Free Nine Lives: For the Love of Money by Empress Simone Page B

killing them. Understand me guys?” Hazel said looking us square in the eyes.
    “We got it,” Infinity said speaking for the both of us.
    “Now go to the door, Lil Bit,” Hazel instructed me while her and Infinity stood side by side strapped ready to do gun battle like they were at the O.K. Corral.
    This time it was my turn to give a few instructions. So I whispered loud enough for the two gunslingers to hear me but low enough so the person on the other side of the door couldn’t.
    “Infinity, get your big high yellow ass over here behind the door; Hazel take your light ass over behind the wall over there so they can at least THINK I’m alone therefore, they’ll put their guards down,” I said.
    “Right, my bad,” said Infinity.
    I waited until everyone was in position, continued to the front door and peeked out the peep hole.
    “Oh chill everybody, it’s Misty,” I said to them.
    Hazel rolled her eyes and snaked her neck at me, “In a time like this how the fuck can you trust anybody.”
    I thought about her words. They were the same words Boogie said to me over and over again.
    “Now open the fucking door and see what this bitch want. Just remember if she makes any movement I don’t like, I’m sending her to meet her fucking guardian angel,” Hazel vehemently said.
    My nerves were on edge now. I didn’t want Misty killed or hurt. In my heart I believed she had my best interest at heart. Then there was just a little nagging slim thought in the back of my mind but it warned me not to trust her.
    When I opened the door Misty said, “Damn, I never thought you would open even though I heard voices in here. Can I come in or are you busy?” she asked me jittery as hell.
    Noting her nervousness, I started to let her in when a familiar shadow pushed her through the threshold.
    Infinity immediately pointed his gun in the black assassins face, followed by Hazel who held the gun to Misty’s head.
    “Lil Bit, I swear I don’t have anything to do with anything. I was coming off the elevator when she pointed her weapon at me,” Misty stated teary eyed.
    Hazel hit her with the gun, “Shut the fuck up bitch. You still shouldn’t have led her to the door. Now look what you have done.”
    “Alright, alright, I’m sorry. Lil Bit you have to believe me,” Misty said.
    The black assassin broke in the pitiful scene Misty was creating.
    “Hey, family, it looks like the gang's all here,” she said.
    “Fuck out of here we aren’t family,” I said to her.
    Then she dropped a bomb on me.
    “No you’re right, you aren’t family but Jelani and Juanito are. Isn’t that right? Or should I say Hazel and Infinity?” the black assassin said with her Jamaican accent sounding deeper than I remembered.
    She took in my bewildered expression and started laughing. I looked from Hazel to Infinity and said, “guys, what is she talking about?”
    Hazel hit Misty once again in the head then pushed her to the ground. She moved in position, up close and in the black assassin’s face then pointed her gun at her.
    “Fuck bitch, you think my family history is going to stop us from murking your ass. It’s murder season up in this bitch,” Hazel said sounding mentally unstable.
    “Really? And do you expect to get Dorah and Lil Bit’s momma back in one piece if I turn up dead or missing? That’s why I’m here. To take Lil Bit to meet the boss. Once everything is established all three will be released because I now have bigger fish to fry,” she informed us.
    “Nah, she’s not going anywhere with you. If anybody goes, I’ll go. Dorah’s my baby and I’ll lay my life down on the line for her,” Infinity stated.
    “Yea right you snitch. You are the reason your daughter and Lil Bit is caught in this mess,” the black assassin countered.
    “Now you come with me if you want to see your baby girl alive,” she commanded.
    “It’s okay, I’m going. Dorah’s actually my child so fucks everything else,” I told