Out of Control

Bobby laughed. “You got it,” he laughed again and went to get her.

When they got in the office, Wanda and Black sat down. Neither said anything until Bobby walked in with Rain. “Ms. Robinson, do you mind waiting outside for a minute.”

“Not at all,” Rain said and shut the door behind her.

Bobby sat down and Black looked at Wanda. “I don’t even know where to begin,” Black said. “You have any idea how mad I am at you Wanda?”

“Yes, Mike I think I do. I let you down.”

“No, Wanda, you did much worse than that. You got Grant and his whole set killed. You put Cynt in a spot where her judgement and position or both are in jeopardy. You got things to the point where I told Cynt last night that I would kill her.”

“She told me.”

“And that would be on you too, Wanda,” Bobby said.

“Then you lied to Doc and dragged him into this little scheme,” Black said. “What were you thinking?”

“I am sorry,” Wanda said.

“Come on Wanda,” Bobby said. “You got to do better than that. You gear up to go to war; what you think Nick was gonna do? What was your plan?”

“It was just meant to be a show of unity. I wanted him to see that Rain was the problem and he needed to control that murdering psychopath.”

“No, Wanda. From what I saw last night, Ms. Robinson ain’t the problem. She just ain’t no joke.” Black paused. “I understand, I really do understand why you have a problem with her, but you let it affect your judgment. You let it affect our business, Wanda. The business we spent all these years building. What you did put all that in jeopardy. If Bobby didn’t show up in Nassau and say that he had a feelin’ that we needed to come here, ain’t no tellin’ how far this nonsense would have gone.”

Wanda looked surprised to hear that it was Bobby and not Jackie that got Black to the city.

“No, Wanda, Jackie didn’t call me. You told her not to call me and she didn’t. See, everybody acted honorably in this shit, everybody except you.”

“I know, Mike and I’m sorry,” Wanda said. “It won’t happen again. I see the damage I did and more importantly, I see how I let you and Bobby and myself down. It won’t happen again.”

“You know, I was gonna bring Ms. Robinson in here and let you two settle your differences,” Black said.

“Girl fight,” Bobby said.

Black looked at Bobby. “But that ain’t gonna happen. So here’s how it’s gonna go. Bobby is the boss of this family now. Nick runs the day to day, he reports only to him and Rain keeps her spot.”

“What about me?”

“You’re out, Wanda. From this point forward you will focus all of your attention on our legitimate businesses. And if Bobby tells me that you stuck your hands in or even showed your face in any of our spots, I will exile you to Eastern Europe and you can keep Meka company. Are we clear?”

“We’re clear. And thank you for not bringing her in here to hear this,” Wanda said.

“We’re done here.” Wanda got up and started for the door. “And Wanda, I expect to hear from you at least once a week.”

“You will,” Wanda said and left the office.

When she closed the door, Rain was standing there. Wanda rolled her eyes at her and started down the hall. “Wait, Wanda.”

Wanda stopped and looked at Rain. “What?”

“I just wanna say that I’m sorry for the way things went down.”

“I am too,” Wanda said and walked away. On her way out of Cuisine, Wanda didn’t stop to talk, she just left the building, got her in car and told James to take her home.

Black opened the door and told Rain to go get Nick. When she returned with Nick, Black told them about his decision to put Bobby in charge.

“Am I out?”