It was five in the morning and I was on my way with two latte's from Starbucks and breakfast I cooked myself with a bouquet of roses to surprise my wife with and honor her for standing with our city against the police yesterday.

: I'm on my way, I love you

If my dad wasn't already there I had plans on putting it down after breakfast to start our day off good, my phone dinged with a text from Kierra.

: ksdaosdaaefoaskdn

I frowned at the text like a child had replied back, maybe it meant something.

: Tell me what that means when I get there

Three minutes later I was pulling into the lot, thanking the man above that my dad's car wasn't there yet so I had a chance to give my wife some dick before work. I carried the stuff for our impromptu breakfast date to the front door getting the keys out to unlock it.

"Key" I shouted to let her know it was me coming inside " I got a little surprise for us"

I took my keys from the door going inside the dimly lit store, Kierra didn't come out the conference room where she usually hung out.

"Babe you sleeping?"

I shouted again before losing my footing slipping and spilling the drinks onto the floor, messing up sneakers from whatever made me slip along with the coffee.

"Fuck" I set the food and flowers on the cashier's desk going to pick up the cups from the floor "Key grab me some paper towels I dropped some-

My eyes looked down at the floor with the spilled light brown coffee mixing with dark red liquid on the floor, I knew this girl didn't spill paint on my floors, I went to the light system so I can see while I was cleaning up the mess.

Seeing blood marks dragging from the desk to the conference room my body went into defense mode, I ran back to my car to grab the gun from my glove box. I took it off safety and cocked it.

I held the gun up cautiously looking around for anybody and looking for my wife, my hands were shaking and I was trying to listen closely but all I could hear was the pounding from my heart, what hell did I walk in on?

"Key baby make some noise lemme know where you at?"

The conference room was dark but the blood trail continued inside, I took a deep breath listening in closely hearing funny ass gurgling noises from inside. I reached my arm in turning on the lights.

"Key" I spoke in disbelief lowering my gun putting it on safety, Kierra back leaned against the wall with blood pouring out from her stomach and from her mouth that she was gurgling on to try and breath.

I sat the gun on the table snatching off my hoodie, I knelt down in front of my wife watching her cling to life. My eyes watered while I pushed the hoodie to the gunshot wound.

"I'm here baby don't worry I got you just stay with me" I sniffed using my free hand to look for my phone in my pockets.

"FUCK" I yelled remembering I had left it inside of my car, I refused to leave Kierra like this "Baby just hold on I'm gonna get you help"

It broke my heart to know I wasn't here to protect her from who did this to her and that she little dragged herself through the store to stay alive.

"I'm gonna pick you up and get you to the hospital" The door chimed, I scurried to my gun taking it back off safety pointing it until I knew it was someone I trusted

"Bro, me and pops came in early to get started on inventor-

I sighed lowering my gun placing it back on safety, Sam stood shocked in the doorway seeing Kierra bleeding out on the floor.

"I'm starting my car, keep pressure on that"

Without question Sam jumped into action, we had dealt with this one too many times with friends and shit never really ended well and I was praying to God that this wouldn't end the same with my wife.

"Baby just stay with me, we gonna get you help just stay awake and stay with me"

I scooped her up into my arms bridal style running through the store, my dad got a glimpse of Kierra in my arms and rushed to the front doors to open it up for me to get through without struggle, he followed behind us to the car opening the back door for me to slide in the back seat with Kierra

"I swear you gonna be okay Key" She gurgled more on her own blood, I pressed as hard as I could onto the wound to stop the bleeding " Who the fuck did this!?"

I gritted my teeth to stop myself from crying, I had to be strong for Kierra right now and I didn't want to scare her anymore than she probably already was.

"Co-Co-"

Kierra tried saying something, I leaned down wiping her bloody mouth with my hand.

"What you trying to say baby? Who did this to you?"

"Co-cop"

Sam glanced back wide eyed before turning back around and speeding up to get us to the closest hospital, her eyes started rolling back making me panic.

"Baby stay with me please, please don't fall asleep"

Kierra's body shook in my lap violently, I recognized it as a seizure turning my wife on her side and making sure her head wouldn't hit anything hard in the car.

"MY SISTER SHOT!"

Sam blew his horn repeatedly and shouted out the window at security at the entrance of the emergency room, I got out with Kierra in my arms making the security run inside to get anyone he could.

"Where is she shot?" A doctor ran outside with two nurses and a stretcher.

"Her stomach, I don't know how long she been like this I found her like this"

"Alright somebody call in to get the OR set up, STAT" I laid Kierra down on the stretcher kissing her forehead " I love you Key"

Shit fucked me up watching them take her away, I put my hands on top of my head trying to control my emotions, I was afraid more than anything, I couldn't lose my wife and Kameron couldn't lose his mom.

"Nip"

Sam put his hand on my shoulder to turn me around, I crumbled not giving a fuck about looking tough my wife was close to death the thought of losing her was a nightmare.

"She gonna be good bro" My brother hugged me holding my head.

"I can't live without her, I can't lose her"

"Don't even talk like that she gonna be straight, you saw your wife on television going to war for her people she's a fighter"

I sniffed nodding my head, Kierra was tough as hell. She stood in front of a group of cops pointing guns at her to protect me and the kids.

"Cops probably gonna be on the way to the store, go there make sure pops safe around them because we don't know why they shot Key, they not to be trusted"

"I'm coming back to bring you some clothes you need anything?"

"I need you to get in contact with Kierra's mom let her know, I'll send you Kam's number"

"Keep your head up and keep me posted, I love you" Sam hugged me again leaving me standing in the waiting room waiting for some sort of news about Kierra.

"Young man, it can get kind of chilly in here thought you might need this" A nurse handed me a blanket I accepted it to cover up my bloodied undershirt.

"Thank you, I appreciate it"

"Prayer is key honey and God is a miracle performer have faith" I sniffed clenching my teeth and wiping my eyes the nurse took a seat beside me

" Honey you don't have to put on a hard act for nobody, you hurting the best thing to do is let it out or it's gonna build up and you gonna lose control"

"I don't wanna lose my wife" I cried like a big ass baby, the nurse threw her arms around me rocking me side to side.

"You not gonna lose her honey, just believe and things will work themselves out"

How could I fight for my wife's justice when it was against the biggest gang in Amerikkka? How could I protect her like how she protected me against them.

"Whatever worry or burden you have give it to God" The nurse stood " If you need anything I'll be right at the nurse station"

"Thank you" I wiped my face, watching her walk away " Shit was suppose to be a good day"

I got my phone out thinking of one person I needed to focus on for Kierra.

: Sup Killa Kam, I'm coming to get you later so be ready by two

I didn't expect him to read my text this early in the morning but my phone rang from a notifcation.

: Can you tell my mom I texted her, she didn't text me back and okay

I blew out a breath rubbing my face, how was I suppose to tell him about his mom. Kierra was all he had.

"Please God, don't take her from us"