The Brothers

"Where you wanna eat?" Colin asks as CJ puts his seatbelt on.

"Pizza."

"Pizza it is. You all buckled up?" He asks looking in the rearview mirror.

"Yes sir." They get to a pizza spot called Joe's. Before going inside, CJ changes out of his pads and into gray sweatpants and a matching hoodie.

"What kinda pizza you want?" Colin asks as they walk inside.

"Pepperoni."

"Okay......let me get 2 slices of pepperoni my man."

"You got it." A couple minutes after paying they're pizza was ready.

"Wanna eat in here or go walking outside?" Colin asks.

"In here." He says quietly. They take a seat and start eating their pizza.

"That was a good game you played today. Looked like me out there."

"How come you're never with us." He asks bluntly.

"Umm, that's complicated."

"What does that mean?"

"It's hard to explain. But know that you're always gonna be safe. That, I can promise you."

"Okay."

"So I hear you're a huge teenage mutant ninja turtles fan."

He smiles and nods. "Yeah. I'm gonna be Michaelangelo for Halloween."

"Well Halloween is about a month away. The movie, however, comes out next weekend...wanna go?" He smiles. "Is that a yes?"

"Yes."

"Cool."

Colin takes CJ back to Aaliyah's and as he leaves, he gets a call from Luke.

"What's up Luke."

"Are you still with CJ?"

"Nah, I just dropped him off. I gotta handle some business then I'll be on my way home. Why, what's up?"

"Let me know when you get home."

"Alright, I'll let you know."

"Later." Luke says and hangs up.

"Was that Kap?" Cam asks as he walks in the office of the club.

"Yeah."

"What's going on."

"We can't keep laundering cash...it's too much. We need to get rid of some of it, or do something else with it...soon"

"Where is he now?"

"'Handling business...and you know what that means. Do you ever regret even going through with all this? I mean we can all go to jail for a long time...handling business for a guy that's in jail."

"Kap had no choice."

"Kap had no choice. We did."

"And what did we all tell him?" Cam asks.

"That we weren't gonna leave him alone in it. We'd ride it out with him till it was all over..."

"Exactly. All we gotta do is do what we've been doin. Staying out of the way." Luke nods.

"Kai coming through tonight?"

"Yeah. She is. We need to find you a lady. Maybe that'll help take all ya stress away. We all know yo ass ain't got laid in months."

"Don't worry bout my love life...k?"

"....k. You should find a girl though...think about it." Cam says giving him a pat on the back. "Lock up before you leave." He says then walks out.

Colin texts Luke to notify him that he's on his way home. They both pull up to his Manhattan penthouse at the same time.

"Wow, no security detail today?" Luke asks sarcastically.

"Shaun is not security, he's just my driver."

"...and your locked up drug lord's son."

"Nice observation...anyway, I didn't want to take him to the game today or to hang out with me and CJ."

"Oh, so I take it today went well?" He said as they headed inside.

"Went really well actually."

"So when do we get to go to games and stuff...ya know, be the cool uncles."

"There's one next Saturday."

"Is that an invite?"

"Yes Luke. It's an invite."

"Sweet." He says with a smile.

"Man, what'd your goofy ass want?" Colin says as they enter his penthouse.

"You gotta find somewhere else to stash your cash. The club isn't gonna cut it for much longer."

Colin sighs. "I'll figure something out, okay."

"Alright, man."

"Ready for tonight?"

"I partially own a night club, is that even a question...plus, you know us white boys like to party."

Colin chuckles. "Yeah, you right. I'll see you tonight...and don't worry about that other shit. I'll handle it."

"Alright. I'll see you tonight."

Luke leaves and later that night, Colin gets ready to head out. He gets a text from Shaun letting him know he's outside waiting.

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Odell, Cam and Luke are already at the club. The club is jumpin and there's still a line outside going down the sidewalk.

Odell gets a text from one of the ladies he told to come, and they're stuck in line.

"I'll be back fellas."

"Uh oh. His lil friends must be here." Cam says.

"You got it...they fine too. My gawd. I'll be back." Odell walks outside and flags the girls down, who are all the way at the back. He signals them to walk over. "They with me Ant." He says and Anthony, the bouncer, nods. Odell brings them into the club, treats them to a couple drinks and get caught up keeping them entertained.

Cam tended to Kai and the couple friends she had with her. Luke was on the second level of the club, looking down at the first level, making sure everything was going smoothly and there were no fights. Soon he feels a presence beside him, and it's Colin.

"Everything going smooth?"

"Yup."

"Good. Let's keep it that way." He says then spots Aaliyah and Kash at the bar, and smiles.

"What?" Luke asks.

Colin nods his head towards their direction. Luke looks over and nods. Colin walks off and makes his way towards where they are. Shaking people's hands and greeting people who were in his path.

"I see you decided to come!" He says over the music, leaning against the bar.

She leans over close to his ear. "I realized I needed a night out."

"Good, I'm glad. Order whatever y'all want." She nods. "Stacy!" He yells to the bartender.

"Yeah."

"Make sure these two get whatever they want for the rest of the night, on me."

"You got it boss." She says and goes back to her duties.

"Where's junior?"

"With Kash's mom."

"Okay...well when y'all done here, we got a section upstairs. Head up there." She nods and Colin walks off and see Odell with his lady friends, and he pulls him away.

"What's up?"

"You be careful tonight."

"I'm always careful playa." He says pulling a condom out of his pocket. Colin shakes his head. "I'll be good bruh."

"Alright....kash is here."

"Okay..."

"Okay? Alright lil nigga. Like I said, be careful." He says then walks away.

After another successful night at the club in the books, Cam and Kai left for his place. Odell left to his spot with with the three ladies he spent all night with, Aaliyah gave into Colin, and went home with him, and Luke retreated back to his place.