The Brothers

The next morning, Colin is at Aaliyah's discussing what happened last night.

"Did you get a good look at the person that shot at you?"

"Yeah, and if it wasn't for me being bumped into a million times, I would have caught her."

"Her?"

"Yeah, it was a female. So now I know it wasn't Marcus that hit us. I killed that boy for no reason. I knew I should have went with my first mind."

"Well, you had to be sure. No one knows who this is. You couldn't take any chances."

"Yeah, well now I still gotta find out who the fuck this is."

"How's Carly."

"That bitch is okay, and also knows about my entire operation thanks to Luke."

"Your lying?"

"I wish I was. She called me ghost at the club last night."

"Wow. The bitch is THAT stupid. Want me to take care of her?"

"Nah. That's the last thing I need. From now on, I want you, Kash and Kai to play nice with her."

Aaliyah scrunches her face together. "Come again?"

"You heard me Liyah. Play nice. I don't need to give her any reason to go and talk. She wants to fit in, now she gets her chance."

"Ugh, I just don't like her...but I will play nice."

"Thank you." Colin says. He sighs, putting his head in his hands.

"Everything's gonna workout baby."

"How are you so sure?"

"I just am. We gotta be positive, right?"

"Yeah. We do. Thanks for always being here for me."

"Of course. I'm not going anywhere." She smiles. "Your mom called. Somehow, she found out about the shooting, and she's worried."

"I've been meaning to call her back, I've just been so damn worried. The club could be shut down, I got shot at, then I got this Carly situation. I wish I could just walk away from all this shit baby."

"I know baby." She says then plants a kiss on his lips. "I know." She goes back in for another kiss, but Colin pulls away.

"I gotta head to the club...get this shit straightened out."

"You need some relaxation, even if it's just a couple minutes."

"Relax? How the fuck can I relax right now."

"Okay, just calm down. I'm trying to help you."

"I told you what you can do to help. Get to it." He says then puts his coat on. Aaliyah looks at him in disbelief by the way he just flipped out on her.

Colin pulls up to the club and Odell, Cam and Luke are standing outside of it, looking at the building that has a lock on it.

"Well, I guess that answers that." Colin says walking up to them.

"So what now?" Odell asks.

"I don't know." Cam says.

"It's not like this is the only clubs we have. Luke, Odell...one of y'all can go to either the Houston or LA club and I'll try to get this straightened out."

"I'm gonna stay here, Carly needs me."

"Of course." Colin says rolling his eyes.

"Ease up on her. She won't say shit." Luke says defensively.

"You don't know that Luke. You don't know shit about this girl."

"I sure know a hell of a lot more than you do. So screw you bro."

"Fuck you, Luke."

"Y'all really gone fight over a bitch." Odell asks.

"Watch your mouth." Luke says.

"All three of y'all need to chill. Damn. We got bigger problems right now."

"No, that bitch is a major problem." Colin says. Luke tries to run up on Colin but Cam stops him.

"You got one more time Kap!"

"Or what? You gone tell your girlfriend on me. Fuck her!"

"How many times am I gonna have to tell you both to chill. Do not let a female come between y'all." Cam says.

"Whatever. We done here? I gotta tend to my girlfriend."

"Yeah we done." Colin says and Luke takes off.

"Can you chill, and just trust ya boy on this. If he say she ain't gone say shit, believe him." Cam says.

"You expect me to trust this nigga after this shit."

"Listen, Luke is in love. Same way I was when I had to tell Kai about you. You were in love when you told Aaliyah. Common dominator in all of this is trust. We trusted these women with information that can get you, and us in a lot of trouble."

"But the thing is I don't trust that bitch. She stole from Aaliyah and lied to our face about it. I can't trust her. That's why I told Aaliyah for her and the girls to keep an eye on her. Play nice. Make her seem like she's in the group and one of them."

"....and Akasha agreed to that. She already wants Carly's head on a silver platter for the earring thing."

"She play nice, for my sake...right, Odell?"

"Most definitely. Don't worry bruh, we got you." He says.

"Thank you. So, you down for LA or Houston. I know you're gonna need turn up in your life."

Odell smirks. "I don't know. I have a reason to stay." He smiles. "Maybe Kash can take some time off from the dance studio and go with me."

"Well let me know and I'll get the jet scheduled for y'all."

"Preciate it."

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Later that afternoon, the girls meet up for lunch.

"Pause, we have to play nice with this girl?" Kash asks.

"Unfortunately."

"It'll be hard, but I'll play nice." Kash smiles sarcastically.

"And you know me. I'm the nicest one of the group." Kai says.

"That...that is actually true." Aaliyah says. Kai smiles innocently. "So she gets released from the hospital today...we should bring food over for her and Luke. We know he can't cook worth a damn." Aaliyah suggests.

"That sounds good. But I have to get going. I have like 5 more patients today." Kai says reaching into her purse.

"Don't worry boo, I got it." Aaliyah says.

"You got it last time, and Kash got it before then. Tell the waitress to keep the rest."

"Okay mama. See you when you get off." Kash says.

They say their goodbyes and Kai leaves.

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Luke makes it to the hospital and when he gets to Carly's room, he sees a very familiar face.

"Liz. What are you doing here?"

"Here to ask Carly some questions, about the shooting last night."

"Isn't that what cops do? You're a cop."

"No. I'm not. But can you give us some time alone."

"Whatever you can ask me, you can ask in front of him."

"Okay.."

She was really there to tie up some loose ends in the case she was on and some how, truth came up, and this incident was just what she needed to try and get the inside scoop, but she knew it'd be hard with Luke in the room. So she asked very vague questions and took down Carly's information just incase she needed anything further.

Luke however was in a state of disbelief. Here Colin was insulting his girlfriend, when the woman he's fucking is the feds. And he was going to let Colin know.