"make it last forever
cmon baby won't you hold onto me, hold onto me
you and I together
come on baby won't you hold onto me, hold onto me...".

(thank you TESTINGCTRL  for the song title suggestion, I was struggling and you helped. love my friends!)

roman rushed through the doors of the st. ignatuus loyala preschool in a hurry to get jianni and go, if she was even there. he was livid and all he wanted was to make sure that his baby girl was okay and safe. the thought of victor and his men taking her, an innocent four year old girl that has nothing to do with any of his shit was driving him insane.

roman went up to the sign in desk where the secretary was sitting working on her desktop. she looked up once and saw the look in roman's infuriated eyes and now she was confused and honestly worried for him.

"how may I help you?" she wondered.

"is jianni anoa'i here?!" roman asked her.

"let me check" she said, pulling up the sign out log on the desktop.

"you don't remember seeing her leave?! is she here or not?!" roman exclaimed growing frustrated.

"I need to check the log to make sure, so many kids go through the school each and every day I need to make sure that you're asking for the right child" she told him.

she quickly pulled up the sign out log and since jianni's last name was "a", she was at the beginning. she saw jianni's check out time, she was checked out of school right at the exact time of four o clock. she was gone.

"she was checked out at four today" the secretary told him.

"by who?!" roman asked her. he was pissed, his daughter was really taken by that man.

"um let me see..." she said. "her uncle wanya smith".

wanya? who the fuck was wanya? wanya from boyz ii men? it definitely wasn't him. roman started to think even more though, and realized who it could've been.

victor's new top guy. after roman killed emilio perez from the OS13 gang he must've went recruiting to get a new lead man to do all of the dirty work. just thinking about it made him more angry, and made him want to kill him.

roman walked out of the preschool, got in his bentley, and drove off in a rush. he grabbed his phone and began to dial up jey's number, they were all about to go to war. HE was about to go to war, anything to get his daughter back.

"waddup uce!" jey said on the phone.

"I need you and your brother to meet me at my house right now, stop whatever you're doing and get there now" roman instructed, his tone was stern and direct. he was not playing around.

"can't I just meet you at the warehouse? i'm already almost there" jey said.

"no because I just told you to meet me at my house so do what I just asked you to do and MEET ME AT MY HOUSE!" roman exclaimed. "i'll explain everything when you get there".

"alright damn i'm on my- HOLY SHIT!" jey yelled out on the phone.

as jey was about to go to the warehouse, he was stopped by a police barricade blocking the road. he was also stopped by multiple police cars and swat cars surrounding the warehouse. roman's dealers were lined up outside of the warehouse handcuffed and getting put into the cars and swat team members were walking out of the warehouse with every drug product that they owned. jey even saw shiny and terrence getting handcuffed and put into swat cars. he couldn't believe his eyes, everything was falling apart.

the drug cartel was getting raided by the feds.

"jey what?! what's going on?!" roman yelled in the phone, confused as to why his cousin just let out an outburst.

jey quickly turned his car around to avoid any questioning or for anyone to recognize him and rat. he drove off quickly from the scene and used backways to leave without a trace. his heart was pounding and he was fuming, everything that's been worked for
for the past twelve years was now down the drain. it was starting to look grim, starting to look like the end.

"jey tell me what the fuck is going on NOW!" roman yelled.

"the warehouse is being raided by the feds right now. they're taking everything out and all of the guys are being arrested and put into swat and cop cars" jey told him.

everything went to a complete halt for roman. he pulled his car over and began shaking. he was seeing red, and he was visibly red. this is the most angry that he's ever been. anything could easily make roman tick, but this? all of his work, his empire, his cartel. twelve years of being a lord and over twenty five years of being in the drug game period and it was all in jeopardy.

his daughter was currently missing and his cartel was being destroyed, and it was all at the hand of one man.

victor fucking marshall.

"what do you mean that jianni wasn't at the school?!" iman exclaimed as roman was now home. it was her, jimmy, and jey sitting on the sofa as roman was pacing back and forth in front of them.

"she wasn't there iman I just told you that!" roman yelled.

"oh my god... OH MY GOD!" iman sobbed as she broke down in tears. her daughter was missing, the joy in her life. a little girl that did nothing to nobody had been taken by someone evil and vile. she was so upset, but she was also pissed.

"I know who has her, i'm getting her back" roman told her. "she'll be back good".

"wait.... wait, wait, wait.... did the same people that took jianni also attack julianne?!"  iman asked him.

"the same camp, all came from my enemy" roman said.

"so this shit is all happening because of your bullshit drug cartel?!" iman yelled.

"iman...." roman groaned, and here we go.

"no don't you fucking dare "iman" me. YOU AND YOUR CARTEL BULLSHIT IS THE REASON WHY MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING RIGHT NOW! WHY JULIANNE IS IN THE HOSPITAL! YOU AND YOUR FUCKING BULLSHIT OF A "JOB" IS WHY EVERYTHING IS FALLING APART! THIS IS YOU!" iman screamed. there were tears in her eyes and fury in her heart.

"YOU BLAMING ME LIKE I KNEW THIS SHIT WAS GONNA HAPPEN!" roman yelled back at her.

"IT IS! it is your fault roman cause you've been doing this shit and now it's catching up to you! now it's catching up to our daughter, the one thing I feared the most is happening right now I can't believe this" iman cried.

"iman i'm going to get her back and i'm going to kill every motherfucker that had something to do with it.... and getting my cartel raided" he told her, and iman's eyes widened at that major reveal.

"YOU'RE GETTING ARRESTED TOO?! oh my god this is too much..... THIS IS TOO FUCKING MUCH!" iman sighed as she cried even more.

"ain't nothing happening to me i'm making sure of it. the only thing that's happening is me getting our daughter back and my revenge, and that starts now" roman said.

"jimmy, jey, call up your families and tell them to pack a bag and go to the houses in teaneck. I can bet that the feds are gonna be looking for all three of us and we need to hide the family out. you too iman, pack a bag for you, julianne for when she gets out of the hospital, and jianni for when I get her back".

"wait what?!" iman exclaimed.

"about two years ago I bought a mansion in teaneck to use in case something ever happens. whether it was a threat to my life or in this case, the feds raiding my shit. I always had it so that we could hide out and no one would find us. it's set up and everything, so go pack a bag and bring all of your important shit cause that's where we'll be staying until further notice" roman explained.

"this shit is crazy...." she sighed.

"please just pack a bag iman, I have a lot of shit to do and all i'm asking you to do right now is to pack a bag and go to teaneck for a little bit okay?!" roman stressed. "jimmy and jey will pick you up later".

"and where will you be?" iman asked him.

"in buffalo" he told her.

roman walked out of the living room and went into the closet where his safe was. he grabbed all of his materials and put them in his duffel bag. he also changed into a hoodie, cargo pants, and combat boots so that he's prepared for any action when it came to destroying victor and his people.

"yo uce, are you gonna need us while you out there?" jey asked him.

"I need to do this by myself, getting my daughter back and killing that bastard once and for all. the only thing I do ask is that once y'all get your families settled be in buffalo so that when I get jianni, I can give her to y'all and y'all can take her back to teaneck so she can be with iman" roman explained. "i'll handle the rest, just be outside of victor's place ready and strapped in case shit goes down okay? my jet will be ready for y'all once I get there".

"bet, we'll be there" jimmy nodded.

roman walked into his bedroom and found iman in there crying. he walked over to her and sat on the bed holding her as she cried in his arms. he rubbed her back smoothly and rocked her back and forth as she let all of her emotions out on his hoodie.

"I promise you when I get back we're gonna be good okay?" roman told her. "no matter what happens we gonna be good".

"i'm gonna get jianni and bring her back to you, then i'm gonna kill that son of a birch that took her and we're gonna be good. no matter what happens with that cartel i'm going to make sure that I still remain in you and jianni's life. you ain't losing me iman, I can guarantee you that".

"just be safe please" iman mumbled.

"I will" he told her. "I love you, and I got you always".

"I love you too" she sniffled, and roman leaned into her and gave her a passionate kiss that lasted a while. once they were done, roman walked out of the room and out of the penthouse. he got in his new black jeep and drove to get on his jet and go to buffalo.

meanwhile iman was left alone in the house in tears and distress. her heart was so heavy, her biggest fear of something happening to jianni, roman possibly getting arrested, and everything being put into jeopardy due to the drug cartel was occurring right now. she couldn't stand it, she couldn't handle it.

she didn't even wanna think about this, she hoped that she didn't HAVE to think about this... but maybe the day that she found out about roman should've been the last day that they were together.

if only she would've left when she did...

April 7th, 2016

iman arrived at roman's penthouse after attending a doctors' appointment. she was twenty six weeks along and six months pregnant overall, they were expecting a baby girl and were so happy and blessed about it.

iman and roman's relationship has been great too, staying together and being there for each other through everything. they love each other so much to the point that they never wanted to be apart from each other, iman was even considering moving in with roman soon since they'd be soon raising a baby. life was great for the two at the moment.

iman rung the doorbell and a few moments later, roman came to the door with a smile on his face seeing his pregnant girlfriend.

"hey baby" roman smiled, bringing her into his house and giving her a kiss.

"hey" she smiled.

"how did the appointment go?" he asked her.

"went good, baby girl is still good and healthy. plus I don't have to worry about having a c section yet so that's good too" iman told him. "i'll be able to have a natural birth".

"right and that's good because with a c section they would have to open you up yes?" roman asked for clarification.

"yeah and with a natural birth I could just push her out" she said. "they won't have to cut me or anything".

"okay, yes that's great" roman smiled, and then he bent down to iman's growing belly and lifted her shirt up.

"three more months until I meet you baby girl".

"you're so cute" iman giggled as roman was kissing on her belly.

"not as cute as you" roman told her, and then he leaned into her face for a passionate kiss.

that kiss continued onto the sofa as iman and roman were loving on each other very passionately (as they always did). roman's arms were wrapped around iman's waist and his lips soon left her lips and went to her neck.

"you see how I got pregnant before?" iman chuckled, holding back a moan from how good he was kissing on her neck.

"and when you're done with this one i'll do it again" he said in a low yet sexy tone. iman was turned on, and maybe it was the pregnancy hormones but now she was horny and wouldn't mind having some sex right now.

iman kissed roman on the lips very eagerly and now he was fired up and ready to fuck. he laid iman down on the sofa and continued to kiss on her. however, right before he could pull down her leggings and pull down his own pants, his phone began to ring in his back pocket. both iman and roman heavily groaned as the phone call was interrupting their almost intimate moment.

"it's jimmy" roman groaned. "i'll be right back baby".

roman answered the phone and walked out of the living room to speak to his cousin. meanwhile iman rose up from the sofa and sighed as she wasn't getting pleased at the moment. she began to look around but she happened to see that there was another phone that was left on the coffee table. it wasn't her phone as her phone was in her MCM bag, so it had to be roman's.

she didn't want to touch his other phone as she was not the type to snoop and go through people's things, especially phones. she trusted roman enough to know that he wouldn't be cheating on her and even if he was, he sure as hell wouldn't need two phones for it. so out of curiosity, she grabbed the phone from the coffee table.

looking at it, it was a grey iphone 6s with a black outterbox case. there were no notifications on the phone and all there was on the lock screen was the time and date along with the beach wallpaper. so right now, iman was good with what she was seeing. she just assumed that it was his work phone and nothing more.

until a text notification came through.

his text ringtone went off as a text appeared on the phone. iman was startled, but she was also curious so she just took a quick peek at what was just sent. however what she just saw blew her mind, and not in a good way. it was a message from a man called "Ambrose".

coke?! as in cocaine?! and hero as in heroin?! selling "products" in clubs as well?! and what kind of "warehouse" is this person talking about?! iman was starting to connect the dots, including the clear dots of roman's wealth and why he lives the lifestyle that he does. there was a reason why this man has a private jet, why he wears designer, why he has a rolls royce AND a bentley, and most of all, why he constantly spoils iman with the best things. it's not because he worked for a "good company".

it was because he was a drug dealer, or even worse, a drug lord.

when roman finished speaking to jimmy, he walked back out to the living room. instead of finding iman lustful and ready for him to please her, he found iman looking upset and confused. he was now confused himself.

"what's wrong baby?" roman asked her.

"roman, i'm gonna ask you this and please, please be honest with me..." iman began to say. "are you a drug dealer? or are you a drug lord?".

roman was silent, he was stunned that she was even asking this. he's kept this a secret from her for the past year that they've been together and now here she was finding out about it. how DID she even find out about this?! he made sure at any chance to clean up his tracks on his job.

"why are you so quiet?! I asked you a simple question and you can't even answer it..." iman said.

roman was about to say something but then he saw that his trap phone was on the couch instead of on the coffee table where he left it. now he was mad, because the only reason why iman's even asking him about this is because she was being noisy and snooped through his shit.

"were you going through my phone?!" roman exclaimed as he rushed over to her.

"I didn't even get in!" iman told him.

"it doesn't matter iman you were still looking at shit that isn't even yours!" roman yelled out, snatching the phone from the couch and looking at the text that he had received from ambrose. he let out a heavy sigh as he saw that whatever she saw basically revealed the secret that he had held from her for the past year.

"so this is why you're asking me that shit?".

"oh my god...." iman sighed. "you- you ARE a drug dealer! oh my god.... OH MY GOD!".

"iman calm down" roman groaned.

"no i'm not gonna calm down!" iman yelled at him. "you LIED to me for a whole year about what you did and now here I am pregnant by a whole drug dealer who could get arrested or even DIE at any minute. why would you lie to me roman?! WHY?!".

"if I would've told you what I did for a living you would've left me. I love you iman I don't want you to leave me over something that makes me and now you money" roman told her.

"hell yeah I would've left you this shit is crazy! I can't deal with a man that does that shit, why do you even do this shit?! out of all of the ways that you can make money for yourself you decide to sell drugs?!" iman exclaimed.

"I don't even sell, I run the ones that sell. i'm the head in charge" roman said.

"you're a lord?!" iman asked again, and he nodded. she let out such a scary sigh as now shit was as worse as she predicted it to be.

"roman I can't. what if something happens to you, what if something happens to ME?! the baby?! you're a damn lord you KNOW they're always in some shit. getting arrested, getting MURDERED. I can't believe this, you got me and our child in this fucking danger and you didn't bother to tell me about it for a WHOLE FUCKING YEAR!".

"ain't none of this shit putting you in danger, you ain't the one in the damn streets! I AM! this shit is benefiting you, that shit makes me money and is gonna help raise our child in the best way and give you a better lifestyle" roman spat at her. "I gotta do what I have to do for me, you, and the baby".

"don't drag the baby into your fucked up shit and don't drag me in it either" iman said. "i'm not staying with a man that could put everything in danger, I just can't".

"iman please...." roman sighed.

"no roman, i'm sorry" iman said again as she began to get up and grab her things. "what you do is too crazy, we can't do this. I can't do this".

right before iman could leave the penthouse roman grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving. he stared right in her eyes and her eyes were beginning to form tears. she didn't want to leave him, she really didn't. she loved roman and wanted to be a family with him, but she also had to put herself and of course, the baby first. she had to do what she had to do for the better.

"I love you" roman said to her. "please don't do this".

"i'm sorry" iman cried, tears falling down her face. roman used his thumb to wipe them away but she backed up from him right away. next thing you know she was out the door, and out of his life.

roman was left in his penthouse alone and upset. he just lost his girlfriend, the mother of his first child over something that he never wanted her to know. he was hurt and all he wanted was for her to come back to him. he also didn't want her to stop him from being a father to his child, and that's what scared him the most.

meanwhile iman went downstairs to the garage and sat in her kia optima crying her eyes out. she was so emotional, she couldn't believe that roman was a damn drug lord, and that he basically lied about it for a full year. the amount of danger that they could've been in, and now she was pregnant. her anxiety was up and now she felt like something could happen to her, the baby, or roman himself. she was heartbroken, hurt, and upset but did she have a choice?

did she have a choice at all?

roman had arrived in buffalo and he was right in front of victor's warehouse. he was fully prepared to go to war and prepared to get his daughter back. he was suited up and had all of his weapons ready and loaded, here goes nothing.

he snuck into the back of the warehouse going through the door. no one was even at the back entrance, idiots. a whole intruder and enemy in roman just snuck back here and no one was there to get him.... sloppy shop.

he made it up to the main floor and there were men packaging the products in bags and small wrapped packages. roman was staring at them ready to kill and the suppliers were also staring at him as he was an intruder. that's when they grabbed their guns and began to shoot at him.

roman was shooting back, taking out the incompetent suppliers. some were hit or grazed and some even died at the scene depending on where roman was aiming at. he was not fucking around with anyone, he wanted his revenge at any cost.

one of the surviving suppliers came behind roman and began to put him in a chokehold. roman was trying to fight out of it, coughing and gasping for air as the man was trying to make him fade. however, roman was able to overcome and get out of the chokehold. the supplier punched roman in the face and they began to physically fight for roman's gun. they were punching, kicking, and doing everything possible to attack each other to get the gun. but with one hard punch to the face, roman was able to knock the supplier out cold, and with one fatal gunshot to the heart, that man was gone.

roman cleared out the main floor of the warehouse, and before he could continue on his journey to save jianni, he heard her.

"DADDY!" a familiar little girl cried out. roman could hear the pain and fear in her voice, and he immediately ran to find her.

jianni yelled out "daddy" again and it led roman to a back room. when roman opened the door, he saw what he wished he never saw. 

"oh hi roman, welcome to the family reunion" victor cackled, a hearty, super villian esque laugh echoing throughout the room.

roman found jianni tied up in a chair with tears in her eyes. she looked terrified, the fear in her eyes was haunting. victor was behind the chair and he had a gun in his hand as he was laughing in roman's face. the room was surrounded with victor's other goons as they all stared roman down, guns also in their hands. roman was looking at jianni and he was trying so hard not to break, not in front of her and not where he would be showing vulnerability in front of his opps. he had a job to do...

and that was to kill victor marshall and save his daughter.