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tittie twins, and she left with him.
    Once Leon was gone, Pearl came and sat with me by the pool. “You smoke weed?”
    “Yes.”
    “Good,” Pearl said, and pulled out a blunt from her cleavage. “It’s a little damp, but we’ll fix that,” she said and put a lighter to it. “You wanna drink too?”
    “Sure, why not?”
    “Don’t worry, Nina, I make drinks better than I cook. Come inside with me,” she said, and I followed her. “I used to be a bartender until I found out I could make more money dancin’ than pouring drinks. Now I’m gettin’ too old for that shit too. Anyway, I’ll make us a couple of Blue Muthafuckas,” Pearl said.
    “What’s a Blue Muthafucka?”
    “It’s a Long Island Iced Tea with this blue stuff mixed with it,” she said, holding up a bottle of Blue Curaçao . “Now, how does that sound?”
    “Great.” I smiled at Pearl . Even though I had been there for a few days, this was the first time I had been alone with either of the twins. There was something I’d been dying to ask. “You mind if I ask you a question, Pearl ?”
    Pearl stopped making our drinks. “Go ahead.” She gave me this what-you-wanna-know, bitch look.
    “Is your name really Pearl?”
    She started laughing, so I laughed a little with her, but I still wanted to know. “Yes, Nina, my mother and father named me Pearl . You know, people been callin’ us that for years, and nobody’s ever asked me that,” she said, still falling all over herself with laughter. “But you asked the right one. Diamond’s my girl, but she is a little sensitive about her name.”
    “So, what’s her name?”
    Pearl stopped laughing, got this real serious look on her face, and waited until I stopped laughing. “Alice Fae .” She busted up laughing again.
    By the time Leon got back with Diamond, me and Pearl were fucked up—I mean giggling all over ourselves fucked up. Leon just shook his head and made himself a drink. Diamond, on the other hand, seemed just a bit jealous, but Pearl didn’t seem to care.
    The next morning when I got ready to leave, I got my money together and tried to give it to Leon . “What’s that for?”
    “For the product I’m gettin’ from you.”
    “Yeah, well, put your money away. Go buy yourself a better looking, cheap car than the one you’re drivin’ now,” Leon said and laughed. “I’m just fuckin’ with you, Nina. But when you do get a car, make sure it’s nothing fancy, just something to get you around.”
    “You told me that a hundred times, Leon .”
    “And you ain’t gettin’ no two ounces. I’m givin’ you a kilo.” My mouth dropped open. “That one is on me. Make your money, and when you come back to see me, we’ll talk about a price for the next one.”
    “ Thank you , Leon .”
    “You don’t have to thank me. You’re family now. I ain’t ever gonna see Lo again unless we run up on each other in jail, and you know I’m never going to jail. You’re my cousin now. Whatever you need to make it, all you gotta do is ask me.”
    “I will,” I said and gave him a hug.
    “Don’t you worry about a thing, you’re gonna be fine. Lo always said you were the brains of the outfit.”
    “What?” I asked, looking at Leon like he was stupid.
    “He said that you gave him the best advice whenever he asked you what to do, and how he should handle situations.”
    “You’re kidding.” Damn. I never thought he paid any attention to what I was saying. All I ever told him was what I thought would bring in the most money. Who knew the shit was working for him?
    “That’s what he told me.” Leon turned around and started walking toward the house.
    “ Leon ,” I called to him. “I don’t mean to ask stupid questions, but where is it?”
    Leon stopped and looked at me. “Strapped under the driver’s seat. You’ll need to take the seat out to get to it. If you get stopped, it won’t be easy to find without dogs. And be careful in South Carolina . The state patrol is