didn’t load them, but I will show you how. All you have to do is pop this up and the chamber will open. You take these bullets and load it.” He opened up a box with bullets and inserted them in the chamber of the gun. “Pop this clip and it will close back up. I want you to keep it on safety at all times, loaded or not, OK? Both guns are clean, so if you get caught with them, all you have to say is that you found them. That’s it.”
“ Got ya. You don’t even have to worry about that. Lester didn’t raise no damn snitches,” I reminded him. “Thank you so much Big Nick. But I have one more favor to ask you.”
“ What’s that, baby girl?” he asked with sincerity in his voice.
“ My dad can’t know about this. Could you please not tell him?” I begged.
“ Mya, I don’t know if I should keep this from him. I just gave his baby girl two Rugers. How can I not mention it? He’ll be pissed,” he tried to explain.
“ I know I am asking a lot, but this will only worry him if he knows I have guns. He’ll be worried that Li’l Bo is going get them and do some stupid shit. On my last visit I told him about how Li’l Bo is ready to get in the streets and hustle. So if he knows I have these guns he’ll worry about Li’l Bo. Please, Nick, just don’t tell him,” I continued to beg. I let my thick eyelashes flutter up and down. It used to make my dad give in. Maybe it would have some effect on Big Nick.
“ All right, I won’t tell him, but if your mom catches you with these guns you can’t tell her you got them from me. Because if you do, the first thing she will do is tell your dad.”
“ I promise,” I said before giving Big Nick a hug. “Thanks, Big Nick. I have to get going before my mom starts worrying. She didn’t see me this morning before I left. Lately she turns into a real bitch if I make her mad, so I don’t feel like pissing her off today,” I said while bending down putting one of the guns in a clip on my right ankle. I had brought it along with me. I put the other gun in my waist.
“ Wow,” Big Nick said with a shocked look on his face as he watched me suit up with my Rugers. “You came prepared, huh? I was going to give you this gun case.” He pointed to a black case on the pool table next to where the guns had been resting.
“ I can’t take that on the bus. It would bring too much attention, especially to those who can’t wait to rob and take advantage of a young girl alone on a bus.”
“ You’re a thinker just like your dad.” Big Nick smiled. “Go on and get back before your mom misses you. Call me if you need me.”
I headed out the door back toward the elevator where the attendant was waiting to take me down to the main floor. I couldn’t help but think, Damn, it must be nice to live like this .
Chapter 12
“ Hertz rent a car,” the lady at the sales counter answered the phone with a snide attitude. “Hold for just for a moment. I’ll transfer you to my supervisor.”
“ May I help you?” she said, giving me a look like I was wasting her time as she hung up the phone.
“ Yes.” I stepped up to the counter. “I’m here to rent a car.”
“ Do you have a reservation?”
“ No.”
“ Without a reservation I have to check to see if we have anything available.” She started typing on the computer in front of her. “Yes, looks like we have a Ford Taurus available. How long will you need the vehicle?”
“ Just till tomorrow,” I replied quickly.
“ OK. Well, I will need your driver’s license and a credit card to set this rental up.” She kind of stared me up and down like she was trying to figure me out.
Credit card. I started to get nervous. I had a fake driver’s license that Rochelle had made for me to get in the club, but a credit card I didn’t have nor could I get legally. Thankfully I had called first to find out what all I needed so I gave
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