Commit To Violence

Stark nodded his head.

"You heard about what’s going on with Rain?" Nick asked.

Stark nodded his head.

"Kirk been to see you, hasn’t he?" Nick asked.

Stark nodded his head.

"You know it’s not gonna take long for him to connect you to Rain, and you to us," Nick said calmly.

Stark nodded his head.

"You knew this shit could happen, but you did it anyway. But she was runnin’ a good program

for a while. Quiet. And she was bringing you plenty of money. If this shit wasn’t happening and she didn’t have to tell me about it, it would still be all good."

Bobby’s grip got a little tighter. "So you been sittin’ in Black’s face all this time, and all the while you got your knife in his back," Bobby said.

Stark nodded his head.

"If you live long enough, you’ll learn that loyalty is worth more than money," Nick said and Bobby eased the gun out of Stark’s mouth.

Stark reached for his throat and tried to catch his breath. "Black know about Rain?" he asked.

"Not yet," Bobby said. "And for your sake you better hope he doesn’t find out." He turned his back to Stark and put a silencer on his gun.

"Rain is done as far as you’re concerned, understand?" Nick told him.

"Yeah, I understand," Stark said still gasping for air. "What can I do to make this right?" he asked.

"I just told you. It ends tonight," Nick said and Bobby followed him to the door.

When Bobby got to the door he turned around and raised his weapon. Both Stark and Nick looked at Bobby as he pointed the weapon at Stark.

"What’s up, Bobby?" Stark asked.

"Like Nick said, for you, it ends tonight," Bobby said and put three in Stark’s chest.

Nick looked at Stark’s body on the floor and then at Bobby. "What happened to it’s your show?"

"This nigga betrayed all of us. He had to die. Now, question is, what you gonna do with Moon?" Bobby asked.

Nick shook his head and opened the office door. He saw Moon sitting at a table near the office. "Moon, could you come here for a minute." Nick closed the door and put a silencer on his gun.

Moon got up and headed for the office. He opened the door and stepped in. He saw Stark’s body on the floor. He was about to reach for his gun when Bobby closed the door and Nick put two bullets in the back of his head.

They left the office and locked the door. They exited Fat Larry’s through the back door. Nick got in the car with Bobby and they drove off. "What you gonna do now?" Bobby asked.

"I know one thing. I gotta cut Rain loose," Nick said.

"It’s too late for that now," Bobby said without looking at Nick. "It’s gone way past you just cuttin’ her loose."

Nick looked at Bobby and knew that he was right. "I’m gonna have to kill her," Nick said without emotion, but the idea of having to kill Rain was tearing him up inside.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Since they arrived at the apartment of Ivillisa Ortiz looking for Bobby and finding Lex dead, Black and Victor had been in the street. They had gone by Impressions and were told by Tara that Bobby was there, but he left after getting a call from Nick. But when Black told Tara to call Nick, she got no answer.