DIVA: FEMALE HUSTLER

chapter 16

Jamaica, Queens

I watch as big ma and Erica walk over to the bar. Chris and Sean look at me while they head in the same direction. I sit at the table behind me watching Chris and Dominique. After they talk for a few minutes they all head to the VIP section. I guess our time has ended. My phone buzz in my pocket. I pull it seeing a text from ma.Kyrie come to grandma's house.On my way. I walk to the front door but I stop and look at the VIP section. I wink at her before leaving. I text Travis that I'm out as I walk in the garage. I get in the car heading to the trap doing a hundred. After forty minutes, I pull up behind the trap house. I get out going to the front, knocking on the door. After a few seconds the door opens," boss lady in the basement."

I nod at D walking past him to the kitchen. I walk down the stairs," where have you been Diego?" Ma, Kam and a couple of men surround Diego.

" Monique, my mother has been sick these last few days," Diego pleading."

I stand by ma while looking at him," Diego, I just saw your mom at the grocery store two days ago." Ma reaches behind her pulling out a gun pointing it at him.

" Where were you at these last couple of days?" Diego starts to tremble," I was in Jersey."

" Doing what? Talking to JR."

" N-n," a bullet goes through his head.

" Clean this s**t up. Next mothetfucker that talks to JR will be hanging from a tree," Ma walks out the basement. I look around the room as the workers scramble to clean the mess.

" Make sure it's clean right," I tell Kam. I walk up the stairs to the front door," report to me if anything funny is going on."

" I will," D says. He opens the door and we walk to her car.

" How do you know he was lying?" Ma pulls a cigarette out lighting it," people have been telling me he's been hanging over there. So I sent a couple people to watch him." She takes a puff," he was chopping it up with him like he's family." She takes one more long puff of her cigarette before tossing it," how did it go?" " Good, we danced and talked."

" Good keep on her. We need to for her to spill some information."

" Okay," ma gets in the car and pulls off. I walk back into the trap house going to the basement. The body was already wrapped. They scrub the wall and ground," make sure you use peroxide."

I move over to Kam," you check the corner boys?"

" Yeah they gave me the rest of the money and I gave the new product."

" okay," I nod my head. After an hour, the mess was cleaned and they grabbed the body. Kam and I leave getting into my car going to ma's house. I park on the curb," you talk to dad lately?"

" Nah have you?" He shakes his head," I need to pay him a visit." We get out of the car going into the house.

" I'll see you in the morning, " Kam goes upstairs. Ma sits on the couch," you okay?" "

Yeah, these nigga need to stop testing me." I nod before heading up to my room. I strip out of my clothes laying across the bed.

I get up early showering and getting dressed. I walk down stairs going in the kitchen," why are you up so early?" Ma stands over the stove.

" Going to see dad," I grab an apple. I kiss on the cheek," I'll see you later." I walk out the house going to my car. I pull off going to Rikers island. After the thirty minute drive then another fifteen minutes of me getting checked and searched. I sit at a table in the visitor room. Dad walks through the doors, standing at 6'1, caramel complexion, long black hair in a ponytail with a mustache and goatee. He sits in front of me," nino what brings you here?"

" Have you talked to ma about our new supplier?"

" Yeah." I lean closer to him," this is going to start a war between us. We need to find a new supplier."

" I know that you are concerned but your mother is in control until I get home, nino." " Papa-," he picks his hand up between us.

" Stop nino, are you questioning my judgment about who I have in charge?"

" No papa."

" Good, you mother is me while I'm here." We stand up and he puts his hands on my shoulders," nino even through I'm not your biological father. You're still my son. I need you the soldier that we raised."

" I got you dad," I nod my head.

" Good, I need you to meet up with Matthew Hill. We do a little business with him. Miguel will tell you more."

" Okay," he pulls me into a hug.

" Next time come back here with good news," he chuckles.

" Okay," I walk to the exit.

I leave the building going to my car. Why do I just gotta be the soldier? I can take this to the next level. I get in the car and pull off. My phone rings and I answer it with our looking," hello."

" You can answer your phone this morning but not last night." I pull the phone from my ear and look at the number. s**t lil ma," ma what you talking about you?"

" They kicked me out of the club last night and I kept calling you last night."

" Really I was wondering where you went." " Yeah right. You were all over some girl," I didn't say anything.

" You don't have nothing to say," she yells.

" You ain't my girl. There ain't s**t to say."

" f**k you, Kyrie," she hangs the phone.

I throw my phone in the passenger seat. Iup park in front of the corner store. I get out nodding at the corner boys that work for us. I go into the store going to the register," wassup Nate."

" Noting just the money," we dap each other. I walk around the counter going to the back. A monitor with the few cameras in the store and the ones outside. I go to the safe under the table and pull out the ledger. I look through the month's sales and how much the dope boys brought in. I put the book bag and put the money in one of the duffle bags. I leave out getting in the car. I throw the bag under the passenger seat before I pull off. I drive to the bar when sirens go off behind me," fuck." I pull over grabbing my papers out the glove compartment.

The cop takes his sweet time getting out of the car. He taps my window and I roll it down," yes."

" License and registration." I hand him everything. He looks through the paper then hands them back.

" I need you to step out the car."

" For what?"

" Sir I need you to step out of the car," he placed his hands on his gun. I grit my teeth looking at him when a car stops next to us. " Butler," Chris looks at us.

" Never mind sir," the cop walks away. Chris drives off followed by the cop. Who else are they paying off, I pull off. After ten minutes, I park behind the bar. I grab the bag then head to the door. I unlock the door going to the basement.

" What took you so long?" Miguel sits at the table counting money. I drop the bag on the table," got pulled over by some asshole cop." I sit in a chair across the table from him.

" Dad said something about Matthew Hill." " His scamming ass," Miguel shakes his head.

" What he do unc?"

" He owns a lot of people money," I nod.

" He should be here in a week or two. That's where you come in since he doesn't know you."

" What am I doing?"

" Bringing him to one of the empty buildings and I'll deal with him." I nod my head," how much does he own?"

" Like fifty grand from us, thirty from JR and another fifty from Rizzo."

" Damn the whole New York looking for his ass. Why would he even come back?"

" p***y, don't let any man tell you different. p***y is a niggas kryptonite. His is a rich white girls whose daddy is loaded."