The Brothers

That night, Colin calls the boys over for dinner to discuss some things. Things were pretty silent in the beginning, and not intentionally. They were just busy stuffing their faces.

"So I was going over some things and came up with one of two ideas. We fight to get Truth re-opened or we just let it die." Colin says.

"Let it die?" Odell asks.

"Mmhm. We have two other locations, and we can have three in total by the New Year."

"We got Miami? Officially?" Odell asks.

"Yep. All we need to do is go in there and make it ours. Set an opening date and that's it."

"But let it die? This one was the first Truth ever. Your baby. This one means more to you than anything." Odell says.

"I know, but is it worth going through all this to get it back open?"

"What's goin on Kap? Where's all this coming from, because the Kap I know would fight for what's his."

"Maybe I'm just tired of fighting...and Cain is out. Which means I can hand this whole thing over to him and wash my hands of this mess. But I just want to leave New York all together, but I know you have Akasha here with you Dell, and I don't want to mess that up for you. Same with you Cam. Which is why I'm leaving it up to y'all. We can fight to reopen, or we can let it go."

"I'm not trying to leave. I have something here that means something to me." Odell says and he pulls out a small box from his pocket. He opens it, exposing a 3 carat diamond ring. Everyone's eyes light up. "I'm in love, and when me and Kash head out to LA, I'm gonna ask her to marry me."

"It's about time." Cam asks.

"We've only been together for some months but, I know in my heart that she's the one."

"Honestly, you've been knowing that since I brought her and Aaliyah down during my sophomore year. Your lil ass was only what, 15? And Kash was 19..."

"Yup, and that didn't even matter to me. I instantly fell in love. And when I turned 18, that's when I tried to make my move."

"...and you got rejected!!!!" Cam says.

"Big time." Luke adds.

"Ain't nobody ask for all that. But the love I had for her never died...even though I played all them games with other women, it was her I wanted all along. Just took me a while to grow up and finally realize she ain't gone be there forever."

"Well, let me be the first to tell you congratulations, because I already know she's gonna say yes, and I am extremely proud of you. I mean that." Colin says.

"Thanks bro."

"So with all that being said, what y'all wanna do."

"I say we get our club back." Odell says.

"Cam?"

"It doesn't matter to me." Colin nods.

"Luke...I'm sure you'd want it open as well. Anything to stay in New York with your little girlfriend, huh?"

"You know what...since Colin wants to hold this against me for however long he wants to be in his damn feelings...why don't you tell everyone what you been up to. Since ya know, we're all so close." Cam and Odell both look at Colin with a confused look. Colin is silent. "Fine, I guess I'll have to tell them."

"Luke." Colin says.

"He's fucking Elizabeth Ramirez. The bitch he was in love with in high school."

"What?" Cam says in disbelief.

"That's not even the best part. She's the feds, and the only way I know that is because she questioned Carly yesterday."

"Wait a minute...is she investigating you?" Cam asks. "And you're fuckin her. Are you out of your mind."

"Why are y'all coming to the conclusion she's after me."

"Why the hell would she be questioning Carly?"

"I don't know. She wouldn't play me like that."

"nigga you cheatin on Aaliyah? If she finds out, she'll do more harm to you than the fed bitch ever will." Odell says.

"She's not gonna find out though." Colin says.

"You gotta cut this shit off, now!" Cam demands.

"I can't now. If she is investigating me like y'all said, I can find out more by fucking her. I'll be able to stay a few steps ahead of her too."

"How does that make any sense?"

"It's simple. I'll go through her shit, see what she's up to and then go from there."

"This all just got too risky in a matter of minutes." Odell says.

"This has been risky, from jump." Cam says.

"Listen. I have this all under control." Colin reassures them.

After dinner, Cam sticks around while Colin cleans up.

"Be straight up with me, you sure you can just wash your hands of this as easily as you made it sound."

"Handing this over to Cain will most likely allow me to do so."

"And what about Liz. If she is in fact coming after you, handing the network over to Cain isn't going to get her off your back. This is just too much going on."

"Don't worry about it, Cam. I got this. Trust me."

"I do trust you. Always have. But now that you've brought up relocating, it's actually something Kai and I were thinking about."

"Where? Back home?"

"Hell nah. Our goal was to get the hell out, but Miami. We've been multiple times but something about the last trip we took there was special. That's a place where I could see myself raising my family."

"Then I say go for it. If that's what you want. You'd be the head nigga in charge of Truth-Miami...if that's something you're willing to take on."

"Of course. We spent years building this, gotta keep it goin. I got one more mouth to feed now."

"I hear you bruh. But do what you gotta do."

"I will. Thank you."

Colin nods.

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About a week goes by, and the guys have been trying to get truth re-opened. Luke's with the guys right now, and Carly's at his apartment. She gets a call from a number she doesn't recognize and answers it anyway.

"Hello."

"Hi, I'm calling to talk to Carly."

"This is she."

"Great. This is detective Ramirez. I was wondering if you could come down for some further questioning."

"Um...I guess."

"Good, how does 1 o'clock sound?"

"Sounds good."

"Okay, I'll see you then." Liz says then hangs up.

When 1 rolls around, Carly makes it on time for questioning. There was really nothing Carly could tell Liz that would help her case in anyway.

Before Carly left, she went to use the restroom and on the way there, she over heard some chatter that involved Liz and her colleagues, and the name Ghost was mentioned. She didn't intrude on the conversation, but she just kept walking.

As she was handling business in the bathroom, the bathroom door opens. She finishes up and walks out of the stall to see Liz standing there in deep thought.

Ever since Liz came to the hospital, she knew Liz looked really familiar, and couldn't make out who she was until now.

"I remember where I've seen you before now."

"Excuse me?" Liz asks.

"I've seen you before, and I couldn't think for the life of me where I've seen you, and know I know."

"What are you..."

"You're the one that fucked Ghost in his office."

"Come again?"

"Colin Kaepernick. You fucked him against the wall. In his office."

"You called him Ghost. Why would you call him that?" She asks genuinely. Colin's name came up in the investigation, but she never would have imagined that she's sleeping with the distributor, the guy she's looking to put behind bars.

"Because that's who he is."

Liz takes a deep breath. "Do you have any proof that Colin is Ghost?"

"All I have is what's been told, but I could get you proof."

"Fine. You get me proof and I'll take it from there." Liz says and storms out of the bathroom.