A Seductive Revenge

By Hakeem Pratt

In the aftermath of a devastating betrayal by the justice system, Sass Robinson's trust in the law crumbles, leading her to seek her own form of justice. Haunted by a horrifying assault and fueled by a burning desire for revenge, Sass embarks on a dangerous path. Armed with a newfound determination and a gun license, she sets her sights on Cool, a ruthless gangbanger responsible for her shattered soul and stolen innocence.

As a suburban girl navigating the treacherous streets of Camden, New Jersey, Sass struggles to blend in among the dangerous city dwellers and avoid detection by Cool and his gang. Just as she begins to lose hope, she encounters Loyal, a co-founder of a street team known as Gentle Thugs. Sharing a common background from the gritty streets, Loyal and Sass form an unlikely bond. Unbeknownst to Loyal, Sass conceals her true intentions and plans to exploit his team for her own quest for vengeance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hakeem Pratt
• Release date: Jul 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215774564

Hakeem Pratt

As Salaamu Alaykum,  I'm 34 years old from Camden NJ, been locked up since I was 18 years old with one year left. Im currently enrolled in college for my AA, writing manuscripts constantly. AQLU, LLC is for a purpose, aside from my business plans; to better our struggling society, and be the pipeline to start it. I start with that to say at that no matter how your life is starting and aiming, you can always make that right decision elevate your mind and make a difference. 

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PROLOGUE 

H ow y'all do that bitch Cuz. A Hoover Homeboy laughed, handing the half empty bottle of Remy to one of the Homies. 

The Hoover Homies were sitting on the abandoned step where they hustle  during the day, smoking weed, Black&Milds, and drinking liquor, laughing at the way Jamie, Mo-Mo, and Nikki were reenacting how they jumped Sass. Their adrenaline pumping mixed with the intoxicants made the moment a pure bliss for them because they weren't worried about retaliation from a nobody as bitch. 

The Diamond Thugs all-purpose car drove slowly up the block. Bunny scooted out of the rear driver seat window onto the windowsill and aimed the shotgun rifle over the roof of the car at Nikki because she was doing the most acting. What’s fucking Thuggin? She yells attracting their attention. 

Jade aimed the Mac-90 out of the passenger’s window. Sass aimed the P-89 out of the rear passenger seat window at the Chicks.  

Oh shit! A Homeboy yelled and attempted to escape. But most of them were too drunk to know what was going on. 

Bunny let off the first shot. BOOM! The bullet busted Nikki's head open. The rest of the Homies were now on point and tried to take off running but it was too late, bullets started to fly from Jade Mac. She aimed and sprayed left to right and right to left hitting whoever she can, usually, she'll just go for headshots, but due to the situation, she had to settle for less. Bunny cocked and squeezed letting the bird shots fly in all directions. Sass had the P-89 aimed at Jamie but was too afraid to pull the trigger, but Jade had her eyes locked on her, she squeezed off at Jamie, the bullets took out her legs as if she was karate swept from the back. Some of the Hoover Homies bumped into each other or over dead bodies and fell which made their deaths easy. 

Bunny hit three people; she was cocking and squeezing in a swift motion. She noticed Mo-Mo was on the move and squeezed at her but the gun was empty. Fuck! Shoot that bitch! Bunny yelled. 

Bitch shoot, we ain't here to play games. You either shoot or get shot, ya choice! Candy yelled from the driver seat back at Sass as she gripped the Mac-10 on her lap.

Sass stared dreadfully at the people dying in front of her. Never in her life has she ever witnessed anything like this, only in a movie, this shit was different and made her too scared to shoot.

After hearing Candy's threat, she snapped out of the zone because getting shot was not in her plans. Y'all bitches want to jump me right?! Sass yelled to gas herself up to shoot. She pulled back on the trigger, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! the bullets went everywhere except  for where she attended. She was used to target shooting with her .38, and this P-89 had much more kick back.

Jade aimed at Mo-Mo but her clip was empty. Hit that bitch!

Candy stuck the Mac out of the window over the hood of the car in Mo-Mo direction and made it ring off but she missed and Mo-Mo escaped.  

Not satisfied with the few dead people on the ground and the two she saw squirming, Jade emerged from the car and opened Sass' door. Sass glanced up to the deathly look in Jade's eyes and wondered what the hell she was doing.

What happened? Sass asked humbly in fear, she didn't know if she was ready to get killed because she didn't kill Mo-Mo, or what.

Go off both of them muthafuckas. Jade demanded. 

Sass emerged from the car glancing at all the people lying on the ground and noticed a guy holding a bullet wound on his neck and Jamie screaming in cries for help, and trying to crawl away.

Head shots too, so they can never forget you.

Sass approached the guy first, looked into his pleading eyes with sorry written on hers, aimed the gun at his head, closed her eyes,

And prayed, 'Lord forgive me.' Then she pulled back the trigger.  BOOM! Next, she approached Jamie and noticed that it was her who jumped her; a grin crept on Sass's face as she glared at her.

Bitch, hurry the fuck up! Jade said as she glanced around to make sure no one was coming or watching.

Sass aimed at her head and pulled the trigger, BOOM!              

CHAPTER 1

Loyal followed L.O inside of the Manager's Office inside of a clothes store of Cherry Hill Mall holding a shopping bag that had two shoe boxes inside containing $60,000. L.O checked the monitor to make sure no one was coming, as Loyal looked at the door. L.O is the dope connect and Cautious right hand man. No matter how many  kilos he sold, he kept a job for the cover up, and no matter how  much money he makes, he keeps it simple with his clothes, car, jewelry  which is only a studded earring and Movado watch. 

"What's going on out there, I heard somebody just got offed,

damn, it's not even ten o'clock yet."

It's probably some regular shit, but I'll find out when I get back. We're not beefing with nobody, so I know it ain't one of ours.  Loyal laid the shopping bag on the table.    

What's good with brah? L.O pulled the shoe boxes out.

He waing when I left, but he's good.

L.O gave the money a quick look over. Same shit?  

Yeah, same two.

Aight, same place like always.

Loyal left the store and headed to McDonalds for a quick breakfast, but a female sitting at the first table crying with a melted McFlurry in front of her caught his attention. He was going to ignore her but she looked cute from where he was standing and knew that some vulnerable woman was easy to get.

Excuse me Ms., are you okay?

The girl glances up, it's Sass. Her crying eyes quickly examined his 6'2 235 ILBs muscular frame that was built over his prison sentence. Nothing is wrong I'm okay, just leave me alone

By Sass saying that made it a challenge for him to break into her mind. Rejects became an invitation to Loyal. Ever since he was a kid, he challenged rejections and swindled his way in somehow until the person granted his request. Why? Because he hated when someone said no to him.

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Loyal sat at the table across from her, glancing from the McFlurry up to her teary face. Look, I know something is wrong, I'm not here to flirt with you or nothing. I just hate seeing females cry, no matter if I know them or not. So, why are you crying, because your McFlurry melted?

I said no, and I'm fine.

Loyal got up and left. He approached the counter, purchased a McFlurry, took it back to the table and replaced it with the melted one and tossed the melted one out.

Didn't I say that I was okay?!

Ms., no disrespect but, I'm not trying to hear that, enjoy yourself.                                           

What are you expecting something in return, because I got my gun permit and the only thing that you'll be getting in return-

Hold, Loyal cuts her off before she could go any farther and tick him off. up, you're not about to sit here and threaten me when all I asked was what's wrong and got you another McFlurry. I don’t care to know you or care about that gun permit shit, that ain't nothing but a threat where I'm from. But I see you don't understand what that indicates to a street nigga that you're mentally and emotionally disturbed, so, I’ ma let that slide.

Sass grew a bit scared from hearing the slight aggressiveness in  his voice and seeing the look in his eyes that she never witnessed  in male eyes that she know. She lowered her defensive gate. My father passed away. She lied and couldn't believe the lie she just told.  She just closed her eyes, and shook her head asking God not to let him die.             

Loyal reflected on his pops and his passing away recently. He averted his eyes, reflecting on his father. I just buried my pops last month.  I still find myself crying at times. He looked back into her eyes.

Just do your best to stay strong, cause it definitely can tear you in to pieces and put you in a place where it's hard to escape on your own

The advice was profound to her but not for that reason. She reflected on the rape situation and understood completely because that's where she's at right now. Thanks for the advice, but I don't have anything else to say to you. She chuckled, signifying her sincerity. 

Oh, that's the easy part, just say 'thank Loyal for the advice and the McFlurry, my name is, and then state your name gangsta. He joked and smiled, easing the mood.

Sass slightly smiled. Thank you Loyal for the advice and the, 

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McFlurry and my name is Sass.

You're welcome Sass. And you better not let that McFlurry melt because I'm not buying you a new one. He joked. She chuckled. Look, Ms. Sass, I may never see you again, but me and my partner are having a party to celebrate our business success, and I would like for you to come through with your family, spouse, and friends to support us. I know that we don't know each other, but it's good marketing for publicity towards future success.

AS soon as Sass heard party, she reflected on the last party that  she went to and it turned out to her being raped in the end, but  one he mentioned her family, and stuff, she was open to it because  of her career goals in business and needed all the advice and  tricks that she could get. What kind of business do y'all run, because I want to open a Private Investigation Firm, and why don't you have on a suit, don't all business people wear them?

Loyal begin to feel a bit of regret for going this far. He shook

his head not wanting to say anything that will run her away, but he thought, 'Fuck it, I know what to say.' We operate an import and export trading goods business.

What kind of trading, like goods, or clothes or something?

Goods.

That's nice, because, She ate some of the McFlurry. maybe you can give me some advice once I establish mine.

What type of Investigation Firm are you trying to open? Loyal needed to know that just in case she is the one who will try to bring down their operation, and to keep her on the hip just for that reason.

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CHAPTER 2

Minutes earlier

The ringing phone annoyed Nickquara out of her sleep as she laid under Cautious body, trying to get some more rest before she went to work, but the phone kept ringing off the hook and kept her up, so she nudged him with the back of her shoulder.

Hmmm? He groaned.

Nickquara headed to the bathroom. Being as though he's ready to get up now, she was hoping right now would be the perfect time to tell him the good news about the pregnancy. Answer that damn phone.

Cautious reached over to the night stand and grabbed his phone. Yo?  He answered.

Yo, Boose just got pushed. Q shouted in a panicking tone.

That woke Cautious up; he glanced at the phone to see who he was talking to. What?

Yo, some nigga just pushed brah.

Where you at? Cautious slipped out of bed and threw on a pair of basketball shorts.

Haddon and Pine.

Cautious slipped on a pair of Tims, grabbed a gun from underneath the mattress and headed to the door. His mind was racing a thousand miles per hour; he didn't know what the hell was going on this early in the morning for Boose to get killed. Nicki stopped him at the door happy and ready to deliver the good news.

Guess what bae? She held his arms ignoring the gun in his hand. It was second nature to her.

Yo, not right now. I gotta go see what the fuck is going on real quick. He tried to move her to the side but she was so eager to tell him that she resisted. He gave her that what the fuck is wrong with you look.

Bae, this is way more important, and I need your attention.

"Nicki, just please wait until I come back then we can talk.

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My attention is not here right now. He moved her to the side ignoring the sad look on her face and left the house."

Q blended in with the crowd as they all watched as the car Boose  was in get lifted onto the flatbed. Q stuck amongst the people so the police won't question him about what was going on, plus he was nervous and scared that the dude would come back around and finish him off. Cautious Black Tahoe pulled up to Haddon and Pine and watched  the scenario while trying to wrap his hand around what was going  on Q glanced around and noticed his car and entered it. They sat in silence for a few moments watching the scene.

Who did it and why?

We were waiting for this nigga to come out the crib with the money, then the next thing we knew, he came up on the car out of nowhere and started dumping.

Cautious glanced at Q waist line and saw the gun protruding. You were strapped and let my nigga get killed? Cautious wanted to blow Q head off right there.

I had to get out of the way to draw but the nigga got away too fast.

Rage and anger blazed through Cautious veins. What the fuck did he owe y'all money for in the first place?

The nigga wanted to buy 10 grams, Q just realized that he stuck his foot in his mouth and it was too late to retract his words.

of dope.

Cautious cut an eye of disbelief at Q. Dope? Where there fuck were getting it from, I know y'all weren't trying to sell my shit?

Q heart sped up as sweat beads formed on his forehead soaking into the brim of his hat. While Cautious was talking, he formed a lie that he hoped would get him out of the fire he was under. Nah, the poppies on 6th had some cheat shit, so we coped it from them to make a profit, they definitely wasn't going to eat off of our plate, hell no.

Does he live in the crib that y'all were at?

I don't know, but I know where the nigga be at.

Cautious drove an all-purpose car with Q in the passenger seat dressed in different clothes and a hat. He drove through Centerville until they spotted the target. Q clenched his teeth and exhaled sharply.  Cautious ran a plan down for Q, but the plan had a default in so Q wouldn't come back alive, because he knew that these niggas out here would tear Q a new ass. Q eyed the guys from where the car was parked, nodding his head to

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the plan and making himself angry to be fearless. 

Q emerged from the car with his hat low and head down, the phone to his ear walking on the opposite side of the street. He pulled his hat down lower to make sure his face is Simi-covered so the mission won’t be aborted or turned out bad. The closer he got, his heart throbbed in anticipation and fear of the unknown, he could hear the hustlers conversing a little bit, and he glanced up a little bit for their location and saw fiends there buying drugs. He reached for his waist but doubted that this was a good idea. But, once he noticed a car coming down the street, he figured this would be the perfect plan if he timed it right, so slowed down his walking. As the car got closer, he cut in-between two parked cars and held his gun behind his back. The target and the hustlers were on an angle to his left. Once the car passed by, Q raised the gun and started to bust off at them. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The hustlers took off running but Q kept letting off shots at the target, the bullets climbed up the target back and sent him flying to the ground. Q stepped out an inch farther as his aim lowered on his target and busted off a few more shots into his body, then a louder shot ranged off in Q direction, he flinched stepping back in-between the cars and heard the tail light of the car shatter.  A few more louder shots ranged off in his direction hitting the cars and busting out their windows, Q let off two more shots in the direction that he thought the bullets were coming from then took off running back to the car. 

Cautious entered the bedroom staring at Nicki sitting on the bed silently crying. He wasn't beat for her bullshit at this moment but he knew that he would eventually have to hear it. He laid the gun on the dresser, kicked his boots off and flopped on the bed What the hell are you crying for? I said that we're going to talk when I get back right?

No, because you're always doing this shit knowing that I fucking hate it!

Always doing what, what that fuck are you talking about?

Cautious voice grew a bit louder.

Running out when, She raised her voice over his. them dumb as niggas fucking call you when something happen That's what the fuck I'm talking about!

Do I criticize you when them broke as smut as bitches you run with, call you and you fucking leave me?!

That's the shit that I'm talking about, Brian, you're always bringing up some shit that ain't got anything to do with what's going on when your ass is under fire! You're, She stared at him slipping back on his boots. always,      

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Cautious grabbed his gun from the top dresser and headed for the door.  Nicki chased behind him down the steps. where are the fuck you going? She grabbed his arm. Brian, where are the fuck you going?!

Cautious snatched away. Get the fuck off of me! 

Nicki followed him to the front door cursing him out. Fuck you, I fucking hate you, ya fucking black ass, and don't fucking come back! She screamed at him. Cautious ignored her and got into his truck and pulled off. She yelled cursing him out the entire time.

Cautious drove to the Honeycomb on 8th Line ignoring her phone calls.  He rounded the Team up to give them heads upon what happened earlier with Q and Boose.

Jade, a 27 year old exotic Asian and Jamaican lesbian who stands at 5'6 125 LBS, flat stomach, small plump ass, d-cup breast, perched pink lips, chinky dark evil oval eyes, and high cheekbones with long black silky hair. She's small in size but large at heart. She wanted to handle it. Look nigga, you're going to get this ass whooping  by five of us and I'm in it, then go redeem yaself, what the fuck is on your rabbit ass mine letting  one of ours getting killed like you ain't never see death. And you’re paying for his funeral with his family.

Gentle Thugs was formed by Cautious and Loyal back in 2000 down Bordentown while they were in Ad Seg Cautious. They were a part of different Blood sets until Cautious convinced Loyal to join him because the set Loyal was under, Big Homies killed Loyal's cousin and  his cousin was from 8th. They both were from the same hood but different blocks, Cautious from 8th, where he earned his name and rep from putting in work, and Loyal from 6th got bread on 8th and Walnut. They weren't friends on the streets but grew a bond in the County Jail because it was Bloods against Muslims, Crips, normal people and whoever else hated Bloods, besides the Latin Kings. After  2 years in the County they went to prison, Cautious on a 10 with an 85% for an Aggravated  Manslaughter charge, and Loyal on an 8 with an 85% for an Attempted Murder charge . When they formed their movement, and left Ad Seg in 2003 to different prisons, it was heard amongst all the gangs, and wherever they went, they had to fight, with their fists and knives, some they won but most they lost, and at times when no one will fight them first, they'll pop off first.  This went on until people respected them.  Once that was established, they called all of their lil Homies who were under them when they were Blood to join them, they never forced any one and only bred people from Camden. Cautious wanted people to respect them  and Loyal wanted people to fear them, they both had their reasons which showed itself over time.  The name came from when Cautious wanted to show kindness at the wrong moments and Loyal wanted to install fear at the right moments. 

CAUTIOUS WAS THE YOUNGEST of one boy and one girl. He grew up looking up to his older brother who ran the streets since a child and haven’t lived

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With them since he was 13 years old. When Cautious turned 16 years old, his older brother was paroled to their house. One night while he and L.O were out on a mission, the house caught on fire killing everyone in the house besides his older sister who was away at college. His parents were both hard working, he just always had this evil side of him since the day when he was in elementary school and his brother and a girl from down the street were arguing and he pulled her by the hair and was ready to slap her but their mom stopped him. So the girl called up her boyfriend and his brother called some dudes. When her boyfriend's car pulled up, some guys with red bandannas came running down on the car shooting at it. Everyone besides Cautious ran inside of the house. He was loving it and wanted to watch it all but his sister kept trying to pull him inside of the house but kept resisting until his mother commanded him to