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~UrbanGlitter #Glitter/Glo Gang💗
Two weeks later...
Khadijah
I was sitting in the bathroom thinking about all this bullshit we've been going through, and then I realized I had some unfinished business to take care of.
I pulled out my phone to call Mo when there was a knock on the bathroom door.
"Yes?" I called out.
"Baby, what's wrong? You got the bubble guts or somethin' damn, you been in there for forty minutes." Trey stated.
"We have three other bathrooms, stop being lazy, I'm the pregnant one."
"You only two months pregnant D."
"Okay, pregnant is pregnant." I laughed before getting up to open the door.
"Damn! It stank in there!"
"Boy bye, I didn't even do nothing," we both laughed, "You're such a liar."
He went into the bathroom and closed the door. I found this the perfect time to make my phone call to Mo.
"Hello?" She answered on the third ring.
"Hey Mo, is Korie around?"
"No he's downstairs playin' that damn game girl, what's up?"
"Okay so a while ago I was lookin' in that folder that I took from Marlene and Gerald's house when we were lookin' for you and Lyric."
"Mhm." I heard her shuffling around.
"I found pictures of Tanya and Dennis in there. Pictures from when they were alive and pictures after their house got burned up."
"So you think they had something to do with it?" She asked.
"I know they did. What other explanation could there be?"
"You're right but, Gerald was supposedly in jail." She stated.
"So Marlene had to do it." I finished her thought.
"I say we ride and pop up on that ass." Monique suggested.
"And that's exactly why you my bitch, I'll be ready in twenty."
"Uh-uh, why I gotta drive."
"Because I'm pregnant."
"Bit—"
I laughed and hung up before she could say anything.
"I think I could get used to this whole being pregnant thing." I said to myself.
I went to the closet to find an all black outfit, my black Ugg boots, and put my hair into a high bun.
I heard Trey washing his hands, so that meant he was about to come out the bathroom so I needed to come up with something fast.
The bathroom door opened as soon as I was putting on my hoodie.
"Where you goin'?"
"To the mall."
"Dressed like an assassin?"
"Oh," I looked down at my outfit, "this is just my mood today, feeling kind of blah." I said.
"Why didn't I get an invite to the mall?" He quizzed.
"Because baby, I'm going with Mo, and I'm sure you don't want to be in Bath and Body Works all day or Victoria's Secret." I knew that would get him.
"Have a good time." He kissed me on the lips before grabbing a handful of my ass. "Damn this baby making you thick." He smirked.
"-er. Making me thick-er." I emphasized.
The horn sounded outside meaning Mo was here, I kissed Trey one last time before running downstairs, grabbing the folder and rushing out the door.
"Damn slow down, we'll get there. Did you call her and tell her you were coming?" Mo asked as she turned off my street.
"Hell nah, we poppin' up on that ass! Ain't no warnings bih!" We laughed a little before we let the music take over until we got there.
"Hey we're here to see Marlene White."
"Okay let me ring her."
"Oh no that won't be necessary, see this is her daughter, we're surprising her. She hasn't seen her in 12 years." I said grabbing Mo's arm.
"Ohhh, that's so nice! She's going to be ecstatic."
"I know, she might die." Mo chimed in with a small laugh.
We got our visitors badges and walked down the hall, making our way to her room door.
From the outside we could hear her laughing and talking, so I cracked the door open a little a peeked inside.
When I realized she was on the phone, I looked at Mo and waved her to follow me inside.
She was faced towards her room window, so she didn't see us come in. I walked up behind her, snatching the phone off her ear and hanging it up.
"W-what the?" She turned around and looked at me like she was confused.
"Wasn't expecting me were you?" I smirked.
Mo walked back to the door and locked it before joining us back by the bed.
"No I wasn't expecting you, what's going on?" She tried to stand but I pushed her back onto the bed.
"Don't talk unless I tell you to, don't move unless I tell you to."
"And if you even think about calling somebody, I'm gone bust a cap in your ass before anybody can get through that door." Mo added.
Marlene nodded her head, while I stared at her thinking about where I wanted to start.
"While Gerald was in prison, you had a lot of time on your hands, correct?"
"Well, yes I did."
"Mhm, and in that time, were you communicating with Gerald?" I sat down in the chair in front of her.
"Of course, that was my husband." She smartly stated.
I sat up in the chair leaning in closer to her before I punched her in the mouth.
"I didn't ask for all the extra! I asked you a question, a yes or no question. Don't get smart with me Marlene because I have half a mind to grab that pillow behind you and smother you with it."
Marlene sat quiet as she held her now busted lip.
"Back to what I was saying, you communicated with Gerald, and I'm sure he was pissed that he was in prison, and even more pissed that he was in there because of me, right."
She nodded her head in agreement.
"What happened?" I pulled the pictures out of the folder holding them up to her face.
She looked at the pictures then back to me with fear written all over her face.
"Now would be the time where you would talk!" I yelled making her jump a little.
"Khadijah I had to! He was going to have me killed if I didn't!"
I grabbed her neck and wrapped my hands around it squeezing the life out of it. She gasped for air as she tried to pry my hands off of her but I wasn't budging. Once I saw her eyes rolling back I released her neck and stared at her.
"I'm sorry." She struggled.
"Fuck you and yo sorry Marlene!"
"I didn't do it though, I couldn't I just couldn't bring myself to doing it. So I got somebody else to do it and Gerald wanted proof that the job was done. So I had the guy take pictures of it and give them to me." She cried.
"Marlene, what makes you think I believe you?"
"You have to believe me, I swear."
"What's the guys name that supposedly killed my foster parents?" I crossed my arms.
"Antonio, I don't know his last name."
"How did you meet him, how did you just figure he would kill them?" I threw questions back to back.
"Because he killed someone for Gerald before. He's like a nephew, better yet a son to Gerald. He got paid good money working for him and he was the main man if Gerald needed somebody dealt with."
As I listened to her, I tried to find inconsistencies in her story, but the way she was telling it I couldn't bring myself to believe it was a lie, no matter how bad I wanted to.
"Where can I find this Antonio?"
"He's a photographer in North Chicago, goes by the name Nino."
After the name came out of her mouth I almost fainted.
She couldn't have said Nino. Even if she did what's the chances of it being the Nino I know, that takes pictures.
"That explains why the photos are so professional..." I thought out loud to myself.
"Wait, that's the guy that..." Mo started but stopped once I nodded my head.
"So you tellin' me, Gerald told you to kill my foster parents and bring him proof once you did it, but you couldn't do it so you paid a guy that goes by Nino to do it and take pictures for your proof?" I asked crossing my arms.
"Yes." She quickly stated with a tear rolling down her face.
"So why didn't he kill me?"
"I told him to make sure you weren't there, I told him I didn't want you dead."
"So," I ran my hands through my hair, "he knows of me?"
"He knows you, he studied you guys for a while before he executed his plan." She said.
I was cut from my thoughts when my phone began ringing. I looked at the caller ID noticing it was Trey before sliding the answer button.
"Yes." I said annoyed.
"What's ya problem?" He asked nonchalantly.
"Nothin' baby, what you want?" I tried to rush him off the phone.
"Damn I can't call to talk?"
"I'll call you back." I hung up the phone.
Knocks sounded at the door and I looked right at Marlene.
"Ms. White? Everything okay in there? We got the emergency alarm, did you mean to press it?" The lady said.
"Ooooh, you bitch!" Mo whispered as she pointed in Marlene's face.
The door was unlocked and forcefully pushed open with two male guards and a white woman.
"They're threatening me." Marlene yelled out as the men walked over to Mo and I.
They patted us down and with just my luck they found the small gun that I had hidden in my boot.
Mo looked at me with a confused expression and I just shook my head.
"Did they do anything to you Ms. White? I see blood on your mouth, did they do this?" The white lady kneeled down in front of Marlene.
"Yes, they were going to kill me. I want them arrested!"
The lady pulled out her phone calling the police, and after fifteen minutes of sitting in an empty room, the doors were finally opened and in walked two male officers.
"Khadijah Watts, you are under arrest for the attempted murder and assault of Marlene White. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney..."
The words the officer was saying began to fade out as I thought about what I had gotten myself into.
I looked over and the other officer had Mo in cuffs and citing her rights to her as well.
The officers roughly pulled us out of the room and the cuffs were extremely tight around my wrists.
"Can you be a little more careful! She's pregnant!" Mo yelled to the officer that was pulling me.
"Tell it to someone who cares, let's go." He gripped my arm tighter walking faster.
"Trey is going to kill you after this, and I won't be able to attend your funeral because I'll be too busy at mine once Korie finds out." Mo spoke lowly.
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Dun dun dunnnn!!!
Marlene a snake ass bitch!
Sooo Nino knows who Khadijah is, but never told her about what he did?
What do y'all think will happen next?
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