CHAPTER 55

Nikkie was Jakub's friend back in high school, but unlike Jakub who was easygoing, he was a delinquent who followed Jakub about, begging him to get him (Nikkie) into the Czarna Pantera pay lists.

He had accidentally killed a fellow student at a party back then and was sent away as an adult for ten years. When he came back, all his friends were done with school. Even the ones whom he thought would end up like him. Some were married and some already had what he called a settled life... Wife, kids, businesses or a good career, their own house and great credit scores.

 He was left behind.

With the help of the connections he made from prison, he was able to join a gang and started dealing.

One day, he had coincidentally met Jakub at a pool party where he was dealing while claiming to be the lifeguard.

A gang war broke out in downtown Texas some time later that led to the annihilation of his own gang. During the war, he had sought refu