Escape Plan **** Chapter Seventy-Eight

I knew I had to dig deeper if I wanted to find out anything about the man I married, I knew he plotted to kill me, hell, why would he not? On what account was I beneficial to him? I loathed that man but also considered Troy may have had a bigger motive, and looked forward to Nikki arriving and forgetting about that nigga while I had a chance. I could no longer allow my promiscuous nature to influence me as it had, it had almost resulted in being deadly.

I had called Kerri numerous times and didn't understand why she was not answering or returning the calls. It wasn't like her at all to not even respond, we'd parted on decent terms. I erupted with terror as I fretted for her and her son's safety. I was consumed by a moment of truth, Trenton had tracked the car. He had insisted I drive it, he had known I went to Kerri's house and also he had to have known it was parked inside of the garage at the home in Shreveport. Troy had tried to prevent me from driving the car, he knew what was going on! Resentment swept over me and I wondered what kind of games he was playing, again what was his motive?! Why did he pretend he had beef with Trenton? I had seen the Cruz as I laid in the bed parked in Veronica's driveway! What were they plotting? I had been just waiting for them to kill me! I knew Trenton's secret, once more, why would he let me live?! I knew he wanted me dead! I had given him a son so he was satisfied. Troy had to be just as foul as he was and I was in trouble.

It was a peaceful day until Terrica showed up with the drama. Troy had said I should leave out of the room and go outside or just move around, he kept asking to fuck, it had been five days. I couldn't stand that nigga, he claimed he would kill me and I believed he would. I just didn't understand though! What did he have to gain, he had money already?! I knew he had recovered my money that was taken by the police and I needed to know where it was. I had heard him arguing and I wanted that bitch to come inside and distract her man so I could get away! I knew he wouldn't let her inside because I was in there, of course.

As I stood up too fast I became dizzy so I sat back down but I was trying to hear their argument, I would try to collect bits and pieces of information, had she really broken up with him? She was furious and was talking about the police. I damn sure hadn't tried to be the reason if they had called it quits. They argued and as they had she pulled into the driveway. "Man, don't come here with that bullshit, Im telling u, don't make me mad, go be with that nigga..." I recognized that line, Redd had used it when he was guilty. I heard that bitch screaming as she got out of the car, "I'M NOT PLAYING MAKIL! I KNOW U GOT A BITCH IN THERE!" I was pissed, he had dragged me into that billshit! I was a married woman! Well----

Fuck her!

AND HIM!

I was done, totally! I was tired of these killing ass niggas, did they all have to be killers?! These people had power! I knew I would die! All because of Redd! He suddenly ended the call and just stood in the foyer while I watched him from the kitchen. Worry had covered his face momentarily, he then opened the door and walked out. I saw him grab her on his way of the door, and get in on the passenger side of her car, she sat for a moment and then sped around the circle and down the hill. HE LEFT WITH THAT BITCH! I couldn't believe it! I would show his ass! I got up, went to the laundry room and looked for my clothes, I couldn't find them anywhere! I had on Troy's Polo pajama's and a KU T-shirt, panties, no bra. I put on his hat and planned my escape. I was so nervous and knew Nikki would not be there until the weekend but I had to leave while I had a chance. I was dizzy, I hadn't taken any medication in months but it was a different dizziness. I sat back down, was I sick, did I have AIDS? I thought back to the last time I had gotten tested.

I didn't know how long Troy would be gone but knew I needed to use the time wisely, I was fed up with his fake ass! I didn't have much to take and after looking for my clothes and not knowing where to look for my keys and handbag I said fuck it. I knew I would have to tread down the hill to the highway and looked at the sandals I had worn hoping I didn't slide. The grandfather clock chimed 6 o' clock and scared the shit out of me as I stood under under it contemplating running out of the door. If I left I knew I could not go back. I started to text Troy to see where he was but decided against it. He left with that bitch, fuck him! I took a deep breath and headed toward the front door. As I opened it I thought about it, I didn't have the ledger! I turned around while wondering who I could call, also noticing I didn't have my charger, it still hung in the wall. I grabbed it before opening the drawer and picking up the black ledger. I admired her neat handwriting before reading the context, it's bind creaked as I parted the pages. It was rather creepy reading the ink written words of a dead woman, but no creepier than sleeping in her bed.

There were T accounts, and account numbers from various sources, along with names, several of them. The name Martin Poindexter stood out, it was among the list of names except it had been written in red. Where had I heard that name? I closed the ledger knowing I had heard that name before! I was clueless as to where, but had a gut feeling he was of some importance, my teachers had written all of my F's in red. I saw a bottle of Xanax that was half full, prescribed to her and a razor that seemed to have had dried blood on its blade. I cringed. That bitch was sick!

I had laid in that bed for weeks and rearranged the letters on a Balenciaga box, the words balance had stood out. I'd also found gainable and determined I needed gainable balance, but what the fuck was it? I walked toward the closet and stood behind the door as I opened it to look inside of the box. I'd found a phone, an empty gun and a small brown envelope with a key inside. I decided against taking the gun but took the phone and key, I wondered what it unlocked and who the phone belonged to.

I'd seen a Stella McCartney wedding gown and wondered if she had found out it had all been a hoax. She had lost her life and I refused to lose mine! I glanced toward the window to ensure it was safe to still leave and as I walked toward the ajar front door I heard the Nissan's engine revving up the hill, she was pissed the fuck off! I could not see through the tint but knew I had been seen trying to leave, I'd stood at the open door in Troy's Lakers cap. Fuck!

I slowly backed away and was somewhat glad she had seen me, I didn't know why. I ran into the room and put the ledger back in the drawer along with the key and phone. Maybe it he was preoccupied, he hadn't seen me, I thought. I went back down the hall and into the room praying there was a slight chance he really hadn't seen me. I heard the car door close and waited for the it to leave, but it didn't drive away. Troy then stormed inside angry with his feet muddy. WHAT THE FUCK? WHERE WAS TERRICA? Was she waiting on him? She could have him!

"MAN STOP FUCKING PLAYING WITH ME! TAKE THAT SHIT OFF!"

"NO! U CAN'T KEEP ME HERE!" He snatched his hat off my head, threw it and grabbed me by the shoulders to get my attention. "Look at me!" I was crying, he paused---perhaps he saw I was scared, he let me go. I knew niggas would do anything to protect their relationships, I was just a side bitch and didn't trust him at all. He then put his hand on my belly. Yea right nigga! He was not being himself, he looked—-scared, I wondered what the bitch had done to him! I snatched the hat from the floor and put it back on.

I turned to walk away and he grabbed me again, this time by the arm, "Take that hat off!" he said before snatching it again. This time he rubbed the scar on my head. I walked to the bed and sat down, "I'll tell u what's going on, but—- man just trust me!" he said before taking off the Jordan's he'd worn. I sat on the bed thinking to myself I should have known he would come right back and knew he would never give me the whole truth. "Tell me what to do! What the fuck do I need to do! Girl u better stop PLAYING WITH ME! WHY U KEEP TRYING TO LEAVE?"

"U SAID I COULD LEAVE!"

He was tripping!

I wasn't trying to argue with that clown! He had me fucked up!

"Ok. Leave then. U don't wanna leave me! Stop acting like u do!

He walked to the door, opened it and stood in front of it. "COME ON!" He yelled.

Well, in that case...

I got up and walked toward the foyer, he held the door handle, I could still see the black Nissan, and there WAS NOONE INSIDE!

"Um, u---u know what? See, I'm good. Now---now, where Ima go? I was just playing. U know I ain't got—-."

I hadn't known where she was and if she was in the car, she was in THE TRUNK! I knew first hand 15 minutes was enough time to kill a bitch and be back at home. I could see his temples pulsating, but he hadn't looked like he had done anything violent! He was an 11 though, so that meant nothing! My thoughts deterred briefly, why had Trenton even told me that shit! HE DIDN'T EVEN LOVE ME!!

I turned around and went back to my cell.

He closed the door, ran and grabbed me around my waist, I knew killing bitches made him horny but he could tell I was shaken. "U don't wanna leave me, tell the truth."

How did he figure that was true! He had basically abducted me, why would I still like him? I wanted my family, my babies were with Pam and I missed---

PAM! Pam knew who Martin Poindexter was, she had his dick in the phone she had given me! I had seen Martin's dick! Oh. my. God.

Who was he? I needed to look thoroughly inside of the ledger, and why would Pam have---she had mentioned him a few times.

Well, she had quite a few dicks. Troy removed my shoes and took off his T-Shirt. He definitely wasn't leaving no time soon, Oh Lord!

I looked at the hat where it laid and watched him nervously, I knew he would kill my ass out of confusion. Retarded bastard! What the fuck was he waiting on, just get it over with!!!?

My heart pounded, he offered me food, I declined. "U GOTTA EAT WHAT THE FUCK U TRYING TO DO?! EAT!"

Tell me! What is going on?!!! No I don't want food for your bastard child!

"Ok, fuck it, lets go."

Unh unnnh.

Please tell me.

I sat there and ignored everything he said and analyzed the whole situation. He wasn't telling me shit.

"---tell u, u gotta promise me u wont leave! Fuck! I didn't even wanna be part of that shit! Nigga said my mama had a debt with him, I ain't got time to be at war with that dude!"

I didn't know why but I had sympathized for him. I wanted to see inside of his phone, he kept that bitch clamped tight. I was so afraid as he spoke, where was Terrica!!!

"—-even listening to me??!"

He done killed the bitch! She had to be close, I knew it! It's a grave yard in this Cul de Sac! I told Deidre we were fucked! I knew he was too damn black to trust and—-he made me sick!

"—-fuck it, I can't even get through to yo ass! U fucking silly! U keep trying to leave that nigga is close! On my mama he better not come back here, ion owe that nigga shit! What he had going on with my mama—-"

—-think we supposed to keep fucking him Deidre, I should have listened to u, my bad, but u said it was good too. Fuck him he gone kill us again—-

"—-kill me too. Get the blunt. Why u pulling your—-"

—-call Pam but she ain't shit neither. We should kill that bitch too.

"Girl u ok? FUCK THIS!"

—-text Nikki and tell her to come now!

I was so distraught and weak, I refused to eat and practiced drowning daily. Kerri wouldn't even answer, I knew she was afraid! What had I done!

I had been so afraid of water as a child, I conquered that fear and had recently wanted to—-drown.

Daddy had been baptizing in the country, we searched for the apples, didn't find them but could smell them close by. I had saw something that frightened me so bad and peed, I knew mama would have been so angry! I got in the lake as she always made me do but that day as the fireworks went off someone held me down, they were so strong—-how had I forgot about that? They had left me...but—-was I dead? Who pulled me out? Did Kerri? She wasn't even wet! Mama was still mad, "U had a seizure because u were being fast! Those boys don't want nothing but what's between your legs!" Daddy said.

I think I must have wanted to know if it was true. I needed to talk to Kerri! Who pulled me out of that lake? Someone had held me down, I was so scared. She had to remember.

Troy stood in front of me. "——T married a bitch from Texas and paid Christy to get close to Tobias so she could kill her, I hit that bitch and missed when I saw Mojo Poncho and KC lurking, them niggas meant business on some abduction shit looking for yo nigga but that ain't even whassup no more, real nigga shit. Fuck that basic shit, I need M's. I couldn't even believe that bitch lived!"

Go ahead...

"When she killed T ex wife shit got outta hand, Twan told me and B to look out for u if something went down, he knew he was next, he couldn't come up with the money, his Daddy robbed him and disappeared. T told that nigga if he didn't give him that money he was gone do him in, blood or not."

I wanted to just die.

"U fucked that nigga face off!"

How the fuck?

"Christy sent her bitch Symone to kill u that nigga sister, somebody did that hoe dirty!—-I mean, anyway yo nigga was dumb smart as fuck that's another story though, but Rell had it coming, he had fucked up, he told Redd soft ass everything! And it's crazy as shit, yo ass was all over the news! I said that's down ass bitch! T was mad somebody fucked Rell off too! I mean I would have but, don't matter."

The ash on the blunt was becoming longer and longer.

"T couldn't do the licks no more, then them niggas got greedy and hit for 3 mill, they were just some crooked ass cops and when my nigga B sent Twan he knew T was waiting to fuck u off. That nigga ain't even know how much u knew after u got with Twan, he had to wait and see. I guess u didn't know shit. I told B that's a fine ass bitch, he said u had a fat ass pussy!"

I hated that high ass nigga.

"He said she crazy as fuck tho! I just thought u were slow."

I wanted to kill that muthafucka!

"U owe me though."

"But say, um check this out. After my brother Goat got fucked off fucking with Christy I had to kill that bitch. That bitch, just—-missing I guess, no body no murder. Bitch can quit while she a head now. Ha! U know what?"

Fuck u!

"I followed her to the hospital the day she followed u as a matter of fact—-

WHAT?

"That child porn ass police though, what's his name? She sent him to kill yo nigga, the bitch had power. U behead bitches like that. What's funny is a bitch can be brilliant though and not have common sense. She was slow, but how bout u?"

Bitch, it's time to go...