Jackie wasn’t as convinced as Travis was that Freeze killed Ronnie, but she had no intentions of asking. She looked at Tanya and understood why Freeze kept her on ice and far away from predators like herself. Tanya was a very attractive woman with a body the begged for attention.

Jackie recalled how her and Tanya had agreed to go see The One at Impressions. They had a good time together and went out a few times before Jackie seduced her.

Jackie hadn’t told Travis that she was sexing Tanya because she knew what he’d say. “Ronnie was fuckin’ Paulleen and he died for it. What you wanna mess with another one of Freeze’s women for? It’s a death sentence.”

Now she stood before her lover’s other lover about to ask him to do her a really big favor. “Jackie,” Freeze said and got up from the couch to greet her. “What’s up?”

“I’m good, Freeze, I’m good.”

Freeze gave Mylo a look that told him that his presence was not needed. “I’ll be out here if y’all need anything,” he said, and after waiting briefly for a response from Freeze or Jackie, which didn’t come, Mylo left the room and closed the door behind him.

“How’s Travis?” Freeze said and sat down.

“He doin’ a lot better. When I left to come here he was up and around.”

“I’m glad to hear it. Now, what the fuck were you niggas doin’ for Travis to get shot?”

“We were stealin’ some computer processors and shit went south for us.”

“How come I didn’t know anything about this?”

Jackie was puzzled by the question. She knew that Freeze liked to be on top of everything that went on and insisted that Travis brief him before they did anything. But since he was asking the question, she knew that wasn’t the case. “It was a job that Monika turned him on to. He’d been doing some jobs with her.”