HQ BK 2
the world is yours
by rebecca jean-louis
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
2001 – Bro Hang
The two weeks spent with Mundo were a homecoming and a revelation.
I hadn’t seen him since he left Brooklyn a year earlier, on Boxing Day.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
2001 – Cacique Shit
Those few days on the job confirmed that Mundo’s version of the good life was not for me.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
2001 – Shipping Out
“How is Olmando doing out in Panama?” my mother asked.
“Oh, you know,” I said, “Mundo’s taking it easy, but he’s still crazy.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
2001 – Shift
“Is this sustainable?” I asked.
Hopeton shrugged and said, “Probably for a while. At least until the cops get onto it.”
CHAPTER THIRTY
2001 – Constant Calibration
My exit plan, grad school, was front and center.
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
2001 – Port Newark Again
“Need you to do a port run tonight. Paperwork needs scrubbing.”
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
2001 – Freeze Tag
The next two months were light on activity.
I had time to catch my breath, work on my applications, take that girl out a few times.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
2001 – This Was Never Supposed To Happen
“Green SUV, pull over. Now!”
Me?
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
2001 – Caught Up
Yeah, me.
The cops pulled me over, cuffed me, threw me in the back of a van and transported me back to the 88th Precinct.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
2002 – More Twisted Than The Jackie Robinson Parkway
By January, right after New Year’s, my fancy new lawyer was ready to get crackin’.
