Tell Tell
A Story from
The Urban Chronicles
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“I’m here to pick up
Elisa Johnson” Marble stood with her hand on her skinny hips that somehow still
formed an hour glass shape on her slinky frame. Officer Lopez looked over into
the release waiting area.
“Get up and get outta
here Havoc” She said quickly in her Cuban accent rolling her eyes as she
started to reminisce about the hell I cause of the pass 3 years.
“Damn, Havoc what
possessed you to take blame for that no good ass nigga” Marble said lighting a
cigarette as she started up the engine of here Camry.
“The same reason you
would’ve done it for Gunz” I grabbed the semi-empty pack of Newport Menthol
100’s “Them bitches better not have took my money” I snared as I started to
ramble in the garbage bag they threw your shit in after booking. Yes, normally
they would put it on your books or what have you but everything I owned was
customized with hidden departments.
“Havoc , I already
went shopping for you so money not even something you should worry about right
now and by the way Gunz is a loyal ass nigga unlike Javi’s slimy ass” Marble
put out her cigarette in her ash tray as she speeded through the graffiti
decorated streets. There was a time where Javi and Marble where the best of
friends so of course I was baffled by her recent distain. Although she played
it off as being angry about the decision I made on his behave but there was
definitely more to the story.
“Elly, Now that your
home promise me not to ever get wrapped up in that bullshit again” Granny Tae
said as she sparked up her blunt. It still kind of shock people of how a woman
her age did the same things we did but Dantaia Mae Johnson was the truth. Even
with her snow white wavy hair that covered the few wrinkles on her face
gracefully.
“Granny you ain’t
gotta worry about that” I said staring at the dream catcher on the wall that
someone stole out of my room but it clearly wasn’t the time to bitch over
material things after all they did let me come back home.
“So what you plan on
doing now” Aunt Ruby crossed her legs and rolled her eyes.
“Right now I’m going
out, sike nah but on a serious note I’m going to college for nursing or
something like that” Aunt Ruby pouted her lips in a way of letting me know my
answer didn’t satisfy her.
“You need to take
your little bad ass to church” Aunty Jae said as the whole room chimed in with
“Amens and Hallelujahs”
“Ya’ll are such
hypocrites, up in her cussing and shit and telling me about church, worry about
your souls and I’ll worry about mines” Marble fell out in chuckles clapping her
hand.
“Havoc what you
wearing, Chuckie said he got something put together at the club tonight for
you” Marble mentioned as she grabbed my arm leading my up the stairs into my
old room.
The parking lot was
packed as I stepped out the car feeling like a movie star as I gazed at the
amount of people that came out to celebrate me coming home.
Chuckie a Queen in
his own sense stepped out flashing his pearly whites as he flipped his swoop
bang to the side.
“Elly, Darling” !!!! He
squealed throwing his arms around my waist
“Royalty, so how this
come about on a Wednesday night” I whispered in his ear.
“The Queen is home,
and girl you got some work to do but for now it’s your night let me get inside
Imma alert you for your entrance” He stepped back in seductively in his Steve
Madden Platforms.
“Wonder if Javier
here” I turned around roaming the crowds with my almond shaped brown eyes.
“He here” Marble and
her best friend Wisdom rolled their eyes folding their arms.
“Yo. What the fuck,
Javi use to be like your brother Marble” I snapped.
“Brother, Never would
I claim him as family” She snapped back as Chuckie’s alert chimed through.
“Welcome Home, Elisa
“Havoc” Johnson” The room fell dark as the spotlight fell on me as I worked my
way to the V.I.P Section. The lights
slowly started to come back on.
“Toast to my rider”
Javier stood in front of me smiling.
“BABY” I screamed as
I jumped up in his arms.
“Fucking Snake
Motherfucker” Marble growled bumping into him as her move onto the dance floor.
“What the fuck happened
between ya’ll” I asked Javi who gazed at me suspiciously, as he laughed shaking
his head as he put his big hands on my ass.
“Some people just
never got over the robbery and you taking the blame for your man” He licked his
lips as he glanced around the room.
“Where’s Dami, I mean
I kinda was expecting her to be here” I wrapped up in his arm. It had been
years but his embrace wasn’t as warm as I had expected it to be and it got even
colder at the mention of Dami’s name.
“I called her earlier
but apparently she doesn’t know your home” He stared off into the crowd as if
he was waiting to see someone before they saw him.
“Where the fuck that
bitch at Jav” the yelling from another room woke me up the next morning. It’s
not like I was expecting him to stay celibate for five years but the queen who
laid down the foundation to this mini mansion was home and side bitches had to
go. Where my exact thoughts as I rolled up in his Egyptian silk sheet and
strolled into the living room.
“Dami”!!! I yelled in
surprise as I ran to hug my best friend since childhood.
“Daddy who’s that” A
child about 6 years old strolled in the room holding a suitcase and rubbing her
eyes. Freezing in my spot things started to become clearer.
“Daddy”?? It took a
few seconds for it to process “You bitch” I yelled swing after her ha Javi held
me back
“You aint about to
hit my wife, and definitely not in of my child” Javier said pushing me to the
floor “Get you shit and get the fuck out my house” he continued saying has Dami
started to laugh hysterically.
“Bitch you been old
news” she rubbed the salt into my wound.
“Really Javi after
all I’ve done for you” I screamed fighting back tears.
“you haven’t done a
damn thing for me bitch, everything you see I build from the ground up your
dumb ass took a fall for a nigga who already had cut you out of the picture”
Dami cheered him on
as if he was the winning team during the super bowl, as I grabbed my stuff and
left.
“You have to eat
something” Marble said as she opened the blinds, it had been two weeks since
the embarrassment took place and I’m not going to even lie I couldn’t get over
it so easily. Invested too much time was an understatement and for him to not
only have cheated on me with my best friend but marrying her was the ultimate betrayal
on my woman hood and I was torn.
“The point I don’t
understand is why the fuck no one told me” I said sitting up fixing a gaze on
Marble as she twisted her lips and shrugged her shoulders.
“Something’s you have
to find out for yourself “She sat down on the foot of the bed “Chuckie gonna be
hear soon so get up, wash your funky ass, and look decent” She continued
throwing a book in my direction.
Best Friend therapy
is always the best when you’re getting over a real fucked up situation and
having someone on your team like Chuckie meant you was always winning.
“Girl, I got the scoop
and the plot” He said strolling in wearing his male attire it times like this
where you look at him with the “IF ONLY YOU LIKED GIRLS” looks Chuckie stood
6’3 with a deep almond complexion and a baby face which made it easy for him to
transform from Chuckie to Royalty in a snap of a finger.
“What is it” Marble
jumped up and Wisdom followed. Chuckie popped up the bottle of Grey Goose
pouring out 3 double shots and one triple.
“This would keep the
calories away can’t have you getting chunky summer is right around the corner
girl” He said handing me the biggest shot.
“As for you two sit
down, this one Elly is going to have to mainly do alone” Marble and Wisdom
looked at each other as if the news disappointed them.
“Then spill it
Chuckie what is the scoop and the plot” I downed the shot eager to get my pay
back.
“Well for starters,
the coke that you took taps for wasn’t a set up, It was his he was starting the
cross over from nicks and dimes to something with a better pay off, During this
time he had dealings with some guy named Benjamin Rosales street name “Benz”
let’s just say the cocaine empire Javier started up was built on both Benz and
yours corpse.”
“Uh Huh so what Benz
gotta do with Havoc” Wisdom blurted out being the light weight she is slurring
her words already.
“Damn bitch let me finish,
to wrap up this history lesson if there’s anyone in the world that hate Javi
more then you right now its Benz and he wants to meet you and the Expo tonight”
The room fell quiet Marble
eyes grow twice their normal size.
“Tonight” I said is a
whisper “It’s going down” I prepped up really quick.
The expo was a
strange place for anyone to set up a meeting being that it was the one club in
town that was never jumping but all the while for that reason alone inly a
genius would by caught with a plate full of buffalo wings in a side booth
waiting to disgust business.
The little black
dress I slipped into was so tight that I was almost afraid to move around
inside of it and the heels that Chuckie paired with it wasn’t making it any
better.
Benz stood up hugging
me as if we knew each other for ever.
“Anyone who’s an
enemy of my enemies have to be a friend of mines” he said letting me good.
Everything about him
spelled money, but looking at the whole picture as a whole spelled drug money.
Although I was never
superficial as a woman I could lie about the fact the expensive cologne, suit,
and shoes was attractive.
‘’ So what’s you beef
with your ex” he said wiping the hot sauce off his finger smiling.
“I took a fall for
him and he cheated and married my best friend then took all we’ve worked for
together and decides that he owes me nothing” I said waving down a waitress.
“Looks to me that you
can get close to him and I got the things you need to accomplish what you need
done, but what in it for me”? He said after round of going back and forth of
all that Javier have done to us both.
Couldn’t even deny
the fact that I was expecting him to want something.
“I use someone like
you on my team” he said looking me over rubbing his chin.
“Just come to my spot
later” he cracked a smile handing me his card.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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