Empire Page #3

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twice a week.

Make sure that car's clean inside out

or I'm gonna go off on you.

- Damn!

- What?.

- Done.

- All right, get the hell outta here.

There's no tongue

allowed in here.

Yo, Vic, what's up, man?.

That's all right.

He just needs a minute with your girl.

Me?. What's up?.

What'd I do?.

Your son's gonna come home with a

Playstation tomorrow. I gave it to him.

- But I didn't-

- Shut the f*** up!

Cheena, just shut the f*** up.

- Listen to me.

- I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

He's bringing a Playstation tomorrow

night. Can you understand that?.

I understand.

You got it for him. Thank you.

I'm gonna check up

on that Playstation...

and if I don't see it

I'm gonna assume you sold it.

You got me?.

Don't answer.

It doesn't need an answer.

And by the way,

that money your son saved up?.

I want it. Friday.

Okay. Okay.

With the kind of money we make

out here, you can't go to a bank.

You make huge cash deposits

three times a week...

and you don't think

they're gonna get suspicious?

I got me a $40,000 truck.

I park in one of the poorest

neighborhoods in the country.

But no one touches it.

Why?

Because they know who I am.

Respect, remember?

There's only so much you can do

with the money without being stupid.

Jimmy likes to spend it all

on his crazy safari jungle furniture.

He loves that sh*t.

Chedda had the world's

biggest stereo system...

in the world's puniest apartment.

Sometimes you just can't help

doing something special, though.

What's that, 17,000?.

- Got you something.

- Oh, yeah?.

I was always alone...

always had to prove myself...

always had to be better

than everybody.

That's the way

you have to be down here.

That is, till I met Carmen.

She's been my girl

for a long time now.

I don't mean to brag...

but she's the only girl

who was ever as smart as me.

She's going to college for her BA...

and we've been living together now

for about a year...

which makes her moms crazy.

I mean, who wants their daughter

to be a drug dealer's honey, right?

But Carmen's mom hated me

from the get-go.

Carmen doesnt like what I do...

but she don't have any illusions

about a guy like me either.

It's times like this

that make it all worthwhile.

Everything that happens, all this sh*t,

it just disappears.

Look at that.

You look beautiful.

I wish I could've told Carmen I could

never really stop or slow down...

'cause I could never stop

or slow down.

I had to keep operating.

My life depended on it.

Dealing made me feel alive. I had

to show them. I had to show everybody.

Did you get al I that?.

I couldn't understand what

he was talking about by the end.

I think so. Why?.

Did you read the chapters last night?.

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