
(God, Homeland and Liberty)
-FICTION-
By: Sharon Tirado
January 31, 2021
Synopsis: Pusher from the East, Dex, stumbles into a drug deal gone wrong. Instinctively, Dex scans the area and saw 20k right there on the table and a small black notebook. He makes his way to it, grabs both, then dips. He did this on impulse and now he needs to figure out what to do. WWYD?
Windel Rosario is talking about what happened to a reporter – Dex’s friend
part 1
This wasn’t just any day for Dex, today was his day of initiation into the Trinitario gang. Dannel ‘Dex’ Santos, age 22, from Los Tres Brazoz, DR was now living in Rikers Island, NY. Dex moved out here when he turned 11, he lived with his mom and older brother. His mom was gone most of the time, working dayshifts at the hospital as a nurse and at night she was a dancer at the Show Palace Gentlemen’s Club NYC. His older brother was autistic, so he mostly just chilled at home playing on his tablet, he was 25. Dex didn’t tell anyone but me that he was joining the gang, he just did his own thing; it’s been like this since he was 13 and his dad left. He doesn’t talk about that. Dex spent most of his time chilling at the trap with us smoking off this earth. Dex could never ask his mom for anything because she didn’t have it. Dex is a man and had to fend for himself. He started selling black and white rocks when he turned 14. Started making a killing. We were balling in the hood. He kept showing out and blessing us less fortunate folk out here but then he caught someone’s eye. This was a hater. Merari “Car-Melo” Guzman. He was already an OG so he thought he was somebody. Car-Melo always felt some type of way about Dex. Dex did nothing to this man. I’m not going to lie though, Dex did kinda text his girl by accident. Raiza is just for the streets and I told him but Dex just does his own thing, I guess. So now Car-Melo doesn’t fuck wit ’em. Car-Melo happens to be the dude who is arranging the whole initiation so it’s nerve-wracking, to say the least. They aren’t allowed to kill him, but he might end up in the hospital fucking around with Car-Melo…
part 2
Sorry had to take the blunt and hit that bihh. So, where were we? Oh yeah, Dex’s initiation to the Trinitario gang. Dex was on his way to get beat up and tell me how this man just comes across all these niggas just laid out dead. I don’t know what the fuck happened man. My boy Dex did the following, he deadass just grabbed the 20K he saw on the table and a small black notebook and dipped. When he got back, I was like, “nigga you scary asf.” He was like “yooo I don’t know how to tell you this, but I went, and everyone was dead, and look what’s in the bag bruh.” I check the bag and there are 20 racks and a small black notebook. What’s this small black notebook you ask? My dude, we just got the intel of every motherfucker in this city. Anyone who is anyone is in this book. All the connections and I was like yooooo we bout to be rich asf. Dex was like “Nah man, I need to take it to Thiago.” I was like I guess nigga, do what you do. They didn’t call him Dex for anything he was next in line to be Thiago’s, right-hand man. He is honorable and shit. I tried to grab a couple of hundreds from the stack but Dex caught me, took it all, and left. I ain’t shit, I know.
part 3
Anyways, let me wrap this up, so the rest of this story is a little less detailed so bear with me because this is my putting it all together after everything that happened. Dex went and left but he never ended up going to Thiago. Dex got caught up on Interstate 86, turns out Thiago had cameras at the warehouse where Dex was supposed to be initiated. It was Car-Melo who caught that shit on the camera and took this as an opportunity to rat out Dex. Thiago ain’t know what to do, Car-Melo over there playing devil’s advocate and shit. Thiago was convinced that Dex set everything up and caused the whole thing, even though no one took a second to review the rest of the footage. Thiago sent out some guys to go handle that and get the book, split the money. So, these guys went out, they knew Dex and they Fucked wit ’em but now they had to go kill the man. They drive right past him on I-86 right, they bust a u-ie. Dex saw that and slowed down a little bit. What was that for? He should have hit the gas on they ass but like I said we all fucked with each other. These niggas pulled up and asked for the money and the book and Dex was like “I was just on my way to bring it” they were like yeah Thiago was pissed because Car-Melo saw you take the shit on the camera. Thiago had no choice but to send us. Dex was a little uneasy now because he realized what that meant. In that same instant came Car-Melo speeding on his Aprilia RSV 1000 R and stopping right in front of Dex’s Whip. He gave the two guys a look, there was no traffic. Car-Melo pulls out a Glock 19 and shoots Dex, aiming for his forehead through the windshield. Dex died in an instant that same day on I-86…
Windel chokes up and tears stream down his face he can no longer stay strong and continues:
Am I good to leave now?
Fin?
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