When It All Falls Down 3 - Somebody is Gonna Die: A Chicago Hood Drama (A Hustler's Lady) by Tamicka Higgins

Author:Tamicka Higgins [Higgins, Tamicka]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Of course, Tramar had never seen his father, Frank, so furious. When he’d gotten into the car and made his way out of the neighborhood after leaving Byron’s grandmother’s house, Frank was quick to ask what was going on.

“Tramar, is what we saw on the news true?” Frank asked.

“Yeah, Tramar,” Vivica said. “You can trust us, baby. We just want to know if it’s true or not. Did you really rob them banks like the news is reporting?”

Jackson and Tramar, in the front seats, looked at one another. “Yeah,” Tramar said. “It was us. And yeah, I did. I had to do it. Byron said he wanted the one million to get you two back, and I was willin’ to do whatever I had to do.”

Frank paused for a moment, finding his son’s actions, or his reasoning behind his actions, somewhat noble. However, he still couldn’t look past the fact that his actions were indeed crimes. “Well, son,” he said, hesitantly, “what about the security guard? I guess I should be askin’ the both of you this. Which one of you killed the security guard like the news was reporting?”

Once again, Jackson and Tramar looked at one another across the consol. “I did, Daddy,” Tramar answered. “He was about to shoot me, so I had to shoot him.”

“What are you two going to do?” Frank asked, looking out of the window. “Are you taking us home or what?”

“We gon’ take you home, Daddy,” Tramar said. “But you can’t stay there. We gotta find this nigga Byron and stop him because he is not gon’ just stop. That nigga is crazy, and he’s not gon’ let you have a night’s sleep for the rest of your lives, Daddy. We gotta find him. Now, I was already thinking.” Tramar had heard his father getting ready to speak, but was more forceful to cut him off. “I was thinkin’ that we go back to the house real quick and y’all pack a couple of bags as quick as you can. We gon’ put you in a motel or hotel or something, paying with cash, until we handle this Byron thing, and then you can go back to your normal lives.”

“And what about you and Jackson?” Vivica asked. “You two are wanted armed robbers in Chicago. And,” she paused, “one of you is wanted for murdering a security guard.”

“I don’t know,” Tramar said, trying to be brave about the situation. “I don’t know what we gon’ do yet. Maybe lay low for a while, see what happens. I know some Nigerians I might be able to get with to get some fake IDs and stuff.”

“Son, you’re gonna get caught eventually,” Frank said. “This isn’t the movies. This is real life. Nigga, they will catch your black ass eventually.”

“I know they will,” Tramar said, looking into the backseat. “I know they will.” His lips were curled sharply. “But that don’t mean that I can’t do whatever I gotta do to hold that off, Daddy. I gotta do it.

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