Free Duffle Bag Bitches by Alicia Howard Page A

disappointed it wasn’t Jay.
    “What the hell is wrong with you?” Jasmine said with her big sister hat on.
    “Nothing man, Jay left with the nigga we trying to press and she’s not taking my calls.” Shannon stated.
    “Bitch she good, she a big girl trying to get this money. I am down to three bands.” Nisha was careless.
    “Bitch shut the fuck up! That’s on yo’ dumb ass.” Shannon was pissed.   She didn’t like the fact that Jay was out there alone.
    “Girl don’t trip, she gon’ call you.   It’s still kind of early and you know her ass sleeps late.” Jasmine said silently praying for her friend.
    “Ya’ll stupid. She’s good, this is what we do. Remember you’re ready to die.” With Nisha saying that Shannon hung up. Her mind wasn’t about to let Nisha’s negativity set in.
    She began calling Jay a few more times, but it was no use because she didn’t pick up. Zane sent Mack to find out what was going on as him and the clerk bitch went to lunch. Mack was banging on the door while Shannon was on the other side hoping it was Jay. “Finally you came.” She opened the door to Mack looking like Zane was right she is crazy as hell.
    “Zane told you I was coming?” Mack was hoping she wasn’t crazy.
    “Hell no, boy bring your crazy ass in here.” He looked at her like ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black?
    “Whatever, so what’s the word with your girl?” he asked.
    “I don’t know I have been trying to reach her; she’s not picking up,” Shannon told him as she walked the floor.
    “What you haven’t talked to her? It’s four o’clock the next day, she don’t know that nigga like that or do she?” Mack was tripping.
    “No, she don’t fucking know him and she wouldn’t move like that!” Shannon fussed. She really didn’t know what the fuck to do. All she could do was keep calm and wait for her to answer.
    “Well if you trust her like that we just have to wait.” Mack said.   He trusted his whole squad so he had to put the new woman on the same page.
    “Yeah thanks for understanding Mack.” She said as she kept trying Jay’s phone.
    Mack didn’t know what to do, he didn’t want to tell Zane yet because he would call Dallas and this didn’t look good. Hopefully she would show up soon or at least call. “Aye, babe would you like to go get a bite to eat since we’re stuck waiting anyway?” He asked.
    Shannon looked at him and thought “Hell, why not?” She headed out the door without saying a word and continued to hit redial on the phone. He followed behind her shaking his head wondering what kind of trouble these women were gonna bring.

    Jay was on the other side of town having the time of her life. She knew that she was on a job but something had changed between the thoughts she had when she came to this city and what she was feeling now. The man that she was here to set up was sweet, loving, caring, sharing, and fun. He was really into her and begged her to spend the day with him. He had bought her so many things she never had before and there was just something about him that said this wasn’t just for show, it was for real.
    Shannon had been blowing her phone up like crazy. She knew the crew was looking for her she just wasn’t ready to be found yet. For the first time she felt that she had something she never had before, real love. No man had ever been this nice to her so how could she just throw it all away?   She didn’t want to rollover on her family either.
    She knew that it was time to call Shannon; it would be unfair to rollover on her crew being they were depending on her to fry the big fish. She was sittin’ fancy with Cash as he talked on his phone; a call he had to take. He’d been ignoring his phone all day as well. It had been a long time since he found a cool woman that he like spending time with. He didn’t know why or where she came from; he was just glad she did.
    “Baby, I’m going to the ladies room.” She tapped him as she