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Nikki said, shrugging her shoulders.
    â€œLet’s go. I’ll give you the rest,” Sierra said standing up and walking off the porch.
    â€œY’all hurry back,” Nikki called out as me and Sierra made our way down the walk.
    â€œOkay,” I responded.
    â€œI can’t believe Nikki might be pregnant again,” Sierra said shaking her head as we headed to the store.
    â€œI know, man, damn. She already got three kids. I don’t know what she gon’ do.”
    â€œI’ll tell you one thing she needs to do and that’s stop fuckin’.” Sierra laughed.
    â€œTrue.” I laughed too, but as soon as we turned the corner my smile quickly faded as I watched the police handcuffing Miguel, Budz, and another nigga named Vomo.
    â€œWhat the fuck?” I frowned as me and Sierra took off running to see what was going on with my brother and his dude. “What’s goin’ on?” I asked one of the arresting officers.
    â€œMa’am, I’m gon’ need you step back,” he said, throwing his arm out.
    â€œI ain’t goin’ no muthafuckin’ where until I find out what’s goin’ on wit’ my brother,” I snapped off.
    â€œCome on, Blu,” Sierra said grabbing me by my arm.
    â€œGet the fuck off me,” I said, snatching away from her.
    â€œMa’am, step the fuck back before we take you right along with ’em,” another officer intervened.
    â€œI don’t give a fu—”
    â€œBlu, be the fuck quiet,” Budz yelled, cutting me off in midsentence.
    â€œWhat’s goin’ on?” I asked Budz as tears filled my eyes. Even though me and my brother didn’t get along all the time, it still hurt me to see him getting arrested.
    â€œJust go home and tell yo’ momma to come down to the station ASAP and bond Miguel out and I’ll pay her back when I touch down,” Budz said in a demanding tone.
    â€œWhat about you?” I asked as the tears fell.
    â€œI’m not gettin’ out no time soon, sis, so just go do what I told you to do,” he instructed before they shoved him into the back of the police cruiser.
    I looked over at Miguel one last time before hurrying home to tell my momma what had just gone down at the corner store.

    â€œWhat the fuck you mean they got arrested?” my mom jumped up off the couch and yelled frantically. “What they do?”
    â€œI don’t know. All I know is they was bein’ handcuffed when me and Sierra turned the corner,” I said.
    â€œDamn, I wonder if they was clean,” my mom said as she paced through the living room.
    â€œI don’t know,” I answered even though she wasn’t asking me. “Budz said come down and bond Miguel out ASAP and he’ll pay you back soon as he gets out,” I said.
    â€œI got money comin’ over. I don’t got time to be sittin’ down at that damn police station all night fuckin’ wit’ yo’ brother,” my mom snapped off.
    â€œI can handle yo’ business while you gon’, Momma,” I said, surprising myself and her.
    My momma looked at me as if I were crazy. “Yeah, right,” she finally said. “You might fuck my money up and then I’ma hafta fuck you up!”
    â€œI think she can handle it, Stacey,” Troy added.
    I looked over at Troy and smiled.
    My momma thought for a brief minute before giving in. “Okay, come on,” she said leading me into the kitchen. She pulled the Epsom salt box from under the cabinet before walking over to the cabinet over the stove and pulling out a box of Fruit Loops and a bag of sugar and placing them on the counter. “Okay, now if somebody comes with $125 you give them a quarter ounce outta the Epsom Salt carton. If they come with twenty dolla’s give them something out of the Fruit Loop box, and if they got fifty dolla’s give them something from the bag of sugar,