Total pages in book: 247
Estimated words: 248926 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1245(@200wpm)___ 996(@250wpm)___ 830(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 248926 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1245(@200wpm)___ 996(@250wpm)___ 830(@300wpm)
I looked at Maxwell and swore his expression appeared nervous.
I deeply inhaled and then exhaled. “I. . .would like to. . . date you both.”
Silence was their only response.
Well, at least I finally said it.
Maxwell didn’t smoke more of his joint. Instead, he gazed at me in shock.
Okay. Am I doing bad or good?
I turned to Giorgio and then David. “I do not want to disrespect you two, but I will not choose because. . .I like you both.”
The room felt like it was heating up.
Sweat beaded around my forehead.
I wiped my face. “I think that we can have designated days or set times when I can spend time with you.”
Maxwell slowly shook his head, and he was doing some sort of motion with his hand. Unfortunately, the hand was still at his side, so I wasn’t sure what the movement was.
Is he wagging his finger?
I blew out a long breath. “And I will make sure that I meet both of your needs—”
Maxwell coughed. “Stop.”
I tensed.
What?
“I have a better idea, Blue.” Giorgio turned his glare to David. “If you cannot make a decision, I will make it for you.”
I raised my eyebrows.
David put his view onto Giorgio. “I was thinking exactly the same thing.”
Then, everything happened fast after that.
Giorgio rushed for David. Maxwell tried to block him, but David twisted around to get Giorgio.
Then, Giorgio tackled David, lifting him fast and slinging him to the floor.
The lit joint flung in the air and fell on the bed right next to me.
Giorgio pummeled David with punches to the face. Skin split. Blood sprayed.
I rushed to put the joint out and screamed, “Guys, please do not!”
Somehow David got away from Giorgio’s attacks and was back on his feet. Maxwell tried to grab them, but they knocked him out the way.
“Yo!” He fell back on my bed.
David seized the opening and kicked Giorgio’s knee caps.
“Ah!” Giorgio fell to the floor.
David pounced on him.
Then, they began wrestling and grappling, their hands grasping at each other’s throats, punching and shoving. Their breathing was hard and unsteady. The scent of sweat and blood rose in the air.
“No! No!” I left the bed and tried to get between them.
Maxwell yanked me back. “Are you crazy? They might kill you.”
“But—”
“What the fuck, Blue?” Maxwell dragged me to the other side of the room.
“I was managing!”
“But, you got to read the room too—”
“I did!”
“You didn’t. These motherfuckers are trying to kill each other!”
Then, the even more unexpected happened.
The Lion and Mouse entered the room, and I cringed in pure embarrassment.
Kazimir roared, “David!”
“Good.” Maxwell left me. “Now I got some help.”
It took several minutes, but Kazimir and Maxwell waded into the middle of the fight, grabbed Giorgio and David who continued to punch at each other, and pulled them apart. Still, they kept hitting as they were being dragged away.
Blood dripped down their faces, chests, and arms. Their clothes were torn. Diamond cufflinks lay on the floor right next to the gold crucifix.
When they were far enough apart that they could no longer reach each other, they kept yelling and shaking their fists.
By then, the Butcher and Louis had entered and began helping with Giorgio. Then, Boris and a few from Harlem Crew came into the room and jumped in the middle.
Fuck.
The room was suffocatingly packed.
Kazimir let go of David. “Enough!”
Everyone stood still and went silent.
Kazimir scowled at David, and then Giorgio. “Do I not have enough going on right now?”
I swallowed.
Kazimir pointed at Maxwell. “I already have one idiot causing me trouble tonight.”
Maxwell muttered, “Yo. Come on, man.”
“Now, you two idiots are fighting over one woman as if there are no other women in this hotel!” Kazimir shouted.
Emily got to his side. “Baby—”
“I will not let any of you keep me in this damned country any longer!” Kazimir rang his fists. “Do you hear me?”
I gulped.
Everyone nodded.
“We leave tomorrow night, even if I have to fucking kill every last one of you!” Kazimir pointed to Giorgio, David, Maxwell, and even Boris. “I will do it. I will fucking put a bullet in all of your hearts!”
Emily rubbed his arm. “Baby.”
Kazimir’s nostrils flared. “You two want to fight over Blue?”
No one responded.
“Then, we will do this Brotherhood style. Yes. That is it.” Kazimir bobbed his head like a mad man. “All the men. Be in the conference room in ten fucking minutes!”
What?
Emily followed him. “What are you all about to do?”
Kazimir stopped her from moving forward. “Only the men, mysh. No women are allowed—”
“What do you mean no women allowed? We need to—”
“I will see you in a few hours.” Kazimir glared at Giorgio and then David. “Come on, idiots! Let us get this over with!”
They shuffled out of the room.
Kazimir pointed to Maxwell. “You too!”
Maxwell frowned. “What the fuck do I need to come for?”
“You think I am going to deal with those bodies?” Rage dotted Kazimir’s face. “You fucking did it. You hide them!”