PRETTY BRIGHT (25 page)

Making her way to Treasure's house, thinking of which state she'd relocate to, Bright was met by Treasure and her rowdy cousins from Compton, Lametria and Shantell, on the corner of her block. Treasure couldn't believe how thin and bad Bright looked, but it wasn't gonna stop her from stomping a hole in her ass. “I'm glad I caught you before I left, Treasure,” Bright said, nodding her head and wiping the few tears that had fallen from her eyes.

Treasure wasn't concerned about what or why her ex-best friend was crying, or furthermore what she was going through. Stepping to her face wearing a mean mug, Treasure said, “Glad I caught you before you left too, boo.”

Confused, Bright took a step back to filter Treasure out; she didn't know what was going on. In this situation, Treasure would have normally just took off on a bitch, but this was personal, and she wanted Bright to know exactly why she was about to beat the dog shit out of her. “What’s goin’ on, Treasure?” Bright said, sensing tension and hostility.

Not wanting to waste another minute looking into Bright's sorry face, Treasure got straight to the point. “You a snake, fake, back stabbing ass bitch...and I know yo tramp ass fucked Chrome and Lil Boo, and I’ma beat yo ass!” she yelled with her fist balled and a sour expression on her face.

Just when Bright thought her life couldn't get any worse, it was...and now everything was beginning to add up and make sense to her. Suge had busted her out to Treasure, which explained why she had been avoiding her calls, and why neither of them had come to see her in the hospital. Assuming that Lil Boo had given her up because she keyed his car up, Bright thought,
what a bitch ass nigga!
Dropping her bag to the ground, Bright denied it, even though she knew there would be no way of talking herself out of the jam, especially since Treasure's cousins were with her. “I don't know what you talking about,” Bright said, getting herself in fight mode.

“Fucking hoe!” Treasure yelled, taking the first blow, missing Bright's face. Then she aimed to grab her hair. Connecting with the first blow, Bright punched Treasure in the side of the head, making it rock like a bobble-head.

Instantly jumping in, Lametria and Shantell both delivered blows to Bright’s face, neck and back. Wanting in, Treasure grabbed her by the hair and started upper-cutting Bright in the face, immediately making blood gush from her mouth and face. “Hold that bitch up for me,” Treasure yelled, trying to catch her breath. She wanted to see the damage she had caused to Bright's face. Both cousins held each of her arms and lifted Bright up per Treasure's request. Not happy with the damage that she had caused, Treasure reared back, then swung her leg in full throttle and kicked Bright dead in the face.

“Argggg!!!” Bright moaned in pain.
“Yeah bitch, that’s for being a dirty bitch when I was nothing but a real friend to you!” She said, then took another victorious kick to her face. Seeing she had kicked a couple of teeth out of Bright's mouth, Treasure told her cousin's to let her go. “Drop that hoe,” she demanded. Once Bright's body fell to the ground, they all begin stomping her out. Bright, having a little fight left in her, continued to try to defend herself, throwing weak punches and kicks in every direction until she couldn't anymore. Still not satisfied with Bright's physical condition while they stomped and kicked at her defenseless body, Treasure went for the brick that she seen laying in the street, and then ran back over and hit Bright in the head with it as the rioter did to the white truck driver, Reginald Deny, back in the 1990’s Rodney King riot. Treasure didn't feel any remorse, as she continued to stomp Bright's motionless body, yelling in rage. “Fucking no good ass bitch...you fucking snake!” Treasure reacted beastly; she hated Bright for what she had done to her.
“Hold on, this bitch ain't moving no more,” her cousin Shantell said, frantically backing away from Bright’s lifeless body.
“For real, Treasure, this bitch ain't moving.” Lametria said as she backed away also.
Treasure spit on the ground, then continue to victimize Bright. “This bitch ain't dead, she's probably just unconscious,” Treasure said, looking at Bright laid out on the concrete with blood coming from her head. “Bitch gone learn about crossing the lines of loyalty next time,” Treasure spat, continuing to kick and stomp her.
Nervous, her cousin Lametria said, “Bitch, let’s bounce and go to my house, I have a bad feeling that this bitch is dead Treasure,” she said, backing away from the scene. Shantell had to pry Treasure off of Bright. “I fucking hate this stupid bitch!”
“That’s enough, Treasure, let’s go!” Shantell grabbed her arm and pulled away.
As they were all running from the scene, Treasure looked back at a helpless Bright lying motionless on the ground, bleeding from her head, she started feeling regret. At first, Treasure wanted to follow her heart and confront Bright then end the friendship without having a physical altercation. But her LBC street mentality interfered with that and resulted in her calling her cousins to do Bright in and teach her a lesson. Climbing inside of her cousin Shantell’s car, Treasure hoped that Bright wasn't dead, especially when her sole intention was just to stomp her out and teach her a lesson.

Before going to Bright's house Terrence decided to stop by her best friend Treasure's house to see if Bright was there first...he knew the two were always together. “Trifling bitch gon’ give me mines!” He had popped an E pill and was in the mood to break a bitch neck. Pulling onto Treasure's street Terrence immediately decreased his speed and turned his music down. Her street was swapped with police, paramedics and spectators. Observing the scene he thought,
Niggas already getting turned up ‘round this muthafucka I see.
Trying to avoid a run in with the law, Terrence made a quick left off of, Treasure's street and in detour to Bright’s house.

With two crying babies on her arms, Rosette was happy when her children finally got home. “Ma, we couldn’t find Ramon,” Cordell said. “And we been looking all over for him,” Cordell added, concerned for once. He had heard that Ramon had gotten beat up again, but nobody seemed to know where he was, and they looked everywhere for him.

“Did he come home yet?” Deja asked, walking toward his room.
“I haven't seen him,” Rosette said, popping a bottle in Lori's mouth.
“He better hurry up so we can go to church, huh Mama?” Ryonna said, sad but excited about joining the church choir.
“Yeah, he sure better,” Rosette managed to smile at her youngest daughter. If she had let any of her children down in the past, she swore she wouldn't let Ryonna down now. It seemed like even in their drama-filled home, Ryonna still held a glowing innocence.
Coming out of the kitchen, Cordell said, “This is strange, Mama, where can Ramon be?”
Out of nowhere Deja screamed, “MAAAAAAA!!!! Get in here!” She jumped up and down in the hallway, screaming and crying her poor lungs out. Her next words were too inaudible to make out, so instantly everybody ran in her direction.
“What’s going on?” Rosette said, running to her aid with baby Lori in her arms. Stopping in front of her boy's bedroom, she could not believe what her eyes were seeing. Tears immediately starting overloading in her eyes, and she couldn't help the rapid flow of tears that flowed down her cheeks at the sight of her baby boy, Ramon, hanging from the light fixture with a cord wrapped around his neck...Dead.

No mother should ever have to experience what she was experiencing at that very moment and endure such agonizing and unexplainable pain. She was trying to stand strong for her children, but her knees buckled. Everything and everybody had a breaking point, and Rosette had finally reached hers. Falling to her knees, she let out a sigh of hurt and pain that only a mother could at such time.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! HELP ME