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They stood there, squared off, both gripping pistols in their palms, trigger fingers in position, but guns resting at their sides. Messiah shook his head. “I’ma need Shorty back,” he said. “You know me. I don’t keep what don’t want to be kept,” Meek said. Morgan trembled under the safety of one of his arms, squeezing her eyes so tight they hurt. This was a bad dream, the worst nightmare she’d ever had. Her heart thundered,
“It ain’t up to you, G. It ain’t up to Meek neither, low key. That’s why I don’t choose females like Mo. She’ll fuck up a nigga soul with the bullshit. My bitch keep ten toes in the sand and if a nigga send me up out of here, she ain’t gon’ fold. She ain’t gon’ need another nigga to see her through the shit cuz she’s a soldier. A fucking goon on her own. Mo’s soft. She fell apart and she needed strength. You told him to give her some of his. Now here we are,” Isa said. “It ain’t right and it ain’t wrong because they thought you were gone, G. It’s just fucked up for everybody. I ain’t falling
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“Messiah.” Messiah’s rage stilled. It was like she had snapped her fingers. It amazed her that after all this time, it still worked. She was still the only one who could calm his storm. Problem was she was sick of it raining, tired of the downpour. Ahmeek had brought a little sunshine to her life and now all she wanted to do was grow.
He wasn’t like Ahmeek. He didn’t go soft for the one he loved. Even Messiah had allowed Mo to be a weakness for him. He was the opposite. He went harder. Loving Ali made him deadly. Somebody had disrespected her. Had put her at risk and he wouldn’t be able to sleep until that person paid with their life. He had a debt to collect. Whomever had called the play that led to shooters coming to the studio had to pay a tax. The cost would be heavy. A life for the attempt on her life. God should have never given Isa someone to love because when his emotions were involved it was dangerous.

