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and forth chugging on a forty ounce of Budweiser. Tears were flowing nonstop down his cheeks.
    “Maine, you making me dizzy, sit yo’ ass down,” Kay-Gee snapped, causing Doc to hurl the now empty bottle at him. It slammed onto the back of the love seat and bounced onto the floor. The room already smelled like a wet bar.
    “Will y’all cut that shit out,” Slim ordered. “All of us are stressed out and we’ll continue to be until we get to the bottom of this shit.”
    “Shit’s gonna be fucked up,” Born yelled. It was obvious that he was taking it the hardest. Most likely because he was the youngest and the closest to Shadee.
    Teraney sparked up the purple haze. “No it ain’t, lil’ nigga. Sha wasn’t the only soldier. We all hustlas but we’re soldiers first. That’s how Sha did it. You know that and that’s how he taught us.”
    Born was gently banging the back of his head against the door. His eyes were bloodshot and his nose was beet-red and running.
    “Yeah, and we still got to eat,” Jo Jo reminded everyone.
    “I can’t believe that bitch did that to my uncle. I should go and do her whole family,” Born gritted.
    “Maine, her family ain’t have nothing to do with that gold-diggin’ sac-chaser’s bullshit. They didn’t even fuck with Brianna like that,” Teraney told him. “So don’t go and do something stupid.” Born was now banging his head harder against the door. “Born!” Teraney yelled. “Her family ain’t have nothing to do with her bullshit. Don’t go and make us hotter than we already are over some shit we ain’t have no control over. We still gotta get this money.” He shot Born a look that sent a serious warning.
    “How you know Janay ain’t have nothing to do with this? The shit went down at her house! Now all of a sudden we can’t get in touch with her, her pops, her sister . . . everybody’s ghost,” Doc spat as he used this opportunity to show his hate for Janay.
    “Maine, what you been smokin’?” Jo Jo asked him.
    “Yeah, don’t you think she would have been arrested by now?” Kay-Gee wanted to know. “Her nosy-ass neighbors would have told us that as well as the police. But everybody is talkin’ about Brianna going off and then blowing her own fuckin’ brains out.”
    “Doc, nigga, you know Janay didn’t do that shit. I don’t know why you always got beef with her,” Born snapped.
    “Aiight, yo. Y’all muhfuckas sleep on Janay if y’all want to but I ain’t. And speaking of beef, Sha’s connect wants three extra g’s for a key. I got at him last night.” Doc figured this was the opportune time to slip that in.
    “What?” Jo Jo snapped.
    “Maine, fuck that! He on some bullshit,” Teraney added.
    “Hell yeah,” Slim agreed.
    “Fuck him. We can get weight from Janay and Big Chop. That’s Sha’s wifey.” Born said it as if the shit was a no-brainer.
    “Hold up everybody. Y’all didn’t even give me a chance to finish. I got this. I’ve been working on something that’s almost three and a half cheaper than Sha’s connect,” Doc assured them.
    “Nigga, when did this come about? And who is this connect?” Kay-Gee wanted to know.
    “Ray-Ray, my cousin down in Dyersburg.”
    “Nigga, how you gonna take food out of Sha’s son’s mouth?” Born was ready to spaz out on Doc.
    “Boy, three g’s less than what we already payin’ plus half on consignment? That’s not takin’ shit outta nobody’s mouth. Young nigga, that’s how you do business. Plus in Sha’s absence I’m in charge. I ain’t gonna let Sha’s son starve. Let’s make this paper.” Doc was letting them know that he was now the HNIC.
    Then all of a sudden everyone in the room started yelling at once.
    “Y’all niggas shut the fuck up!” Slim jumped up screaming and stood in the middle of the room. “Damn, yo, what the fuck?” He shot daggers at everybody until the room was so quiet you could hear a dollar bill hit the floor. Then he turned to Doc.