Page 52 of Adonis Gates

I went over specifics with each of them, reinforcing how imperative it was to keep my girl and brother safe since I couldn’t be three places at a time. I also beat it into their heads how serious I was about the shit and what the outcome would be if anything were to go wrong.

I dismissed them to go to their respective posts before I went out to knock the appointments I had out of the way. I hadn’t been in the shop for the last few days because Vado set up the meetings with his people, so I took some time to knock that out and get my system set up.

When I finished my last head of the day my phone rang. I grabbed it from my pocket and looked to see that Jru was calling so I answered quickly.

“What’s up, baby?”

“I think someone followed me home,” she whispered and my heart sank.

“You there alone?” I asked, moving toward the exit quickly.

As soon as I hopped in my car I started the engine then burned rubber pulling away.

“Yeah, Mama and Daddy are on their way though. They went to an early dinner.”

“Lock the doors and stay put until I get there, Jru,” I ordered, texting Greg’s mothafuckin’ ass to see where he was. The nigga was fucking up already.

“Okay,” she whimpered. “How long until you get here? The car followed me all the way from work and I took the long way.”

Shit.

“Like ten minutes tops.” I floored it.

“Maybe I should call the police. The car is parked a few houses down.”

“Naw, not yet. I’ll be there before them.” I was really thinking that I might have to body the mothafucka, so I didn’t need the police there yet.

“Okay. Will you stay on the phone with me until you get here?”

“Of course. Go upstairs.”

“I am.” She got quiet, so I could hear her padding up the steps. “I’m in Geri’s room so I can look out of the window.”

“Get out the window, baby,” I suggested. “I don’t want the mothafucka’s to see you peekin’ or no shit.”

“It’s like a charcoal gray Durango. In case the car isn’t there anymore. I didn’t get the tag because they were behind me the whole time.”

“It’s aight. I’m almost there.”

Gray Durango?

Just as the thought crossed my mind, Greg was texting me back letting me know that he was in Jru’s parents’ neighborhood parked outside of the house. I quickly responded asking what kind of car he was in and breathed a lot easier once he confirmed that he was in the same make as the car she’d described.

“Adonis!” Jru shouted, drawing me from my thoughts.

“My bad, bae, what’s up?”

“I was just making sure you were still there."

“I’m here, but you good. You don’t have shit to worry about.”

“You’re here?”

“I am actually,” I replied, parking in front of her people’s shit. “Nobody was following you.”

“Yes, they were. It was that car,” she argued, then she snapped, “Why would I lie about that?!”

“I’m not sayin’ you lyin’, love.” I chuckled, climbing out of the car. “Come to the door, I’ll explain it to you.”