Love After the Streets

37.)

        "You saw the good in me," He replied.

        "I saw the good in a lot of people who are no longer here,"

         Gunna lowered his head for a second and exhaled before looking back up at her, "Peace... peace I leave with you; my peace I give you,"

        "Don't even t—"

        "Nah, we can take it there for a second," he remarked cutting her off.

        "You wanna be angry at someone for threatening your kid? Cool, be my guest, but don't sit here in my face and tell me her anger wasn't valid. If it were you, you would've reacted da same way. One girl getting her ass whooped by damn near everyone who's supposed treat her as an equal. I ain't saying Gabby can't fight but we all got eyes and saw Courtney handling herself pretty well until your son intervened. Last I checked, putting hands on women wasn't how you raised him, it damn sure wasn't how big dawg raised him and you know I'd jaw his shit. Was her threat called for? Nope, if I were you I would've beat her ass too, but take a moment and step outside of your body and look at it from her view, Trina was going at her, funny ass Q wanted her head, Sky... August handled dat ass, then her best friend and her fighting, all of them for one person then to include Prince and you, now stop me when I say something wrong, but I could have sworn if you poked a bear it fights back and I could have sworn if you put a lion in a cage full of hungry hyenas, dat lion gon' step regardless. I fuck with shorty because... well, she knows she bad and knows niggas only want her for sex, so she does her shit and uses dat to her advantage while getting money out of dat, maybe I fed off of dat, but I know she can break dat nigga Mace down. Chill out on her and let her do what I asked her to do, she won't fuck up but if she does she's my problem to take care,"

        Jenna finally locked eyes with him and just stared at him for a moment.

        "What part did you tone me out at?" He questioned recognizing her look.

        "Poking the Bear," she answered and he nodded leaning into the chair.

        "I've known you practically your entire life, I never been one to sugarcoat shit and I damn sure not gonna start now. Y'all both gave half ass apologies,"

        "How so?" She frowned.

        "She had me up until she didn't have me, just like you. There was no need for her to add in an excuse of why she did and said what she said. You did not need to throw in another threat thinking she wouldn't catch it. We all know how you are when it comes to Prince, she saw dat twelve hours ago, you're still stuck on what you've endured that you feel as if in you're in constant defense mode when it comes to him. But as your brother," he leaned forward and stared at her so she could see he was serious.

        "If you give dat girl a hard time you and I are going to have some problems. Like I told Trina to let dat shit fly, I'm telling you as well,"

        "Mhm," Jenna hummed.

        "You know I love you and you know I'd give my life for you Jen but I've also spoiled you, Nate is back now and you're also grown. I'm not holding your hand anymore, I loss my brother too not just you. I miss him everyday, stop acting like you're da only one who deserves to feel pain, I feel it, I felt it and I grew from it. I learned from it and found love out of it. If Damian was here right now, he'd be telling you da same shit, just in a nicer way, you always were his favorite, so don't disappoint now... not after all these years," standing, Gunna walked inside.

        When she heard the door close, Jenna hung her head and took slow breaths while clenching and unclenching her fists. Playboy's death was tougher pill to swallow for her and she hated that Gunna used it to get his point across but he had a right to.