Streets and Sheets 5

2. For my wife

Emerald...

"What are you going to do?" We jumped right back in to the conversation. I could see in her body language that she had chilled out a little bit.

"Girl that's why I'm here. His ass almost broke my car door handle when I pulled off. Jordan can not understand why I'm not jumping at the chance to have his next kid right now." We were going through big shit in life. It's hard as hell to get back in to the swing of things with these niggas because you never know when things will go left. She loves Jordan as much as I love Sloaney but his ass is a stone cold liar.

"Right now?" I asked. I just wanted a little more information.

"Bria is almost five and I'm almost 30. I'd love another baby, I'm ready for one." She began to ramble.

"I just don't know if I'm ready to take him back or start over." She continued.

"Sis that's what we all are afraid of. Just know if you do pop up with a baby belly I support it only because I know you are solid by your lonely." I left my comment at that. During the phase where Bria's father was out in the streets finding hisself she held it down and continues to. Plus it would be very hypocritical of me to tell her not stay with Jordan since he cheated and my husband has done the same thing.

"Wait is he looking for you? He didn't hit you did he?" I lowered my voice in an attempt to dodge Bria's super hearing.

"Girl no. He may be crazy but he isn't stupid. Anyway how are things here?" She changed the subject. I knew that Jordan wasn't stupid and had learned his lesson the first time he called himself putting his hands on my sister.

"I think I want to tell him about Leila. She is getting older and reaches out a lot more." I was fortunate enough to have a couple adopt my daughter that wanted me to be in her life from day one. I haven't missed a recital since she started dancing, she sends me her report cards and has even asked to meet her siblings.

"He doesn't know? I mean you were 17 he can't hold it against you." Leila is about to turn seven right around my due date and I feel like it's the right time.

"Not at all. It's one of the only real secret I have ever had. " We continued to discuss the best ways to tell Sloane or if he needed to know.

"I'm not going to lie he might know we have known each other for so long. I mean when we were 17 he had to have wondered why I disappeared for all that time then again he had other shot to worry about."

"If she is going to be in your life, and I mean like weekends and birthday parties he should know." She made a valid point. My main concern was how to tell him and how he would react. Not to mention with me being damn near nine months pregnant.

"I don't know how he is going to take me telling him that I had Deontay's baby and she is almost 7." There was only one way to figure that out.

"That man will die for you. Sloane has also fucked a few times too and it's not like the baby in your belly is Tay's." She continued to make me feel comfortable about putting everything on the table. It sucks that I'm considering how all aspects of this conversation could hurt him when he hasn't done the same for me. I mean there have been drugs, cheating, and mental illness so if he can't take this there is a bigger concern.

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Sloane's POV
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"Y'all killed the cameras?" I asked as I walked in the door. I dapped Max and Sy up before getting to Kenny. Even though I have known Kenny for years he was fresh out of jail which put me on edge.

"Done and done." Max spoke out.

"Didn't I tell you I wanted my money?" I grunted as I leaned in to the punch. My main goal was to break this filthy motherfucker's jaw.

"Take this." I handed my wedding ring to Sy. Emerald would kill me if I fucked it up. I took off my tie and jacket as well to give me a full range of motion.

"I'm sorry..." He managed to so say. Sy and they boys managed to put a beating on him before I pulled up to the spot.

"You are just like your punk ass brother" Vaughn, Ice's little brother and frankly Deontay's problem, fell in hard times and needed a little help. Listening to E I threw him a few thousand dollars and a brick on the condition that he paid it back with interest.

"You been missing payments, dodging calls, but flexing on the gram. I thought we were better than that, my wife thought y'all were better than that." I lifted his bloody chin. I watched him struggle to breathe which tugged are my heart strings.

"Sloane I..." he struggled to speak once again. I walked over to the chair and stooped down to his level.

"Listen. I know about the lil chick you got over on 63rd. I know about the baby and all and if you want to keep their hearts beating you will do what I say when I say it. Nod if you understand." He nodded frantically. I took a deep breath hopping I don't regret what was going to happen next.

"You are going to work that shit off and not in the streets you understand." His breathing calmed as he listened.

"It looks like you got a fracture on one of those ribs so we will get you patched up. You snitch you then you die and that cutie you got across town is raising that little girl all alone." I continued.

"I will kill you where you stand if you fuck up or run. You got me?" Both of his eyes were blood shot but he got the picture. I walked back over to the boys to let them know the game plan.

"Sy can you do me a favor and call that nurse chick and tell her to get down here? Oh and tell her I'll increase the rate. Max have somebody keep and eye on the girl he has pregnant on the other side of town. I need to know where she works, all of her family, everything down to the pets." I looked down at my watch noticing that the staff would be in any minute.

"You sure?" Sy asked.

"Yeah are you?" Kenny also questioned.

"The shit I do for my wife man..." I took a minute to put my ring back on and noticing the amount of blood I had on my pants.

"First help me get his ass off the dance floor before Adrian gets here please." We used our strength to get him in the spare office behind the bar until the nurse got to the club.

"Thank you." Vaughn grabbed my hand as we got him situated on a make shift cot.

"Thank Emerald." I told him before I left the room. After I locked the door I reached in to my pocket and pealed off a few bills giving a few to each of my boys.

"Have your girls and family take an open section and I'll have the kitchen take care of them." I dapped them up trying to do better with showing appreciation.

"They would like that." Sy said before he tended to regularly scheduled task. I headed to my office to clean myself up. After jogging up the steps I grabbed a trash bag out of the closet in the back off my office as well as a change of clothes. Stripping down and placing the bloody and dingy clothing I sprayed on a bit of cologne. I made sure to dispose of the clothes before calling in to the Vegas location. The money was rolling in but there were an overwhelming amount of reviews of bad service.

"E's Gentlemens club Las Vegas how I may help you Mr. Thompson?" I started the call. We had been putting off going to Vegas for a while. First we used the wedding as an excuse. Then Nate and Maiya's baby was born so that was no time to up an leave. Now E is pregnant.

"Hey how are you? Is Carlos there?" I had fired manager after manager until Adrien and I came to the conclusion that Carlos was the best fit.

I agreed to be place on hold while she located Carlos...