Hold You Down (August Alsina Story)(editing)

Ch22-Ghost

I woke up from the bright light that is beaming down above my head. My body is aching and my face feels like it is swollen. I am in pain I can't feel nothing, not even my toes. I swear on my daddy grave Tee going to be 6 feet under when i get out of this, well i hope i am. I hear foot steps coming towards me, they are growing closer and closer.

"somebody is finally woke.." A stern deep voice says, different from Tee's. The man placed his hands behind his back and walked into the light. "Tee really beat ya ass huh?" he questioned. I couldn't do anything to answer. "ya know why ya hear.?" his light body gleam in the light. "ya killed one of my most important men....Rome, ya remember him?" He examined my face. "ya think i wasn't gone find out?" i opened my eyes real big then squinted them. "why ya kill him..huh?" he asked me.

I tried opening my mouth but nothing came out. "huh..what ya say?" he chuckled. His grey eyes kept looking into mines.

"w-w-why m-me." i stuttered out. "oop, now she talks" he chuckles. "ur uncle left, & i want you..plus i know u was there when i killed Mel...see ya uncle bring ya into this shit." he says trying to put everything on my uncle, yea i know he brung me into but i don't care any more.

"see ya made me fly all the way down here cause u killed Rome...why did ya do it?" he stepped closer to my face. I don't know, well at first i did to get revenge but now i don't care. He wanted me to come down here, ghost sent somebody to kill me so of course im going to come down here and try to get him before he gets me but i see that didn't work. I wanted 3 people heads off, i only got 1, Rome. He was there that night i can remember there voices. Ghost was there that night too i can tell by his laugh, its so loud and weird. Tha 3rd one, i haven't heard his voice yet.

"you ion know huh?" he asked bringing me back to life. "y-you sent to kill me.." i said in a low voice. "yea i see that aint work since ya ain't dead...where is ma worker anyways, did ya kill him.?" he asked referring to the guy that is locked up in Rich's trap house. "you..gon..kill me..?"

He raised his eyebrow at me. "don't worry bout what ima do to ya ma, just know you gon pay for what ya did to Rome...what happen to da nigga dat was followin ya." he stood in front of me. I wonder why does he have on a suit. "what nigga?" i came down here by myself ion know what he is talkin about.

"oh yea ya do..my people said a car was already followin you....that he was watchin u while u was in tha house wid Rome." he explained. I slowly shook my head. "i-i came alone." i answered truthfully. "mhmm so somebody is tryin to get at ya." he says amusing,

"I rarely come out, but when i do ion waste no damn time..." he took off his suit jacket. "ya should of stayed out of grown folks business little girl." he rolled up his sleeves. "u sent me letters." i'have been getting property letters from New Orleans and threaten letters, that i know is from him. Ghost smirked. "yea..u fell into ma trap, u just as dumb as ya uncle." i disagreed with him, ma uncle is pretty smart if everyone thinks he is dead, he can come back anytime and kill all dem muthafuckas.

"ya remember that night.." he grinned. "i know ya do, how can somebody fo get that.?" this man is the devil, the way he carries himself and look, i have a feeling that he's going to bust out in a fire figure and grow horns, and burn me alive.

God, please save me, i know that i fucked up but i don't want to leave like this not by this man. Ion want him to be my killer chose somebody else but not him.

"Ya know i ain't gon give ya 3 days like i did Mel..ima give ya about 5 hrs den im skinning ya." He looked at his expensive watch. "ya scared?" he asked me. I didn't say anything but i looked at him. I can feel the tension in the air. "if not then ya should be.." he smiled. "Don't make a move..i got niggas every where & u don't even know it..." he pulled out his cell phone and made a call. "Aye bring it in now." he demanded. How ever he was talking to was on the otha side of tha door cause he came in so damn quick.

The brightness of the big light made my eyes dim. Damn how many lights do they have in here, i thought i was only the little light that was hanging over my head.

"miss me." i heard a familiar voice say. I look ahead and seen Tee walking towards me. I rolled my eyes and huff. "ugh." i said in a low voice. "so who's the boss.?" i asked.

"Ghost is." Tee motioned towards him. I nodded slowly. "watch ha, i'll be in ma office." Ghost looked at Tee then me before walking out of the warehouse.

"what are ya to him." Ghost had left the room so now this is my chance to get into Tee's mind. "his best.." he cockily smiled. I smacked ma lips. "what?" he questioned. "it's just he said Rome was.." i kept good eye contact with him. "He thought he was..but I AM.." he played with what looks like a clock.

"its just..he & u-um Rome they knew each otha for a long time...before u came ina picture, ya know." I'm trying to convince him that he really isn't the best. As much as Ghost says he is, Tee really isn't.  "see Ghost, he like to make tha less niggas feel good so dey can do his d-dirty work for him." By the look in his eyes i can tell that he is really talking this in. "so if he so happens to get caught, yall go down fo him." I can still put on this innocent act while i am fucked up.

"man nawl..Ghost neva do that, dat nigga said he got me." he smacked his lips. "why would he say that." come on he needs to open up. "cause...m-ma." he said hesitating, "ma moms and pops dey over dosed, & Ghost said he'll take care of me." he explained. So he has a weak spot, that's sad that his parents died but dat dont mean he go out and do reckless type shit.

"so u decide to sell drugs..and make somebody else overdose." i said to him, He shook his head not agreeing with me. "naw Tee..u gon make a yung boy parents overdose like urs, so u can get taken care of. Ghost is a fuckin joke...HE'S RUINING UR LIFE TEE!" i shouted at him, He needs to break down and go against Ghost right now, so  he can help me. Ghost is a damn manipulator, making Tee do these damn things.

"Noo tha fuck he not, stfu.. dat nigga saved me." he argued back at me.

"no he is destroying you..let me help." I pleaded.

"i see what u tryin to make me do turn against Ghost...naw it aint gonna happen." he shook his head.

"you can leave the game w/o turning against sumbody...i did, left the bs in ma past life...Tee i moved on and started to live MY life NOBODY else's....you can too." I left Brook and the drug game alone, he kinda understood that, i lived my life how i wanted it to be for like 2 years, then i got pulled down that road again thats how im here.

"ya talkin bout wid ya uncle?" he asked me.

"Naw, i neva worked for him i just did one job. I'm talk bout anotha man i worked for." i explained without giving to much information out.

"how was it...ya know getting out.?" he asked me.

"i-it was hard, cause niggas kept coming to ya after ya told em u was out...but it got better for me when i moved from ma hometown." When i really think about it i am glad i experienced what i did because that made me a better person even though sometimes I can slip and do reckless shit. If i make it out of here i am going to open my dance studio that i always dreamed of.

"If he let's ya go what ya gon do." he asked.

"Live my life the right way.."i looked at him as he sat the timer down ,it read 5hr59mins00secs. He pressed the red button on top and the time began. Damn, I'm 5 hours away from my death...

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