HQ BK 2

the world is yours

by rebecca jean-louis

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CHAPTER ELEVEN
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CHAPTER ELEVEN

2000 – Dead This Time

“Well, Biz,” I called down the stairs, “inventory’s gonna take a lot less time than we expected.”

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CHAPTER TWELVE
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CHAPTER TWELVE

2000 – Errand Boy & Janitor.  And Hopeton.

I walked Hopeton through the whole stupid scenario- from the break-in and theft all the way back to how we got there in the first place. 

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

2000 – Know Your Role

I got in my Mercedes and drove over to Eula’s. 

By that point, I had my own key.

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

2000 – Return Of The Spare

Bolo wanted me to be the face man. 

I really was inheriting all of Mundo’s hand-me-downs.

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

2000 – Play Time’s Over, Kids

This guns stuff, managing Mundo’s legacy pussy problems, dealing with Biz’s sloppy ass- I didn’t sign up for any of this.

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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

2000 – Triage

Hopeton had been going back and forth to Panama, getting face time with Bolo, so he’d have the inside track on my breddah, Doe.

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

2000 – Kite’m Tonbe

Driving back to Clinton Hill, I turned on the radio and scrolled to 1010 WINS. 

Newsflash-  the world was falling apart.

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

2000 – Garage Sale

I snapped on the tv and scanned through a bunch of channels before settling on a nature documentary.

Mating eels.

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CHAPTER NINETEEN
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CHAPTER NINETEEN

2000 – Urban Planning

Panama with Mundo? 

Didn’t I just get out from under him?

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CHAPTER TWENTY
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CHAPTER TWENTY

2000 – Let’s Go Mets!

“To be a Mets fan is to understand the heartbreak of repeated disappointment,” I sighed.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

2000 – LLC Me

“Don’t worry about all that,” Hopeton advised.  “I have a plan for how it can work out for both of us, separately and as partners.”

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

2001 –  Business Never Personal

“Oh yeah, I know exactly how you do,” I laughed.  “Anyway, you know I’m not a Carnavales type really.  You all can’t even get me to Eastern Parkway anymore.”

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