The Take Down by Mark Anthony

Author:Mark Anthony [Anthony, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, African American, Urban
ISBN: 9781466856318
Google: tWT1AAAAQBAJ
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2013-11-05T05:00:00+00:00

Throughout the funeral Horse remained stone-faced. He showed absolutely no emotion. If anything, he showed a face of defiance. And when the funeral was over and the thousands of mourners piled out of the church, Horse was at the center of the media’s attention.

Cameras snapped pictures and reporters asked questions.

“Horse, is there any truth to the rumor that G-Baby was killed by the Calvino crime family?” one reporter asked.

Horse replied, “I make music, that’s what I do for a living. You see those guys over there with the blue uniforms on? Go ask them that question. It’s their job to find out who murdered G-Baby!”

“Is it true that you stole money from the Calvinos? Allegedly, it was money that was supposed to be laundered through your company,” a female reporter asked.

Horse turned and laughed. “I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.”

As reporters continued to ask him questions, he excused himself by saying, “Look, my man just died. Can there be some respect shown to him and his family? I really can’t answer any more questions.”

“Horse, what is confusing—and many influential people in the hip-hop community seem confused by this—is why if G-Baby had such close ties to you did you not simply pay the alleged ransom money that his kidnappers were seeking?” a reporter managed to throw in.

Horse had resumed his defiant demeanor as he responded, “First of all, I’m a grown man who doesn’t answer to anybody. I’m a multimillionaire! And that means that I come and go as I please without answering to anybody. I can do whatever the hell I wanna do! Russell Simmons, and everybody else for that matter, can kiss my ass!” Horse stated as he briskly walked off with his entourage to a fleet of waiting SUVs.

What Horse was too arrogant and stubborn to realize was that it was the abrasive way he spoke that was turning so many people against him. But he had an image and a reputation to maintain. At least in the public’s eye anyway.

A week or so after the funeral, and a day before Angela was scheduled to arrive in New York and begin staying with me, I phoned Horse just to talk him up and to fill him in on some of what Angela had told me.

I called him on his cell phone and he picked up on the first ring.

“Hey Horse, it’s me, Jessica.”

“Jessie, what up? Yo, I know I gotta get you that dough, right?” Horse stated through the phone.

“Yeah, but that’s not why I’m calling. Don’t worry yourself about that,” I assured.

Horse blew some air into the phone. “Jessie, you don’t know. It’s hard being me! Word is bond!”

“I can imagine. I never got a chance to really talk to you after G-Baby’s funeral. I figured you probably wanted to be left alone and have some time with yourself,” I stated.

“Yeah, actually I took a few days away from this music thing just so I could get my head straight. And you know what is wild, is that it was just me and my son, we flew to this private resort in St.

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