Cola shouted, “He tried to kill me! He has a gun!”

  Police officers pulled their weapons and dragged him out of the car, cuffed him and laid him on the ground. Cola yelled, “He put a gun to my head! He got a gun!”

  This gave the officers consent to check out his car and low and behold they found 2 kilos of raw coke under the seat. Sinister was sure he didn’t hear them say they found drugs in his truck. Sinister never had drugs on him, and 2 kilos, “Oh this got to be a plant!” He thought. “THIS IS A SET UP! THOSE ARE NOT MY DRUGS!” Sinister shouted. As he passed her, she glared at him with a sly smile and lifeless eyes. At that moment, he knew who had set him up! BUT WHY?

  ~~~~

  Sinister was hauled off to jail, after finger prints and mug shot were taken, he finally got his one phone call. He wasn’t too worried because he had the best defense attorney in Michigan on retainer, he called the club knowing that it was too late for the club to still be open but too early for everyone to be gone. The call was accepted but the voice on the phone was Lt. Niles, head of DPD Narcotics Department. Sinister hung up the phone, the club was being raided. Every cop in Detroit knew Sinister, they all frequented his club when they were off duty. They often turned a blind eye on the illegal activity in the club because Sinister would have one of the girls take care of them, but now that the big boys were involved he wasn’t sure how much weight that would carry.

  Sinister was interrogated for hours. They would ask him questions about the drugs that were found in his car and offer deals to give up his connect. Sinister just snickered and ask for a lawyer, there was no way he was giving up his connect, he would surely be a dead man. Waiting for his arraignment the next day he consulted with his lawyer Edward Abbelstein who wasn’t giving him the best news. He informed Sinister all his assets had been frozen being that they have evidence that his money was ill gotten.

  His lawyer explained, “They found 2,000 grams of uncut cocaine in your presence that carried natural life in Michigan, they retained warrants to search the club but didn’t find anything there and is on their way to search your home as we speak!” Harold smiled inside thinking that they didn’t find his private room, he knew he had at least $1.2 million and $3 million buried under his rose garden next to his patio, Sinister knew he was going to do some times but if he could get out on bail he would flee the country.

  “Ok. Ok, do you think I have a chance to get out on bail?” Sinister’s mind was ticking away at a plan.

  “Well its possible they won’t consider you a flight risk because they froze your assets, so it’s possible.” Edward sounded hopeful. “But we do have one other situation.” Abbelstein said rubbing his bald spot.

  Sinister looked up and said “Lay it on me Man!”

  Abbeistein blew out, “The gun they found in your possession, that’s a mandatory 2 years.” Mr. Abbelstein scrolled through the paper work while he waited for Sinister to take it all in. Abbelstein continued, “But tell me Harold when they search your home, is there anything we should be worried about?” Sinister leaned back in his chair and told him his house was as clean as a whistle.

  Abbelstein closed the folder, “Our last order of business is payment, with your assets being frozen when should I expect a check, I’m on retainer but if this goes to trial I need to know when will I get paid?”

  Sinister sucked his teeth, “Imm get you yo money Man, just get me out of here!”

  Just when he said that the prosecuting attorney came in and busted his bubble of confidents, they had found two more kilos of cocaine in his front coat closet. Sinister jumped up, “THAT’S A DAMN LIE! THIS SHIT IS A PLANT!” Mr. Abbelstein put his hand up for him not to say another word.

  The Prosecutor smirk at Sinister and said, “We got you by the balls, Boy!” leaving the room.

  Mr. Abbelstein knew he had a fight on his hands, he rubbed his bald head and said, “Let me find out what this is about and I will see you tomorrow at the arraignment!” Abbelstein said as he left the room. Sinister was granted a phone call, he needed to get in touch with someone to get Abbelstein some money and pay his bail, he called Le-Lo. He told Le-lo to go get the extra key that he had taped behind a picture on his wall and go into his secret room and get $100,000 for Abbelstein and take it to him and he will let him know what his bail amount was tomorrow. The next day Abbelstein came in a little earlier to have a sit down with Sinister and go over everything. Abbelstein informed Sinister that a payment was not made to him in the last 24 hours. Abbelstein allowed him to use his phone to call Le-lo.

  “Hello!” Le-lo answered. “Nigga I asked you to do me a solid and get that money to my attorney?”Sinister yelled.

  Le-lo not liking Sinister’s tone said, “Hey Sin, I did what you said, but there is no money in that room.”

  “WHAT DA FUCK YOU MEAN IT AINT NO MONEY?” Wait a minute where is Chucky?” Sinister questioned.

  “I haven’t seen him in about two days, I figured he was on a run or something.” LeLo said.

  Sinister not having time at the moment, he figured he would deal with that once he was out. “Ok, I will deal with that later, this is what I need you to do….” Sinister explained in code where he needed Le-lo to start digging, how much money to take out for Abbelstein and to wait for his call on the bail amount. He told Le-lo his would tear him off nicely if he could take care of this. “I’m counting on you Le-lo, you the only one I can trust!” Sinister hung up. Sinister started pacing wondering what happened to his money. He started punching his hand with his fist vowing to kill Chucky when he got out.

  Sinister was denied bond because he was still considered a flight risk. The judge knew of Sinister’s activities and figured that he had a stash of money regardless that his assets were frozen. Sinister waived his preliminary hearing so the judge gave him a date for a pre-trial.

  Sinister called Le-lo once he got out of court and didn’t get an answer. He called again throughout the day and still, no answer. He figured he was out handling things and decided to wait till morning. The next morning, he called his attorney to see if Le-lo contacted him, and he hadn’t heard from him. Sinister slammed the phone down and picked it back up and started stabbing at the number, “The number you have reached have been changed or disconnected.” Was all Sinister heard, his heart dropped as he released his bowel. He knew he had been played.

  ~~~~

  Le-lo went exactly were Sinister told him to go and started digging, it was located in a shallow grave so it didn’t take long. Once he saw what he saw he smiled and whispered, “That Nigga is going to jail.” Le-lo never cared for Sinister, he always thought he was a bully like everyone else. He was soft and didn’t deserve the fame he received, he just got lucky. Le-lo always knew that Sinister set Cortez up but never said anything because he was riding Sinister’s coat tail. Sinister was always rude and talked to him like a flunky. He dug up the money and went home to count up his fortune. Le-lo stopped by his mother’s house picked up Nunu and called Ro, he informed her that he came into a fortune and he and Nunu was leaving town. Ro sat quietly on the phone. Ro always regretted the way she treated Le-lo but being young and dumb, she stayed in the streets and fucked around on him every chance she got. Le-lo was a good man he just couldn’t catch a lick and for that reason Ro was in a relationship with him but still looking for the next nigga on the come up.

  Le-lo feeling like a man with a bag full of money, he said in a demanding voice, ”You’re welcome to come with us but you need to hurry your ass up! You got 30 minutes to meet me over my mother’s house or I’m leaving your ass!” And he hung up. Le-lo was so happy to see Ro pull up. She wasn’t what she used to be but she was still beautiful in his eyes. He gave the keys to his mother and told her to do as she pleases with Ro’s car. He dropped a wad of money on her and left. Ro felt bad about leaving Chucky behind but he was a grown man and she knew he could take care of himself. She hopped on the first thang smoking with Le-lo and her daughter and left the D.
She called Chucky when she got on the road and told him she and Nunu was leaving with Le-lo. Chucky always knew Le-lo was still in love with Ro but a man down on his luck and a woman like Ro he just gave up. Chucky gave them his blessing and told Ro to keep in touch.

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  Abbelstein was never paid so he was unable to represent Sinister, having a public defendant, he decided to take a plea. Sinister dumbfounded at how this could have happened, dropped his head in defeat and plead guilty. Sinister was sentenced to natural life.

  CHAPTER TEN

  The set up

  Let me explain how we set this bitch nigga up….

  Chucky saw the obsession in Sinister eyes for Chrissy that he had for Money, he decided to use that to his advantage. The night Chrissy met Sinister at the club, she was instructed by Chucky, when she bumped into him going to the rest room, to get the code for Sinister’s secret room. She watched him punch in his code to his secret room as she leaned on him. Sinister was such a simple man, his code was 1-2-3-4. Chucky knew that’s where he stashed his drugs and money until they were to be delivered. Every time Sinister punched in the code, Chucky was required to turn his back. Chucky placed the drugs and money in the room and Sinister locked it back. The night Sinister popped up at the house in search of Chrissy unannounced he knew she had him whipped. That’s the kind of nigga Sinister was “a pussy whipped nigga” once you fucked him he felt he owned the pussy. That night Chucky started brainstorming to come up with a plan to eliminate Sinister.

  Chucky knew he had to have help to execute his plan, he stuck with the people he trusted the most and were invested in seeking revenge on Sinister. He met Kelso over at Chrissy’s and ran down his plan to them. He explained that Sinister couldn’t just come up missing because of the powerful man that he worked for and if things play out the way he planned it, he even had a plan to manipulate his way into Sinister’s spot. Kelso was a street dude gone straight but he knew if need be, Kelso could get just as street as the next nigga and Kelso wanted Sinister baddddd! Chrissy could handle herself with Sinister because as conservative as she was, Chrissy had two other sides to her that Chucky had witnessed, she could be used for a distraction. She mesmerized men with her sexy seductive beauty and she could get down and dirty in some drama.

  Two days later

  Chucky needed Sinister out of the club. The night Sinister collared Chucky because he was upset that Chrissy wasn’t returning his calls, Chucky texted Chrissy, “CALL HIM NOW!”

  “H-Hello.” Sinister stutter.

  “Hey sexy, what’s been up with you?” she purred.

  “Nothing much, just chillin! How have you been? he asked nonchalantly.

  “Better now that I’m talking to you.” She sang.

  Once Chucky saw Sinister leave the club, he went into his V.I.P room and snuck down in the secret room and snatched two kilos of coke, he met Chrissy on Jefferson and put them in her purse. She walked into the house, placing her purse in the hall closet. After she had worn Sinister out she still had another part of the plan to execute. She picked up his cell phone off the counter and giggle at the fact he didn’t have a lock on his phone, which she kinda figured since he led a lonely life, he didn’t have a women or company at his house. He used the club, his private V.I.P, and the strippers for his sexcapes.

  Chucky took note as he watched and studied Sinister’s habits. His connect only communicated through text. They didn’t have much to talk about. The connect texted Sinister to tell him how many cake orders were made, which bakery to pick up at and where the cakes were to be delivered. He would also receive a total to be collected from previous orders. Chucky and the mule would drive to whatever state to pick up the cakes, deliver them to the customer and collect the money. Looking over her shoulder, she scrolled to play store on his phone, searched mirrortext app and downloaded it. Every time Sinister received a text from now on, Chucky would receive an email of the message. Sinister never saw her leave because he was too spent, she exited the condo, jumped in her car and left, by the time he regained his senses she was long gone.

  Kelso knew how the system worked, once you get caught with possession of controlled substance they freeze your assets and retain search warrants for any businesses you own and place of residence. Sinister never got his hands dirty when it came to the drugs or money and the likelihood that Sinister would have drugs at his home was unlikely so the purpose of Chrissy going over to Sinister’s house was to stash drugs in his house for when it got raided.

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  Chucky received an email from Sinister’s connect, he was to pick up 10 kilos of cocaine and pick up $250,000 from the last shipment. Chucky was to meet with the mule in Toledo, Ohio that night. Chucky took Chrissy with him. Usually Chucky would take a stripper named Dirty with him, but he told her that he was taking the drive with someone else but she would still receive her usual pay plus extra. Dirty was as dirty as they came so she didn’t care what was the reason the plans changed just as long as she was still getting paid so she never brought it up to Sinister. She gladly took the night off because the only stipulation was that she was not to work at the clubs until Chucky made it back. The two mules were used to Chucky but was suspicious of Chrissy, noticing her, Chucky introduced her, “This is my new girl Chr….”

  Chrissy cut him off and said, “I’m Cola!” Chucky side eyed Chrissy but snickered to himself. There she goes with those names again he thought.

  Chucky jumped back in, “Yeah yall gonna be seeing a lot more of her, is that gonna be a problem?”

  The two mules looked at each other and humped their shoulder, “Nah, nah if she with you she cool C!” Back to business, they made the exchange. They never counted the money or drugs at the location just a quick scan, so the mules didn’t know that they weren’t correctly paid until they got back to their destination. Chucky and Cola drove off with the drugs and never paid any money. Chucky delivered the drugs to the club but hid the money at his apartment that no one knew he had, they all thought Chucky still lived with his grandmother. Sinister was being robbed blind and didn’t even know it.

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  Sinister thought he was the only one who could stalk, Kelso followed Sinister everywhere. As Sinister watched Chrissy, Kelso watched Sinister. He spotted Sinister every time he left the house, posted at the corner or a couple doors down. It was only a matter of time before Sinister would act on his ignorance and try something with Chrissy.

  Kelso knew the kind of man Sinister was. The night he and Chrissy returned from dinner he saw Sinister sitting two doors away from the house. He told Chrissy when he passed his truck to leave her door open as though she was enjoying the night air and he would surely come. Kelso circled around the block as though he was leaving and came back just in time to watch Sinister exit his vehicle. The plan was for Chrissy to get a hold to his keys and unlock his car doors. Chrissy took some time executing the plan, Kelso sat nervously watching for the sign to make his next move, he couldn’t see what was going on the in the house, but when he saw the door shut his anticipation heightened. It was very hard for him to stay posted but to blow his cover and enter the house would have thrown the whole plan in a tailspin, the plan had to go down tonight because Chucky was scheduled for a pick up.

  Sinister sat his phone and car keys on the dining room table when he first came in. After Beany gave Sinister some head and he collapsed on the floor, she grabbed Sinister’s keys and hit the locks. Kelso wrestling with the decision to go in, he exhaled when he saw the lights on Sinister’s car light up. Kelso exited the car and put two kilos of cocaine under his seat, jumped in his car and pulled off. He circled the block and sat back in his original spot waiting for Sinister to leave. They knew that once the mule contacted the connect and told them that the suitcases didn’t have money in them he would surely contact Sinister to find out what happen to his money, to make sure that Sinister wouldn’t get any calls from the connect before their plan was fully executed Chrissy had one more
task to complete. She got his phone downloaded Mr. Number on his phone and blocked his Connect’s number. They didn’t want Sinister to find out he had been robbed until it was too late.

  Once Sinister left, Kelso called the police to report a drug buy, gave them his license plate and description of him and his vehicle. Kelso pulled off right behind him and called Chrissy making sure she was alright. Sinister turned right, Kelso turned left once she confirmed she was fine. Thinking that the plan was perfectly executed and all was well, Kelso headed home. He had no idea that Sinister doubled back over to Chrissy once he got into his feelings.

  Sinister was supposed to have gotten pulled over by the police on his way back to the club, but when he circled around to teach Chrissy a lesson, the ruckus caused a neighbor to call the police. Chrissy explained the assault and told them he pulled a gun on her. They searched the car and found a gun. Chrissy assume they would, a man like Sinister always carried a gun, but they also found the drugs. Chrissy disclosed information about his club and gave them his address to where he lived. After the drug enforcement team arrived they called for warrants to search the club and his residence. The police tore the club apart, even found the secret room. After Chucky received the text that Sinister had been arrested, he stripped the room of all its drugs and any money that was left. Chucky exited the club out the door that lead to the alley. He heard the siren and knew in about 5 minutes the club would be raided. Chucky had Sinister’s money and his drugs from the pick-up, plus what was in his secret room. Chucky laughed to himself because he had Sinister exactly where he wanted him: IN JAIL!

  CHAPTER ELEVEN

  Mission accomplished

  It took about a week to get the club up and running, the police tore the club up looking for illegal drugs, underage girls, expired licenses and prostitution but found nothing. Sinister always kept his club up to code. He vowed never to let his club be sited with unnecessary fines and closures as long as he had the money to keep it legit. The drugs that were sold in the club was sold by Chucky, the girls were of age and licensed and the club was always up to code. Chucky had taken all the illegal drugs out of the club. The cops found nothing and had no reason to shut them down.

 
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