this hits the streets, itâs not gonâ look good for yâall. There are hating, backstabbing muthafuckas everywhere, and yâall will be forever watching yâall backs.â
âCome on, Uncle Larry,â Honey pleaded. âI thought we had a deal. If so, letâs shake on it.â
Honey held out his hand. And even though his uncles were reluctant to do it, they all shook his hand.
âDone deal,â one said. âAnd yoâ ass need to stop this hustling and get back in school. You ainât got no business getting involved in this kind of mess.â
âWhat you talkinâ about?â Honey said, bragging. âI do go to school. Iâm an A plus student, and needless to say, Iâm real good at math.â
They all laughed and agreed to have the funds and dope to me later that evening. I plopped back on the couch, still in my panties. I swiped the sweat from my forehead, slowly but surely appreciating the no-nonsense bitch I was becoming.
Chapter Six
Needless to say, I was Ray McWilliams free! I mean, for whatever reason, he decided that he wanted to keep in touch with the girls from time to time. But whenever he visited with them, I was right there watching him. His relationship with Honey was just okay. Honey never forgot how Ray had chosen money over him, and it left a bad taste in his mouth. He was down with the person who remained loyal to him and that was me. Talk about being my nigga, Honey was it. I had mad love for him, but what we decided to do was keep our business endeavors a secret. No one ever found out that we were behind what had happened to Ray. He never recovered from losing that much money, nor did he know that his son and I had been secretly building an empire that was much bigger than the one heâd had. Day by day, we built that shit together. We worked hard, and Honey let these niggas out there know that he ran a no-nonsense business. I was behind the scenes. Nobody knew what Iâd been up to, not even my daughters who were now grown and much wiser than I was in my late twenties.
Thankfully, Karrine and Simone didnât remember a lot about what had happened in that apartment. They knew Ray as he was today. To me, he was still a conniving fool. I despised him with a passion, and when Chyna came forth one day and told me what heâd done to her, I couldâve died. I was so upset with her for not telling me that he used to come into the room the girls slept in, in the middle of the night, and have his way with her. Heâd wait until I went to sleep then go do his dirt. The thing is, I always knew, deep in my heart, that he had been messing with my baby. And now that it was confirmed, there was no way possible for me to let that nigga live. The first person I broke the news to was Honey. I was staring out of the window with my arms folded.
âI know heâs your father, but that nigga walking around here like heâs such the perfect damn daddy and he ainât shit. Iâm glad that Chyna finally told me what was up, and I honestly do not want him to take another breath on this earth.â
Honey stood back on his bowlegs with his hands in his pockets. He then wiped down his sexy, chiseled face and stroked the hair on his chin. He was such a handsome young man, and at thirty years old, he had all of the chicks in the neighborhood throwing their pussies at him. He cocked his neck from side to side and cracked his knuckles.
âIâm not sure what to say,â Honey said. âThere are times when I still hang tight with the old man, but I donât like what he did to Chyna. That shit ainât cool at all.â
âYouâre damn right itâs not. And there ainât no way in hell for me to sit back and pretend that Chyna didnât confirm this. Iâve sat back long enough for years. Now, itâs time for me to do something.â
Honey stood for a while, thinking. He then walked to the door
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