the gun at her. She shook her head and began to cry.
Unfazed, Wiz asked, “Did you tell them where you were at?”
Treniyah shook her head.
Wiz relaxed and put his gun behind his back. He reassured Treniyah that he wasn’t going to hurt her. He lightly massaged her tense shoulders.
“Please, Mr. Wiz, can you let me go? I promise I won’t tell no one. Your secret’s safe with me.”
The fact that Treniyah knew his name made him even more upset with the body laying on the floor. Now, he knew he couldn’t leave any witnesses. While still massaging her shoulders, Wiz grabbed Treniyah by her throat and choked her. Treniyah panicked and screamed, but Wiz covered her mouth and promised, “Shhh… this will be all over soon.”
He lifted Treniyah off the bed and twisted her head until he heard it pop. Then, Wiz laid her on the bed, grabbed a pillow from under her head, and placed it over her face until her breathing ceased.
Wiz took another pillow case and cleared out the room. He checked Ness’s body and removed his wallet and his cell phone. Next, Wiz took a lighter and burned the tips of Ness’s fingers, so he couldn’t be identified. The only way that could be done was through his dental records. Wiz, however, decided to leave Treniyah’s body alone. He wanted to make sure her family would be able to identify her, but he took a trophy piece with him. Leaving out the room, Wiz stopped by the office and demanded, “Give me the videos from your surveillance.”
“You better get the hell outta my office,” the manager replied as he counted inventory.
“Muthafucka, do it look like I’m playing with you. Give me the fucking videos!”
The manger looked at Wiz. Then, he looked at the gun that Wiz was pointing at him.
“Aye! No need for that,” the man stuttered. “I’ll give you money, anything you want.”
“I don’t want nothing but the videos,” Wiz said.
This time, he walked behind the counter. The office manager jumped back.
“I can’t give them to you because the cameras don’t work. Come. Check it out,” the man said, praying that Wiz would believe him. After he showed Wiz the equipment, Wiz still took the tapes and the recorder just to make sure. Then, he hopped in his 745Li and pushed on.
Wiz wasn’t worried about someone identifying his car because it didn’t have a plate, and it wasn’t registered to him.
Since Nicole remembered exactly where Trent’s G’Mama lived, she got a smoker from around the way to drive her to the Inland Empire. She paid the smoker forty dollars worth of dope, and she assured him an extra twenty in cash if he stayed and waited with her. Nicole thought the best way to get back at Trent was through his pockets. She wasn’t worried about his G’Mama. She could handle her. She just hoped like hell his cousin Brandy didn’t give her too much lip.
Chapter 13
Nicole walked up to the door just as calm as she could and politely knocked on the door. When G’Mama answered, Nicole smiled and said, “Well, hello! How are you?”
G’Mama smiled back and answered, “How may I help you, sweetie?”
“Oh, G’Mama! Remember I came down with Trent the last time, and, since I’m out here visiting my cousin, I thought I would stop by and tell you hi,” Nicole answered sweetly, hoping to win G’Mama over.
“Oh, how sweet of you. Come in. Would you like anything to drink?”
“No, thank you,” Nicole replied. She took a seat on the old ottoman. “Is Brandy around?”
“No, dear. She’s out with my daughter. They won’t be back until tomorrow. They went to Big Bear.” As G’Mama rambled on and on, Nicole knew she had hit a soft spot.
“Any word from Treniyah yet?” she asked.
G’Mama’s eyes watered as she answered, “Nothing yet, sweetheart, but it’s nothing that the good Lord can’t handle. Well, darling. Thanks for stopping by, but G’Mama is late for her bingo. Hope to see you more often.”
Looking through the sliding glass door, Nicole thought of something quick.
“Oh, those roses are beautiful. Did you grow them yourself?” Nicole asked.
Delighted that someone had noticed her handiwork, G’Mama nodded and answered,
“Yes, I did, honey. Took about six months for them to grow,” she answered.
“Do you mind if I take a few home?” Nicole asked.
G’Mama nodded proudly as she escorted Nicole to the backyard. Then, she went back in the house to finish getting ready to go to bingo. Nicole scanned the backyard. She saw some bow cutters by the shed. She also saw that the gate that led to the backyard didn’t have a lock on it, which was good because she didn’t plan on hopping a gate. After cutting a few roses, Nicole went back inside the house and said her goodbyes to Trent’s grandmother. Then, she exited out the house and got back in the car. She advised the smoker to circle the block until Trent’s grandmother left. In five minutes, they watched G’Mama pull off. As soon as she was out of sight, Nicole and the smoker made their way back to the house.
Nicole had the smoker come with her because she didn’t know how to pick locks. She guaranteed him another hot fifty to seal the deal. She looked around, making sure the coast was clear. Once it was okay, they exited the car. Nicole walked around to where the gate led into the backyard. She tried opening it, but it wouldn’t budge. Frantic, Nicole started to sweat. It poured from her forehead as she tried to pry the gate open, but she didn’t have any luck.
“Damn, I could’ve sworn the gate was unlocked,” she said to herself.
The smoker looked at her like she was crazy. Nicole picked up on it instantly.
“I know you want that dope, so why don’t you hop the fence?” she said. “And hurry! Shit!”
The smoker hopped the gate. Then, he tried opening it, but it wouldn’t budge from the inside either. He told Nicole to step away from the gate, so he could kick it open. He kicked the gate one time. It flew open and almost knocked Nicole to the ground. Nicole showed the smoker where the bow cutters were. After he grabbed them, they went inside the shed. Although Trent never told her that he had put money there, she just had a hunch about it.
As they entered the shed, Nicole didn’t know where to begin to look, but she knew time was against her, so she had to think fast. There was just way too much stuff in there: lawn equipment, old furniture, and boxes of different sizes. Nicole scanned the dark shed until she set her eyes on the big trunk with a lock.
“Bingo!” she stated.
She climbed over the debris, helped the smoker over, and told him to break the lock. After several attempts at the chess, the lock finally broke loose. Nicole opened it up, and their eyes widened. It had so much money and dope in it. She picked up one brick and handed it to the smoker.
“Thank you for your time and help. Don’t smoke it all up,” she laughed, knowing that the smoker was going to overdose as soon as he got back to city limits. “Help me put this money in here.”
The smoker did as he was he told. He had never seen that much money or dope in his life. He licked his lips when he saw all the pure white.
“So, what are you gonna do with all this dope?” the smoker asked.
“We’re leaving it. I didn’t come here for that,” she explained.
The smoker looked at her like she was crazy, so he tried his hand with her.
“You know you can make much more money than you have, or I can just take some off your hands,” he said.
Nicole thought for the moment. Then, she grabbed a couple packs and all the money.
“Stop being greedy, muthafucka. You already have one,” she said as she gave him another. “Now, your ass really gonna od off this shit. Let’s get on up outta here.”
Nicole made sure she closed the trunk back and closed the shed up, leaving it the same way they had found it. Then, they left the backyard the same way they had entered. The smoker had to try his hand, at least, once more.