back to his ear. “I ain't gay. What the fuck?”
Asia laughed. “I don’t mean like that. What I meant was why do you seem to run away from relationships with women? Do you have Mommy issues?”
Dinero thought for a moment. He had never connected his relationship issues to his mother. She had come back into his life two years ago after she’d been forced away by his father. However, Dinero had been in a serious relationship in his younger days. He had been so in love with his ex-girlfriend, Cadence, but when she vanished without a trace, he vowed that he would never love another woman again.
“I never thought about it in that way. My mama wasn’t around when I was growing up. Her absence could’ve had an effect on the way I look at women. But let’s be clear. A lot of these women in Milwaukee are hoes. That’s why I treat them like I do,” he joked.
“I guess that’s true, but why wasn’t your mother around? Was she on drugs or something?”
“Hell nah! My mama wasn’t a crack head. It’s a long story on why she was absent. Besides, I don’t want to talk about that shit right now. What’s up with me coming over and murdering that pussy, Asia?”
“Dinero, you're not ready for me, baby. I got that Erykah Badu and this shit ain't nothing to play with,” she teased him.
Dinero smirked. “Erykah Badu, huh? What do you mean by that?”
“It means that after you hit this honey pot of mine, I can guarantee that your ass will be wearing costumes and wigs.”
It was Dinero’s turn to belt out in laughter at Asia. He couldn’t believe that shit had come out of her mouth. Pussy came a dime a dozen for Dinero, and Asia would be no different.
“You’ll never catch me in a fuckin’ wig. Girl, you talkin’ big shit for somebody who been running from me.”
“I’m not running from you, Dinero.”
“Yeah…a’ight,” Dinero shot back sarcastically.
Dinero and Asia ended up talking on the phone for another two hours. Dinero couldn’t believe that he was actually holding a conversation on the phone with a woman. Usually, he would text his girls just to tell them that he was on the way to fuck. But the fact that Asia was getting him to open up to her had him scared. Dinero decided that after he and Asia had sex that he would cut her off completely. His only mission was to fuck and not fall for a female.
****
Dillon sat inside of his car, staking out a trap house he was about to rob. For weeks, he had been coming around to sit and observe so he could learn the routine of the dope boys. Being a stick up kid gave Dillon an adrenaline rush. He loved to take shit that didn’t belong to him. Although he worked a day job, he still couldn’t help but crave that fast money. Dillon watched intently as one of the dope boys exited the house. He knew that there was now only one person in the house, which prompted him to make a move.
Dillon drove around to the alley and parked two houses down. He got out and put his hood over his head. He made sure that his pistol was loaded before he proceeded to the back door. He picked the lock like a seasoned pro and crept inside. Dillon traveled through the house and stopped when he reached the living room. There was a man seated on the couch watching TV. Since his back was to Dillon, he silently walked up to the dope boy and put his gun up to his head.
“You know what this is? Where the work at?” Dillon demanded.
The man cursed under his breath. He was so upset that he had got caught slippin’, but he opted not to fight back.
“Man, it’s over there,” the worker huffed and pointed to the floor board.
Dillon nudged the man’s head with the gun and said, “Nigga get up and give it to me. What the fuck?”
The worker reluctantly got up and lifted the floor boards. He pulled out five thick bundles of money and three neat packages of heroin. Dillon looked around for a bag with his gun still planted on the worker. He spotted a
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