When It All Falls Down 2 - Strapped Up: A Chicago Hood Drama (A Hustler's Lady) by Higgins Tamicka

Author:Higgins, Tamicka [Higgins, Tamicka]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Friday had been somewhat of a long day for Byron. Perhaps it seemed longer because he knew that time was ticking. To start his day, he went to see this girl he’d been smashing off and on for the better part of two years. She had a man who, at one time, called wanting to fight Byron. However, as soon as he’d gotten a good look at Byron, his tone changed. In the last several months, the guy had run off with some other chick, leaving the girl and her pussy ripe for Byron’s taking.

When Byron returned to his grandmother’s house, where he’d spent the night last night to make sure that Juan and Knight didn’t mess anything up with his guests, he kicked his feet up at the dining room table. Juan and Knight looked at him with somber eyes. Juan spoke up first.

“Byron, man,” he said, “I know we said we would do this for you, but damn, nigga. Can we get out of the house sometime or what? This shit is depressing.”

Byron had been drinking a glass of wine to sort of relax. He snickered and nodded his head. “Yeah, niggas,” he said. “Go on and go outside and play or something.” He then tossed his glass of wine into Juan’s face, causing him to press his lips together and close his eyes as the cold, fruity smell coated him.

“Man, you ain’t have to throw it in my face like that,” Juan said, shaking his head as he wiped the wine off of his skin.

“Nigga, shut the fuck up and get on somewhere,” Byron said. “I said y’all could go on somewhere and look at you. Like a couple of dumb niggas, y’all still sittin’ here, lookin’ dumb as a box of rocks. Go on and get the fuck outta here. Just be back by tonight. I’ll stay here and watch the company.” He chuckled. “Maybe I’ll hit up Jackson and Tramar and let Tramar talk to his family a little bit. I know them niggas had betta have my fuckin’ money in a couple days or they gon’ find they dead bodies in some abandoned house somewhere and shit.”

Not wanting to talk anymore, or see Byron get any angrier, Juan and Knight, who both had been dressed since they’d gotten up in the morning, jumped up. They grabbed the keys to the van and headed out of the front door. Byron watched their silhouettes in the curtains as they walked down the sidewalk and disappeared.

He could hear Vivica and Tramar’s father talking amongst themselves in the bedroom. Byron slapped the wall. “Shut the fuck up!” he yelled. “I don’t know what them niggas told you, but y’all can’t talk when I’m here. Shut the fuck up or I’mma come in there and really give you somethin’ to talk about.”

The bedroom went quiet instantly. Several seconds later, however, Byron could hear the stepmother pleading to have her husband taken to the hospital. The beating that Juan and Knight had given the old man was really having a lasting effect.

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