Because Of The Journey.

49.

Shane's POV.

"Shane, Shane! Baby?" I heard a slight soft voice calling, that was Nicole waking me up. "There's a few errands I have run, I'll be back in an hour", she said kissing my forehead. "Okay baby" I said smiling and going back to sleep, exhausted from last nights sex.

I was woken up by a notification sound going off. I looked at the time and it was 13:41pm and Cole hadn't returned. I got out of bed and headed straight to the shower, playing Bye bipolar by Brandy.

"Bye bye, bye bipolar.
I don't need no more disorder,
Conditional love got me hungover
'Cause you strung me like thread, I was damn near dead.
& you fucked with my head like lead, Russian roulette.

And I cried and cried and cried and cried and cried,
Dies and died and died and died alive,
Lied and lied and lied,
& now I'm high as a kite."

I sang along, got out the shower and dressed up. I checked my phone again to see if Cole sent any text or left any voice messages but there was nothing, I started to worry because it was unlike her to just disappear like that. I dialed her number again in hopes of getting a hold of her but nothing. I went downstairs, grabbed my car keys and headed out and went Straight to Blacky's house. I soon arrived at his house and called him.

"Yo man, I'm outside" I said. "You for real?" He asked. "I ain't playing, come out" I said hanging up. "Where could she be" I said thinking out loud, "she might be in trouble, or maybe she might be with some other hoe or whatsoever". "Shaaaane!" Blacky yelled knocking on my window. "Yeah, yeah" I said getting mad from the scare he gave me. "Youngin, you don't look so good." He said getting inside the car. "I don't know what's going on, I don't know what to think, I'm just..." I said releasing a deep sigh and burying my face in my hands.

"You just..." he asked widening his eyes and raising his brows. "Nicole disappeared" I said facing Blacky's direction. "What? When? How?", he asked and looked at me with startled eyes. "I don't know okay, we was together this morning, she left for a few errands, I haven't heard from her since" I said with tears in my eyes and the whole Chris saga started resurfacing which made me become more anxious. "Hey, hey, maybe she's just caught up in an important meeting" Blacky said placing his hand on my shoulder. "Let's get inside and get you some water" he said on his way to open the car door.

We got inside the house and I took a seat on the couch. Blacky came with a glass of water and set next to me "Did you try looking for her or contacted any of her friends?" Blacky asked. "No, I haven't searched for her and no she got no friends" I said placing the glass on the table. "Okay this is what I'll do, I'll go check at places I think she might have went to and if I find something, I'll call you", he said standing up. "Yeah, I'm coming with you" I said putting on a straight face.

We headed to my car and Blacky decided that he'll drive, I had no problem with that because I wasn't in a good head space. We went to six different locations I've never been to before and there was no luck. "Another dead end, she's not here either. I think you should go get some rest, we'll try again tomorrow." Blacky said. "No! I can't just.." "Shane!", he said cutting me off. "You'll spend the night at my place" he said. "Nah, I'll.." "No, I insist", he said, cutting me off again!

I didn't respond but just looked at him. I took out my phone and got a thousand text messages, most of them from the homies's group, I wasn't interested in reading all of them because they were just too much. I texted and told them about the whole Cole incident, they responded instantly.

Alex💎😎: Wtf?

Merc🤡🔥: She might be fucking some other hoe.🥴

Shane: What? Nah she'd never do that. 🤦‍♀️🙄

Avah💆‍♀️💯: You'll never know.

Merc🤡🔥: Nah bro, you fr thou? She just vanished?

Shane: Yeah, this morning. Blocky and I went to go search for her with no luck.

Merc🤡🔥: Where you at rn?

Shane: I'm in the car with Blacky, we're driving back to his house.

Alex💎😎: We coming over.

Avah💆‍♀️💯: Yessir.

Merc🤡🔥: Now.

Shane: Sure, where Lando and Ice at?

Alex💎😎: Prolly snoring.

Avah💆‍♀️💯: Wake them niggas up!

We finally arrived at Blacky's house and parked in the garage. We got in the house and he guided me to the room I'll be sleeping in. "Thank you" I said looking around. "I got you, so I'll go make you something to eat and bring it up, yeah?" "Yeah thanks, please close the door on your way out" I said taking a seat on the bed. He just smiled and shut the door.

I was too exhausted to take a bath so I prepared myself to sleep. The moment I was about to get into deep sleep, I heard a knock on the door. "Come in" I yelled getting frustrated. It was the crew, Lando and Ice were there too. They threw themselves on the bed. My motherfuckers!

Omniscient's POV.

For however long there comes a time where secrets get revealed. Your smile changes into a frown and you look at someone you used to look up on like "you really do that?". It's sickening really, but nothing stays hidden forever. Shanice's secrets were exposed by an anonymous source, someone we can all bet on not liking her at all.

She was sure that her dealings had no slips, everything perfectly covered and nothing would point back to her. Well she was wrong. From her father's drug business she dealt with without her friends knowing about to how she got herself mixed up with the wrong company and ended up being a pimp.
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"You think you can handle this?", he asked. "I mean you can say no if you want, I don't want your mother putting blame on me for all this. She already is, so you sure?", "I'm sure, I want to." I said taking the gun from him. "Yow this is heavy", he laughed and said," I'm aware, we start on Monday. Now let's get you familiar to these sweets. " By sweets he meant drugs.
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One would ask what kind of father introduces their daughter to such a dangerous and shady environment? The only place where you leave either in handcuffs or in a casket. The answer to that question is, that kind of father is Shanice's kind of father.

A man who would do anything to see his family well taken care of, leaving out of poverty. A man who wouldn't want no other man to take care of his kids while he's still alive. The kind of man who teaches and his lessons are forever remembered and passed on to the other generation.

Yes, he was a greedy man. Wanted all the good things for himself, but who wouldn't?

- 18❤.
- Sam❤.