Part 18 (1/2)
”Man, I wouldn't do shi+t wit' yo' sorry ass”
Just then a Cutlass came to a halt in front of April's house It was impossible to see as inside I put my weapon away and pushed Keith out in front of me The driver, who it appeared was the only occupant of the Cutlass, got out and caas and what's wrong wit' you?”
”Cuz, that's Monster Ko-”
And before Keith could even get it out, the dude, who I later found out was Brandon, started to draw a small chro had him on bead with the 44
”Cuz,” Brandon said when he sae had the drop, ”Harlesta”
”Then why you pullin' yo' gat?” asked Stag, who still had the 44 trained on him
”'Cause, shi+t, I ain't knohat's up wit' Monsta”
”Yo, hoht when they call theyself ambushi+n' a muthafucka”
”What?! Keith, what I tell you 'bout hangin' wit' theas when they set trippin'? Huh?”
pow!
Brandon slapped Keith hard across the face
”Cuz, I didn't know they was-”
POW!
”You a daas!”
SWOOsh!+
Brandon swung at Keith, but missed Crazy Keith hobbled a few feet away like an old, sorry dog
Stag and I started to leave but were stopped by Keith
”Monster, watch yourself, 'cause cuz and them is serious”
”What you know 'bout serious when every tier than you around, you do whatever they say? Get out my damn way”
”Naw, cuz, wait” Keith tried to explain further
”Let 'eot into Ta on the Sixties, but I didn't want to bring any h that Keith had seen it And lived
After a while, Stag asked what I thought about what Keith had said about the West Side Syndicate thing I actually had no opinion about it I knew that if they tried to hitto hit back West Side Syndicate I did feel an aard kind of fear that I had never felt before This ste some new union inside of Crip and that my removal was, in some way, for the betterment of the Crip Nation, then there must be someone other than the Sixties, the Raye This was the language of older people, people I didn't know That was a problem How could I put up an adequate defense when I didn't knoas coht's led I could always out-think the new, the next group of shootersa blind spot in otta find out who is pumpin' this West Side Syndicate shi+t, you know?” I told Stag
”That's right,” Stag replied ”We should kidnap that fool Li'l Fee His grandmother live off of Seventy-sixth Street”
”We'll see what's up”
I dropped Stag off and went home Tamu wasn't there I peeled out of my combat black, took a shower, and watched the news I dozed off on the couch
I akened by Taet into our bed so she could put Keonda in the couch bed I stumbled to our room, but couldn't sleep Tamu eventually came in
”Do you believe in God?” I asked
”Yep,” she said, and then added, ”ould you ask me about that?”
”No real reason” I propped myself up on my elbow ”And what is your God's name?”
”Name?”
”I uess But I don't really get into na me these questions?”
”Do you knohat Allah means?”
”Isn't that the name of the Muslim's God?”
”No, it just means God in Arabic”
”Oh, 'cause one of my mother's friends was a Musli back on the bed and looking up at the ceiling
”Well, babes, get some sleep”
”No, not that kind of tired I' like people want , Kody? Don't talk like that, you're scaring et better Hey, re you like so un?' Reonna be all right, babes, you watch”
She held my head to her breast and rubbed the side of”We've Only Just Begun”