When It All Falls Down 4 - It Just Ain't Over Yet: A Chicago Hood Drama (A Hustler's Lady) by Higgins Tamicka

Author:Higgins, Tamicka [Higgins, Tamicka]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Ryan squeezed his stress ball in his right hand as he reflected on the various weeps and sobs he’d just had to endure. Having to call his family and tell them about the murder of his brother was probably the hardest thing he’d ever had to do in his life. His aunt in Milwaukee practically passed out, making him wish that he’d driven up and told her face-to-face. Their cousins in Indianapolis and Louisville said that they’d be coming up to Chicago as soon as they could get off of work. Ryan told them to take their time. He’d begin to plan Byron’s funeral tomorrow.

His uncles, who were all strong men, obviously wanted to shed a tear at hearing about their nephew’s death. It was so tragic, especially since their mother and father had both passed on within the last five years. Ryan couldn’t help but hear the echoes of the tears. The memories bounced around in his hand, sometimes playing over and over again. He knew that the real show was going to go down at the funeral. His family was always an emotional bunch.

Ryan was now waiting on Juan and Knight to call and say that they were pulling into the garage downstairs. As much as he didn’t want to have them come into the building and be associated with his name, he needed to get some information out of them. At first, he’d thought about meeting them over at his brother’s house or his grandmother’s house. But his brother’s house would bring about feelings that were too painful for him. Just the thought of his brother’s body sitting down in that basement for a couple of days made him angry. He really didn’t deserve to have that happen to him. And he wasn’t going to go to his dead grandmother’s house because there was no doubt in his mind that the neighbors would now be looking at the house in a different way since a naked man sat tied up on the front poor with his legs, and underwhelming manhood, open to the world.

Ryan’s phone vibrated on his brown leather couch next to him. He picked it up and answered. “Yeah?” It was Juan, saying that they were downstairs. Ryan gave him the passcode, reminded him which unit was his, then hung up the phone. Ten minutes passed and there was a knock at the door. Ryan stood up and opened the door. He practically groaned at the sight of Juan and Knight, telling himself deep down that this was something he had to do.

“Come on in,” he said.

Juan and Knight headed inside. They took a seat on one of Ryan’s couches, which somewhat irritated him as he’d planned on having them sit at the dining room table. The chairs there were wood and could easily be wiped down after they left.

“Y’all want anything to drink?” Ryan offered, walking over toward the kitchen.

“Sure,” Juan said, smiling. He looked around the apartment, seeing that Ryan’s apartment basically represented everything he had always dreamed of having.

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