Free Out of Control by Roy Glenn Page B

it was intense. Then suddenly Meka ran in the bathroom and closed the door.
    After a while, Black went to door and knocked. “You okay?”
    “I’m all right,” Meka said quietly. She felt bad about what they had just done. “Look—ah—why don’t you just go.”
    “Okay.”
    “I’ll call you, okay.”
    “Okay.” Black went in the other bathroom, cleaned up and then he left.

     
     

CHAPTER ELEVEN

New York City

     
     
    Rain and Chris Toney made their way through the crowd at JR’s on the way to her office. She had a lot on her mind. Rain had begun hearing rumors and she didn’t like what she was hearing. The word was that Wanda is planning to force Nick out. They were just about to go in the back of the club when Rain felt a hand on her shoulder. She reached for her gun and Chris Toney stopped and turned around quickly. By the time Rain recognized who it was, Chris Toney already had his gun in the man’s face. Rain held up one hand and Chris Toney moved his gun away. “What’s up, Ronnie? When you get out?”
    “A couple of days ago,” he said and tried to hug Rain but she held him off. Ronnie was Ronald King, the son of Robert King. After Black killed André Hammond and Jamaica killed Cazzie Riley, Jimmy Knowles, Charlie Rock, and Vincent Martin attempted to kill Black, which started a war between Black and what remained of André's and Cazzie Riley's organizations. Once Black was successful in eliminating his enemies, Chilly took over what was left of André’s drug operation, and Robert King took over Cazzie Riley’s operation.   In those days, Robert was good friends with Rain’s father JR. Rain had known Ronnie as long as she could remember. They even dated for a while before he went to jail for possession. “Oh, it’s like that?” Ronnie asked Rain as Chris Toney moved a step closer.
    “You been gone a long time. A lot has changed,” Rain said.
    “Really?”
    “Really.”
    “Is your pops in? I’d like to say hello,” Ronnie said.
    “My father is dead. Me and my man run this place now.”
    “I didn’t know.”
    “I guess not,” Rain said and gave him attitude.
    “I’m sorry. Him and my father were close.”
    “So close that he forgot to show up for his funeral or send flowers.”
    “He’s been sick. Maybe he didn’t hear about JR passing.”
    “Bullshit. There were more than two thousand people at my daddy’s funeral. I’m pretty sure somebody that worked for your father knew.”
    Ronnie looked at Rain for a while without speaking. Rain was about to walk off when he finally said. “So when can we get together?”
    Rain laughed. “I told you, I got a man. We run this place.”
    “So you got a man. What that mean to me?”
    “It means something to me,” Rain said.
    “So where is this man of yours?” Ronnie asked. “What’s his name?”
    “His name is Nick Simmons and he’s in the office.”
    “Nick Simmons, used to run with Mike Black, Nick Simmons?”
    “Nick Simmons, that still run with Mike Black, Nick Simmons,” Rain said proudly.
    “So you with them now?”
    Rain took a deep breath; she wasn’t in the mood for this. “Look Ronnie, it was good seeing you. It really was. But right now, I got a lot goin’ on and I don’t really have time to stand here and get reacquainted. Now that you out, I’m sure I’ll see you around,” Rain said and walked off leaving Ronnie standing by himself.
    “You’ll see me again,” Ronnie said and watched Rain and Chris Toney go in the back of the club. “Next time you see me, I’ll be back on top.”
    Rain sat in what was once her brother Miles’ office at JR’s. When Nick began operating from there, Rain gave him the bigger office because he was her king. She thought about Ronnie King and the way she just treated him. Jay Easy crossed her mind. You disrespected him and he started robbin’ your ass and tried to have you killed, Rain thought and hoped she hadn’t made the same mistake with Ronnie; at least he