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After Josh, Takecia and Shantelle went into Starbucks, Joe remained in his truck in the parking lot. As he watched them go in, laughing and joking, the angrier he became. He just knew something was going on but didn't know what.

"Grrrrr. I swear to God they betta not be on no bullshit!!" Joe snarled to himself.

"You know what fuck it!!!I'm not gonna hide!! I'm gonna stroll in this bitch and get me a coffee! I'm let 'em see my Samoan ass!!!" He decided as he got out of the truck. He tucked his gun in his waist and casually strolled into Starbucks.

As the trio sat at the table have coffee and snacks, they were discussing the plan as how to trap Darnell...

"Aight soon as you see him pull up, turn the recorder on and have it in your pocket or your titties where it can't be seen." Josh said to Shantelle.

"Ok got it." She said.

"And then you..." Josh started to say when he looked up, rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"What is it bae?" Takecia asked her husband.

Shantelle and Takecia turned around and their hearts dropped in the pit of their stomachs when they saw who walked in...

"Lord have mercy!" Takecia groaned slumping on her seat.

"Oh no...why is he doing this?" Shantelle said slapping her hand to her forehead.

Joe walked up to the counter and ordered a coffee and cheese danish. As he waited, he turned and glared at the trio.

After Joe grabbed his food, he sauntered over to where the trio was sitting and sat down at the next table casually and ate his danish and drank his coffee, his eyes not leaving the group.

Josh and Takecia glared at Joe and shook their heads. Shantelle just lowered her head in embarrassment.

Joe stopped chewing his danish and glared back...

"The hell you shakin' yo' muthafuckin' head at?!" Joe said frowning at Joshua with a mouthful of danish, tilting his head.

"For real Uce?! That's whatchu on? Ol' insecure paranoid ass!" Joshua said irritated.

Takecia turned her nose up at Joe and rolled her eyes in disgust.

"Old "I always feel like somebody's watching me" looking ass!" Joshua sang.

Shantelle didn't say a word, she just kept her head down with Joe never taking his eyes off of her while he finished his danish and coffee. She checked her phone to make sure it was on vibrate.

"I'll be back from the office around 5, when will you be back home?" Joe asked, his attention on his wife.

"WHEN WE BRING HER BACK UCE!!! DAMN!!!" Joshua yelled, shaking his head, clearly annoyed and causing the other patrons to look at them.

Joe couldn't believe what he just heard. Did Josh just get smart with him? Takecia and Shantelle couldn't believe it either. Josh was usually mellow and laid back. But he was at his breaking point, his jealous and paranoid cousin was really starting to get on his nerves. What Joe didn't realize was that he was blessed with a good and loyal woman who loved him so much that she was putting her safety and the safety of her unborn baby at risk to get justice for him. Joshua knew that Shantelle loved her husband immensely and would never do anything to hurt or disrespect him.

"What the fuck you just say to me? Huh?! Say it again! Say that shit one.more.time!" Joe growled.

"I said what I said Uce. We're gonna bring her back home when we bring her back home! We wanna spend time with her. You doin too much, like for real!" Joshua snapped, squaring his shoulders looking at his cousin dead in the eye.

Joe was about to respond when his cell phone rang...

"Yeah?!" He answered on speakerphone, sounding irritated.

"Mr. Anoa'i!!! Please come quick!! We gotta a major problem at one of your construction sites!!" Kevin Owens, one of his chief foreman said, sounding frantic.

"Alright. I'll be right there." Joe said, disconnecting the call.

"We ain't done with this!" Joe said, pointing at Joshua, as he left.

"Whatever Uce! Again...I said what I said. We gonna bring her back when we bring her back. Go handle your business dawg!!!" Joshua replied not backing down.

After Joe left, the trio gave a sigh of relief...

"He's right around the corner. He said he'll be here in less than 5 minutes." Shantelle said, looking at her phone.

"Aight, let's get this over with so we can get to the mall. Look turn the recorder on and we gonna record with our phones too." Joshua said.

"Ok." Shantelle said.

At that moment, the trio turned on their recording devices and waited.

TBC
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