Kentrell looked at the time that read "8:49 PM" as he picked up the phone to call Ailynn for the 11th time. His heart raced & his mind wandered. The thought of something bad happening to her made him mad.

He picked up his glock off the nightstand and made way to another hotel room.

"Say y'all know where Ailynn at?" he asked his friends. They could see the worry mixed with anger on his face.

"Nah, we thought she was with you?" Kd said.

"She say she was going get food. Over an hour ago. I keep calling her & texting. She ain't answering mane" Kentrell said growing angrier.

"I hope you ain't thinking what I think you is" Ben said looking over at him. That was in fact exactly what he was thinking.

The room grew silent.

"Don't think like that. My bestfriend wouldn't do that without telling you" Maj spoke up.

Clearly she was wrong.

Everyone could see Kentrell wasn't taking it well. He held a lot of emotions on his face but he wasn't saying anything.

"Where she said she was going" Joe asked.

"Mcdonalds down the street" Kentrell said just above a mumble. "I'm going ride around there, y'all coming?" he asked.

Everybody put on their shoes and they left. There was no sign of Ailynn at Mcdonalds.

"Go through the drive thru and see if she came here" Aiyanna suggested.

Boomer drove the sprinter through the drive thru. He pulled straight through until he came to a window. "Y'all seen a brownskin girl , with black hair, eyelashes, and a soft voice come thru here?" he asked. The lady at the window shook her head no.

Kentrell grew more anxious as he looked at the time getting later and later. He picked up his phone to text her again and again.

No response. Not even a read.

"Circle round this neighborhood" Kentrell spoke out. Boomer did just as he asked.

They drove and drove and drove. No sign of Ailynn.

" Wait, Wait, turn down this street right here" Ben said pointing out the window.

They drove down the street, only to see what they didn't expect to see. A burned down house, A burned car, and blood.

They immediately hopped out the car. Kentrell looked all around. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. His mind had all kinds of thoughts running through it.

Kentrell ran into the house. He could smell dead bodies mixed with the scent of ashes. He recognized the scent effortlessly, due to his past & occurring criminal background.

Something in Kentrell led him to believe none of the bodies inside was Ailynns. He knew something like this would never happen to her. She was too strong & prepared for anything.

He looked back to see everybody else looking around outside. The scent was killing him so he left out the house. He couldn't take the smell without a mask.

Then he started to examine the car. Everything was burned. Even if he wanted to find a clue he couldn't.

Kentrell looked up to sky & started praying to his grandma & god for guidance & answers.

Then, out of nowhere a little girl appeared running towards them. She ran straight to Maj.

"Majjy" The little girl said jumping into the arms of Maj.

"Bria? Why are you bloody & Dirty? How did you get out here? " Maj asked the little girl in disbelief. She appeared very dirty & had a foul smell seeping from her clothes.

"My daddy brought me here. Him and alot of bad men hurt me. But the nice lady helped me" Bria said.

Kentrell walked over to them and stood over the little girl & maj.

"Who's the nice lady & how did she look? " Kentrell asked her trying to keep his patience & also a soft voice. The little girl already looked scared, he didn't wanna scare her more.

"well, she had a mask on. but she had a long ponytail and really long eyelashes and a really nice voice. oh and she had on all black!" bria answered. Immediately he knew she was talking about Ailynn.

"Do you know where the nice lady went?" Gemma asked Bria.

"No, she came and saved me & told me to run. But I didn't have my toy so I came back." bria said.

"How you know her again?" Joe asked maj.

"Shawn, my ex. This is his daughter." she said barely above a whisper.

Kentrell started to put it all together. Clearly shawn didn't die when Ailynn shot at him that night. She must have come to end him for good without telling Kentrell.

He could feel his eyes turning colors. No longer was he Kentrell. He was Top. When he found Shawn, he would kill him in the most painful way possible.

"Yb look!" Three said pointing to something shiny on the ground. Top walked over & picked it up.

It was the watch he bought Ailynn.

and it was covered in blood.

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