Chapter 16

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She took a few steps forward but SB stopped her in her tracks.

"I swear to God if you move."

Nicki didn't even know how to began to commence the predicament. She was speechless and her body was stiff.

"N-Nic don't let him do this, please. I-I'm s-" Drake was trembling in fear.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP."

"Wait, Safaree...Think about what you're doing...." Nic held her hands in front of her looking between Drake, Safaree and a gun at Drake's head. He was anticipating to shoot him, so he kept silent and didn't move a muscle.

"L-look! It's not even that serious! JUST STOP!" Nic cried out.

"HELL NAW! I'm tired of this thirsty ass nigga always trailing around you like he's in DIRE NEED of some shit. Fuck this nigga!"

"It's not even LIKE that! You're getting the wrong idea!"

Drizzy glanced at Nicki and pleaded with his eyes for her not to mention anything about the previous night. If she told...it would be the end of him. She eyed him and saw how vunerable he looked. He was on the verge of being killed and by her opening her mouth, it would mean she didn't care.

More tears escaped her eyes as she didn't know what to do or say. Nic was terrified that if she or Drake said anything to set Safaree off, he would pull the trigger. Nicki slowly stepped forward closer to the two men, carefully looking into Gali's eyes.

Safaree kept the gun at his head and scrutinized Nicki.

"Safaree....put...the gun..DOWN." She gritted through her teeth.

"Don't you DARE come closer, I'll shoot this nigga!"

She halted in her steps again and gave him a devious look. "HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FUCKING MIND?! You're about to KILL him! Do you realize what you're doing right now?!"

"I know EXACTLY what I'm doin! I'm about to end this nigga life, that's WHAT!" SB pressed the gun harder on his temple while yelling.

Drake cringed and shut his eyes, still not saying a word.

"Look. How about you just tell me before you regret this..." Nicki calmly said.

"How about you tell me what's going?"

"WITH WHAT?! What did I do?!"

"YOU FUCKIN LIED TO ME! YOU LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING, NIC! You think all this shit was a joke, huh?!" SB was livid.

"What are you even TALKING about?!?!"

"Ever since the plane crash, yo ass been actin strange all of a sudden. First it was the calls....then the people...then the texts. You asked me to protect you for a reason but.....how am I suppose to when you were hiding shit from me? I knew it was this nigga all along...."

Her eyes shot big and she froze at that last part. She gave him a confused look and spoke up. "Excuse Me???"

"You wanna sit here and lie in my gotdamn face about you 'seein shit' and put me through all this BULLSHIT to throw me off. Hiding this nigga behind my back. You must've had this muhfucka callin 'Unknown'...ain't sayin shit when I be around. This bitch nigga gotchu fuckin with MY emotions nshit. Puttin on this act and playin the VICTIM. Tuh...LaGuardia taught you well."

"Wait a minute...WHERE the fuck are you getting all this from?! Why would I lie to you about some shit like that, Safaree?!"

"Nicki. Tonight's not the night to play me. I've been played enough. I'm sick of this shit."

"SOMEONE is after me, for God's Sake! They've been after me since DAY FUCKING ONE. I simply asked you to protect me and now you think I'M acting strange because YOU believe I'm cheating on you??? That's the DUMBEST shit I've ever heard."

Aubrey's heart dropped. He looked carefully up at Nic then back to the ground. He became nervous.

"Onika, you better give me a fucking explanation on why you didn't come home last night. I trusted you would be home before anything crazy happened. I ain't neva been so damn worried in my life....Mmh. Do YOU know why she aint come home last night???" Safaree forced the gun to his head again, turning to look in front of him.

Drake didn't say anything. Instead he only heard his heartbeat racing time.

There was a complete silence in the room and tension was within the 3 of them. Drake silenty prayed over and over in his head that nothing would be revealed.

"Somebody betta explain some shit to me before this bullet is released!" Safaree disrupted the silence.

"....Can you please just let him go?" Nicki said just above a whisper.

"T-th-this is all a misunderstanding..." Drizzy finally spoke up.

SB cocked the gun and nudged his head again.

"LET HIM EXPLAIN!" Nic yelled out.

At this point it was do or die. Someone had to spill before it turned into a murder case. Time was ticking and there wasn't much left because SB was on a thin line. He was fed up of the lies and craziness Nicki was putting him through. But was she really lying about everything?

Scaff awaited a confession from Drake.

He gave up and confessed.

"Look man, we went on our date and had a good time. We made a toast to Nic's first world tour starting soon, sat back and had a couple of drinks and laughed. It was getting a little late so we needed to go home. You know how she gets when she's dr-" Drake got carried away chuckling back at the memory of Nicki being drunk the previous night.

"SAFAREE. I need to talk to you...." Nicki interrupted Drake swiftly before he finished. She widened her eyes at him giving him a 'What the fuck are you doing?!' look. [I can't believe this nigga was finna rat on me!]

There was a short silence.

"No-no...Let this nigga finish his story. I wanna know more." He tightened his grip around the gun & prepared his finger on the trigger.

"But I really need to talk to you!"

"Did You touch her?" he ignored her, looking down at Drake.

Nic's heart jolted at his sudden question.

"Man W-WHAT?! Whatchu mean did I touc-"

"DID YOU FUCKING TOUCH HER OR NOT?!"

"SAFAREE! STOP!!!"

Aub rised up out of his seat, stanfing face to face with SB.

"Shoot me."

"Put the gun down..." She looked between the two.

They had a stare down. Safaree was tempted and Drake waited.

"Please don't do this. It's not worth it."

"Try me nigga."

She slowly inched up to SB and placed one hand behind his neck. He looked into her weary eyes and frowned. Her tears fell as she stared into his eyes. The tension in Gali's body was building as she lowered his hand down. Drake was on the verge of retaliating as he saw what utterly disgusted him. When the gun was put down, she held it and forced SB into the kitchen. He glanced back at Drizzy with a devilish look.

"Muthafucka, If you leave, you better BELIEVE Ima fuck you up." (pauz)

"Tuh. Yeah right."

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The two sat down in Drake's kitchen. It was nearing 10pm. Nic sat the gun on the table out of the way and ran her tiny hands over her face in distraught. Safaree sat silently and waited.

"Whyyyy are you doing this, Faree? Why to meee?" Nic whispered and cried holding on to one of his hands from across the table.

"So you takin up for dis nigga now??"

"Safaree! Please tell me what you're talking about!"

"You really don't get it do you?"

She was addled.

"I knew trying this love thing out with you wouldn't work out. I....I love you but...I just don't understand what I did wrong to make you do this to me...."

A sharp feeling hit Nicki inside, she felt she knew what was coming but didn't want to believe he was about to say it.

"I love you as a best friend.....and I believe it should stay like that. Like the way it used to be."

"No no no Safaree, baby listen, I-I-I was going to tell you about the txts I was just afraid on how you-" Nicki was getting choked up.

"Ion wanna hear dat shit, Nic. Look. I need some space....some time to think. I'm finna get my own place....I can't deal with this shit. I'-"

She jumped up and sobbed in his face holding onto him with dear life, not wanting him to go. She couldn't apprehend all of this at once. "Please Safaree, Pleeeeease! You can't leave me here by myself! Why aren't you believing me?! Please stay! Don't leave me! What if something happens?"

Nic grabbed his arm as he got up leaving. Her tiny body couldn't fight him to stop from escaping. She pleaded and he ignored her, pushing her away. When they entered back through the bedroom, Drake was gone.

"That son of bitch." Safaree stormed out of the house to his car. She paused and glanced around the room and began to panic.

"Oh shit...." she said under her breath.

The start of his car roared outside. When the car backed out of the driveway, tiny footsteps charged after car. SB zipped away only leaving dust behind. Nic missed him by a couple of seconds. Now with no one in the house, she was left alone.

Drake was no where to be found, so she tried to text him.

Nic:
Whr r u????

No response.

Nic tried calling him.

Voicemail.

In the house, she sat back at the table and thought. [Okay, Nic. Just calm down. Theres not enough time left to be down. You have to be strong. Who knows where Safaree could be, hopefully Aubrey is safe.]

"I just need to go home."

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On the way home, it was silent. HB could've sworn she was going crazy, trying to really figure out where she went wrong with the situation. All she wanted was peace and for Safaree to have an understanding. Never did she mean for it to go this far with just one tiny secret. Luckily, the ALL tea didn't get spilled all over the floor.

[*long sigh* Alright...I-I'm gonna go home. I'm gonna wash up. Prepare for these next two weeks. He'll.....he'll come back soon. I know he will. I'll just have to be strong.]

"Oh my GOD I can't believe this is happening right now!" she hit her steering will in frustration.

[No. Maybe he was right.....maybe...maybe it is Aubrey behind this........Nahhhh. He wouldn't do that...would he?]

Nicki pulled into her driveway, ran straight inside and locked the doors. Since Safaree didn't return home, she was in the big home by herself. The security alarm was set, every door and window was locked—[No...no..I don't need to tell anyone right now. I'll just wait for him to come back. My barbz'll be praying for me. They're okay. They'll understand, I'm working. Mother will do the same. I can do this. I still have my entourage. My security. I'm okay. Nicki you're okay.]—then went upstairs.

She walked into the bathroom and disrobed immediately. The water began running in the tub. It was set on hot enough for her to relax and rethink this entire situation.

Before Nicki climbed into the tub she couldn't help but check her phone once more.

Baby:
Faree come home...pls

Nic waited for 3mins and didn't receive a reply.

"UGHH!" more frustration boiled through her veins.

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@NICKIMINAJ:
Barbz...i luv u. Trust. xoxoxoxo #PinkFridayTour

Nicki sat in bed and read through her TL. Being away from the barbz was hurting her because of the drama that had all happened over the course of 2 months now. They really didn't need to hear about their fav being in danger. Sure the barbz missed her but Nicki didn't want to put them through her personal problems. And The media was NOT about to get invloved. There was no correct way to approach it because eveything was happening unexpectedly. With the creep still out there trying damage her, her only extinct was to have massive security and to not be alone.

Well the security part worked out....

Guessing SB made it quite clear he needed space. It seemed like HB wouldn't hear from him anymore that night. She prayed that he was at least safe and that Drake was okay. To be honest, the creep could be anyone out there trying to hurt her. But who did she believe?

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