The Pleasure of Pain by Shameek Speight

Vanessa said.
    "Child please, I love you girls and nothing could've kept me from coming here today, not even my bad leg." Ms. Brown and Vanessa talked some more before Ms. Brown hugged her and went off to talk to someone else.
    At the grave site, Tess was standing next to Bless, Vanessa and Iris as they watched the grave being covered. "I'll leave you alone. I know you need time with your girls," Bless said as he walked away. "I'll be waiting in the car for you when you're done."
    "Vanessa , are you okay," Tess asked. Vanessa didn't speak she just kept staring at her sister's grave.
    Iris walked up to Vanessa and hugged her. "I love you Vanessa and we all loved Ebony. We will get who did this to her," Iris said as the tears fell down her face.
    Then Tess moved over and hugged them both and said, "Yeah we'll get them."
    Out of nowhere Vanessa yelled, "You're lying, Tess! This is the longest you ever took to handle business. You've been under Bless' ass and forgot about us!"
    "What the fuck you talking about Vanessa," Tess said with an attitude.
    "Why haven't you found who killed my sister?" Vanessa asked.
    "I'm looking and I will find who's behind this," Tess stated.
    "Before Bless came home we would've killed everything moving to find out who was behind this. I bet you didn't even let him know about the contract killings we did. Why? Because you don't want him to see that side of you, now you're on some falling back shit!"
    Tess slapped the taste out of Vanessa's mouth. "Listen and listen good. What I do with my man is my fucking business and that goes for what I tell him. Watch your fucking mouth before I fuck you up. I'm the fucking boss around here and don't ever get it twisted. The only reason you're not knocked the fuck out over your mouth is because today is Ebony's funeral and I know you're hurting. That's why you're coming out, but don't let it happen again."
    "Whatever," Vanessa said holding her face and walking away with Iris following behind her leaving Tess standing alone. Tess knew in her heart that Vanessa was right about her taking too long to find Ebony's killer. She had killed people faster for killing one of her workers, but it was hard to find who was behind this and she would work on it until she got revenge.

 
    The Drop
     
    Chapter 23              
    Later on that night, Jose was at his club in the Bronx upstairs in his office getting his dick sucked by his wife, Marilyn. “You like that Papi,” she moaned while licking the tip of his dick and then taking all of it in her mouth.
    “Yes keep going!” Jose said.
    “Mmm , yes Papi.” Jose’s phone rang. He picked it up, “Hola, who is this?”
    “It’s Cash, you got my money?” The voice asked.
    “Yeah I got it,” Jose replied.
    “I want you to drop it off at a warehouse in Brooklyn on Flatlands at midnight. You can’t miss it. It will be the first warehouse on the right building 333. Come alone and I’ll call you with the information you want when I have the money and I’m safely away. Remember midnight, no later!”
    “Si, I mean yes, I’ll be there.” Jose hung up the phone. Marilyn was still working her sweet neck game on him until he came. “Yo Marilyn, I have to leave. I have some business to take care of I’ll see you at the house.”
    “Okay Papi, I love you.”
    “Yeah yeah, I love you too.” Jose replied.  Marilyn got up from her knees and walked out of his office. Jose watched her sexy ass shake as she walked away. Jose picked up the phone and called his cousin Carlos. Carlos was Jose’s younger cousin. He worked for him. They had been very close since they were kids. Jose pretty much raised him. Carlos picked up his iPhone on the first ring. He saw Jose’s name on the caller ID. “It’s going down tonight, be ready,” Jose ordered.
    “I’m always ready,” Carlos replied.
    “If whoever this Cash person is thinks I’m going to let them walk away with my money and their life, they’re crazy. I’m