Three Days Later

The minute we walked in the house Aubree cussed us out. I've never heard her spazz the way she did. I felt worse with every word she said but Miah just had to be the rebel and go back and forth with her. It got worse from there, Aubree was ready to fight. It takes a lot to piss her off to the point where she wants to get physical.

She told him to get the Fuck out and he did. Its been a few days and I haven't heard from him or seen him. I just hope he good.

My phone buzzed on my night stand. I already knew that it was Chrez or Keeis cause other than that my shit don't ring.

Picking it up, I hit the home button and I was right. Chrez wanted me at the spot in 30 minutes. Climbing out of bed I went and slipped on some clothes then headed to Aubree's room.

"Aye sis." I said while knocking.

"What?"

I opened the door and stuck my head out. "You mind if I make a quick run. Bouta go visit a friend."

She looked at me for a second then sat up. "What time is it?"

"10:30."

"Be back by 12 Maine and I'm not playing."

"I'll be back before that. You want anything?"

"No. Have you talked to Jeremiah?"

"Naw, I'm sure he good where ever he is, don't stress it."

She looked down at her phone and sighed. "Alright, be careful. Love you."

"Love you too." I closed her door back and headed out. It took me no time to get to the warehouse. I killed the engine and headed inside.

"Wassup Twin." Ryan, the guy at the door said. I gave him a head nod then walked over to the table.

"Ain't you missing something, where's your brother?" Chrez asked.

I shrugged. "Haven't spoke to him since the last time we were here.

He scratched his face, looked like he was thinking about something. Then he motioned for me to follow him.

"Nigga we gotta drop to make, what the fuck You doing?" Sinko asked.

"You gone do it then." Chrez yelled back, but Sinko sat there. "TAKE IT NIGGA!"

Sinko got up snatching the bag then stormed out. Me and Chrez made our way to his office. He sat at his desk and I sat in the chair in front of it.

"So I'm guessing shit got crazy when y'all made it home?" He asked.

"Aubree was mad which she had every right to be but my brother is so hot headed and his mouth is reckless it made shit worse. Aubree was so pissed she was ready to fight him. It was crazy. She told him to get out and that's what he did."

"Has anybody went to look for him?"

"Naw. I don't even know where to start."

"Y'all twins can't you use that twin telepathy bullshit."

I smirked. "Naw but I wish we could, I'd at least know he alive."

"Well I think you should go look for him, make sure he good."

"I gotta be home in an hour so I really don't have the time. I ain't tryna piss Aubree off by walking in late."

"How about I go keep her distracted while you look?"

My eyebrows furrowed. "You got a thing for my sister?"

He smirked. "Maybe."

"Ain't that illegal though? She's your parole officer."

"It ain't like we dating."

"Right....but if it does go far I hope you don't play her. My sister is a dope person. She threw away her love life to raise us. She deserves to be happy, it's long overdue. So if this you just trying to fuck her or something just leave her alone."

"Look at you getting tough for big sis." He laughed. "I'm not going to hurt your sister. Trust me."

"And she doesn't know that we work for you right?"

"Right so when you see me we don't know each other."

I nodded. "Well ima go look for Jeremiah. I'll see you at my sisters house I guess."

"Alright."

I walked out the door and headed to the car.

I gotta find my brother.

The locks on Aubree's door clicked before she pulled it open. When she saw me her eyebrows raised. After Jermaine left my office, I text her and asked about coming over, she said only if I had snacks with me then she told me not to come and she'll see me Saturday.

I know she wants me just as much as I want her, I'm not about to let her get away.

"So you just do whatever you want?" She said while leaning on door henge.

"Yup, I got snacks though."

"Christopher."

"Aubree....can you let me in?"

"Give me one good reason why I should."

"I got you a snickers ice cream bar, king size."

"That's the only king size thing you got?" She walked up to me.

I laughed. "Aubree relax before you cause a problem for yourself. I know we just met but I'll fuck the shit out of you."

She laughed while grabbing my hand and pulling me inside. "Come on fool."

I shut and locked the door then she led me upstairs. "Damn I get to go upstairs already?!"

"Yeah, my bed is more comfortable."

"Oh okay."

We walked into her room

"This nice." I walked over to her headboard to see how sturdy it was. When I pushed it, it had just the right amount of squeak to it. When I looked at Aubree she was staring at me like I was crazy.

"What was that for?"

I smiled. "Nothing....who's room is next to yours?"

"That's my closet. Are you testing my room out for when we have Sex?"

"So we're having Sex?"

"Can we focus on the snacks?" She said while climbing on the bed.

"Yeah." I kicked off my shoes and got in on the other side.

"Oh no get up Get up."

"What?! Why?!"

"I hate outside clothes in my bed. It's just so dirty to me."

"So what am I supposed to do? Sit on the floor?"

"I can see if my brothers have something for you to change into, you guys look the same size."

"Damn, why you ain't tell me to bring pajamas?"

"First of all you're not supposed to even be here."

"Ima put some pajamas in my trunk now."

"This is the last time you'll be over so don't bother." She got out of bed. "I'll be back."

She walked out the room and I exhaled. Females always gotta be difficult. I ain't no dirty nigga, why can't I sit on this bed?

She came back with clothes. "It's all new stuff, something they have a lot of but I haven't been buying them anything so that's weird."

"Maybe they out here hustling." I said while pulling off my shirt. I only said that to see what her reaction would be.

"I would kill them. They know better."

"So you got a problem with hustlers?"

"I don't knock how anybody gets by or makes a living."

"Well Aubree, you know what I do, im sure of it. Hustling is how I get by. Would that bother you?"

"Why would it matter if it bothers me, we're not about to make a thing out of this."

"Keep telling yourself that. But you know you want otherwise."

"I could lose so much if we were caught anywhere together outside of my office. How is a relationship supposed to work if we can't even do anything?"

"I'll request another PO."

"No."

"You making this more difficult than what it has to be."

"I'm not I'm just looking out for us. We could get into serious trouble Chris."

I sighed. "Let's talk about something else."

"Okay."

"So tell me about yourself Aubree Mack."

"Uh, I'm the oldest of four. Born here but being in a military family, I've traveled and lived in a ton of places. When I was 8 my dad just so happen to get stationed back here, he was a lieutenant in the Air Force and they offered him a job working at a base here. We finally could make a place feel like home and my mom was about to pop with the twins. Life was good. Then fast forward 8 years later, my dad is a year from retiring. He gets called for an assignment in Iraq. My mom begs him not to go but he says that he has to and he would only be gone for a week or two. She finally lets up and he leaves." Her eyes began to water. "I can still hear the knocks on the door from the officers that they sent to our house. When I saw the flag and my dad's dog tag I already knew. My mom screamed over and over. I'm trying to keep her calm and my brothers calm. I ask the officer what happened and he said that he was killed in an air strike. My mom asks to see him and they said...we have to find the rest of his body."

My heart sank when she said that shit, damn.

"Well they didn't say it like that but what was said basically meant that. It took a few weeks before he was back here. Things got worse from there. My mom basically lost her mind. And I was stuck raising two 8 year olds. I'm 16 working two jobs and in high school. When I turned 18 she seemed to get back on track so I went off to college and tried to live my best life. When I turned 21 she met Ariel's dad during a night out and that day my life turned into a living nightmare. He got her hooked on drugs and got her pregnant then left. I managed to get her clean while she was pregnant and tried to keep her away from this man but once she had Ari, she found her way back. But he didn't want her he just gave her drugs and this time was worse than first. I got her into a rehab and did what I had to do to make sure my siblings were okay even if it meant taking from myself." She said.

"Why haven't you tried to get help from Ariel's dad?"

"Oh I have but he'll only help if I sleep with him. She's good though, we don't need him."

"I applaud you Bree, most people won't do what you did." I wiped her tears."

"Thank you, I didn't mean to give you this long drawn out story though."

"I don't mind. You telling me that just lets me know that you're comfortable with me."

"I've only been around you like 4 times though."

"I must give you a good vibe then."

She looked up at me and smirked. "Maybe. So what's you're life like?" She asked while going through the bag of junk food that's just been sitting there.

I just stared in front of me, that's not a question I hear a lot. Most women I encounter don't care about me, they just want what's in my pocket. The last woman I had a deep conversation with is Ro's mom. "My life." I let out a small laugh while rubbing my face. "Born and raised in Cali, life was rough for most of my younger years. Then my father decided that working 9 - 5's isn't going to help his family survive, so he started hustling. I grew up in the streets, me and my brother. My mom wanted a different route for us my dad wanted us to be just like him. My brother had the same mindset as my mom and I did too but it was like no matter how much I tried to get away from the crazy life my dad always dragged me down. He tried to do the same with my brother but I guess you can say his mind was stronger than mine. He was able to get away and go do something with himself. My dad taught me everything he knew and molded me into the man I am today and I can't lie, sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't like what I see. I've tried so many times to get out of this but it's just impossible because it's all I know. 2014, my daughter was born best day and worst day ever. Her mom had a rough pregnancy, one night she started having bad labor pains so I rushed her to the hospital. When we got there they took her to the back. Then out of nowhere she starts bleeding and they couldn't stop it so they did an emergency c-section. They came out with Royalty then tells me they couldn't save her mother. Me and Ro's mom weren't really in a serious relationship but I had mad love for her and the last thing I wanted was for her to die. Now I was stuck raising a baby by myself. My mind was telling me to run and my dad but my mom convinced me to man up and raise the beautiful child I created. Best decision ever. Then I had to be away from her for a whole year and it was terrible. Now I just gotta make sure I stay out of trouble."

"You can, just keep her as a main focus. I'll be there to help you."

"Thank you."

She nodded. "The mood is so blah! Spice it up, show me your wild side."

I laughed. "You're not ready for my wild side."

"No you're not ready for mine." She laid back on the bed, lust all in her eyes.

I bit my lip. "I thought I told you not to tempt me Aubree.

She grabbed a jolly rancher freeze pop and opened it then shoved most of it in her mouth, the slurping noise when she pulled it out made the hair on my neck stand up. "I'm not tempting you."

Grabbing her ankle I pulled her down to me, putting her legs over mine. "You think I'm playing."

"Oh I can feel that you're not playing."

I made my dick jump, she gasped then started laughing. "I would do some serious damage to those cervix tonight but ima Wait." I pulled her up so that she'll be straddling me.

"It's cute that you think you're getting in this."

"It's cute that you think I'm not." I kissed her chin. "Let me not have you thinking that this is just about Sex cause it's more than that. Like I really wanna see where this could take us."

"After being around me 4 times for a hot second has you feeling me already."

"Stop acting like I'm asking you to marry me, I'm just asking you to chill with me, go on a couple dates let's see where this goes."

"Chris you kno-."

I grabbed her face and smashed my lips on hers. I don't wanna hear about that damn job. She lets that get in the way of a lot of things but I'm not going to let her do that with us.

This kiss felt amazing though. I kissed her again then pulled on her bottom lip.

She pulled me in for one more kiss. "What a nice way to tell me to shut up." She smirked.

"I don't wanna hear about that job. Ain't you off for a week? Don't think about that place."

"I'll try."

"Alright."

"Let's watch a movie and eat this candy. You came to chill so let's do that."

I nodded as she climbed off my lap and grabbed the remote and handed it to me.

"I'll go pop some popcorn." She got up and went downstairs.

I was scrolling through the movie channels then all of a sudden I heard yelling. Jumping up from the bed I ran downstairs.

Jeremiah was in Aubree's face. What the hell happened? She was only gone for three damn minutes.

"Just give me the fucking money dad left us so I can bounce!" He yelled at her.

"No! You've been gone for three days now you wanna come back acting crazy over some money."

This nigga just made 12500 dollars from, where the hell did that go? Where is the other twin? He was supposed to be looking for him.

"Give me the fucking money Aubree!" He grabbed her arm.

"Aye! Chill." I went and grabbed him. When he looked at me I could tell he wasn't sober and you could smell the liquor.

"Damn Aubree you fucking yo parolee. You can get into a lot of trouble for that shit. Right?"

"Man shut up." I said.

"How do you know he's my parolee, I never told you that or about him."

Jeremiah laughed then looked at me. "He told us, me an Maine."

"What?" Aubree looked at him confused then looked at me. "What is he talking about?"

"He drunk Aubree, he don't know what talking about."

"So you don't have us selling drugs for you?" Jeremiah said and now I'm ready to kill this nigga.

"WHAT?!" Aubree yelled.

"Made 10 bands from that shit go check under Maine bed, I know he saved his like a little good boy."

She stared at me then rushed upstairs, I followed behind her. We got in the room and Jermaine was sleep. Aubree pulled the poor boy off his bed, scaring him out of his sleep.

"Man What the fuck?" He said while grabbing his head. She lifted his mattress and all of his money sat there. Jermaines head quickly snapped towards me.

"Don't look at me, Blame your drunk ass brother." I said. He just fucked up everything I had going.

"Give him the money back!" Aubree yelled.

"They made some quick cash to help you."

"I don't want them making quick cash to help me. I don't need them to help me, I got them. Did you lure my brothers in?"

"Lure them, what am I, a kiddy rapist? I didn't lure them in, they came to me."

"And you should've said no!"

"I ain't stopping nobody from making some money."

"I'm not trying to have my brothers dead or in jail or on parole like you! My brothers will be nothing like you!"

"What's wrong with me? I was a good guy when you was just tryna fuck me. Now I'm this horrible person?"

"You can get the fuck out."

"No problem." I walked out the room and into hers and grabbed all my shit, candy included then left. Maybe her trying to change my mind about us getting serious was a sign.

I don't need none of her bullshit.