The Brothers

Colin makes it to the football field, pays and finds Aaliyah sitting down by herself.

"Hey you." He says sitting next to her.

"Hey." She says then snuggles up to him.

"Cold?"

"Just a little. Been in New York well over 10 years, and I still haven't gotten used to this cold ass weather. It never go this cold down south."

"Down south in the A?"

"It got cold, but not this cold. Jesus."

"Here." He says putting his arm around her. "Daddy will keep you warm." She rolls her eyes.

Walking onto the field, CJ notices so colin sitting next to Aaliyah. He taps the left side of his chest twice, where his heart is, then points to Colin. Colin returns the gesture.

"What was that?" Aaliyah asks.

"Don't worry bout all that. Somethin between me and my boy."

"Ours is better though."

"Why it gotta be a competition though...even though his handshake with you cant even compete with ours but.." Colin jokes.

"Whatever."

"No Kash today?"

"Nah, not today. So what's with your brother. Why is he like that?"

"Who, Odell?"

"No, Bo-Zo the clown." We both laugh. "Yes, Odell. Kash actually really likes crazy behind, and he playin."

"Man, Odell is going to do Odell things. After a certain point, there's nothing more I can do. I've tried talking to him, he doesn't listen."

"Kash ain't gone wait forever. Hell she barely wants to wait for him now. But he's just soooooo fine, as she says."

"That nigga need to grow up."

"Yeah, but even though he's sort of stuck in his ways, you always gone care for him. No matter what."

"I have to. He's been my boy since he was in diapers. We grew up together and I promised his mom to make sure he ain't fuck up. Especially since I brought him out here."

"You're such a good person."

"I try to be. I really do." He says forward, eyes on the field.

"You are." He looks down into her eyes and smiles. He leans in to give her a kiss. Before snapping the ball, CJ spots them and he smiles.

As the game goes on, close to half time, Colin gets a call. "I'll be back." He says. Aaliyah notices it's not his iPhone, it's his other one. She knows he's about to come back and say he has to leave.

"Yeah?" He says answering the phone.

"Ghost, we got a problem." Tommy, Colin's right hand man in all of this. Been that way since college.

"What happened?"

"Someone just tried to take a hit on us."

"Tried?"

"You know I wasn't gonna let that shit go down."

"You know who it is?"

"It all happened so quick, I couldn't get a good look at that mothafucker."

"I don't know how y'all gone do it, but find him. Let me know when you do, I want him brought to me...alive"

"You got it."

Colin hangs up and walks back to his seat.

"You gotta go?"

"No."

"What's wrong."

"Nothing."

"Look at me." He looks into her eyes. Staring into his, she can definitely tell something happened. "Please be careful."

"I'm always careful."

After the game, Colin heads to the club. He walks in and just about everyone on staff is there preparing for tonight, Odell, Luke and Cam are as well.

"Hey, how'd lil man do?" Odell asks as all for of them meet up at the bar.

"Good. They won. Threw three touchdowns."

"Myyyyy nigga!!" Odell says.

"Next Saturday, we goin!" Cam says.

"I'm sure he'd love it if y'all came."

"Excuse me." They hear a feminine voice approach them.

"Mr. Kaepernick."

"Carly, hey..." He looks at his watch. "You're right on time. This is Cam, Odell, Luke and you can just call me Colin."

"You must be the new hire." Luke says.

"Yes. She says nervously."

"No need to be nervous." He adds.

"We're about to have a staff meeting at the bar, so if you could just head there, and we'll be over in a minute." Cam says. She nods then walks off.

"Wow. She's hot." Luke says.

"Stay away from her Luke." Colin says.

"Yup. You know the rule. It's bad for business." Cam concurs.

"Aren't you guys always telling me to get a lady? Can we just make an exception."

"Shawty is kinda cute." Odell says rubbing his beard.

Luke hits him in the chest. "Back up."

"Aye. I don't want her. Trust me."

"Good, because none of you will get her." Cam says.

"Forreal Luke." Colin says before walkin away to the bar.

"I swear that nigga think he somebody's daddy." Odell says before walking off. In Luke's eyes, Carly was beautiful, and he was determined to get to know her. Colin or Cam just wouldn't know about it...and he'd make a move later tonight.

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Later that night, the club is poppin, as always. The guys are out of their section, and downstairs with everyone. Mixing, mingling, making sure everyone is enjoying themselves, and everyone is complying with rules that they have to follow so they don't get shut down.

As the entire day was going by, Tommy and a few others were out lookin for whoever it was that out the attack on them earlier today. Their search finally came to an end when they got a tip that led them straight to culprit and as Colin asked, they'd bring him to him.

They arrive at the club, but in the back where no one can see and go in through that way and go down to the basement. Tommy goes and searches for Colin and spots him leaning against the wall on his phone.

He's texting Aaliyah, who sent a picture of her and CJ in their PJs, drinking hot chocolate.

"Ghost." Tommy says putting his hand on Colin shoulder, causing him to jump. "We got him."

"He's here."

"In the basement."

"Give me a couple minutes." Tommy nods then heads back down stairs. Colin goes to the office to grab his gun. Little did he know he was being followed by Cam until he almost reached the basement.

"What are you doin down here?"

"What, I can't be down here? It's my club too, ain't it."

"Not now, Cam." Cam doesn't listen, and continues to follow. Colin doesn't even try anymore, he just wants to get this shit over with.

Colin walks into the basement and locks it. He takes off his suit jacket, unbuttons his shirt and takes it off, leaving him in his white muscle tee. He stands before the guy that tried to hurt his operation.

"So, I'm only going to ask you once and it's up to you if you wanna live or not." The guy is on his knees, hands tied behind his back with duct tape over his mouth. Colin snatches the tape from over his mouth.

"SON OF A BITCH!" He yells.

"Yeah, that hurt. I know." Colin says non sympathetically. "Who sent you, huh?" He doesn't say anything. "Is this you choosing to not answer me?"

"Fuck you. Bitch ass nigga."

Colin chuckles. "Loyalty...that goes a long way...unfortunately for you, it ends here." Colin takes the gun that's tucked into the back of his pants and puts a bullet straight between his eyes. Blood splatters all over Colin's shirt and on the floor. "Get rid of him. Discretely." Colin says then walks towards the door, collecting his shirt and jacket on the way out, Cam following him.

"Was that necessary?" Cam asks.

"You decided to follow me. What you saw is on you. Make sure no one goes to the basement. If any one on staff gotta get somethin from there, you, Luke or Odell get it. I'll have to get it cleaned tomorrow morning." He says then walks off.