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Sitting in the courtroom stunned to the sentence the Judge handed down to Fast Eddie, her friend, boss and lover – Michelle, aka Shells, hurried out of the courtroom so she could call the rest of the 2-4 homies to give them the bad news that it would be twenty-five years before Eddie would see the streets again.

“Hello!” Shells spoke.

“Yea, what’s good Shells?” Replied Murder.

“Not a damn thang my nigga. These crackers done gave this nigga a quarter!” Shells blurted out.

“What the fuck? Where are you?”

“I’m leaving the courthouse now. I’ll meet you at the spot; have the rest of the guys there when I get there. We definitely have to figure something out now.”

“Done deal. And don’t trip, we’ll work something out,” was all Murder said before hanging up.

Getting into the car, Shells released all the tears she’d held back over the past months of dealing with the loss of her soul mate. Never has anyone completed her as Fast Eddie had. He was so many things to her – a father, homie, lover and teacher. And now with him gone, she couldn’t imagine what tomorrow held. Ever since she was sixteen Eddie had been a guiding force in her life, molding her to his specifications until she reached eighteen. Old enough to decide if the fast life he represented was indeed the life she wanted to live, because that’s all he knew. Coming from an abusive mother and drunk, perverted father, the decision wasn’t a hard one to make. Meeting Fast Eddie was like a dream to her, not only did he guide her, he also provided her with a means to live a luxurious life – one every young female longed to live. Knowing he had a wife and daughter never was relevant because, in Shells’ mind, she was his Bonnie and nothing else mattered. She played her position and some, never swaying any other way.

Before driving off, she wiped her red eyes, looked in the mirror, and made herself a promise to do whatever was necessary to get Fast Eddie out – not allowing anyone or anything to get in her way. The last thing anyone wanted to do was fuck with Shells. She was given the name by Eddie because when she leaves a nigga stanken, she over kills they ass, leaving no less than twenty shells per body, thus came the name Shells.