Chapter 98Syncere's POV: Continued “What the hell does that have to do with me and my dinner? I didn't say anything to those young ladies, because I didn't think for a minute that they had anything to do with what happen to Jazz and Leah. I care about those young ladies as well, but I will not blame innocent girls of a crime that I don't feel like they had a part in. Especially after I saw the state they were in and the fact that they stayed behind and helped our girls. I will be saying thank you to them and not interfering with the police doing their jobs and I will expect you to stay out of it as well is that clear?” My dad said to my mother, he didn't pull any punches, especially when my mother cross the line. He usually allows her to speak freely, and because he didn't like to get into women business. But when mother questioned him, he would speak his mind bluntly, my mother knew it and cross the line. So when he made his decision clear, she simply bowed her he
Prologue "We did it Essi we are out of that joint it felt like a four-year prison sentence." Kimani said jumping up and down on my bed like she was a 6-year-old. "Would you get the hell off my bed before you break it I got to take this bed to my new apartment at the end of the month." I said looking at her like I'm her mother instead of her best friend, smirking. "Girl relax this bed is supposed to be able to withstand a good pounding." Kimani said laughing. "Well, my bed is still a virgin and I don't want her first time to be with you jumping like a crazy person." I said laughing. "Well shit, you're a virgin so it looks like your bed will get some before you do." Kimani said laughing and dodging the pillow that I threw at her. "So, are you ready for Tampa, we leave in a few weeks?" Kimani asked sitting next to me on my bed. We were leaving at the end of June, so we can learn our way around Florida and get accustomed to the new env
Chapter 1Essence's POV: 3 weeks later "Are you going to help me move this stuff in the apartment or are you going to stare at all the guys who walk past?" I asked, glaring at Kimani. I have taken in six boxes compared to her two. "Yeah, yeah I'm coming geez, you so in a rush it's still early and we just got here can we take a breather?" Kimani reply grabbing a box and taking it inside the apartment. We left late last night so we could get to Florida early in the morning so we were running on fumes by now which meant we had little to no sleep. But I wanted to at least get most of the stuff in the apartment before we take a break. Because once Kimani stops it will be impossible to get her to finish moving everything in. "Let's just finish getting the bed and the couch in the apartment then we can go to the campus to look around and grab some food but that's after a shower and a nap." I said feeling tired myself. "Okay let's do that bec
Chapter 2Syncere POV: “Yo watch out! You walking like you about to go beat somebody ass for eating your last piece of cake.” I said, as a short dark brown skin girl ran into me as I was going to the pickup line to get me and Shawn's food. “Excuse me.” The girl said stepping to look up at me. At my six feet four inches height, she was maybe five feet and some inches in height. She was barely reaching my chest. “No problem you good.” I replied finally able to see who ran into me. She had a pretty face with slanted brown eyes that were so light it almost looked like you chould through them. For a big girl she was really pretty. “Hey, can I get by to pick up my food?” I asked, as she stared at me. Snapping out of her haze, she moved around me quickly. I smiled at how she blushed and seem embarrassed, that I caught her staring at me. “Oh yea, sorry I wasn't looking where I was going.” She responded, brushing past me like she was running from the cops. Just then my pho
Chapter 3 Syncere's POV: continued “Well since we're introducing ourselves, I'm Jasmine, but everyone calls me Jazz and Syn's girlfriend.” My girl Jasmine said Sarcastically, as her and her friends Leah walked to our table like they owned the place. I know how my baby attitude is, she can go from zero to a hundred real quick. I didn't want her and her dumb ass friend Leah attacking these girls for no reason. So I needed to put an end to this real quick. Getting up, my lunch forgotten at this point. “Hey bae, we had to share this table to eat, because this place is crowded as hell. Essence and Kimani were nice enough to share their table with us.” I said, quickly to defuse the situation. Jazz looked around, and sucked her teeth. “Seriously? I see three open booths, that they could have sat at.” Jazz said with an attitude, pointing at three empty booths, and damn if the crowd hadn't thinned out and they were tables available too. Here comes the bullshit, now Essence and
Chapter 4SYNCERE'S POV: "Yo! What the hell was that about? You had no reason to act the way you just did." I said sitting down in my chair to finish my lunch. "Because you never gave me a reason to." Jazz answered back. "Please tell me what I did? Because we were eating and laughing that's it." I said shaking my head. "Those chicks were clearly flirting and that's the problem; yall can't see when chicks be flirting with yall." Jazz's friend Leah chimed in. "You sound dumb, how the hell you know they were flirting? When you couldn't even hear what we were talking about." Shawn cut in. "Shut up Shawn you ain't nothing but a man whore, so you don't care that those girls were flirting. Knowing you're nasty ass I'm sure you got their number and will be hooking up with one of them before the week is out. You don't care if they're ugly, fat, and nasty looking, as long as they're easy. Which I'm sure they are, you could care less about looks or size." Jazz sai
Chapter 5Syncere's POV: Continued She gave me the kind of kiss that makes my dick jump every time and she knows it. "The movie starts at eight so come to my spot like six." She said with a devilish smile, getting into her car. "Alright bet.” I replied closing the door once she was in. "Come on let's go, before we’re late." Shawn said already crossing the street. I had to jog to catch up with him. "Damn, wait up." I said. "Shit you over there wasting time sucking up to your girl, trying not to get your ass beat for talking to those girls earlier. I'm not trying to run drills after practice." Shawn said, laughing. "Fuck you, nobody getting their ass whipped, but I will be tapping that ass later tonight, while you're lonely ass, is at home watching TV by yourself." I shot back. "Shit if I am it's by choice I don't have the money or the patience to deal with these girls. You see that shit you have to go through with your girl, we were supposed to BnD Jazz
Chapter 6 Essence POV: August 4th My alarm clock blared angrily, groaning I rolled over and peaked at the clock to see if I can get a few more minutes of sleep, but it was six forty-five a.m. which means my clock said, “if you don't get your ass up you're going to be late for class, so it's above me now I have done my job.” Then my second alarm goes off and says, “get the hell up before you're late for the very first day of college.” Whining as I got up, looked for my robe, finding it on my love seat. I went into the kitchen, turned my oven on three hundred degrees, grabbed some biscuits out of the fridge, then grabbed a cookie sheet. I place a biscuit on the sheet and put it in the oven before walking out of the kitchen. Then I headed to the shower while my biscuits baked. My cell started to ring with the sound of DMX you're gonna make me lose my mind. I answered without looking because I already know who it was. "What the hell do you want Kiki?" I asked? "Rise and shine
Chapter 98Syncere's POV: Continued “What the hell does that have to do with me and my dinner? I didn't say anything to those young ladies, because I didn't think for a minute that they had anything to do with what happen to Jazz and Leah. I care about those young ladies as well, but I will not blame innocent girls of a crime that I don't feel like they had a part in. Especially after I saw the state they were in and the fact that they stayed behind and helped our girls. I will be saying thank you to them and not interfering with the police doing their jobs and I will expect you to stay out of it as well is that clear?” My dad said to my mother, he didn't pull any punches, especially when my mother cross the line. He usually allows her to speak freely, and because he didn't like to get into women business. But when mother questioned him, he would speak his mind bluntly, my mother knew it and cross the line. So when he made his decision clear, she simply bowed her he
Chapter 97Syncere's POV: I don't know what the hell was going on. Everything happened so fast that I couldn't even process it. As soon as we walked out of the conference room, we found out what room Leah and Jazz were in and went to their shared suite. Dr. Taylor pulled some strings and got them a private suite that they are sharing. As soon as the parents entered the room they ran to the girls; the mothers were all crying, hugging, and fussing over them making sure they were comfortable. The girls loved the attention, they relished in it, me and Shawn stayed back watching the scene. I knew I was still reeling from the meeting in the conference room. The look on Shawn’s face told me that he was probably thinking the same thing. Hearing Essence and Kymoni's name brought me out of my thoughts. “I am so sorry that we couldn't make sure that everyone that was responsible for this wasn't charged. But I promise that I will make sure that they are not allowed to go back to that
Chapter 96If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Officer there is no need to go through all that we found both men a couple hours ago. Crazy thing is once we found them they were beaten pretty bad. They volunteered to tell you everything that happened last night, if we gave them a ride to the hospital to get checked out. We agreed but they had to ride in the back of my truck with Trina, and they had an accident on the way here. I have a sign saying don't play with the turtle. Apparently, they didn't take it seriously and one ended up losing his trigger finger and the other lost a hand. We have them in a bag for you to get their prints I'm sure it will match the prints on the gun we have as well as the hand will match the one that was wrapped around Kiki’s throat last night.” Big C said as he held up a baggy with a hand and a finger in it . Everyone gasped in shock, accept Kymoni and Essence who just held their heads in their hands in embarrassment.
Chapter 95If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Now I hope that you not trying to attack my daughter, in front of the police.” A man said as he walked into the conference room as everyone stopped to see who had interrupted their meeting. “Who the hell are you?” Mrs. Taylor asked. “DADDY!” Kiki said in shock then turned to Essence. “You called my daddy?” “Yes, because I knew you lied, when I asked did you call. “Yes, she called and I am glad she did.” Kiki's dad said walking into the room confidently. “Well that makes one of us who's glad because apparently my daughter didn't think she should have called her mother to let her know she had been attacked.” As Essence's mom walked into the room followed by three tall country-built men walking in behind her. “MOMMA! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM!” Essence said pointing at her brothers who all held a playful smile that Essence knew wasn't playful at all. “Oh god, momma why did you let Big C bring Betsy?” Ess
Chapter 94If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Fuck!” Shawn said getting up pacing the floor. Essence laughed. “Nah you should say, I fucked up, instead.” Essence said chuckling. She knew Syncere was staring at her, but she didn't want to deal with him either. “Shawn Haynes, you're up next.” Officer Duncan said, coming in. “Where is my friend?” Essence asked when Kiki didn't come back into the room. “She said she needed some air, and will meet us back in the conference room.” Officer Duncan said, as Shawn's shoulders slumped knowing she just didn't want to be near him. After the Officer and Shawn left it was just Essence and Syncere left in the now tiny ass room with no window. Essence got up and went to the far side of the room to act like she was reading what was on the bulletin board. “Essence, I'm sorry.” Syncere said as he came up behind her, pulling her close, bending down so their faces were close together, he needed to feel her warmth. He now
Chapter 93If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV:“WHAT THE HELL IS THE MEANING OF THIS OFFICER ROUNDHOUSE? WHY ARE THEY HERE? THEY’RE THE REASON OUR GIRLS ARE IN THERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES! THEY SHOULD BE LOCKED UP AS ACCOMPLICES TO THE CRIMINAL WHO SHOT OUR GIRLS, THEY'RE NOT VICTIMS!” “Officer sir, is this how you're going to conduct this meeting? Are you the one in charge, or is she? Because if she is, then I think me and my friend should leave and wait until another time to give our statements. Oh and by the way, you're welcome because I'm the one who made sure your daughters didn't bleed out on the streets. I'm the reason they are able to be in a surgical room and not in a fucking morgue.” Kymoni said to Mrs. Taylor who gasped and started crying at the mention of what could have happened. Leah’s mother was also crying at the mention of what could have happened. “Damnit Kymoni did you have to say it like that, why don't you think before you speak sometime.” Shawn
Chapter 92 Syncere's POV: ContinuedAt the hospital: I just wanted to tell them everything, to get it over with, so I started from when we saw Kymoni getting harassed by a guy at the party. I told them that, me and Shawn just wanted to go outside to make sure the girls got to their car safely. I had told them how I told Jazz and Leah to stay in the club, while me and Shawn went outside to find Essence and Kymoni. Then I told them that we didn't know when or why Jazz and Leah were outside in the first place. I told them when we got outside, we saw that Kymoni and Essence were getting attacked by the guy that was stalking Kymoni in the club, and how me and Shawn jumped in to protect them from getting hurt. I told them that when the security guards broke up the fight is when we first saw that Jazz and Leah had come outside. They were trying to get us to my truck before the cops showed up, because the coach would kill us if we were caught up in a fight that got the cops called
Chapter 917am Friday morning:Syncere's POV: At the Hospital “What the fuck is taking them so long, they were both fully alert and the bleeding wasn't bad, but they have been in surgery for four hours.” I said as I paced. My heart has been beating rapidly since we've been at this hospital. I can't believe how fucked up my life is right now. My girl got shot because of me, when we heard someone yell gun, I had no time to react before the bullet forced Jazz to slam into me. I can't believe she got shot, it all seems unreal, we haven't left the hospital since we arrived hours ago. “I don't know, but all your pacing is giving me a headache, just sit down, pacing won't make them finish any faster.” Shawn said lifting his head out of his hands. He was worried to death about Leah, she took a bullet for him. Neither of us knew how much Shawn meant to her, until now. What she did was crazy as hell, and Shawn planned on fussing at her as soon as she is up. “SYNCERE, SH
Chapter 90 The Parking Lot: part 3Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah: “COME ON WAKE UP DAMNIT, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO FUCKING STUPID! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DIE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!” Shawn yelled smacking Leah on the face shaking her. “I did it because I didn't want you to get her, basketball is your life, and I love you.” Leah said weakly just as Essence and Kiki ran towards them. “SHIT! Essence and Kiki looked at the girls laying on the ground bleeding. Kiki didn't like them bitches, but she didn't want to see them die, that's not the kind of person she was. She quickly put on her professional hat. “Essence go to Jazz and get something to put on the wound to slow the bleeding until I see the damage on Leah.” Kiki ran to Leah and knelt beside her to look at the wound on her chest. “The bullet is still in her chest but it missed your heart and any major arteries, but we are going to have to stop the bleeding and I'm not going to lie this is go