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countered. New York had been good to him, but he wanted to go somewhere, where he could just kick his feet up and relax for once in his life.
    “So you just going to leave us up here like this?” Randy asked with a bit of frustration in his voice.
    Ghost looked at Randy as if he had lost his mind. “Leave y’all up here like what? We’ve all made well over two million dollars so nobody is stuck here. If you decide to remain here that’s because you choose to be here.”
    “I didn’t mean it like that,” Randy said trying to downplay his frustration. “We like a family and if you leave, it’s kind of like you breaking up the family.”
    “You all are more than welcome to come with me to Hawaii,” Ghost offered. “Now if y’all will excuse me, I have to take a shower and get this stench off of me.”
    Once Ghost was gone, Randy spoke. “So the rest of you all are leaving too?”
    Dougie shrugged and finished sipping on his drink. Randy then turned to Dana. “What about you Dana? You leaving too?”
    “I’m not sure yet,” she said honestly. Now that she had met Stone, she wasn’t in a hurry to go anywhere, but in the back of her mind, Dana knew that Ghost would more than likely try to persuade her to go to Hawaii with him.
    “You have been acting a little strange lately,” Randy smiled. “You been getting some dick. I know that look anywhere. Who is he?”
    “None of your business,” Dana sucked her teeth.
    Randy laughed loudly. “You already know Ghost don’t approve of any of the men you choose to date. Didn’t he beat up your last two boyfriends?”
    Dana was about to reply when her cell phone buzzed, the perfect distraction, she thought. She received a text message from a number she didn’t recognize.

    Unknown: hey this is Stone I lost my phone earlier so this is my new number...would you like to join me for dinner tonight?

    Dana: I would love to

    Dana got up and looked at Randy. “Who my new boyfriend is, is neither you nor Ghost’s concern,” and just like that she was gone.

Chapter 12
    Bad Timing

    A fter finishing two and a half bottles of champagne, Randy decided that it was time for him to call it a night. He got up, exited the house, and got in his car. He pulled out at a normal pace and cruised down the road. His car swerved a little, but for the most part, he felt that he was doing fine on the road. Randy’s strong point was driving so he didn’t having a problem while under the influence. As Randy drove, he began to think about his future. It wasn’t until tonight when he heard Ghost’s plan about moving to Hawaii that he began thinking about his own future. The truth was that Randy had never been outside of New York unless he and the team were on a job, but that didn’t count. “Fuck am I supposed to do when Ghost leaves?” Randy said to himself. “This nigga Ghost only ever cared about himself. He didn’t even have the decency to check and see if the rest of the crew was good on money or how anyone else felt about him leaving.”
    Randy had always been jealous of Ghost and felt that he always showed favoritism towards Dana because she was his sister. He felt that in Ghost’s eyes, all he was, was a driver. Several times Randy begged Ghost to let him prove himself on a job, but every time Ghost dismissed the idea. “Fuck Ghost!” Randy blurted out. The sudden vibration of his cell phone vibrating on his hip caused him to take his eyes off the road for a second. Randy began reading the text message he received when his car began to sway over to the right onto the shoulder of the road. He quickly jerked the steering wheel to left and steadied the car. Twenty seconds later Randy noticed flashing lights in his rearview mirror.
    “Fuck!” he cursed out loud. He looked over at the big bag of money that rested in the passenger seat along with the George Bush mask. “Fuck that! I’m not going to jail,” Randy said to himself as he grabbed the .38 that rested on his lap