Out of Control

“That your idea or Wanda’s?” Bobby asked even though he knew the answer.

Cynt didn’t answer.

“Answer the man, Cynt,” Black said.

“Wanda discussed it with me, yes. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t agree with her.”

“Who put the contract out on Nick?” Rain asked.

Cynt didn’t answer.

“Answer the woman, Cynt,” Black said and Rain smiled.

“I don’t know. Wanda told me that she didn’t have anything to do with it.”

“I’m gonna tell you this one time, Cynt. Next time you, Wanda or anybody try to take over my shit, I don’t give a fuck how far we go back, Bobby will put two in your head,” Black said.

Cynt looked at Bobby.

He had his gun out and pointed at her.

“I understand.”

“Good. Now open the safe and arm Ms. Robinson.”

Their next stop was Doc’s. Black really wanted to know how he was involved in this. “I’m just glad you back. Things had gone too far,” Doc said.

“I really need to know why you got involved in this scheme?”

Doc hesitated and looked at Rain before he said anything. “I agreed that something needed to be done,” he said, choosing his words carefully. “But I told Wanda that I wasn’t sure this was what we need to be doing. Then I asked her if she talked to you about it.”

“What she say?” Black asked.

“She said she did and that you were too busy in Nassau. That with Jamaica expanding his operation on the island and CeCe havin’ a baby, that you didn’t have time to be bothered and you said for her to do what she thought was best. Then Cynt assured me that you would support what we were doing,” Doc said. “But now I’m thinkin’ that none of that was true. Was it?”

“No, Doc, they lied to you,” Bobby said.

“Who’s runnin’ Grant’s crew?” Black asked.

Again, Doc looked at Rain before answering. “Nobody. She took down Kelly and Dylan the night she killed Grant and set fire to his spot. Then she shot Burke and Cootie in the face. Only one left is Castor and he went underground because he thought he was next on her list.”

“Damn, Rain,” Bobby said.

“Your girl ain’t no joke,” Doc said.

It wasn’t easy, but Black was able to find where Castor was hiding. Bobby and Rain held guns to either side of his head and Castor assured Black that Grant wasn’t the one who put the contract on Nick. They left there and weren’t any closer to what they wanted to know. “Where to now?” Rain asked.

“Take me by Cuisine,” Black said. Once he told Lexi that everything was over they headed for Impressions to do the same for Tara. She ran to Black and threw her arms around him like she used to do years ago when they used to fuck over the stage. Then she saw Rain and backed away. “It’s okay, Tara, she’s with me,” Black said.

Bobby leaned close to Rain. “Is everybody scared of you?”

“That’s how I need them to be,” Rain replied.

They went to Tara’s office and told her that the war was over and that she had nothing to worry about any more. Tara seemed relieved by the news and told them that two men that she assumed belong to Rain, had been hanging around there every night, all night since it began. “Are they here tonight?” Black asked.

“No and I’m surprised they’re not ’cause like I said, they’re here every night.”

“What they look like?” Bobby asked.