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CHAPTER TWENTY- FIVE

Ryder

              When we all woke up, our father wasn’t breathing. I fell to the ground and started crying my eyes out. I think he knew last night was his last, Blu came and sat next to me and we both cried. I don’t think you could ever really prepare yourself for something like this. I stood up and walked out the room. Emila called the ambulance; she was just sitting in the living room rocking back and forth. I went up to my room, I just wanted to be next to, Camila.

              “Baby what’s wrong?” Camila stood up and walked over to me, my vision got cloudy.

              “He’s gone, Camila, my dad is gone.” I fell into her opened arms and cried some more, I knew this was coming, but I didn’t wanna believe that he would really be gone. My phone started to ring, I looked at it sitting on my bed stand. Camila walked over and answered the phone I heard when she said Ghost was gone, then I couldn’t hear her anymore. I just sunk onto the floor. I knew I couldn’t stand him, and was always avoiding him, but I just wante here, and home.

              “Your uncle is on his way,” she said. “What is your uncle’s name anyway?” She looked at me, I knew she was trying to get me to think of something else.

              “Jordan, his name in the streets is, Death.” Ghost and Death, two deadly killers. I was told that they got those nicknames from my grandfather. Ghost is for someone who kills without being seen, and Death was supposed to me you feel it before it happened. It was their killing techniques. I looked at Camila and was happy she was here. I stood up and went to take a shower; I felt so dirty. I stood under the water thinking about everything I had to do. I was officially in charge. I needed to call a meeting with everyone to introduce myself. I got out the shower and Camila laid out my clothes. I loved her, I swear I did. She was going to be my wife one day. I put on my true religion jeans, my white t-shirt, my black timbs and black vest. I put my Miami heat snapback on.

              I knew it would be hard to play ball and worry about the empire, but it was something I had to do. When I was out of town, my uncle would take care of everything. I walked out my room and downstairs. I saw Blu first, she was wearing a red plaid long sleeve shirt and ripped jeans, she had on black lipstick and her hair was hanging down in curls. She walked up to me and gave me a hug. She backed up and cleared her throat, as I looked at her.

              “I want in, Ryder, and before you say no I talked to uncle, Jordan and he said yes.” She looked at me and smiled.

              “I wasn’t gonna turn you down, Blu. Is this something you really wanna do?” I looked at her with my eyebrow raised.

              “Yes, I can dance and take care of business. We are gonna need people we can trust around.” She smiled and walked away.

              I sighed, what she said was so true. Once word got out that Ghost was dead, people would be after the throne. I knew with Blu and uncle death by my side, they wouldn’t be able to. Ghost used to take me and Blu out shooting, he taught her about the empire. She was his hidden weapon. I knew she was deadly and now she was waking that side of herself. I walked over and sat on the couch next to Skie, she had been real quiet the last few days. I knew she was leaving soon; I also knew there was a lot going on.

              “What is up, Skie?” I got comfortable on the couch and watched Emila and my uncle talking, whileBlu was talking to Camila.

              “I am worried, this morning it was as if something switched inside of Blu. I knew she talked to your uncle about joining the empire.” She looked over at me, and crossed her arms.

              “She was trained to do this a long time ago; it is something she does not show. You have nothing to worry about, Skie, she will be taken care of when you leave.” I looked at her and put my hand on her shoulder.

              “I feel like I keep leaving at the wrong times, she needs me right now.” She looked down at her hands.

              “She knows this is your career, don’t stress ma. Things turn out how they are supposed to.” I took a deep breath.

              “She’s changing, a year from now I won’t be able to recognize her. I knew my life is going to change too, my face will be everywhere. So will yours and maybe even hers!” She looked over at Blu and gave a frown.

              “You think too hard,” I laughed. “Everything will work out, you just gotta stay positive.” I got up and walked over to where Blu and Camila where.

              “Blu, go talk to your girl please, she tripping and you need to tell her things will be okay, because the way she is thinking now everything will fall apart.” I pushed her towards Skie.

              “Baby, why you do that?” Camila smiled and wrapped her arm around me.

              “Because they need to talk, Skie is depressed about Blu and she needs to figure out what the the fuck they are gonna do”. I felt someone tap on my shoulder, so I turned around.

              “So, we decided it was best to have a family only funeral so we can have some time to figure out our next move,” My uncle said and walked out the house. I walked over to Emila. She looked so broken after his death, I knew it was her first love, but she needed to get it together. 

              “How are you holding up?” I sat down in the seat next to her. She looked so pale and small these days. I hoped Blu was going to get her some help.

              “I am as good as I will ever be, Blu asked me to go to rehab after the funeral is over. Is it that noticeable already?”

              “Can I be honest with you?” I took her hands in mine, and looked her in the eyes. “It’s noticeable, Emila. You look so pale and you have lost weight. I need you to get help for Blu, if not for yourself. My father loved the person you were, not the drug addict that you’re becoming. Be that person Blu and Ghost loved.: I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek and smiled.

              “Thank you, Ryder for being honest, Blu didn’t wanna say it to hurt my feelings. I am also sorry for the way things have happened.” She gave me a tiny smile.

              “You are forgiven, but let it stay in the past. Things will get better, just please get help.” I stood up and headed out the house.

 

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Blu

              Me and Ryder, were watching our father get lowered into the ground. Everyone else left us alone to have a few minutes alone before they lowered him. I didn’t think his death would be so hard for me. I’ve only known he was my father for a little while, but I guess he has been in my life since I was born. I decided that I wanted to be a part of the empire he has built; I was going to stand side by side with Ryder and our uncle. This is a side to me that I don’t show. I know the power I held inside of me and it is about to be released.

              One-day Ghost told me he wanted to teach me a few things. That’s when he started taking me and Ryder to the shooting range. He taught me everything there was to know about the cartel and how to kill without being caught. I have no idea if my mom knew about it or not, but I didn’t tell her. Now, I know why he taught me all those things, because I am the princess off his cartel, his daughter. Me and Ryder both picked up a shovel once our dad was lowered and shoveled some dirt on top of him.

              “I love you, daddy. Rest in peace,” I said my final goodbye and walked away. Ryder stayed a few minutes after and joined me. There was a get together at the house for everyone who came to the funeral. I didn’t really wanna fake a smile, I just wanted to be in Skie’s arms watching cheesy romantic movies. We just pulled up to the house, Ryder turned off the car and we both just sat and looked at the house.

              “I really do not wanna do this.” I crossed my arms; I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself.

              “Shit, me either, but your mom wanted to do it, so we can support her.” He opened his car door and got out and I followed.

              Tonight I was driving my mom to rehab; she was going to be gone for two months. I told her she only had to do one, but she said that is what she wanted. I think this was going to help her heal and stay away from drugs. It is a very hard time for her, so I tried to be understanding and support her.

              Once we got inside the house, I hurried upstairs to my wing and shut the door behind me. Skie was sitting on the couch with her cotton booty shorts and a tank top. She didn’t go to the funeral since it was a family affair.

              “Hey baby,” I sat down next to her and took a deep breath. I was so tired; I hadn’t slept in a few days.

              “How did everything go?” She said without looking away from the movie she was watching.

              “Everything was okay I guess, it was small. I didn’t want to join the get together down stairs.”

              “Well you should still show your face.” She looked at me for the first time since I walked in. things have been different between us since she took the job for the movie and our big fight. I was really hoping we would get back on track before she left.

              “I will once I get changed, are you okay? You have been kind of distant since you have moved in.” I stood up about to go change.

              “Well I haven’t really had any alone time with you and I am about to leave in a few days for the next year.” She got off the couch and followed me.

              “I’m sorry, I promise the rest of the time you are here I will spend every moment with you, right after I show my face to everyone down stairs.” I went into my closet and grabbed a pair of black yoga pants and a black hoodie that said boss chick on it.

              “That would be nice, I’m nervous about this whole movie thing, though. my life is about to change.” She took a seat at the end of the bed.

              “Everything will be fine; this is your dream come true.” I smiled at her and changed my clothes. I walked downstairs and did my rounds, and then I turned right back around and went to my room.

              “That was fast,” Skie laughed as I walked into the room. She sat up on the couch to make room for me.

              “Me and Ryder did the same thing, thanked everyone for coming and left. It is about time for everyone to leave anyway then I have to drive my mom to rehab. Do you wanna come with me? it’s an hour drive and I don’t wanna drive back alone.”

              “Yes, I’ll come with you. When do we have to leave?”

“In about an hour.” I sat down next to her then laid down and put my head in her lap.

**

              We just got back into the house, I was happy my mom is getting help. Me and Skie went up to our wing hand and hand. I thought it was a good time to fix things between us, she was leaving in less than a week. Once we got into our room I changed into my onesie, she looked at me and busted out laughing.

              “Blu what in the world are you wearing?” Skie laughed some more and changed into her Miami heat pajama pants and tank top.

              “It’s a onesie!!” I looked down, it said bossy on the front and had an opening where the ass was.

              “I didn’t know grown people wore that,” She laughed some more and came closer to me.

              “Well I do, but you love me.” I kissed her on the lips slowly, and pulled her closer to me.   We kissed like it was our first time, I pulled her down on the bed with our lips still connected. I knew we could make it through this year, we would just really have to try. We broke the kiss so we could breath, I felt like we hadn’t kissed in forever. I was starting to think. Has it really been that long?

              “I do love you, Blu. I hope you’re the one I marry one day, and the one I decide to go through the process of having babies with.” She turned on her side and touched my face with her hand and looked into my eyes.

              “I love you to, Skie. We will make it; it will just take more effort this year and communication.” I looked back at her and smiled. I was low-key excited about what she just said, I can picture her holding our first child and getting married. We both just had to make it through the year apart.

              “You know I’ve been thinking about the future a lot lately; I’m hoping this year doesn’t mess up what we have. You’re the first person I have ever felt this way about and if I was to lose this connection, I wouldn’t know what to do.” She looked at me with so much love in her eyes.

              “I feel the same way, we just will have to work extra hard to make it through this year apart, have to make time to see each other too. I can fly out there maybe every month; it depends on how things are looking for you.” I grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes.

              “We will work something out Blu, if we are meant to be it will happen, if not ,I will always want you in my life.” She kissed me softly on the lips, she moved closer to me and we fell asleep in each other’s arms.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Skie

              I woke before Blu did and got out of the bed. Today I planned on making it a very special day. I was gonna cook breakfast in bed in a red lace lingerie that I bought, the I have reservations at the hottest restaurant on Palms bay. I rushed into my closet and changed, I looked into the mirror and smiled to myself. You could see everything, nothing was left to the imagination. I went to the kitchen and took out all the things I would need. I was doing the works, pancakes, chocolate covered fruits, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and cheesy hash browns.

              I was doing my thang in this kitchen, I loved to cook when I had the time. I used to do it all the time, but lost my touch when it came to college. Everything was almost done, I went to the fridge and took out the chocolate fruit. I set up a cute little tray with rose petals. I got a wine glass and filled it with orange juice. I looked over everything and then went into the bathroom and made a bubble bath, while putting roses everywhere. I smiled to myself; I was so happy with what I was doing. I went to the kitchen and grabbed the tray of food. I walked into the room. Blu rolled over when I walked into the room and then opened her eyes.

              “Good morning baby,” I handed her the tray when she sat up in the bed and smiled. I gave her a kiss and went back to the kitchen to grab my plate.

              “You’re the best baby, thank you.” She smiled at me when I walked into the room again, I sat on the bed and looked at her.

              “I have a whole day planed for us, after we finish eating there is a hot bubble bath waiting. Then I thought we could go to the beach and tonight I made dinner reservations,” I smiled and shaved food into my mouth. Once we finished our food, I brought the dirty dishes to the sink and then went into the bathroom. She was already naked sitting at the end of the tub. I licked my lips and slowly undressed myself making sure not to break eye contact.

              Once I was fully naked I walked over to her, we both got into the bubble bath facing each other.

              “What made you do all of this?” She sank into the bubbles and relaxed. I looked at her for a minute before I decided to answer.

              “I felt like we were falling apart; I knew if something special didn’t happen soon we wouldn’t have made it.” I looked down into the bubbles and took a deep breath.

              “We will make it, Skie. We just have to stay positive you know?” She splashed some bubbles on me and laughed.

              “I try.”

              “I will always make time for you, you will also be busy. I don’t think you realize that this movie will take most of your time, if not all. It’s supposed to be the first lesbian dance films to hit movies theaters. Now relax and have fun today, we only have a few days left.” She moved over to me and kissed my lips.

              I kissed her back, we stayed in the tub until the water got cold. I drained the water, then went into my closet. I had no idea what I should wear, I picked out a sky blue dress that touched the floor, it had no sleeves and I put a belt around my stomach. I dried my hair and added some curls, I put on light makeup. I took one last look into the mirror and grabbed my over the shoulder bag. I walked into the living room to see Blu standing there wearing a fire red dress with her hair in curls. I smiled to myself; she was so beautiful and was all mine.

              “You ready to go?” I walked up to her and grabbed her hand. We walked out the house hand in hand.

              Once we got into my car, I sped to the beach. Monroe and Anika were supposed to be there with a little picnic set up. We could use a little friend time, and they wanted to get to know Blu some more. I pulled into a parking spot and got out the car, I looked at the waves. This was my favorite place to be, I was going to miss it when I was in California. I looked over at Blu who was staring at me. I walked over to her and grabbed her hand as we walked to where the sand and water met. We both lifted up our dresses, so they wouldn’t get wet.

              “This beach is beautiful, there is something about it. It’s so calming and I feel like I can breathe.” She smiled white she looked up at the sky.

              “That’s why I come here so much to think, it’s like I can breathe and I know everything will be okay,” There is no other beach like it, I feel like it’s different than others. I pointed to the birds flying in the sky, they looked so careless. I spotted Monroe and Anika sitting on a super big blanket with flower peddles everywhere and what looked like wine in a bucket of ice and food. I swear I loved my friends.

              “So I invited Monroe and Anika, they’re sitting over there on a blanket. They really wanna get to know you more. I hope you don’t mind.” I bit my lip a little nervous that she would be upset.

              “That’s fine, I guess I haven’t really haven’t made an effort to get to know the people in your life.” She smiled at me and walked right up to them.

              I watched her for a minute, before I walked up and joined the. I was happy she wasn’t upset about me inviting them.

              “Hey Monroe and Anika!” I gave them both a hug and sat down next to Blu and grabbed her hand.

              “What up bestie?” Monroe smiled and then laughed. Anika sat on her lap and they kissed.

              “You are too much, who in the world still says bestie?” I looked at her with a stank face and we both fell out laughing.

              “We used to all ways make fun of the word bestie grown up,” I said to Blu so she wouldn’t be confused.

              “Oh I see,” she looked at the water and took a deep breath I squeezed her hand letting her know it would be okay.

              “Blu, would you mind taking a walk with me down the beach?” Monroe stood up and held out her hand to help Blu up and they walked down the beach.

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