Hawkins laughed. “I know T-Mill from the Hill can handle it,” he said as they approached AD. He stopped and held open his coat.
“I’m not armed.”
“I am,” Hawkins said and took out his gun. “And if it’s all the same to you, I’ll just hold on to it.”
“No problem. A man’s got to protect himself when he feels threatened.”
“Shoot this shit-talkin’ nigga,” Mills leaned close to Hawkins and whispered.
“Let’s hear what he has to say first. If I tell him to go fuck himself and that bitch, put two in his head,” Hawkins said and walked over to where AD was waiting for him.
“Let’s talk,” he said and started walking. Hawkins looked at Mills and he started walking behind them.
“I want you to know that Rona appreciates what you did for her,” AD began.
He wanted revenge for Robert and Ronnie, but he thought that going after The Family was a bad idea and it was something that they didn’t need to be involved in. He told Robert that same thing before he brought Monk in. He offered Ronnie the same advice when he decided that fuckin’ with Rain was a good idea.
“Right.” Whatever, nigga. That shit damn near got me killed. “You said that you were in a position to offer me some assistance as a show of your appreciation.”
“And I can. I just needed you to do one more thing for me.”
“You ain’t really been paying attention, have you? I’m surprised, you’re usually on top of shit. I’m done. I got no soldiers.”
“What about them?” AD asked, pointing back at Mills and his men.
“They just here out of friendship to watch my back in case you decided on doing some stupid shit.”
“I understand.”
“Look, I’m just trying to put enough paper together so I can get out of dodge. If you’re in a position to be of assistance with that as a show of your appreciation, then I’m all ears. If not, this conversation is over.”
AD stopped walking.
“Then I guess this conversation is over,” he said and walked off in the opposite direction.
“I guess so,” Hawkins said as he watched AD walk away from him.
“That don’t seem like it went like you thought it would,” Mills said when he walked up.
“No. Some people just don’t like to be told no. Yo, man, thanks for coming. If you wasn’t here, this probably would have gone a whole lot differently.”
“Yeah, that shit-talkin’ mutha fucka would have killed you as soon as you told him no.” Mills shook his head. “What now?”
“Same plan. Wait on my money to come through and hope that I live long enough to collect it.”
“If you need some paper, I could front you a little piece of something.”
“No worries, you doing this for me was more than I deserve. I’ll be all right.”
“You’re right, it is more than you deserve for the shit you did.” He laughed. “How is Keeshana anyway?”
“Fuck I know. After she fucked me, she fucked Barnes and then Sterling.” He laughed. “I did your ass a favor. You should be thanking me for taking that scandalous tramp off your hands.”
Chapter Fourteen
When Rona walked out of the precinct with her lawyer, it was hard for her to hide her smile. She knew when she embarked on the venture that this day might come, and it went exactly the way that she thought it would. But the added satisfaction that it was Kirk that she was able to walk out a free woman on, made the day so much sweeter for her.
“If you have any more contact with those detectives, you just call me, Rona,” Madison, her lawyer said as Garon open the door to his car for her.