HQ BK 2

the world is yours

by rebecca jean-louis

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

2002 –  The Breach

By May, we’d figured out the identity of the confidential informant tied to the Brownsville breach. 

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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

2002 –  The Proffer

The proffer session was scheduled for mid-June. 

Quick, dry and by the book, it went as well as could be expected. 

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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

2002 –  Kouche

I was in fully activated ghost mode and needed to make sure my spirit was grounded.

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CHAPTER FORTY
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CHAPTER FORTY

2002 –  Ghost Mode Activated

As soon as he heard I was arrested, Mundo reached out to my mother and asked her what he could do to help. 

She told him we didn’t need anything but to be kept in his prayers.

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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

2003 –  Fort Dix

Shortly after I’d been transferred to Fort Dix, I confirmed that I’d be allowed to enroll in a full-time master’s correspondence program. 

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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

2007 –  Back To BK

My re-entry plan was simple:  have Hopeton pick me up at the prison gate and take me back to my parents’ house. 

Back to Bed Stuy.  Back to BK.

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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

2007 –  Good Behavior

It felt so strange to be in my parents’ home. 

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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

2007 –  Shopping

Mundo kept talking about the iPhone the way Lucci used to talk about Nike sneaker drops back in the HQ days. 

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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

2007 –  A Report From The Field

By late March, I’d been fully onboarded to civilian life. 

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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

2007 –  Chess Boxing

My father and I had gotten in the habit each night of playing at least one game of chess after dinner.

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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

2007 –  Capicú

And then I let it slip that Mundo had been lowkey hounding me to come to his rescue in Panama.

Hopeton and Biz both shook their heads at that. 

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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

2007 –  Just Rhymin’ With Biz

“Yo, Biz, what do you want to do with your life?” 

He looked at me like I had lost my damned mind.

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