a few more minutes before he began talking.

Just moments ago he’d gotten the news about Dre getting murdered and knew he’d just lost twenty-five thousand dollars. To Russell, losing money hurt but, not nearly as much as losing somebody. Russell was used to the swings that you had to endure playing the game. He wasn’t used to chasing somebody, so today he pledged to end the chase.

After glancing around the room for a second time, he decided to start without his second in command. “Hey, Tattoo! C’mere man,” Russell called out to the young thin man. Tattoo strutted over sipping from a bottle of Grand Cru.

“What’s up, boss?”

“Tell everybody to move in closer to my desk and quiet down. I have a few things that I wanna tell them.”

“Okay, Russ, I’m on it.”

Tattoo quickly went to each group of crew members and told them it was time to listen up. The young men and women began to quiet down. All of their attention was directed toward their boss in a matter of seconds. He stood up and locked his eyes with the audience, straightening out his silk t-shirt.

“First of all, if there is anyone here that feels that they don’t want to be a part of all this, speak now or forever hold your peace.” He waited to see if someone would budge and then continued disgustedly. “I want to announce that we had a traitor down with us. We had a traitor that goes by the name Quan, that robbed his own team, and for what? I don’t know…”

“That’s fucked up!” a thin boy no older than 16 yelled.

“Hey, I got a question for y’all. Do I pay y’all right?”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” loud shouts came from the group of soldiers.

“With that said, I’ll ask again. Why is he stealing from his family?”

“Because he’s a bitch-ass-nigga,” said a tall dark-skinned man with shades on.

“Yeah, that’s right, Rampage. A bitch-ass-nigga! But, We gonna to take care of him real soon.” Russ paused and took a deep breath. “As we all know our man Jabbarie is down, and we trying to see to it that he gets home soon.”

“Free, Jabar!” a few of the youngins cheered.

Russell continued his speech.

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