Chapter 20

I was wondering how one of my so called best friends in life could leave me locked, out of state with nothing. One thing was for sure. I was on my way to find out. My other man was getting ready to turn himself in to start a fresh three. He was gonna be a dad for the first time too. We were chillin so we drove around to the ol club and parked. We went inside and greeted everybody,then headed to the bar. We chilled at the bar for a few and someone whispered in my ear."He's outside". I got up immediately but my boy new how i felt at the time, so wanted me to be calm when i went out there. I took a deep breath and i walked out the door. You could hear him from Queen St. He was just that loud. He didnt even see me at first. I just stood there for a minute. Then he saw me, and yells "Is that Free Love"? I just look at him for a second.He says ( all loud) " i got something for you" in his worst Monte Hall impression. I say " is that right?" He says come on lets take a walk. We proceed to walk towards New st. At first we dont talk but as soon as we hit Q st he turns to me and tells me he's sorry for leaving me but he wanted to make it up to me. That wasnt  important to me. Yeah i was broke and needed to get back on my feet. But what i wanted to know was why you did'nt come back and get me. This was supposed to be my boy. And he left me hanging. We would be talking later.We get to the spot and he goes in the kitchen. He comes back out and hands me a purple bag and a roll of cash. I tell him i'll holla at him later and i walk out the door. I walked straight back to the car and drove to another spot. I called my boy who was still at the club. I tell him to meet me at the homegirls crib. Once back at the crib I go upstairs and i look in the bag. There's two onions of some raw, and the knot totaled a stack(.$1000) I was back on my feet. It was getting late and hadn't even been to the house yet. My girl had moved and she now had a roommate. She said he was a coworker that needed a place and she needed help with bills while i was locked up. She said he knew me and he was cool. .....TO B CONTINUED...Until next time..Peace n Love

Chapter 19

We were booked and processed by 7pm. As we entered the county jail, i wondered if this jail was like Smyrna or Georgetown. To my surprise it was nothing like home joints at all. But for the better. It was some cool ass brothers , but like everywhere else, there were some niggas too. I was on the bottom floor in cell 11. My man was upstairs in cell 24. We had a brief chance to rap and then it was count time. We had to go tomour cells for the night. My cellie was this dude from Mt. holly. He was around my age and pretty cool. We got cool instantly. He schooled me to how things went down in there. The next morning my boy and i had some free time to come up with our plan to get out. He called his wife and she was on her to get him. He assured me that i would be out the next day. Well i ended up staying for three weeks. My mom and my cousin came to pick me up. I walked in the door on Christmas morning and was happier than i had been in while. I finally got to see what kind of partner i was dealing with. I had already decided to go see him later. My two closest female friends were these two sisters who lived out to the hood.(whatcoat). I immediately called and woke them up. They were glad to hear from me, and they were going to cook Christmas dinner. We chilled and smoked some good, ate, got full and i fell asleep. My boy, who was kickin it with one of the sisters, was there and he kept waking me up. We had a good time, but something had been bothering me for the last couple of hours. I needed to go see my man. ...TO B CONTINUED...Until next time...Peace n Love

Chapter 18

We had this dude drive us up there, so the three of us got out and proceeded to walk up 142nd St. As we enter this bodega this hispanic guy comes up to us and offers us some good ass weed. My man tells him no thanks and we move on. We go to the back and enter this booth. My boy picks up a phone and calls his wife and chats with her for a minute. Then this guy, who looks like he's about 70 comes up to us. He hands my man a brick wrapped in duct tape. My man hands him the brown bag with the money in it, and we are out. While walking back to the car, we spot two cops coming towards us. We act cool and they walk right by us. Once we get back to the car, we buckle up and were off. While we were at the spot we copped two bags of some of that good ass weed. Before we left DE the plan was to take the long way back. We were supposed to come thru philly. But as we near the bridge my boy tells the driver to get on the turnpike. I immediately questioned his decision, but he said his instincs told him were good. We rolled the blunt when we got to exit 18 and toss the roach out of the window. When we got to exit 14 we see three black guys pulled over. The cops had them sitting on the ground in front of the car. When we get to exit 7a i notice a cop behind us. He puts his lights on and pull us over. My boy throws the coke in the drivers lap and tells him to hold it. The driver panics and stuffs it under his gear shift. Once the cop gets us out of the car, he asks my boy for permission to search the car. My man says i dont care it's not my car. The cop proceeds to search the car. It only takes him about 30 seconds to find the stash. Another cop pulls up and puts the driver in his car. The cop that pulled us over puts me and my man in his car. While were driving to the station he tells us that as long as the driver cops to it, then he will let us go. Of course the driver said it wasnt his. So we all went to Burlington county jail. ...TO B CONTINUED...Until next time...Peace n Love...

Chapter 17

After we argued until the wee hours of the morning, i finally went to sleep. The next morning i woke up on a mission. I got up, took a shower, got dressed and bounced. I stopped and had a bite to eat, and headed for the block. Usually me and my boy meet up around 8am, but you know what they say," the early bird gets the worm". So i was trappin hard. We always park our cars a few blocks away so the cops dont know what we are driving. After being on New for a couple of hours, i saw my man coming up the block. We talked for a minute and then i began to tell him about the night before. He started clowning about dude knockin my girl off. Of course i wasnt trying to hear that. We decided to go play some pool, just to get off the block for a while. Once we finished shooting pool, we met up at his moms for lunch. I told him i would meet him back on the block around dark. I went home and she wasnt home. So i walked Trey, took a shower, and got dressed again. I left her a note to call me and once again i was out. I called my man and told him i was on my way in town. He didnt want to drive so he asked me to pick him up. I went and scooped him up and we headed for the block. We were on the block for a couple of hours and then i noticed an unmarked police car coming down the block. As the car approached us i could see the doors begin to open. I hootie-hooed my boy and we took off in opposite directions. While i was running, i looked back and could see one of them about 40 yards behind me. I knew i had him beat. I ran to a local crack house, and since i hadnt tossed my pack, i had rent money. After about an hour i called my man to make sure he was good. He was cool, and waiting for me to grab him up. I went picked him up, and we went out whatcoat. We changed clothes and went back in town. It was the night to go to the Elks,so we met up there later. As the club was letting out, we were parking lot pimpin until i spotted the same cop car from earlier coming up the street. I wanted no parts of them so i got in the car and pulled off. We hung out whatcoat for a while and i went home. The next morning my boy called to ask me if i wanted to "take the ride". I said hell yeah. He said he would pick me up in 30 minutes. I hung up and my phone rang again. It was this chic i was really cool with, and she said she had something for me. I told her to come over. I told myself that whoever got there first, i was going to go with them. Well my boy got there first and my heart told me to get out of the car,but my mind told me to go with him. The next thing i know we are in NYC......TO B CONTINUED...Until next time...Peace n Love..

Chapter 16

Standing there, opening my door is my arch enemy(at that time). A few weeks prior, Im on New st. with my dog,trappin and this dude walks up. At first he acts like everything is cool, then he sneaks me. I had been hit harder by my kids so i wasnt fazed. It just caught me by surprise. I had a hand full of rocks, so i told him to wait there. I run about 15 yards away, hide my stash, and run back. Him and his brother jump in the car and pull off. My boy and i laugh about it. Until now i hadnt seen him, but here he was anwsering my door. He looks kinda surprised. I dont know why, because there are about 10 pictures of me right there in the living room. Sitting in my living room are two of her female friends. And this dude and his two boys. I tell her,not ask her, to come with me. I walk down the hall to our bedroom. Once she comes in and closes the door i ask her whats up. She tells me it's not what it looks like. Im smart enough to know that when someone starts with "its not what it looks like" it usually is. So right then i stop her and tell her about me and dudes encounter. She wasnt aware of that but assured me that they were just friends from work. Now me being the man that i am, i know what dudes intentions were. I tell her they gotta go, and continue their party elsewhere. She didnt want to be rude, so i told her i would tell them. By the time i came out the girls were gone and this M$%^&*&**er is still sitting in my living room. I hear a horn blow, so i assumed it was his boys waiting for him. I tell him he gotta go, and she comes out behind me. He asks her "are you alright"? I say to him,"what you gonna do save her?" She says to him "just go,im fine". He walks toward the door,but i notice she looks at him in a certain way as he's leaving. The door closes, and i turn to her and ask her does she like this guy? She says its not like that. They just work together and there isnt been anything going on. She says that i should know her by now, and that she would never cheat on me. I had always been the cheater so being that i sensed something was going on i felt some kind of way. A way i had never felt before. I didnt like this feeling either. So i begin to interrogate her on how she met this dude, and how long she had been talking to him...etc. After a few short anwsers, she says she's tired if anwsering to me. That was only adding fuel to the fire that was alraedy burning inside me. I already wanted to kill him. I mean that literally. What started off as an interrogation, turned into WW3. .......TO B CONTINUED,,Until next time....Peace n Love...

Chapter 14

Trey was the coolest dog in the world. We had alot of fun with that dog. My girl (at the time) worked alot, and i worked so we would sleep and work. And every now and then we would go on trips ,or something. But things were cool. We had a couple of friends (male n female couple) that would come over and hang out. Or we would go on different trips with them. It was all good until one night at mingles the girl- friend wanted to slow dance with me. I mean i didnt turn her down. As a matter of fact i was grindin harder than her. She could feel me hard as chinese arithematic. We danced and i told her to meet me and she agreed. I got in the crack rental car i had, and i was out. I went to the spot but she was all nervous about her dude finding out that i didnt want to waste my time and run the risk of getting caught. So we went our seperate ways, and promised to keep our "almost" indiscresion a secret. One night we had got tickets to a Bad Boy concert in Philly. We got there but it was cancelled because of jodeci's grand-parents had passed. So we hung out in philly for a while and came back to our crib. We were sitting in the living room having some drinks and smoking some good. All of a sudden we hear a boom,boom,boom. I was oblivious to the the fact that i lived right next to a State cop. I opened the door and this dude was standing there in his boxers and a t-shirt. I said "what if my girl would have anwsered the door, and i slammed the door in his face. My girl said that was a bad idea. She said now you cant keep any trees in here. Period. I could no longer sit on my deck and smoke somethin. I felt some kinda way about that. But i followed the rules for my own safety. For a while. I got locked up again. This time im ridin dirty,but we toss the pack, and pull over. The cop took me down for a violation of probation. I was locked up for a couple of months, and i call my girl, she says " i dont know how to tell you this". I ask what she's talking about? She says " i sold trey".This woman had sold my dog. I was so upset. I just hung-up on her. I requested no visits from her for the rest of my time. After about 2 months, i get a 18 page letter from her. The letter begins with how she hopes im in good spirits,blah;blah..Then she proceeds to tell me she was behind on her bills ,by me not being there,so she had to get a roommate. He was some dude that responded to her ad. I wasnt really feeling that of course. Since i still had about 30 days left, i wrote her and told her to come visit me. She came up two weeks later. My main focus was the roommate. She kept trying to assure me that i had nothing to worry about. So i finish my time, and was free. I go out to whatcoat to see mom and the fam. Take a shower, and im out. I pull up to the crib, and there is her car, and three other cars. I walk up to the door and tried the door. It was locked so i knock ,and the door swings open........TO B CONTINUED...Until next time...Peace n Love..

Chapter 13

Of course i didnt wait to call her. I was on the phone as soon as i got home. We kicked it for a few and i went to see her the next day. She had a really nice place and i could tell immediately she was smart, funny and more important a GOD fearin woman. We had a nice dinner, talked and she walked me to the door. I called her later that night and asked if i could come back,but she said no. She had to work the next morning. I respected that, but i was disappointed nonetheless. I called her the next day and she agreed that we should see each other again, soon. So we made plans for the evening, and i was really anxious for some reason. I showed up at her house around 6pm. She was just getting dinner done. I got to meet her son, and he was a really cool kid. We hit it off from the gate. I think that kinda put her at ease as well. After we ate, we watched some t.v and she told her son it was bedtime. He said goodnight and went to bed. We went to her room and went to bed. The next morning she dropped me off out whatcoat on her way to work. She told me to call her later and of course i called. Our friendship began to grow from there. About a year prior to meeting my friend, i met a chic in the mall. We kicked it a few times but i hadnt seen her in about a year. I was walking out to Liberty court and she called me from a window. I was surprised to see her because i had tried to get in touch with her for a while, but to no avail. She said it was ok that i came up. We talked for a bit and i explained to her that i had been looking for her. She then told me she had had a baby by some guy, and she had been staying with him up north. I didnt ask to many questions and i didnt get to many anwsers. I ended up spending the night. That was kinda a come and go thing for a while. After a couple of days of my girl being gone to N.Y. for the weekend , i had to go home. I then got a job at a credit card company and there was this pet shop in the mall. I had two close friends at work. We would always take our breaks together so we could smoke some weed. One day we walked into the pet shop and there was the cutest puppy i had ever seen. He was a lhaso apso and he was 8 weeks old. When my girl came to pick me up from work i already had a plan. I figured there was no way she was gonna look at him and say no. Just like i planned, she couldnt resist. Until she looked at his price tag.!!! At first she said hell no. But right on cue he started whinning, and giving her the puppy dog eyes. She made me promise to give her half the money back on payday. I agreed, and we took him home. We dicided to name him Trey....TO B CONTINUED...Until next time peace and Love..