Unlike Von, Troy insisted on not going to the hospital even though he was fucked up, however, we both were so I couldn't get mad because he was stubborn as hell. He wouldn't eat and only tasted revenge. I tried to make out what he said when he would speak but his facial expressions spoke for him. I turned on the water in the bathtub and helped him get inside while I sat on the side of the tub and told him everything I experienced but not what I had accomplished. In fact, I hadn't known what it was but I had achieved something as well as rescued Troy and his friend.
I'd learned by reading messages in his phone only his mother called him Troy, she had a fascination for Roman and Greek mythology---it was where the Trojan War had taken place. The city stood alone upon a hill, and had been legend until proven to have really existed after centuries of searching. She compared his existence to the city for whatever reason and had called his brother Roman. His younger sister had been named Katarina, a Greek variant of Ekaterina, Christy had thought Lamont wanted a child named Katarina after his mother, Katherine. She was off by a long shot and had used his sperm to have a child by someone else, and named her Katerina.
I knew Troy hadn't been unconscious the whole time he was in the RV, he'd seen Von get attacked, Trenton wanted him to witness it, and I was sure he would have returned eventually to kill them unless he'd left them to die. Whatever Trenton had done had frightened them niggas, Von didn't have anymore fight but Troy wanted to kill Trenton on sight.
After a few hours passed Nikki called, she wanted to know if I wanted her to come back. I told her to pick me up but Troy objected to me leaving. I had business to handle---I couldn't allow him to interfere, I told him I would return shortly. He tried to climb out of the tub but had no strength, angrily he fought the water causing a flood in the motel bathroom. I begged him to calm down but he was angry! I gave him his phone to keep him occupied after I helped him out but he immediately began texting my phone in all caps!
It was understood he didn't want me to leave, I had told him Trenton wasn't dead yet but I was going to get revenge. I had planned to torture Trenton in the worst way possible, but leave him alive. He would eventually kill himself---if not---I would allow Martin to kill him. At the moment though, that muthafucka belonged to me.
While Troy sat on the bed texting me, Nikki also said that Von was coming back for Kill, and to be looking for a black Tahoe. That vehicle description rang a bell, Josh had been killed by someone in a black Tahoe---but a long time ago.
I told Troy Von was on his way and to chill with him, he became angrier and began to speak with his sore mouth while stumbling to the table to get the sack of weed Nikki had left. I hoped he would calm down after smoking but it only made him angrier. Nikki would arrive soon and I needed to be ready, "I need shoes," I finally said, he didn't buy it. I wore cheap Dollar Store flip flops and it was like walking barefoot on my tender feet, they had swollen and the shoes were uncomfortable. I didn't give a fuck what he said I was leaving, I was free. "What will u do about the home?" I asked, "Insurance, what u think?" he mumbled, he hadn't even saw it to know how bad it was but I knew Nikki had told Von.
When Nikki texted she said she was downstairs in the parking lot and to bring weed, I walked out of the room, I knew he couldn't run behind me. We headed toward Yvonne's. I didn't know how down Nikki was but I would soon find out. We were taking a risk by yet driving the Cruz but I was his wife, wasn't I? Even the home, as empty as it may have been. I stood to inherit everything if the state acknowledged our Matrimony as the Marriage License had stated. I had even changed my last name, but refused to believe he had married me for real, if he had then I knew what his motive was. The money. I'd known why Nathaniel told Twan not to pay him, Trenton owed his father and it caused conflict between them all. I silenced my phone, Troy was upset and continued to text saying he would find me and kick my ass...had he not thought I would return? "U cant be leaving with my baby!"
I opened the glove compartment and removed the box of 9 mm Beretta bullets and put them in my waist before exiting the car. "I'll be back," I told Nikki.
Was that the only reason I couldn't leave?
I became upset, why did he want a child so bad? I contemplated aborting it, I didn't need anything from him! What was his motive? I walked past Yvonne's home to the small house, there was no movement on the property, it was 1:45 a.m. I'd known Yvonne pretended to not know where Trenton was or was she sincere? That was a million dollar question and my life depended on it. Who was Yvonne's brother?!
I'd seen Brown on a photograph standing in her kitchen, and had known he was married to the ugly stenographer but was he also Lawrence's brother n law? Puzzled I opened the basement door, wondering why Nikki's hard headed ass didn't stay put like I said. I could hear her footsteps approaching behind me, she'd worn the same cheap flip flops but did not have injured feet. I was so hungry but I knew my torture techniques would kill my appetite. I entered and climbed upward, carefully opening the door above my head. Trenton yet had a gun and from what Von had said the old revolver had already jammed before he attempted to shoot me. It made me wonder if he really thought I was dead. Whatever they had been injected with hadn't killed them, as it hadn't killed Trenton. What was it?
I walked down the hallway to the room noticing things I hadn't previously seen and approached the room door where I had left Trenton. I leaned and put my ear against it before I unlocked the three locks, I didn't own a gun but had grabbed the taser from the glove compartment he had bought me a while back, and the box cutter I rode with under the floor mat. If he tried anything, I would cut his ass every which way but loose. I was so nervous as I unlocked the deadbolts. Nikki was whispering my name, I didn't respond. I saw her flashlight come on, the room lit up where she stood by the door. I took a deep breath, unlocked the third lock, and twisted the knob, The smell of blood was pungent and Trenton laid on the floor looking over his head pointing the gun, but lowered it as he saw me. "Hazel help me." I looked around for something to stick in his ass. Deep.
"I can't feel my legs, I can't move."
Oh? I walked to him and removed the gun from his hand, he put his hand on the trigger and clicked it repeatedly as I pried his other three fingers from the barrel, there had only been one bullet inside and it had fired under the bed.
"Were u going to kill us all with one bullet?" I asked as I loaded the revolver. He grabbed me by the ankle. I put three inside, "This is daddy's gun."
He began to try to move his upper half away from me, his distorted face tried to explain, "Fuck that, where are my sons?"
"Safe! They are safe, I wouldn't hurt them! Please let me explain! I love u!"
Save it muthafucka, I was about to find out how paralyzed he really was.
"Hazel?" Nikki called, she was one hard headed bitch and would find what she was looking for if she opened the door. I was not myself, something inside had clicked and the voices reminded me of how much of a coward I had been. I ignored her and asked Trenton, "Sooo, u thought u could use me to get the money Twan took from u?" I took a wild guess, "and u changed TJ2's last name to Carter?"
"I can explain!"
I knelt and put the barrel of the gun to his head, "Take off your clothes!" I would show him punishment, "Pleeease, what are u going to do! I'm sorry, I really love u Hazel! Help me! He will kill me!"
"U are fucked, Buddyyyyy!" Literally. I took the box cutter and cut the bloody Khakis he wore cutting his knee. He screamed, "Keep quiet, u have neighbors, I would hate to shoot anyone!"
"If u fucking hurt them!"
Oh?
I stomped his arm weakly as Nikki yelled my name, didn't u say kill him bitch?
I ripped the leg of his pants, he tried to fight, I slapped him with the gun and knocked him unconscious. I had a message for Martin, he had to play by my rules as well, I didn't give a fuck who he was! I missed Twan so much, my grief was still unbearable! I removed his pants after I hit him again "Wake the fuck up! I want u to feel this muthafucka!"
Outraged I tied his hands together with the same ligatures that had restrained me, the blood leaked from his knee as I struggled to turn him over, I called Nikki to help. She panicked when she saw the bloody room. As we rolled him face down his phone rang in his back pocket, Angela Marshall was calling.
I was so angry I cut his pants from around his waist, hit him with the taser twice and accumulated all the phlegm I could before spitting on the barrel of the gun and sticking it in his ass. I wanted to squeeze the trigger so bad, he woke up trying to use his arms, "Sorrrrrry Buddyyyy!"
Angela's text came through, "The Nimbex and Anectine will be 1500 a piece, do we meet in the same place? The riverfront?"
"Yes."
I shoved the revolver deeper, his cries were so gut wrenching sympathy consumed me briefly until Deidre said in my skull, "He never sympathized for u!"
"U are right!" I said aloud while Nikki sat against the wall traumatized, "I can't take no more! I wanna go home, I can't---"
Trenton laid on the floor on his stomach, his bandaged thigh had begun to bleed again. The smell of copper filled the room, he had no more fight. "This is what happens when u abuse your manhood, U are fucked up! I want my babies!" I screamed.
He moved his mouth silently and said "Mississippi" as I knelt in his face. Nikki was so shaken, the smell of shit now collaborated with the stench of old and new blood. I knew what the fuck Nimbex was and was willing to bet that's what was in the syringe, it caused temporary paralysis of the Neuromuscular system. It would wear off after so long, only according to the dosage, some could be lethal especially if it was a full syringe. I had known in a matter of time he would feel his legs again and I needed more. How the fuck did he know Angela? I concluded when I was under the bridge he knew where I was! I got madder and snatched the gun from his ass and put it in his mouth! Nikki screamed, begged, and pleaded for me to not pull the trigger, SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND! He had killed me inside! I was so dead! As I contemplated, I heard heavy footsteps come down the hall, "Who is in here?" Yvonne asked. I watched the door and pointed the feces matted gun. "U better tell that bitch u are ok if u want her to live!" I whispered. If she opened the door she would be a dead bitch. She knocked we all stayed quiet, actually Trenton tried to speak but only managed to whisper lifelessly. I couldn't believe I had once loved him! After no response I heard Yvonne's feet go back down the hall, but she stopped briefly. I then heard the door close. I knew we needed to leave, I grabbed Trenton's phone and dropped the gun in his white bag before telling Nikki to get it and come on.
On my way out I texted the MP contact, "I have your money, Im at 5180 Springridge Rd, come to the back."
He texted back, "I knew u would soon come around---but u know the deadline has expired, God be with u from here on out."