“You know it was Freeze that killed Birdie and Albert’s boys,” Bruce Stark told the gathering after his fourth drink. “In broad daylight at a red light,” Stark testified.

“That nigga ain’t no joke,” Kevin Murdock, who liked to be called K Murder, confirmed.

Mylo laughed. “That nigga ain’t all that, trust me.”

“He bad enough to scare you out the game,” Stark said quickly.

“True that. But I consider that health insurance.”

“How you figure that, Mylo?” K Murder asked.

“These niggas claim to want to co-exist peacefully with drug dealers, but the proof says that these mutha fuckas delight in killin’ drug dealers,” Mylo said.

“You ain’t told no lie there. Since Black made peace with Chilly, that nigga ain’t done nothin’ but kill mutha fuckas,” Steven Cash Money Blake said. “He killed Chilly and Rocky.”

“I heard dude killed Chilly ’cause he was fuckin’ Chilly wife,” Billy Banner clarified.

“He still dead,” Stark said.

“Sure you right,” Cash Money agreed. “Then Black killed D-Train and now Birdie and Albert.”

Mylo looked around the room. But, being the calculating guy that he was, Mylo saw an opportunity to use their paranoia to his advantage.

“Which one of y'all dumb niggas gonna be the next fool to try?” he asked. No one said a word.

“What y’all mutha fuckas need to do is get together.” Mylo continued.

“What you talkin’ ’bout, Mylo?” Stark asked.

“I mean get together against Black,” Mylo said and got up to leave. “Y’all stand a better chance that way.”

A week later, Stark and Billy Banner, who everybody called BB, came to see Mylo at his apartment. At first Mylo was a little worried when he invited them in, but he figured if their visit was anything life threatening, Stark would have come with K Murder.