Tough Love

Chapter 9 ~ Star

Just then the light skinned man said, "Well, well, well. Looks like we have a little family reunion." He was 6'4 with a bald shiny head. It looked like he could've passed for a white man with green eyes. Something about him looked so familiar though. I didn't want to pull my gun out because it would've made the situation worse. "Who are you", I asked with a confused look on my face. "I was your dad's best friend until he took the love of my life away from me, but enough talking for now. You all are coming with me." He then pressed a button on his phone. "Oh and Star, if you even think about sending those thirty men down here, I have hidden mines in the ground that will blow them all into bits. Don't even think about pulling out your little toy guns because you work for me now." Did this bitch just said my name? I know this bitch did not just say my name. How did he even know me? Who the fuck is Raymond? Like, I am so confused right now. "Ray, why are you doing this? I thought we were family. You don't have to do this.", Nicholas said to the guy with dreads that was still pointing the gun at us. He said,"I'm not your family." Nicholas looked a little hurt by him saying that and he said,"You're going to pay for this." After that I smelled some sweet stuff over my nose and mouth. The last thing I heard was the light man say,"Kendrick's gonna pay."
I woke up with my arms and legs chained to a brick wall. I tried to look around, but the room was completely dark. The floor felt cold under my hands so it must've been a tiled floor. I heard some shuffling noises coming from the far left of me. "Miss, are you awake? It's me Nicholas."
"Yes I'm up, but where are we and where is Tiwan?"
"I don't know. Do you know who that man was? He said your name."
"No, but he did look familiar. Something weird is going on here. He better hope I won't get loose or I will make him wish he never did this."
"How old are you?"
"I'm sixteen and I'll be seventeen next month right after the Fourth of July. What about you?"
"Seventeen. I'll be eighteen next year in January. You're too young and beautiful to be in this lifestyle."
"Thank you, but you don't know my life and the things I've been through."
"I would like to get to know."
"I don't do any kind of relationships or life stories."
"I didn't say anything about a relation-"
"You talk a lot for a guy I just met this morning. Please be quiet and let me think."
Just then the light skinned man along with six other guys came in and turned on the lights.
The room wasn't as big as I thought it was. It had white brick walls and a tan tile floor. Nicholas was chained up in a far corner of the room. "What did you do to Tiwan?" I asked the light skinned man with frustration. He didn't even answer me. He just told the other men to unchain Nicholas and I from the walls, but keep our hands tied and take us into the west room. I decided it was best not to ask again since he was much of a bitch nigga to not answer me the first time. The men put a brown dark wool bag over my head so I couldn't see where they was taking Nicholas and I. These guys weren't that smart because they let me walk. I learned to count my footsteps to see how far the room they kept me in was from the west room. It was only thirty steps so it was straight down the hallway. They sat me down in a chair and chained me to it. The chair wasn't bolted down so if I wanted to I could easily make a run for it. The light skinned man snatched the bag off my face. Nicholas was chained down to a chair just like me, but he wasn't in the middle of the oversized room.
"Hello Star." The light skinned man said with a smirk on his face. "Your not worthy to pronounce my name so don't fucking say it or I will cut your tongue out your mouth and feed it to my pets." I was getting even more mad than I already was so by him just saying my name pisses me off. "You don't have to be so mean Star. I only want to make you my slave."
"Bitch please, I'd die and take a vacation in hell before I ever became a slave. Who the fuck are you and where is Tiwan?"
"You have that same attitude like your mom had before I killed her. Tiwan is okay for now. I wouldn't harm my son's precious half brother so quickly."
Nicholas yelled from across the room,"What the fuck? What you mean h by son? I don't know you. My dad gave me away to Julius Jones."
"No, Julius was Raymond's dad."
The more they talked the more confused I was getting so I yelled at the light skinned man,"Hold the fuck up. Explain in detail about what the fuck is going on here."
He said," I suppose I should tell you since you both deserve to know the truth.", as he got a chair and placed it two arm lengths away from me.
"It all started with your mom Star. She was the love of my life until your dad took her away from me. Your dad and I was best friends until he had to be dealt with. Your dad wasn't Joseph King. Joseph King was my crazy ass nephew I could care less about. Your dad was Kendrick Carter. I was a drug dealer who your mother wanted nothing to do with so she chose Kendrick, the star in basketball and football. When you were just a baby everybody was all goo goo eyed over Rubies, your mother's real name, new born light brown and green eyed baby girl. When everybody left the hospital I went to see your mother. She wasn't happy to see me. I didn't understand why so I got angry. I got a needle, filled it up with air, then shot the air into her IV and watched her die while holding you in my arms. Kendrick came into the room and was about to shoot me until he saw I had you in my arms. He begged me to let you live so we made a deal. I'd let you live if he became my slave. Like a bitch he gave himself up to me. I changed your last name to King and gave you to Joseph. I knew his old lady couldn't have kids so you were the perfect fit into his family. When I heard you was taking over the city of Atlanta I knew it was because of Joseph abusing you. That nigga was crazy, but I wouldn't have thought you would kill him. So I told Kendrick and he started to cry like the bitch he is. He tried to fight me, but I locked him away. His baby girl was turning into a monster and he couldn't do anything about it. As for you Nicholas, I am your real dad. Your mom cheated on me and had a dark skinned baby which was Tiwan. That hoe thought I was stupid enough to believe that I wouldn't tell Tiwan wasn't my baby. To make it worse I just knew you loved your brother and mother more than me so I called Joseph to come kidnap him and make Star believe that's her new baby brother. As for your mother, I easily killed her and gave you away to Julius. Julius saw you as some kind of talented young man. You won all the football, basketball, and baseball games. You graduated early with a regular diploma, but took all honors in high school. He was showing you all of the attention, but wasn't giving Raymond here nothing. Raymond stayed in and out of jail just to get Julius to care about him. So I asked Raymond if he wanted to be with me. I knew your ass was in the streets . Just like your old man I started at sixteen too. Finally three days before you turned seventeen I told Raymond to kill Julius then he could join me. I was surprised that the little nigga did it. Everything was going good until Star here decided to spread her business in Florida. I knew you would be pissed at her for coming so I had to take control of the situation. Now here we all are. A big fucking happy family. Any questions?"
I asked,"Is my dad alive and what's your name?"
"Yes he is and I'm Cody."
"Haha you got a bitch white boy name." Just then he ran to me and punched the left side of my face with all his might. I spit out some blood. "You're going to regret you ever put your hands on me." I said to him while looking in his eyes coldly. I smelled that sweet stuff again and everything went black.