will
definitely make life a lot easier. I hate asking other people for anything.
Exiting the elevator on the ground level, I tap the button and a chirp from the
right catches my attention. Sitting in the dark corner is the prettiest wild
beast I’ve ever seen. Gloss black with sharp chrome accents glow under the
florescent lighting and my heart swells with devoted and unconditional love, admiring
my new street bike.
“We’re
even.” I chuckle under my breath, completely giddy for the first time in a long
time.
Chapter
Fifteen
October
After
living with Natalie and Wise a couple of weeks, I’m beginning to earn their
trust. Wise is a smart guy, currently working on his PhD in physics, hence the
nickname. But even as smart as he is, being a member of one of the most
notorious drug cartels in Atlanta makes him a real dumb-ass. I’m completely
baffled as to why he chooses to deal in drugs for a living when the little shit
could be working for NASA or Donald Trump. But if I’m being honest, education
doesn’t really factor into the downward spiral this country is spinning in when
it comes to narcotics, legal and illegal alike. Celebrities get busted and/or
die every day, just as much as the more common blue collar worker because of
their addictions. Bless her heart Natalie appears completely in the dark about
his degenerative employment too. Some days I wish I could just grab her by the
shoulders and shake her senseless. Then maybe she would open her eyes and see
the truth.
“Hey
hotness,” Decks purrs, prowling over to the edge of the swimming pool, where
I’m currently laying face down on a float, soaking up the sun on this unusually
hot October day in Georgia. It’s been a weekend of record breaking temperatures
across the southeast.
Knowing
he is completely checking out my ass, I flip over and confirm my hunch when I
see his eyes flash with burning desire as they snake over my exposed flesh. I
slip off the float and glide through the water toward the steps. He continues
around the side meeting me at my lounge chair. Holding out a towel, spread wide
in his arms, he looks pleased. A little too pleased.
“I
came by to see you,” he says matter-of-factly.
“Really?” I smirk, snatching the towel away from him and
drying off quickly, before wrapping my hair up in it. “Why are you looking for
me?”
“I
spoke with Rad yesterday. He told me that you broke up.” He smiles
overconfidently like he knows something I don’t know. Good luck with that one,
Decks old buddy. Lowering his voice he states, “I want you to know that I
admire him for that. It takes a real man to realize that it’s totally unfair to
make a woman like you wait for him.”
I
fake a heavy, pathetic sigh and correct him, “He broke up with me, but I’m
still committed.” Grabbing my sunglasses, I slide them on and speedily walk
toward the back door knowing that he’s hot on my trail. “I happen to disagree
with you by the way. It’s a real jackass cowardly way out, and I don’t believe
for a moment that he did it for my sake.” I lower my voice and mumble loud
enough for him to hear, “He probably has some dumb blonde lined up for his
release.”
“Angel,”
Decks calls, grabbing my elbow and stopping me from going inside the house.
“I’m sorry. I can tell that you are hurt.” He pauses, looks away for a moment
then pierces me with a sharp stare before asking, “Would you like to go get
some dinner?”
I
laugh. “Really, Decks?” I push open the sliding glass
door and step into the kitchen with him following. “I tell you that I’m still
committed to my boyfriend, who just broke up with me, and you think that it’s
the green light for your next hook-up?” Without looking at him, I slam my
glasses down on the table as I pass it, heading toward the stairs.
“No,”
he growls reaching for my arm again and spinning me around to face him. “That’s
not what this is between us, Angel. With you, I’m different. I
definitely make life a lot easier. I hate asking other people for anything.
Exiting the elevator on the ground level, I tap the button and a chirp from the
right catches my attention. Sitting in the dark corner is the prettiest wild
beast I’ve ever seen. Gloss black with sharp chrome accents glow under the
florescent lighting and my heart swells with devoted and unconditional love, admiring
my new street bike.
“We’re
even.” I chuckle under my breath, completely giddy for the first time in a long
time.
Chapter
Fifteen
October
After
living with Natalie and Wise a couple of weeks, I’m beginning to earn their
trust. Wise is a smart guy, currently working on his PhD in physics, hence the
nickname. But even as smart as he is, being a member of one of the most
notorious drug cartels in Atlanta makes him a real dumb-ass. I’m completely
baffled as to why he chooses to deal in drugs for a living when the little shit
could be working for NASA or Donald Trump. But if I’m being honest, education
doesn’t really factor into the downward spiral this country is spinning in when
it comes to narcotics, legal and illegal alike. Celebrities get busted and/or
die every day, just as much as the more common blue collar worker because of
their addictions. Bless her heart Natalie appears completely in the dark about
his degenerative employment too. Some days I wish I could just grab her by the
shoulders and shake her senseless. Then maybe she would open her eyes and see
the truth.
“Hey
hotness,” Decks purrs, prowling over to the edge of the swimming pool, where
I’m currently laying face down on a float, soaking up the sun on this unusually
hot October day in Georgia. It’s been a weekend of record breaking temperatures
across the southeast.
Knowing
he is completely checking out my ass, I flip over and confirm my hunch when I
see his eyes flash with burning desire as they snake over my exposed flesh. I
slip off the float and glide through the water toward the steps. He continues
around the side meeting me at my lounge chair. Holding out a towel, spread wide
in his arms, he looks pleased. A little too pleased.
“I
came by to see you,” he says matter-of-factly.
“Really?” I smirk, snatching the towel away from him and
drying off quickly, before wrapping my hair up in it. “Why are you looking for
me?”
“I
spoke with Rad yesterday. He told me that you broke up.” He smiles
overconfidently like he knows something I don’t know. Good luck with that one,
Decks old buddy. Lowering his voice he states, “I want you to know that I
admire him for that. It takes a real man to realize that it’s totally unfair to
make a woman like you wait for him.”
I
fake a heavy, pathetic sigh and correct him, “He broke up with me, but I’m
still committed.” Grabbing my sunglasses, I slide them on and speedily walk
toward the back door knowing that he’s hot on my trail. “I happen to disagree
with you by the way. It’s a real jackass cowardly way out, and I don’t believe
for a moment that he did it for my sake.” I lower my voice and mumble loud
enough for him to hear, “He probably has some dumb blonde lined up for his
release.”
“Angel,”
Decks calls, grabbing my elbow and stopping me from going inside the house.
“I’m sorry. I can tell that you are hurt.” He pauses, looks away for a moment
then pierces me with a sharp stare before asking, “Would you like to go get
some dinner?”
I
laugh. “Really, Decks?” I push open the sliding glass
door and step into the kitchen with him following. “I tell you that I’m still
committed to my boyfriend, who just broke up with me, and you think that it’s
the green light for your next hook-up?” Without looking at him, I slam my
glasses down on the table as I pass it, heading toward the stairs.
“No,”
he growls reaching for my arm again and spinning me around to face him. “That’s
not what this is between us, Angel. With you, I’m different. I
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