Spectrum

Chapter 9

" Man, I got damn hate it here! " Jamal exclaimed as he walked through the doors of ' The Oaks ' which I had soon come to learn was a trap house.

" Who house we need to set on fire? " Tiana who was coming from the kitchen asked.

Don, who had walked in behind Jamal plopped onto the couch next to me.

" Man, somebody been stealing my product yo, " He sighed loudly.

He was a big-time d**g dealer, hell, all of them were and I hadn't found out in the nicest way possible but that wasn't really the point.

" Do you know who? " I really didn't get into their d**g talk but I was really curious as to who was selling his product.

" Damn, I wish I knew yo, Riah is finna burn mah a*s, " He exaggerated.

" I'm finna burn who's a*s? " Azariah asked as she walked in, her face fixed in a serious expression.

" This dude done allowed someone to steal y'all product, " Tiana blurted out not sparing Jamal a glance.

" Man, this why ain't nobody like yo bald-headed a*s, " A skeeving look was sent her way causing her to burst out laughing. " Ain't s**t funny hoe, " Jamal mugged her.

" What she mean Ace? " Azariah asked seeming a bit taken back.

" I was shocked too bruh, who stealin' from us, we keep our s**t locked yo, " He said running a hand over his face.

Honestly, my mind wasn't really in their conversation, I partially didn't care, I was honestly too occupied in my current situation to care about anything else around me at the moment.

After what had happened yesterday, I knew that I didn't want to be in that air for too much longer so when Tiana had asked me to hang out with her and the crew I couldn't help but accept, I needed to be far away from that house if I was to keep my sanity.

" So, we finna slide? " Azariah said snapping me out of my thoughts.

So, basically, that had a hunch, a good one they claimed, on who stole their product and were apparently going to ' pull up ' to their house for some friendly interaction as they explained to me.

They all had filed out not long after leaving me in the house with Don who not long after turned to me with a large grin " Do you wonna do something fun? " He asked playfully nudging me.

" Sure. "

Soon after we were exiting the house; him locking up and me making my way to the passenger's side of his Crown and not too long after we were making our way to the destination of interest.

I connected my phone to the Bluetooth looking for a good song seeing as this ride was going to be long from the way his seat was set.

" Where are we going? " I asked still scrolling through my playlists.

He looked at me through the corner of his eyes " Somewhere secret, " He answered making me roll my eyes.

I finally found a song which was one of my favourite classical symphonies, a Beethoven to be exact. 

Don scrunched his face up as the track was playing " What kinda s**t is this? " He asked turning onto the highway.

" A Beethoven symphony, Number nine to be exact, " I turned to look at him weirdly.

" Well, ion like it. " He said scrunching his face up even more.

" Well too bad, it's what's playing and I'm not changing it. "

His expression morphed into one of shock " What you mean you not gon change it? This my car. " He said with a bit too much attitude for my taste.

I hissed my teeth turning to look out the window.

" Well you can get yo a*s out my car, " He said pulling off of the road and onto the soft shoulder.

I turned to look at him, to see he had a serious look on his face.

" You think I'm playing, " He said sizing me up.

He reached to open the locks implying how serious he was.

I knew when I was not needed so I took up my phone and purse which were in the middle compartment while reaching for the door hand and faster than light Don reached overlocking back all the doors.

" He looked at me with what seemed to be shock and a bit of betrayal making me mentally roll my eyes.

" You was really gon leave me here on the side of the road? " He said sounding utterly betrayed.

I gave him a ' really ' look.

" Man, I feel betrayed, " He said disappointed before looking up at the car's ceiling to which the sunroof was open " She was gon leave me in here ta die yo. "

" Are you serious? " I asked tilting my head to the side narrowing my eyes at him.

" Man, the hell else was I posed to be? " He said putting the car in drive.

" You're so weird, " I said making him smile a bit which automatically made me smile.

We then started driving for what it seemed like hours and soon we had arrived at this ' secret ' location which turned out to be the mall.

" You're lame, the mall? Really? Man, I should've just took my a*s to my egg donor's house, " I said shoving him harshly as we entered the mall.

" Did I just hear right? " He turned to me shocked leaving me confused, " You got a lil accent coming in youngin, you hanging round them hoes too much, " He shook his head in a disapproving way.

" Really? " I mean mugged him " That's all you got from everything I said? "

" Damn sis, that mug though, you been in the ghetto too long, I want my posh, rich off her a*s friend back, "

" You're overreacting, " I rolled my eyes as we walked into a Footlocker.

" What are we getting? " I asked

" What are WE getting? I'm in here for me, not sure bout you tho? " I punched him softly as soon as the words left his lips causing him to let out a string of laughter.

" Aye Don, my man, " One of the sales attendants came over to where we were standing doing a bro handshake with Don.

He then turned to give me a once over to which I was wearing a simple straight sleeveless elegant black dress with plain white sneakers, my hair was in a slick low bun showing off my small diamond studs which were gleaming in the bright lights of the store.

" This you? " The guy asked almost as if he couldn't believe it.

" This you? " Don said back to him before ushering the both of us to another corner of the store.

" What was that whole ' this you ' debacle about? " I asked as Don picked up some shoes.

" Don't worry about it, he smiled at me asking for a pair of shoes in his size from one of the other attendants.

After Don was finished cashing out, we were left aimlessly walking about the mall while I was trying to decide what store I wanted to go into.

" Ok, Louboutin, " I said heading towards the store, Don following closely behind

" What you even getting either way? " He asked 

" Sneakers. " I said.

He gave me a sort of skeptical look " Were we not just in Footlocker? "

" Yes, but this is Louboutin. " I said as we went to the aisle that most of the sneakers were stocked.

As I was tipping to get one of the sneakers on a higher shelf someone walked into the aisle and instantly I could feel my mood get sour.

" Well look who it is, " The person spat to her girl crew.

Don who was on the couch at the small seating area in the middle of the aisle looked up from his phone.

" If it isn't minnie miss Knox " Katie spat looking at me in utter disgust as I took it she wasn't over what had recently happened.

Truthfully, I didn't know what was done with them after Mason and I left the police station but it didn't take a genius to figure out that the others took the fall while Mason and I got off and to be frank, I would be enraged also.

" How's life on the other side? " She walked to me her arms crossed.

I wasn't giving her the time of day and didn't plan to and that was obviously bothering her as she inched closer to me.

" You got a problem? " Don asked looking at her up and down obviously not liking how close she was getting to me, Katie looked between him and I a bit of a surprised smirk filtered across her face.

" I hope it was worth it, we took the fall for your brother's idea just for the both of you to get let off, you owe us, " now that, that caught my attention, it was a bit blunt and unfiltered, but it still caught my attention.

" Oh, you didn't know, oops, " She shrugged her shoulders while pouting her lips like a child to taunt me before exiting the aisle, her friends following her leaving me with a piece of information I really didn't need to know.

Well, I did know, I had come to the conclusion myself,  I just didn't feel like coming to terms with it and she had just caught me off guard, I could tell that they were more than likely promised exemption which they had obviously not received but I wasn't the one who told them to get involved in something that could go left.

" You good? " Don asked shaking me a bit but at that moment, my mind was completely blank, blocking out every negative thought.