I heard my cell phone ring in the house but I was too busy staring at Wood and hearing his conversation replay in my head to move. He flipped the phone shut and turned to me and all I could think to say was, “Unprotected?” Now, tables are turned, man, and I’m takin’ care of your shit.” She’s got that f**kin’ posse here who keep tabs on you and always have so you knew this was gonna happen. You shoulda planned for this eventuality. You know her, Christ, Tate, you know her better ‘n anyone. I also ain’t gonna stand aside ‘cause you’re in f**kin’ Texas, Neeta’s in town and Laurie’s un-fuckin’-protected. “Unlike you, brother, your woman’s sleepin’ in your bed, I ain’t gonna make a move. So, way I see it, all you got is me.” He listened a moment then bit his lip in a scary way before he spoke again.
Neeta is what Neeta is because of Pop so I’m not f**kin’ askin’ him and you’d be a f**kin’ fool to do it. Then he said into the phone in a way that sounded like the words were dragged out of him, “Seems like all you got is me.” His neck straightened, his hand dropped and his body got as tight as his mouth before he went on, “Bubba’s useless and you and I know it.
I watched his mouth get tight as I watched him lift his hand to the back of his neck and squeeze.
This went on for several moments before he said, “Deke’s out?” Then a whispered, “Fuck.”
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