planned for so long.”
Kendra shook her. She didn’t want to hear what she was saying.
“Think about it. How do you think Wiz knew so much about you? You didn’t meet him by chance. It was because it was all set up. Everything was a part of your sister’s wicked plan.” After hearing this, Kendra turned the gun on her sister, ready for whatever.
“Kendra, you’re gonna believe an outside bitch over your own sister? What type of shit is that?” Nia asked like she was concerned.
Kendra didn’t know who to believe. She loved her sister dearly, but something deep inside told her not to be a fool. Kendra oscillated the gun between Nia and Nicole, not knowing whom to believe. Nia used the opportunity to try and wrestle it away from her sister. She reached for the gun, but Kendra snatched it from her sister’s grasp. Punches were thrown. Kendra caught Nia off guard, catching her with a left hook, but it seemed like that punch didn’t faze Nia because she came back full throttle.
“Bitch, you’re no match for me! You better recognize,” Nia said, head butting her.
This made the gun fly out of Kendra’s hand. It landed by Nicole. The blow made Kendra dizzy. She doubled back. She was not ready to let her sister win. Kendra charged like a raging bull. She threw punches that landed all over her sister’s body, but Nia’s punches were quick and vicious. Both sisters were getting the best of each other. Neither was backing away or trying to go down. All that could be heard was heavy breathing and the occasional “bitch this” and “bitch that”. Nicole jumped out the way and grabbed the gun that was hiding underneath the couch and fired shots in the air.
Kendra and Nia stopped fighting to see what was going on. Nicole stood there, pointing the gun at them. She had control of the situation, so she started making demands.
“Sit the fuck down now!”
Kendra and Nia both took their time to sit. Kendra was contemplating her getaway. Nicole lit her blunt and took a hit, inhaling the smoke deep in her lungs before releasing it in the air. “I swear y’all bitches is dumb and dumber. Nia, what makes you think I’mma split ten million with you?” Nicole asked.
Kendra’s eyes widened. She never knew that Wiz was holding that much in the safe. Kendra knew that she had to turn the tables back around. She needed to gain full control. Nicole approached Kendra with the gun in her hands.
“Remember. Payback is a bitch,” she said, slapping Kendra across the face with the blunt still in her hand. “How does that shit feel to you?”
Kendra spit in Nicole’s face.
“Stupid-ass bitch,” Nicole said with a sinister smile on her face.
“Stupid?” Kendra asked.
“Here I am with the gun and the loot. So, ask yourself who’s stupid?”
She sat down in a chair opposite Nia and Kendra. She continued to smoke her blunt and laugh.
Chapter 19
“Fuck this. It was my plan in the first place, and I’ll be damned if I’mma let this bitch try and switch up on me now,” Nia said.
She got off the couch and attempted to wrestle the gun away from Nicole. Kendra slid out the room and went to the back of the house in search of Marcos’ gun. The match between Nia and Nicole only lasted for five minutes, but, to Kendra, it lasted forever. She found the box that contained the gun. Then, she heard a boom followed by a big thump. Kendra froze in the spot where she was at. She wasn’t sure if it was her sister or Nicole that had gotten shot. She knew she wasn’t going to find out.
“Kendra, where are you? No need to hide. Come out! Come out! Wherever you are,” Nia stated.
Kendra rose from her hiding space and came face to face with her sister. She stood for a minute before speaking.
“You hate me that much that you’re willing to kill me?” Kendra asked, holding back her tears.
“Aww. It’s not personal, boo, just business, and I’m keeping my part of the deal,” Nia cocked the gun and aimed it at her sister.
Kendra’s life flashed before her eyes. She saw when she first was introduced to Starlight, her rendezvous with Bigg Boss, and how she met Trent. Kendra smiled at the thought, at how she had given Trent a hard time. After that night, they became inseparable. Kendra also thought about how she had not finished school and gotten fired.
All these thoughts transpired in her mind. Kendra finally spoke as she came out of her daze. She said, “Remember when we were little kids and Dad killed Uncle Chuck for trying to mess around with you?”
“What the fuck does that have to do with anything, Ken?” Nia said, shifting from one foot to the other. “Bitch, stop stalling and get to the fucking point.”
Marcos sat in the driveway of his home. He was pissed. He had grinded all day, but for what? Marcos noticed a key lying next to the porch. The word MARRIOT stood out. Marcos never thought nothing of it, but his curiosity had his mind going. It wasn’t until he heard the noise that he got out the car and ran into the house. There was a trail of blood leading from the living room towards his room. Marcos panicked. He reached behind his back, taking out his heat. Creeping up, he wasn’t sure what was in store for him, but he was prepared.
“All this for ten million dollars! What about Marcos?” Kendra asked.
Her eyes widened. Nicole was standing behind Nia with a butcher knife. Before Kendra could warn her sister, Nicole plunged the knife deep into Nia’s back. Nia let out one last shot that caught Kendra in the shoulder. Nicole was still stabbing Nia when Marcos shot her in the back of her head. Her body slumped over on Nia as her soul left her body. Marcos walked over to Nia with tears in his eyes. He kneeled beside her.
“I loved you more than life itself,” Marcos cried out.
Nia managed to whisper, “I once loved you, but it was always business. You tried to make it personal.”
Nia weakly held the gun in her hand and tried to fire it at Marcos, but her body was too weak.
“Well, you would understand that this is both business and personal,” Marcos said, firing the last shot between her eyes. Marcos walked over to where Kendra was lying with her hand covering her shoulder.
“Where did you get hit at?” Marcos asked.
Kendra pointed to her shoulder. Marcos grabbed a shirt from his closet. He tied it around Kendra’s shoulder and arm, creating a makeshift cast. Marcos helped Kendra to her feet.
“We need to get you to a hospital,” Marcos insisted, but Kendra declined.
She walked into her room and grabbed anything that might link her to being in the house. She left all the items her sister had bought with the exception of the Gucci bags; she wasn’t fool enough to leave them behind.
Marcos helped Kendra to the car. “Wait in the old parking lot for ten minutes. If I’m not out by then, meet me at the Marriot in Ocean Gate,” Marcos said, handing Kendra the key that he had picked up off the floor. The room number was seven-fourteen. Kendra frowned. She was hesitant to leave Marcos.
“Trust me, Ken. I’ll be okay. Go on before someone sees us,” Marcos said, trying to sound convincing. Kendra started the car.
“Please hurry,” Kendra begged Marcos.
He hit the top of the car with his hand and gesture for her to leave. Marcos ran back inside the house to make sure that Nia and Nicole were dead. He then grabbed the gun off the floor and threw it in a bag. He dragged both bodies to the basement.
