Stone Cold

Chapter 1

"Bring ya ass Layla. I got to go. How the hell imma be late to a meeting that I called. You just trying to look cute for Wendell." Tez yelled to me from the living room. It's his fault because he decided to tell me five minutes ago we had a meeting. I'm trying to fix my hair I'm not even studying that shit he saying about Wendell. I'm not looking for no man anyway. I don't need nobody except Tez of course. Especially no nigga that think he can control me cuz I ain't for that shit.

I walked in the living room past him to there door. "Quit bringing that nigga up. I don't want nobody."

"Good keep it that way." Tez is very protective of me. He doesn't let anybody step to me or at least tries to keep me from getting hurt. I guess it's a good thing to have a guy best friend that runs games on all these girls because he tells me what's real and what isn't. Even though I didn't listen anytime.

About 10 minutes later we got to the trap house. I walked in got the board with info on it for the pick up, drop off, and other things. I opened the door of the room where we have meetings and everyone's heads turned. Tez had always told them I was off limits but that didn't keep them from looking. I looked over at Wendell and he smirked at me. Tez shot him a look and his smirk quickly faded away.

"Layla is gonna be taking over the meeting today and all y'all niggas pay attention." He sat down in his chair and relaxed. I put the board down on the table and read over it.

"Darnell, you have to go to T's to get the product from him then come back and set it up or whatever. Wendell I need you to go deliver to Shawn and he's gonna give you the exact amount of 5,000. Make sure it's all 5. Bring it back and put it in the safe. The meeting was called because y'all niggas getting lazy. We loosing money because yall don't wanna do shit around here anymore. And it's hurting y'all cuz that's the less cut you getting. Whatever I tell you to do I expect it to be done right then. Not in the next couple of hours." I said looking dead at Rashad. He sat up and opened his mouth to talk.

"Say something Shad. I want you to." Tez said. He shook his head and say back in the chair. "Exactly."

"I'm serious y'all. Shad I am gone give you the simplest thing to do. Go pick up the guns and some bags." He nodded his head. "Rell, I need you to sell some rounds on Elm Street tonight. Jon, I need you on Maple." They all nodded at me. I was done with that. "Y'all can go."

I stayed in the room and everybody was filing out but Wendell stayed. He walked over to me and sat down.

"Ma you bad as fuck."

"I know."

"Damn. How's your day going?"

"Good." I said never looking up from the paper.

"Look at me." I looked up at him and he place his hand on my thigh. "Let me take you out tonight."

"I can't."

"Tomorrow?"

"Busy."

"Saturday?"

"Busy."

"Look," he took my phone out my pocket and put his number in it. "How about you just give me a call when you not busy. Deal?"

"Deal, now you better get out of her before Tez come in and kills yo ass. You know he don't play."

"Aight." He kissed my forehead and walked out the room. I gotta admit, the nigga fine and all I just don't want nothing right now. I got too much to do with.
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Tez in the mm