The Double Cross 2 by Anna J

Author:Anna J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2021-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Skye

News Flash

Let me just tell you, you find out exactly who’s rocking with you in your time of need, honey. My man was shot and killed right in front of my house. From what I heard when I was finally released the next day, his body sat out there for hours before the coroner came to collect it. I could see the bloodstains still on the ground when I got home. There were thirteen circles on the ground from the shell casings the cops collected from the scene. Five more circles were on the porch. I counted three holes on my door. They literally had to have run right up and killed him for the shell casings to be that close to home. I probably would have passed out again if Selah weren’t there to catch me. What was the world coming to? I guessed it was a good thing I wasn’t home. Whoever did this probably would have gotten both our asses.

None of this shit felt real. When they say that one day you’re here and possibly the same day you’re gone, it’s the real deal. Had I known the last time I saw him would be the last time I’d see him, I would have hugged him a little longer, told him I loved him a dozen more times, lain in bed with him a little while longer. He was snatched from me in a blink of an eye, and I had no clue why. Did he really get caught in a crossfire? Were they chasing someone else? Or was it some neighborhood beef that he never mentioned that took him out? We never discussed what he did in depth. He knew I didn’t like it, but he had to do what he knew how to do just like every other guy from the hood. So we just didn’t talk about it, and I just prayed without ceasing that he stayed safe. I guessed those prayers landed differently when you were out here killing people your damn self. The blackassity of me to think that I could take life and request protection for the ones I loved to be spared. God had to be looking at me and laughing, but from what I remembered from my church days, he was a forgiving God, so I continued to pray in hopes that one got to Him eventually.

I didn’t have anybody. That shit hit like a punch to the throat. I mean, let’s face it. Vice was being a dick, and Selah was two steps from being locked down with a 302 on her record. My family had been dead to me for years. You would think at a time like now we would be closer than ever, but everyone just seemed to be absorbed in their own shit. It was fucked up, but it was the reality of the situation. Selah showed up, but only halfway, and I fully understood her plight. I couldn’t expect someone to be there for me who needed someone to be there for them at the same time.

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