Black Romance Chapter 13

Jessie

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I did something horrible .

I did something that could get me killed .

I kept some of the money Salt had given me .

AdvertisementMy reason wasn't about being selfish, it wasn't because I wanted to hoard it for myself, I knew better than to screw with Virgo's money for my own benefit . I had seen it happen over the years on occasion, a girl here or there who thought they could out smart him . It never worked . Those girls never came back, they would vanish as if they never existed .

Except I knew, I knew exactly what happened to them .

There were very few secrets between Virgo and myself, mostly because I had been around long enough to witness it all . And if I didn't see it, I heard about it one way or another .

When I was little, about ten or so, Virgo had this woman . I thought she was his wife, I was naive back then, and too immature to see the whole picture .

In reality, she was never more than property to him .

This woman would bring me things . She'd bring me food, she'd bring me extra blankets and medicine if I was ill .

I remember her brushing my hair one night, her hands tender and soft . Her name was Samantha, but Virgo called her Tabby Cat . She would whisper in my ear stories about her childhood, her voice so delicate I had to listen really hard to even hear her .

We would talk about going to the beach and riding the waves, she would talk about going to Disney World and how one day we would travel to the Grand Canyon .

And I would sit there as she brushed my hair, my mind swirling with images of all the wonderful things we were going to do together .

Samantha had the bluest eyes I had ever seen, and her hair was the color of gold . I remember thinking that she was too beautiful to look so sad . Her face over time had started to sink in, showing the bones of her cheeks . A dull gloss coated her eyes, making her appear so tired .

But when she was with me, I couldn't help but feel safe, like a normal little girl, sitting with her older sister . One night, I was laying on the small cot Virgo had set up for me in the basement and I could hear him yelling at her .

I had heard him upset and angry before, but that night, it was different . Everything about his voice was different . His tone was deeper, colder, and every word he used was meant to hurt her . He was calling her all kinds of names, telling her she was worthless and her life meant nothing .

Samantha begged him to forgive her, she begged him to give her another chance .

'No one gets second chances . 'His words cut through the floor, reaching me downstairs, snagging my heart and crushing it in my chest . A loud thud echoed off the floorboards, causing me to jump in surprise .

Then there was nothing .

The house had thin walls, walls that didn't hide shit . I found out from eaves dropping that Samantha had been hoarding money . Money that was meant for Virgo . Money that she was going to use to try and help me get away .

He killed her because of me .

For years after that I refused to talk to any of his other girls . I didn't let myself get close to them, I denied them any attention or responses if they tried to interact with me .

I wasn't going to let Virgo kill anyone else because of me, and that meant this man too, even if he was a pain in the ass .

There was no doubt in my mind that if Virgo knew that the same man had come back and given me so much money for nothing a second time, he'd slit his throat without pause, thinking that I was being paid for information that wasn't mine to give or his to have .

Salt obviously didn't understand who I worked for . If he had any clue about who owned the Canary, he would have known better than to screw with him .

Fucking tourists .

Tucking the money into the most discrete spot I could, I hid it in my panties, doing my best to fold it up small enough so it wasn't visible . Walking out the door, I started towards my table .

"Jessie, are you forgetting something?" Vin asked, holding out his hand .

"No, I'm not forgetting something, I just didn't see you there . " Taking a few hundred out of my top, I stuffed it into his hand .

"What did you do for him?" he asked, counting out the bills . f

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