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turned up dead at the hands of Malek and Halleigh still chose to be with him, Tasha was through with Halleigh. After all she had done for her, she couldn’t believe the choice Halleigh made. With Keesha bringing all that back to her remembrance, she was hurting inside, but not tipping her hand to Keesha, who was still standing in her face.
    â€œI’m good on that conversation, Keesha,” Tasha said. “You didn’t even know my brother, so it’d be best if you wouldn’t speak on that . . . ever.” Tasha hoped that Keesha took the words as a threat, because she certainly meant for them to be.
    â€œI hear you,” Keesha said, putting her hands up in surrender. “My fault, Tasha. I know that’s a sensitive subject, but just so you know, that bitch Halleigh is gonna get hers. Matter of fact, she’s getting hers now.”
    Before Keesha knew it, the tables had been turned without much effort on Tasha’s part, and Keesha began to run her mouth, all in the name of trying to lure Tasha to run hers.
    Tasha wondered what Keesha meant by, “She’s getting hers now.” It didn’t take her too long to figure it out, as Keesha filled her in on the details of Halleigh’s whereabouts.
    â€œMitch got that bitch tied up in the basement as we speak.” Keesha leaned in so that the two other chicks who’d just entered the room wouldn’t overhear her. “I don’t know what it is about this ho, but she had that nigga all googly-eyed too. I put the work in, though, and switched that nigga’s train of thought real quick—Malek is the enemy, and so is his bitch. She won’t be breathing long.”
    Keesha rambled on, thinking it was safe to speak on the situation to Tasha. After the way Halleigh had played both Tasha and her now dead brother, Keesha assumed Tasha would just as well want Halleigh to die in that basement after her disloyalty. Little did Keesha know, she couldn’t have been more wrong.
    Although Tasha felt played by Halleigh, the two had been through far too much together for her to just flat out wish her dead. She and Halleigh had been like sisters, and a deep-rooted bond still linked the two of them in some crazy sort of way.
    Tasha’s heartbeat began to speed up as Keesha spoke, but she kept her poker face on. “Damn, that’s fucked up,” she said with nonchalance. “I guess karma is a bitch.”
    â€œYes, it is. I pick up money from that spot for Mitch every day and laugh every time I see her dumb ass on them cameras.”
    Tasha gave Keesha a slight smile and then cut her short. “All right, girl, let me get out here and make some of this money. You know how Sweets is if we come up short.”
    â€œAll right then, girl. But remember what I said—if you ever need to talk, I’m here.”
    Now Tasha was the one painting on the fake smile, making Keesha think she’d gotten one step closer to her world. “Thanks, girl. I really appreciate it.”
    Tasha thought of Halleigh tied up and hurt somewhere as she exited the dressing room. A part of her wanted to smile inside and just say, “Fuck it! That’s what she gets. What goes around comes around.”
    But the part of her that had connected with Halleigh from years of friendship wouldn’t allow her to do so. Tasha couldn’t help but feel guilt, knowing Halleigh was caught up in a dangerous situation. Tasha had always been protective of Halleigh, and felt as though she should do something to help her.

Chapter Seven
    A s Tasha received her introduction and stepped onto the stage, the thunderous applause put her mind back on her money and off Halleigh’s predicament. Besides, she was no longer Halleigh’s keeper, so why should she care what happened to her?
    A Plies joint cranked from the DJ booth, and Tasha began to wind her body slowly. She slowly removed the fishnet cover-up she had over her skimpy