After dropping the safe, Zoo come back with an upper cut. The force from the blow made Marcos fall backwards.

“Mi told yuh, mi friend. Yuh don’t know what yuh was getting yuh self into. Yuh killed mi brother and mi must kill yuh,” Zoo said with fire in eyes.

He lunged for Marcos while he was still laid out on the floor. Zoo was throwing powerful punches, beating Marcos unconscious. The gun flew from Marcos’s hand and landed at in the entrance of their room.

Zoo kept pounding the defenseless Marcos. Kendra watched in horror and confusion. She couldn’t believe her eyes. The man that had helped her was the same man that was pounding on the only other man who had ever helped her. Still weak, Kendra struggled to pick the gun off the floor and, as tears filled her eyes, she pulled the trigger. Bullets flew wildly. At least two struck Zoo in his back and neck, but Zoo continued to pound on Marcos’s lifeless body. He was unaware of the bullets that had rippled through his body as Kendra crept up on Zoo. Then, she shot him in the back of his head execution style.

After the smoke cleared, Kendra leaned down to check Marcos’s pulse. It was very faint. She looked at his body and cried as she caressed his face.

“Why, Lord, why?” Kendra cried.

She knew it wouldn’t be much longer before people started appearing in the halls. Kendra said a silent prayer. Then, she ran back into the room to grab her purse. She wasn’t sure where her strength had come from, but she knew she had to get up and get out. Running towards the door, Kendra stumbled over the safe.

“Fuck!” Kendra exclaimed. She looked down at the safe and contemplated whether to take it or not. She used the wall to help lift herself up. After catching her breath, she tried to lift up the safe, but she found it too difficult to carry, so she used her feet to roll it out.

“Oh, Lord! Please help me find the strength,” Kendra prayed aloud.

She got her answer when saw a teenager by the stairwell. The teenager asked if she needed help. At first, she was hesitant, but she thought against it. She directed the teenager down to the first floor. Once they made it to the lobby, Kendra prepped the teen on what to say if they were stopped. Safely, they made it to her car. Kendra fumbled through her purse for her keys. She was just about to give up when the teenager dangled the keys in front of her.

“You dropped them before I picked this up,” the boy stated.

Kendra thanked him as she unlocked the doors and opened the back door. After she was squared away, she grabbed two hundred dollars out of her purse, handed it to him, and said, “Thank you once again.”

Kendra got inside her car, started the ignition, and was on her way.

ONE YEAR LATER

Kendra woke up to the rays of the morning sun and the birds chirping, singing their song. She got out the bed and stretched. She went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. She was loving life in San Antonio, Texas. What more could life bring her? A knock on the door broke her thoughts.

Kendra yelled, “I’m coming! One second!”

She wasn’t sure who was on the other end. As soon as Kendra opened the door, she noticed a cart outside the room. She looked down the hall and saw a man walking away. Kendra tried calling out to the man.

“Excuse me. I didn’t order any room service,” she said, but the man never turned around. He kept walking. Kendra shrugged her shoulders and picked up the tray from the cart and carried it inside the room. The aroma smelled so good. Kendra sat on the bed and opened up the lid. There on the plate were omelets, bacon, sausage, and toast and a tall pitcher of orange juice. Kendra picked up the glass and emptied all of contents into her stomach. She noticed some tulips on the side and a card. She sat back on the bed and read the card: YOU TOOK SOMETHING FROM ME. NOW, I MUST TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU. ENJOY YOUR MEAL. P.S. DEATH HAS VENGEANCE, AND I MUST GET REVENGE-THE DIRTIEST REVENGE!

Kendra didn’t understand the card, but she quickly knocked the tray to the floor. Just in case the food was laced with poison, she ran to the bathroom and looked through her medicine cabinet. Paranoia sat in the walls, and they started closing in on her. And she could have sworn her heart stopped beating. Sweat poured down her face. Kendra tried to reach for the sink, but she missed it and fell flat on the floor.

She tried calling for help, but her words never came out. Kendra closed her eyes and prayed to her heavenly father. When she opened her eyes, she thought her mind was playing tricks on her. She reached out for the woman’s hand, but she just sat there and watched her suffer. Kendra started coughing and foaming at the mouth. The woman pulled the gun from behind her back and said, “It was never personal. It was always business.”

Wiz’s mother pulled the trigger and put Kendra out of her misery.

Kendra never thought that Wiz’s mother would find her.

Mrs. Davis watched Kendra take her last breath. She grabbed the money bag out of the closet. Then, she walked out the room and never looked back.

Cha'Bella Don

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