Chapter 20

 

Samantha

Samantha laid on the couch in a daze as the TV watched her. She was supposed to be in the house resting, but instead she was stressing. Samantha would never be able to rest properly while Rico was out running the streets. It seemed like the harder she tried to rest, the more her mind wondered. Samantha stood up and walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water. She trusted Rico, but she just hated when he was out with Kaine. The problem she had with Kaine was that he didn’t think, he just did things and just from meeting him only a few times, Samantha could tell that Kaine didn’t care about his life and didn’t mind sitting in jail for the rest of his life. She never understood how Rico could be friends with someone like that. Samantha waddled back over towards the couch when she heard the front door open and Rico stepped inside with blood on his shirt.

“Oh my god!” Samantha stood to her feet and placed her hand over her mouth.

“It’s not my blood,” Rico said quickly as he closed the door behind him.

“Are you okay? What happened?” Samantha fired off questions back to back with a worried and scared look on her face. This was just why she hated when Rico hung out with Kaine.

“Was at the club and things got a little crazy,” Rico said with a shrug. He was hoping that Samantha would be sleep when he got in but he had no such luck.

“Rico, what happened?” Samantha asked with her hands on her hips. “And don’t give me no bullshit!”

Rico huffed. “Was at the club and some guy that Kaine had static with showed up and started dumping shots,” he gave her the short version.

“How did I know that Kaine had something to do with this?” Samantha spat. “He’s going to get you killed!”

“I don’t wanna hear this shit tonight,” Rico headed down the hall until Samantha firmly grabbed his wrist stopping his motion.

“I’m leaving!” Samantha snapped. “I can’t sit around and watch you throw your life away like this.”

Rico grabbed Samantha and stopped her from heading down the hall. “Fuck you mean you leaving? I thought we was in this together I’m doing this for us!”

“You not doing this for us. You doing this for yourself!” Samantha snapped. “I don’t need or care about none of this shit!”

“Baby I’m just trying to give us a better life that’s all,” Rico said.

“What good is having everything, if you in jail and you can’t even enjoy it?” Samantha barked. “You smarter than that Rico. Please start using your head. We can’t live how we used to live and we can’t take the risks that we used to take because we have a family now,” Samantha looked down at her swollen stomach.

“I promise from now on I’ll make sure I move smarter,” Rico promised. “And as soon as the baby gets here I’m done.”

Samantha’s face lit up. “Say that’s your word.”

“That’s my word baby,” Rico pulled, Samantha in and hugged her tight. “I love you baby.”

“I love you more.”