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me,” she capped back. “I was just calling to see what was up for tonight.”
    â€œI mean, what you wanna do? You know I’m down for whatever,” Tone told her.
    â€œI think I wanna go out tonight, so put on your dancing shoes and come pick me up tonight.”
    â€œSay no more. I got you. I’ll see you in about two hours.”
    â€œA’ight, I’ll be waiting.”
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    Maine pulled up to the projects and double-parked his car on the ave and hopped out with his hoodie on, one hand tucked in his pocket. He wasn’t there to play no games, and couldn’t wait to teach this street punk they called Gruff a lesson he would never forget. Immediately he walked straight up to Li’l Man. “What’s good? Gruff still out here?”
    â€œYou just missed him,” Li’l Man said with a smirk on his face.
    â€œSomething funny?”
    â€œNah, I’m just saying ... what you looking for Gruff for? That nigga looked like he just killed ten people.”
    Maine gave Li’l Man a comical look. He thought he sounded like a bitch. “So what? You his cheerleader now?”
    â€œNah, I’m just saying, I did time with him back in the day, and he a cool-ass nigga.”
    â€œLet me ask you a question”—Maine stepped in Li’l Man’s face—“Gruff putting money in ya fuckin’ pocket?”
    â€œNah, it’s not even—”
    Maine quickly stole on the li’l nigga, knocking him out with one punch. “Bum-ass nigga,” he mumbled as he stepped over Li’l Man’s body and hopped back in his whip. “I’m tired of playing with these niggas,” he said to nobody in particular as he headed over to the crib of one of Tone’s workers to go pick up some paper that he owed.
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    â€œYou not leaving out this house another night until you tell me what’s going on,” Mya said, standing in front of the door so Tone couldn’t leave.
    â€œWhat is you talking about?” Tone huffed. He knew sooner or later this moment was going to come. “Move out the way.”
    â€œFuck you!” Mya spat, not budging. “You done been out to the wee hours in the morning for the past three days, you gon’ tell me something.”
    â€œOkay, okay. I been kicking it with this chick for the last three days.”
    Mya smirked as she threw her hair in a raggedy ponytail. “You been doing what?” She charged him, swinging.
    Tone grabbed Mya’s arms and wrestled her down to the floor and sat on top of her. “Chill.”
    â€œAll the shit we done been through, and you out with another bitch?” Mya growled, struggling to get up off the floor.
    â€œListen!” Tone yelled in her face. “I have to spend time with her. Her father is a big-time cat, and we just need her to feel comfortable with me so she can plug me in, that’s all.”
    â€œWho the fuck is ‘we’?”
    â€œMy pops.”
    â€œHe always getting you in some shit. Why the fuck can’t you ever tell him no?” Mya asked, tears escaping from her eyes. She hated Tone’s father, who was always influencing him to do some dumb shit. If it wasn’t one thing, it was another.
    â€œBaby, this shit is only gonna take two weeks, I promise you.”
    â€œWhat about us?”
    â€œWhat you mean?” Tone asked, confused.
    â€œWe just got engaged the other day. How you just gonna be fuckin’ with another woman? Did you even take the time out to think about how I would feel?” Mya didn’t wait for him to reply before she added, “If I was out for two weeks with another man, how the fuck would you feel?”
    â€œListen, I gotta do what I gotta do, point-blank. This is too much money to pass up on.”
    â€œOh, so now you a prostitute? ’Cause a prostitute will do anything for money, so I guess you a prostitute.”
    Tone sighed loudly as he