leaving?”
David asked as I bypassed everyone in the living room.
“What it
look like?” I replied with an attitude. He got up and followed me to my
apartment. I’m happy that he did because I really needed someone to talk to.
****
The next
morning David and I were at work before the sun even came up. After having the
locks changed throughout the office, we called up the security company to have
all of the passwords changed on our computers. We also had the codes to the
alarm system reset. Anything that Scott knew would be of no use to him now. He
usually came in before anyone else, and
that’s our reason for getting it done so early. David wants to get rid of him
early just in case he decides to make a scene in front of the other employees.
Just like me, my brother is hurt that one of our closest friends would do me
wrong like that. And just like me, he wanted to know why.
“I hope
this dude don’t make me knock him out up in here. He can say one thing I don’t like, and that’s just what’s going down,” I
told David.
“You won’t
get any complaints from me. I still can’t believe he did some hoe shit like
that. I told you it had to be somebody close,” he replied.
We sat
around in silence for a while waiting for Scott to show up. David had the
office door locked so that he would know that his keys no longer work. He’s
playing a game on his computer while I’m texting back and forth with Brooklyn. I
took DJ to her at Bryce’s house earlier, and he refused to go back to sleep. He’s hyped, and she had to stay up and deal with him. I would have taken him with me, but I
don’t know how everything is going to play out. I can’t have my son in the line
of fire like that.
“Here
comes that white devil now,” David said making me laugh. I looked up just in
time to see Scott exit his white Camaro. He’d just gotten the car a few months
ago and would probably have to send it back since he’s about to be unemployed. He
walked up to the door and fumbled with his keys before trying to insert one
into the lock. When he saw that he couldn’t do it, he knocked on the side
window. David and I jumped up and walked over to the door at the same time.
“Damn, I’m
glad y’all are here early today. My damn
key is not working,” Scott commented. He had his lunch bag and was headed for
the break room until I stopped him.
“How long
have we known each other Scott?” I asked.
“We’ve
known each other since elementary. Y’all were the only ones who wanted to be friends with the white boy in the projects.
Nobody else wanted to be bothered with me,” he laughed.
“That’s
why I don’t understand why you felt the need to go behind my back and do me
dirty like you did. We looked out for you when your own family didn’t want to
be bothered with your ass,” I said getting madder as I spoke.
“What are
you talking about? I appreciate everything that y’all have done for me. I would never do you or David dirty.”
“So you running to Kennedi like a lil bitch is not
doing me dirty? You told her everything you knew about me and Brooklyn. And if
that wasn’t bad enough, you gave her the paperwork to back it up. You’re
already fired so do yourself a favor and just keep it real. She already told me
everything. I just don’t understand why you did it.”
“Despite
what you think everything is not always about you. Yeah, you threw me a few
crumbs, but so what. I damn near started this company with y’all , but it was like fuck me once it got off
the ground. It was supposed to be the three of us running shit when we planned
it. All of that changed once it actually happened,” he complained with fire in his eyes.
“You
should be happy that we hired your ass at all. You’re a fucking alcoholic. We held
you down even after your own family turned their backs on you. We would be some
damn fools to let you fuck up what we worked so hard to build,” David barked.
“Your ass
was in AA when we started
David asked as I bypassed everyone in the living room.
“What it
look like?” I replied with an attitude. He got up and followed me to my
apartment. I’m happy that he did because I really needed someone to talk to.
****
The next
morning David and I were at work before the sun even came up. After having the
locks changed throughout the office, we called up the security company to have
all of the passwords changed on our computers. We also had the codes to the
alarm system reset. Anything that Scott knew would be of no use to him now. He
usually came in before anyone else, and
that’s our reason for getting it done so early. David wants to get rid of him
early just in case he decides to make a scene in front of the other employees.
Just like me, my brother is hurt that one of our closest friends would do me
wrong like that. And just like me, he wanted to know why.
“I hope
this dude don’t make me knock him out up in here. He can say one thing I don’t like, and that’s just what’s going down,” I
told David.
“You won’t
get any complaints from me. I still can’t believe he did some hoe shit like
that. I told you it had to be somebody close,” he replied.
We sat
around in silence for a while waiting for Scott to show up. David had the
office door locked so that he would know that his keys no longer work. He’s
playing a game on his computer while I’m texting back and forth with Brooklyn. I
took DJ to her at Bryce’s house earlier, and he refused to go back to sleep. He’s hyped, and she had to stay up and deal with him. I would have taken him with me, but I
don’t know how everything is going to play out. I can’t have my son in the line
of fire like that.
“Here
comes that white devil now,” David said making me laugh. I looked up just in
time to see Scott exit his white Camaro. He’d just gotten the car a few months
ago and would probably have to send it back since he’s about to be unemployed. He
walked up to the door and fumbled with his keys before trying to insert one
into the lock. When he saw that he couldn’t do it, he knocked on the side
window. David and I jumped up and walked over to the door at the same time.
“Damn, I’m
glad y’all are here early today. My damn
key is not working,” Scott commented. He had his lunch bag and was headed for
the break room until I stopped him.
“How long
have we known each other Scott?” I asked.
“We’ve
known each other since elementary. Y’all were the only ones who wanted to be friends with the white boy in the projects.
Nobody else wanted to be bothered with me,” he laughed.
“That’s
why I don’t understand why you felt the need to go behind my back and do me
dirty like you did. We looked out for you when your own family didn’t want to
be bothered with your ass,” I said getting madder as I spoke.
“What are
you talking about? I appreciate everything that y’all have done for me. I would never do you or David dirty.”
“So you running to Kennedi like a lil bitch is not
doing me dirty? You told her everything you knew about me and Brooklyn. And if
that wasn’t bad enough, you gave her the paperwork to back it up. You’re
already fired so do yourself a favor and just keep it real. She already told me
everything. I just don’t understand why you did it.”
“Despite
what you think everything is not always about you. Yeah, you threw me a few
crumbs, but so what. I damn near started this company with y’all , but it was like fuck me once it got off
the ground. It was supposed to be the three of us running shit when we planned
it. All of that changed once it actually happened,” he complained with fire in his eyes.
“You
should be happy that we hired your ass at all. You’re a fucking alcoholic. We held
you down even after your own family turned their backs on you. We would be some
damn fools to let you fuck up what we worked so hard to build,” David barked.
“Your ass
was in AA when we started
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