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Copyright © 2008 LIL DUDE BOOKS

By Antonio Brooks

Illustrated by Antonio Brooks

June 2005, I left my girlfriend‟s house around one in the

morning. On my way home, I would always cut through

the block. My homeboy, Bone would always be hanging

out trying to make a hustle. This particular night he was

nowhere to be found. I kept walking. On my way home,

after about 15 minutes ,my homeboy Bones, pulled up

beside me in a old beat up „78 Cutlass! I asked him,

“What‟s up fool? Who‟s car are you driving?”

“ I gave a crack head 7 rocks to use his car for a little

while...

“ A crack head? Fool you crazy!”

“Get in dude, let‟s go for a ride.”

“ I don‟t know man, a crack head? What time you taking

the car back?”

“Don‟t worry about that, just get in!”

“Ok dude, give me a ride home.”

“Forget home, let‟s, hangout man!!”

“ I guess, I can hangout for a little while.”

Bone and I rode around the block a few times .Then

suddenly a strange looking man ran out in front of the

car, yelling and screaming at my friend Bone.

“Nigga, where the hell you been with my car?

I told you to have my car back in 30 minutes!!”

“Okay, dude you don‟t have to yell! Here‟s your car

back.”

“Hey dude, I know you‟re mad, but can you at least give

my homeboy, Leon a ride home?

You, got my seven rocks nigga?”

“Yeah dude!!

I‟ll give him a ride home”

“Ok cool!”

Bone and I both jumped in the back seat of the car. The

crack head had a friend (he had been getting high with all

night) ride in the front seat with him. As we went down

the street, I was telling this guy which way I lived. He

continued to go a different way!

“Hey dude, this is not the way to my house, I yelled!!”

“Shut the hell up, young niggas!” Just ride!!!”

Bones and I both looked at each other, like what‟s up

with this fool! He hit the lock on all the doors and pulled

down a dark dead end road.

He shut the car off and pulled out a gun,

demanding my friend Bone pay up!!

“Ok nigga, where‟s my rocks for letting you drive my

car?”

“Calm down dude I got your rocks! How many do I owe

you?”

“Yeah nigga, you owe me, but I‟ll take them all!!”

“What?”

“You heard me nigga, this is a stick up! Both of

you ,empty your pockets right now! “What, I yelled ?”

Bone and I couldn‟t believe what was happening ! I had

a few dollars, but my homeboy Bone had $700 and about

20 crack rocks in his pockets.

He robbed us of everything, and then

kicked us both out of his car. Just, left us standing on a

dark, dead end road with no ride.

I looked at my homeboy Bone, “

I knew I should have gone home!”

October 2005, On a Saturday morning, I was relaxing at

the house. My friend ,

Nathanial, called me. He asked me if I would ride out of

town with him!

Nathanial, was one of my best friends.

Everybody that knew him called him Spider,

because he always had his hands in a lot of

street mess! He pulled in front of the house and blew the

horn.

“Hey Leon, Hey Leon! Come out the house man I don‟t

have all day!”

“What‟s up Spider? What‟s with blowing the horn in

front of my house, dude?”

“Didn‟t you hear me calling you?”

“Yeah, what do you want?”

“ I‟m getting ready to ride down by Columbia on some

business and I want you to ride with me!”

“Noooo, Spider! I know you! What kind of

business?”

“My homeboy Jay, suppose to hook me up on some

watches!”

“ Spider, you‟re crazy, and I'm not going!”

“Hey Money, I need you to take this ride with me. I

don‟t want to take this ride alone dude. I need someone

to have my back!”

“Ok man, but I'm not going to jail messing with you!”

“Don‟t worry homie, I won‟t let you get caught up in

nothing! I just want to get my watches and get back!

Bones and I headed down by Columbia. We were

meeting his homeboy Jay, to pick up the watches. It was

always some street business with Spider. I mean ,when

you‟re hanging out with him, you never know what will

happen next!

“Hey Spider, how well do you know this Jay?”

“What do you mean? This guy is cool! Man, I deal with

him all the time!”

“Oh yeah, because, I don‟t have time for no foolishness!”

“Listen Money, just sit back and be cool! Everything

gone be alright, partner! Just relax!”

After, about an hour‟s ride to Columbia, we pull into the

apartment complex where Jay lives. It is a mean looking

neighborhood. We were stopped by some guys in the

main entrance of the complex.

“Where ya‟ll dudes from? Ya‟ll from around here?”

„No homie, we got business with Jay!‟

After passing thru the thugs at the entrance, we locate

Jay sitting in a Chevy Impala on 26 inch rims. About 20

niggas were standing around him, like he was a king! I

don‟t know what kind of business he and Spider are into,

but I can tell this guy, Jay, is nobody to cross!

“What‟s up little Homies? Welcome to my neighborhood.

I see ya‟ll made it pass my

security!”

“What‟s up Jay, I'm here to get them watches!”

“Slow down dude. You don‟t come in my neighborhood

rushing me about no watches! You got my money

nigga?”

“How much you talking, fool?”

“Give me 500 for everything!”

“500!!!!ARE YOU HIGH?”

“Take it or leave it, homie!”

When Jay told Spider to take it or leave it. A mean look,

went across Spider‟s face. I saw a look in his eyes that

meant, he was about to burst! Before I could blink an

eye,

Spider came out with two pistols!!

“Alright, everybody down on the ground! NOW!!

Before I bust a cap in ya‟ll ass!!”

“HEY WHATCHU DOING MAN??”

“Hey, yo Money, grab them watches and start the car!” “

Jay ,you messing with the wrong nigga, homeboy!”

“Nah, you messing with the wrong nigga and don‟t think

you gone get away with this! I will come to Greenwood

and track you down, Homeboy!”

“You can come to Greenwood, homie! I bet, you won‟t

leave alive!”

“Well, you better shoot me now dude!!!”

While I was sitting in the car (with the engine running), I

look in the rearview mirror. I see Spider

running, with a gun in each of his hands! Jay and his

boys are firing shots at him and the car!

Spider jumped in the car! While hitting his head on the

dashboard, he‟s yelling, STEP ON IT MONEY! STEP

ON IT!!!”

I hit the gas! We flew out of the neighborhood doing a

hundred! We were lucky we didn‟t get killed!!

“Hey Spider, what the hell you got me into, dude?”

“Relax Money!”

“RELAX, Fool ,you just robbed and got into a shoot out

with a guy that‟s coming after you! Are you crazy?”

“Leon Money King, if I knew that you were going to be

acting like a bitch, I would have left you in Greenwood!”

“Hey Spider, I didn‟t even want to ride with you man!

You begged me, to ride with you!”

“BEGGED YOU ?”

“Dude you got me tied into your mess!”

“Look at it this way, Money, we got a bag full of

watches!”

“What good are watches with a bullet in your head?”

“Man, that fool ain‟t gone do nothing!”

It‟s been a week since the shooting in Columbia, and I

haven‟t heard from Spider. It looks like things have died

down. But I know, there is no way this guy is going to let

Spider and me get away with robbing him. Not in his

neighborhood and in front of his boys!

Another week passes by, life seems to be

back to normal.

I decide to take a walk down to the corner store to get

some chips and a Soda. As I was leaving the store, a

strange car rolls up to the curb with a guy leaning out the

window! He pulls out a gun and fires a shot at me!

People started screaming and yelling! I dove on the

ground as the guy from the car kept firing shots at me!

I rolled under a car to dodge the bullets as the shooter

quickly pulled off!

I didn‟t recognize the car or the guy doing the shooting,

but my mind tells me it has something to do with them

watches we robbed from Jay in Columbia.

I quickly ran down the street trying to make it home!

When I got there, the police were waiting for me on my

steps.

“Mr. Leon King? We need to take you down to the

station for questioning!”

“What for?” I asked.

“We got word that you were involved in a

shooting at the corner store!”

“Yeah”, I said. “But I didn‟t do anything, someone

shot at me!”

“Save the story until we get you down to the

Station”, one of the officers said.

At the police station, the officers drilled, me about

the shooting.

“So, who was the guy doing the shooting?”

“Hell I don‟t know! All I know, I came out of the

store (minding my own business) and some guy

took a shot at me!”

“So you didn‟t recognize the shooter?”

“No, I didn‟t! So can I go home now?”

“You can go home Leon, but ,we gone be

watching you!”

When I got home ,I called my friend Spider to tell

him about the shooting and the police. He didn‟t

answer his phone. All day, I tried calling

Spider. He never answered or called me back!

It‟s been about two weeks now since I‟ve seen or

heard from Spider. I don‟t know what to think after

we pulled the robbery!

Where could Spider be?

After the shooting and the police questioning it

would be another two days before I hear from

Spider.

My cell phone rings early Saturday morning…

“Yo, what‟s up Money? What‟s been up dude?”

“Dude, where you been? I‟ve been shot at! The

police took me down to the station! What the hell

you got me tied into? It‟s your boy Jay and his

thugs!”

“Man calm down ,that fool ain‟t crazy enough to

come to Greenwood with that!”

“Spider people are crazy, man! You robbed this

man!! He‟s not going to let that go!”

“If he comes here with that mess, I will bust a cap in

his ass!”

“Is that your answer to everything? Dude, one day

this street mess gone catch up with you!”

After, having some words with Spider, we rolled

down by the park. As we were hanging out, I

notice that Spider is pulling watches out of his

pockets and selling them!

People are walking up to him left and right,

constantly buying watches. He was making money!

Before long Spider had sold out of watches on the

street.

“Look Money! This is what I'm talking about!

Getting money! I made $1000 in a few hours!”

So, I ask Spider where‟s my cut?

“Your cut is no cut!!!”

“WHAT? Dude I risk my life,( going to

Columbia with you) and this is what I get?”

Suddenly out of nowhere, two police cars and four

unmarked cars pulled up and surround the park!

I noticed the two officers that took me in, were

leading the pack!

“Ok, don‟t anybody move! This is a shake down!

We‟re looking for drugs, guns and whatever illegal

stuff ya‟ll have!”

These guys look like the feds! And they are

specifically looking for something or someone!

One of the Fed looking guys, says, “Alright, we are

looking for some information! A thousand watches

were stolen from a jewelry store! Does anyone here

have something they would like to share?”

WHAT? I don‟t believe this!

I knew something wasn‟t right about those watches!!!

Suddenly a person from the park yelled out, “Watches I

just bought a watch from Spider!”

One officer yelled out, “Spider who?”

Spider took off running! He cut through the bushes, and

down the street he went!

The police was yelling, “Hey you stop!”

All the police and the feds ran back to their cars and

started to pursue Spider!

As soon as the police pulled off ,everyone scattered like

roaches.

Spider was running for his life! He had a pocket full

of money that he made from selling the watches!

And, he even had two of the stolen watches on his

arm!

I left the park just like everybody else! But my

friend Spider, was in major, major trouble!

The police were chasing Spider all through the

neighborhood! There were about six cars and some

were on foot! But, Spider knew the hood too good!

They lost him!

I started calling Spider on his phone but I didn't get

an answer.

Spider, hid for about, two days. He didn't even contact

me! Spider, always lived with his Grandmother. So after

running from the police, he went back to his Grand-

mother‟s house. There, he found her dead. She had been

shot to death. As she lay on the kitchen floor, Spider

could see the house had been trashed. “Who could have

done this?” he thought to himself. “OH MY GOD

GRANDMA!!!”

Spider had no choice but to dial 911. He waited for the

emergency response team and police to get there. As they

took his Grandmother out on a stretcher, Spider was

placed in the backseat of a patrol car and taken in for

questioning.

At the Police station, Spider was questioned

about the shooting!

“What is your name son?”

“My name is Nathanial Gibbs, but everybody calls

me Spider.”

“Do you know anyone who would want your

grandmother dead?”

“No I don‟t!”

“Maybe the killers were coming to get you? They

couldn‟t find you, so they sent you a

message by killing your grandmother!”

“I don‟t know who you‟re talking about officer! I

don‟t have any idea who would have done this!”

“You‟re free to go. But Mr. Spider, just know, we

will be contacting you again!”

After leaving the police station, Spider called me on

my cell phone.

“What‟s up Leon?”

“What‟s up Spider? What‟s going on man?”

“Someone killed my grandma man! I can‟t believe

this shit!”

“Damn! I'm sorry to hear that man! Who could

want hurt your grandmother?”

“Do you think, Jay and his thugs had something to

do with this? Man, I told you he wasn't gone let this

slide! They shot at me and now they done killed

your grandma!”

After Spider‟s grandma was killed, he stayed with

me for a couple of days. One morning he woke up

and went to his car. There he found a note attached

to his window.

WE KILLED YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND

NOW YOU‟RE NEXT!! It was signed, THE

WATCHES!!!

Spider went into a rage!

“It‟s like that! It‟s like that!”

“What the hell you talking about Spider?”

“Someone left this note on my car!”

After I read the note it was pretty clear to me that

Jay from Columbia had something to do with his

grandmother‟s murder.

“Call the police Spider!” I said.

“Call the police? What the hell they gone do?

Nothing but take us (all) to jail for robbery, stolen

watches, and murder! I‟m going to handle this shit

myself!”

“What do you mean ,you‟re going to handle this

yourself ?”

“Like I said Money, I'm going to handle this shit my

way! You need to get a gun Money!”

“Why do I need a gun?”

“Because we‟re going back to Columbia homie!”

“Oh no homie, you‟re on your on with this!”

“Brother, you‟re in too deep now!”

The next morning, Spider and I got up early and

went to the pawnshop looking for a gun.

After getting the gun we headed back down to

Columbia. This was not a good thing! Spider was

doing 100 miles an hour all the way and had a mean

killer look on his face!

“Hey Spider, why don‟t we just call the police

man?”

“Quit acting like a bitch Leon! This guy killed my

grandmother and now I'm going to kill him!”

“Dude, you found a note on your car! You don‟t

know who left that note!”

We arrived at the complex where we first met Jay

and his boys. The same guys were at the entrance

that harassed us the first time!

I saw Spider reach for his gun!

“Hey ,what you doing man?”

The guys approached the car

“You guys back again?”

Spider pulls out his guns and shot the two guys

point blank range killing them both!

“ WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?

We going to jail for murder dude!”

As we pulled into the back, to the corner where Jay

and his boys were, I looked back and saw two dead

bodies on the ground at the entrance. I've gotten

myself in a world of trouble! Just by making a bad

decision to take a ride with a friend! Sometimes, all

it takes is one bad decision and you can destroy your

whole life!

As we pulled up, there was Jay and his boys

hanging out as usual!

“I know that isn't Spider! Not the same Spider that

robbed me and shot up my neighborhood! You got

to be a damn fool showing your face around here!”

Suddenly ,Jay‟s boys surrounded me and Spider

with their guns in our faces.

“You should have never came back down here

Spider! Now, we gone have to do you like we did

your grandmother.”

“WHAT THE? You gone pay for that nigga!”

“Looks like me and my boys got the guns on you

and your boy! So, where are my watches fool?”

“I sold them!!”

“You WHAT? Then where is my Money?”

“I don‟t have your money?”

“Then there‟s only one thing to do boys! Kill him

and his friend!”

I saw my life flash before my eyes when Jay told his

boys to kill me and Spider! At the blink of an eye

Spider pulled out his two pistols and I whipped out

my gun and we all was standing there with guns out!

It was four guns on us and between me and

Spider three guns on them!

“I guess we all gone die tonight Jay! I told you, you

were messing with the wrong nigga and you

definitely killed the wrong grandmother!

Suddenly, shots were fired! Spider fired a shot,

shooting one of Jays boys in the chest!

Once again, we‟re in a shootout! We both ran and

dived over the car, shooting backwards as we try to

escape the hell of bullets Jay and his boys were

firing at us!

“OOOWWW, I‟m hit Spider!”

I got hit in the shoulder as I hit the ground! Spider

hit the ground as he was still firing shots at Jay and

his boys!

“Get in the car Money and start the engine!”

“What?”

“ I said, get out of here Money! I‟ll meet you down

the street!”

As Jay and his boys reloaded ,I opened the door and

jumped into the car and started it up!

Spider reloaded and fired four more shots hitting

two more of Jay‟s boys!

As I pulled off Spider ran around the car firing shots

from behind! Then he jumped on the back of the

car! Spider was riding on the trunk as he and Jay

engaged in a shootout!

Spider, riding on the trunk firing two pistols at Jay,

it was like a movie! I have a wounded shoulder , but

I am still trying to drive us out of the neighborhood!

Suddenly, as I am speeding out ,I look back! I see

Spider fall off the car and hit the ground! I quickly

hit the brakes and jump out of the car to run to

Spider! He has been hit in the chest by a bullet!

As I kneel down, with a grazed bullet wound, Spider is

bleeding out of his mouth!

“Hey Money! Get out of here! I‟ll be alright!”

“What homie? I can‟t leave you here like this! We‟ve got

to get an ambulance!”

“It‟s too late homie! You, just get out of here! Tell

everybody back in Greenwood, I didn‟t go out without a

fight!”

“Stop talking like that dude! You gone tell them yourself!

Right Spider? RIGHT SPIDER?”

As Spider lay on the ground, those were the last words I

ever heard him say! Tears rolled down my face as police

cars started pulling into the complex.

People were coming out of their apartments to see what

was going on!

The Police surrounded me and Spider while we

were on the ground. It seems like it was a 100 guns

pointing in my face!

“Ok, we have you surrounded, put your hands in the

air, where we can see them!”

The police moved in slowly, grabbing me and

reading me my rights as they put me in cuffs. I told

the police officer, “I‟ve been hit!” As he put me in

the back of the police car, all I could remember was

seeing Spider on the ground with a sheet over him!

This is truly the worst day of my life!

I remained in the Columbia county jail for about

three months, after the big shootout! I got out on

bail and went back to Greenwood. I would never

get that day out of my mind.

I was still worried about some of Jay‟s boys coming

back, but all I could do is wait on the trial.

A month later another good friend of mine from

Atlanta came to visit me. He wanted me to take a

ride to Charleston with him.

No, that‟s ok homie I'm cool!