"Where?"
"I can’t be sure, but Sabrina said that she used to see Bobby’s car outside a building on Grant Avenue."
Black laughed a little. "What was Sabrina doin’ down there?"
"She was with Bo."
"Even better question: What was Bo doin’ down there?" Black asked. Then he looked at Victor. "I know this is none of my business, and far be it for me to tell you who to lay the pipe to, but all I’m sayin’ is be careful about fuckin’ around with Sabrina. Niggas do stupid shit over a man fuckin’ with his woman."
"I understand, Black," Victor said.
"You see how this shit is workin’ out for Bobby."
Black was absolutely right about Bobby. As soon as Bobby heard about Ivillisa calling Pam, he left and headed straight for her apartment.
When Bobby got there, he could hear Ivillisa screaming as he came down the hall.
"I won’t do it no more, I swear, Lex, please!"
Bobby banged on the door.
"Help me, please!" He heard Ivillisa yell.
Bobby took out his gun, kicked in the door and went inside the apartment. "Ivy!" he shouted.
"In the bedroom," Ivillisa yelled and tried to run away from Lex.
"Shut up!" Lex said and grabbed her by her hair. He began punching her in the face. When he let go of her hair, Ivillisa fell to the ground. Lex began kicking her just as Bobby appeared at the door. He looked at Ivillisa. Her once beautiful face was now a bloody mess. Her eye was swollen almost to the point of being shut. Her lip was busted and her clothes were torn.
Bobby ran up behind Lex and pulled him off her. Lex turned around and hit Bobby. Ivillisa got up and ran out of the room.
Lex grabbed Bobby’s arm and the two men struggled for the gun. Lex forced Bobby’s back against the wall and began banging his hand until Bobby dropped the gun. Lex hit Bobby in the face and then in the stomach. "You think you can beat me old man?" he yelled as he grabbed Bobby and threw him to the floor.
Bobby got to his feet and rushed Lex, and the two men fell to the ground. They wrestled around until Bobby got on top and hit Lex several times in the face. Lex pushed Bobby off him, and got to his feet.
He picked up a lamp and swung it at Bobby, but he missed and Bobby rushed Lex again. The two traded blows until Bobby went down again. Lex stood over Bobby and kicked him. "Come on, get up!" Lex yelled.
Bobby caught Lex’s foot as he tried to kick him, and jerked it. He went down near Bobby’s gun and grabbed it. Lex stood up and pointed the gun at Bobby.
He looked at the barrel of the gun and knew he was about to die. At that moment, he thought about what he was about to die for.
Bobby thought about his wife and
his children, and knew that whatever he was doing with Ivillisa Ortiz wasn’t worth losing his family over, and it definitely wasn’t worth dying for. Bobby heard the gunshot but felt no pain. He looked into Lex’s eyes and watched him fall to the floor.
There stood Ivillisa, gun shaking in her hand. Bobby got up and took the gun from Ivillisa. "Took you long enough."
"I had to find where he put his gun," Ivillisa said.
Bobby looked at Lex and pried his gun from Lex’s dead hand. "I’m gettin’ too old for this shit."
Ivillisa threw her arms around Bobby. He kissed her on the forehead and removed her arms from around his neck.
"Come on," Bobby said and took Ivillisa by the hand and led her out of the apartment.
"What about him?" Ivillisa said as she looked down at Lex’s body.
"Don’t worry about him. I’ll call somebody to take care of him. Right now, you need to get out of here."