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  “I’m sorry boo I haven’t caught a bus since I was a kid you see I put a five dollar bill in the fare box.” Messiah said as she pulled closer to the curb.

  “Yeah I noticed that.” She did notice him and nothing about this man said frequent bus rider so she wasn’t tripping on him plus he was fine so it was all good.

  “Thanks ma be easy.” He stepped off the bus.

  “Anytime love I hope to see you again.

  “I’m sorry boo that wish ain’t gone come true but you might catch me in another place if it’s meant to be. “ Just like that Messiah was gone.

  The bus pulled away from the curb with a sad driver. Messiah crossed the street and lightly jogged to the hospital. He entered and laughed at the desk clerk that was running her damn mouth on the phone like she was at home.

  “Girl yeah that nigga thinks it’s a game but I got his bitch ass.” She told the person on the phone like she wasn’t at work.

  “Excuse me.” Messiah said because she acted like she didn’t see him.

  “Yeah that bitch had to nerve to call my house looking for him. I was like bitch don’t call me, if you keep yo’ pussy tight he wouldn’t keep running up in this.”

  Messiah shook his head and she could tell that she was getting on his last nervous. “Girl hold on this nigga at my desk getting mad and shit.” She laid the phone on the desk.

  “How can I help you sexy?” Now she wanted flirt.

  “Mallory Dawson.” Messiah ignored her comment.

  “Oh so you gone act like you didn’t hear me call you sexy and shit? That must be your boo, she in three twenty six. “Messiah just walked away from the desk and waited on the elevator.

  The nurse returned to her phone conversation. “Yeah bitch yeah, this sexy ass nigga that’s coming to see his woman I can suck that dick good for him.” She burst out laughing.

  Messiah shook his head as he got on the elevator, the things some women say and do is just not right. That is why he wasn’t planning on having kids until he was married and out of the line of work that he’s in now. He also wanted his wife to be a full time mother, no job; she will just love and take care of the kids while he would take care of her.

  Messiah exited the elevator heading to Mallory’s room. Mallory was propped up watching the television as he walked in. She looked at him shocked to see him wondering how he knew that she was there. She was planning to call him in a couple of days to inform him on what happened.

  “Hey.” He didn’t want to be too loud. Looking at how she look he thought that everything might hurt.

  “Hey what are you doing here?” She asked in a whisper she was very glad to see him.

  “It’s my job, remember you hired me.” Messiah smiled.

  “I didn’t hire you to be my bodyguard.” She smiled thinking that he cared about her.

  “I know I was laying on Binx trying to get his movement to put him down. I was following him when he came to your home, and then bring you out all beat up. I thought you were dead.” Messiah said caring a little bit.

  Mallory gave a smile through the pain, “Binx beats me but he wouldn’t kill me.” She lied.

  “So he did do this to you?” Messiah couldn’t believe this shit.

  “Yes.” She let the fake tear fall down her cheek.

  “Why? I thought he just worked for your dad?” Messiah was confused.

  “I didn’t want to tell you he is my man I have been with him since you left me. I put him on, and then he got the big head and started doing his own thing. You know my father would never allow that so my dad left town and he told me to have this fixed when he come back.” She had her lies ready.

  “That’s your man that you want us to kill? This shit is not cool, we have to give you the money back and leave this to your family.” Messiah felt that too much was taking place here.

  “No look at me this is what he does to me when money doesn’t go right. Then he brings me to different hospitals so they won’t get used to seeing his face.” She was working Messiah.

  “I don’t know I have Tiffany to worry about. This shit can get crazy and if she gets hurt, I can’t live this life without her.” He felt like telling her that now this was the woman that he cheated on her with.

  “I am not trying to get you or your boo hurt. I am just trying to get out of this.” She said pointing at her bruised body and he felt her pain.

  “I can do this for you, but after that no matter how good you think my work is, I don’t want to do no more business with or for you.” Messiah didn’t mean to be so cold he just felt like his past had come back to haunt him.

  “I understand once the job is done I will be out of your life. I got the info that y’all were the best in town, that’s all.” Mallory said.

  “I am glad that my name is ringing in these streets because that only means that I’ll be retiring soon.” Messiah told her.

  “Yeah then you can buy that beach front property that you always dreamed of having.” Mallory smiled thinking back to the good ole days.

  “You remember that huh?” he was shocked.

  “Yeah I thought that was the only dream you ever had.” She laughed

  “No I got a few more that will soon come true.” Messiah laughed.

  “That’s great! I am glad you found someone that loved you the way you needed to be loved.” She hated saying those words but she needed to make him think that she was over him.

  “I am loved more than I ever thought I could be.” Messiah smiled thinking about Tiffany’s love.

  “I never stopped loving you.” Mallory finally told the truth.

  “Huh?” Messiah said as if he missed something.

  “I never stopped loving you, I just moved on because you would never take me back.” She said.

  “I love my clothing and shoes.” Messiah told her.

  “I guess you value things more than people.” She needed to know if that was that the reason he never took her back.

  “Some people are given so many things that they don’t know the meaning of working for the shit others have.” Messiah needed her to know what his life was about.

  “I guess a spoiled rich girl will never understand that.” Sometime she hated being rich because she did understand that mediocre people did to survive.

  “I guess not. I got to go.” Messiah was out the door before she could say anything else. He turned the corner that lead to the elevator. He was heading home to see what Tiffany had found out.

  ******

  Tiffany had been following Binx around all day she found out where his main home was and trap houses. She even found out what his main boy Styles looked like when he met up with him. Tiffany headed back to the hospital to see if she would find Messiah there. She did but that was not all that she found. “How could Messiah not tell me that he knew Mallory?” She asked herself. “Then this bitch talking about she still love him and knew all about his fucking dream.” That let Tiffany know that they had to be in a serious relationship, but she was always told it had been nothing to worry about.

  Messiah didn’t tell his dream and goals to anyone so she had to be important to him. Tiffany wanted to go in that room and kill Mallory but she had it coming. She was gonna get this money first and Messiah was going to always be her man but he was gonna do a lot of ass kissing and licking behind this shit. For now Tiffany would play it cool. Her phone rung breaking her thoughts. She smiled when she saw the unfamiliar number on the screen. Tiffany let it go to voicemail but she planned to call him back in a few minutes.

  Tiffany knew it was Binx that called and she didn’t want to be so hard up so soon in calling him back. She watched Messiah leave the floor and decided on sitting a few minutes to make sure he was gone. Two young dudes got off the elevator and went to the information desk asking what room Mallory was in. Tiffany assumed they were goons coming to take Mallory out. She peeked around the corner and noticed them as they entered. A few minutes went by and one came out smiling on his phone from what T
iffany could hear he was talking to a bitch. “Her father must got the young guns to watch over her.” Tiffany said to herself and then felt at ease as she decided on taking the stairs down.

  Finally reaching the parking garage she walked quickly to her car and began to jump in her feelings about Messiah. She thought her and Messiah had established a truce about being honest with one another. Right now Messiah wasn’t living up to it, but she knew it was her fault from jump being she shouldn’t have accepted Mallory’s drink. She shouldn’t have sent Messiah to meet with Mallory and damn sure should have sent the money back after she got sick. Tiffany figured if she had listened more and tamed her wild thirst for the fast life he would’ve told her about Mallory. Bleep Bleep. Her phone rung- it was Messiah. “Don’t you know we’re in the middle of a job? No phones.” She answered with an attitude.

  “You better watch your fucking mouth T, where are you?” Messiah asked. Tiffany did something she never did with Messiah- rolled her eyes and as much as she loved him she hated dishonesty. “I know you hear me talking to you!” Messiah said.

  “In the hospital parking garage I found out where this dude be at and I was coming to check with you.” She stated truthfully. Tiffany was really trying to do right by this job to make sure that her and Messiah were on the same page at all times.

  “Come round the back I was about to start walking. I ain’t fucking with anymore buses.” Messiah said. Tiffany cranked the car up and pulled out. After paying the parking fee she whipped the corner and spotted Messiah. He jogged over to the car, hopped in, and then closed the door. Tiffany sped away from the hospital heading home she needed to shower.

  “If we gonna be going two separate ways we need to go to the garage and get the Infiniti because I ain’t getting on another bus.” Messiah said.

  Tiffany was rather quiet and wished Messiah would tell her the truth between the ride home so she wouldn’t have to make matters worse.

  “What you get on dude?” Messiah asked.

  “Um, he has a few traps he running and he looks like he getting his boys ready in case Mallory wants to retaliate. That’s about all I could see from those few minutes of riding.” Tiffany replied. “He called, so I’ll return his call and see what the deal is so we can get this over with.”

  “Right, I’m ready for it to be over real soon too.” Messiah said rubbing her thigh. “Remember you promised me my month long rendezvous I’m looking forward to that shit, Love.” Tiffany smiled trying to mask the pain she felt inside. They pulled up to their duck out and hopped out. Neither of them expected to see Ms. Anna waiting. Tiffany gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek.

  “What are you doing here? Why you didn’t call and say you were coming by?” Tiffany asked.

  “Well if you would answer your damn phone maybe I would tell your assess.” Ms. Anna stated sarcastically.

  “I apologize.” Tiffany said.

  “It’s pretty late what are you doing out?” Messiah asked.

  “Checking on my babies.” She replied. The woman always did have motherly love for the two.

  “It is appreciated.” Tiffany said going into the bathroom to run a shower placing her throwaway phone on the counter.

  “I made the deposits today and it’s been suggested that we open another cleaners and franchise with the revenue that the cleaners is pulling in.” Ms. Anna informed her.

  “What do we have to do?” Tiffany asked taking her shirt off. Ms. Anna was like a mother so seeing her naked wasn’t anything new.

  “Buy another cleaners. It’s too much money being deposited and I’m doing a great job with the books making sure everything adds up, but soon it will be questioned. The next step is to open another location and hire some help.” Ms. Anna explained to Tiffany that Teflon Mafia needed to expand their brand. She was always good with cleaning money up. Tiffany hadn’t realized they were at that level to expand as much as they talk about not having enough money.

  “I trust you know what you’re doing so go for it.” Tiffany said getting in the tub hoping a hot bath would make her feel better. She was still secretly mad with Messiah for not coming clean about his history with Mallory. Normally Tiffany wouldn’t have anything to worry about and now it felt like she had everything to worry about with this Mallory and Messiah situation. She needed to get herself in order before she proceeded. She didn’t need her emotions to be in the way, but she would find out the truth. Tiffany’s gut was telling her that something was off about this job from day one and she couldn’t put her fingers on it.

  If Mallory thought she was going to come raise hell between her and Messiah she was mistaken. Tiffany saved the bitch an expiration date for after she knocked Binx off. Ms. Anna closed the bathroom door and sat on the toilet. She knew Tiffany like the back of her hand to know the blank stare on her face. “What’s the matter?” Ms. Anna asked. Tiffany washed her body and shook her head no, but Ms. Anna knew different. “Chile, don’t lie to me. I don’t like liars and you know that.” She said with a stern face.

  “Nothing I’m fine.” Tiffany replied. Ms. Anna snatched the towel from her back then lathered it up and got down on her knees beside the tub and began to wash Tiffany’s back.

  “You know I can tell when something is wrong with the two of you,” Ms. Anna started. “You and Messiah are on two different pages right now. I see that and I don’t even lay in the same bed witcha and I’mma tell you this- Talk about it.” Ms. Anna advised.

  Tiffany hated that Ms. Anna was so good at reading people especially Tiffany she tried to wear a hard shell, Ms. Anna had the gift of breakthrough.

  “It’s nothing.” Tiffany said.

  “Hush up; a mind like yours right now is the devil’s playground.” Ms. Anna said. “Talk to his ass and say what you feel.” She gave Tiffany the towel back, and then got up from the floor to dry her hands.

  “Thank you Ms. Anna.” Tiffany said sitting back in the tub. Ms. Anna left the bathroom.

  Messiah let Ms. Anna out, and then went in the bathroom. He peeped her attitude, but he didn’t act on it because his head needed to stay focused on the money.

  “You won’t believe this shit Love,” Messiah started. Tiffany sat back up in the tub at attention.

  “What?” She asked.

  “This bitch Mallory and Binx are together!” He said, and Tiffany’s eyes grew in shock. She walked up on them talking in the end so she didn’t know if Messiah had been telling the truth or lying.

  “What? Together?” Tiffany asked.

  “You heard me right.” Messiah said. “She say he been abusing her and shit and then he takes her to different hospitals so the staff won’t grow suspicious. She didn’t think we would get rid of him if she told us it was a domestic situation. I told her that I would have to cancel the job, but…” Messiah’s voice trailed off because he now felt guilty for when he put his hands on Mallory.

  “But what?” Tiffany asked.

  “Since she’s already given us the money and we came this far why not finish?” Messiah said thinking quickly.

  “Right.” Tiffany said, and then let the water out of the tub. “We are going to definitely get this nigga by tomorrow baby.” She said standing to get out.

  “I’m calling his ass back tonight; we are going to chill out no if’s ands or buts about it.”

  “You think you got it like that huh, Love?” Messiah asked rubbing one of her plump cheeks then smacking it for good measure.

  “I know my power boo.” Tiffany said drying her body off. Tiffany had an agenda to eliminate Binx, and then Mallory right after she paid her. Then she would tell Messiah she knew they had history.

  Chapter Eight

  Mallory lay in the hospital bed frustrated because Messiah walked out on her and Binx sent his goons to watch her door. Maybe Binx really did love her, but she wasn’t buying any of that shit. He’d done enough damage to her heart when he cheated. Mallory was hell bent on getting Messiah into her possession and to do that she needed to make Tiffany
a whore. Her phone rung, and she tried to reach for it but the pain in her arm was excruciating.

  She took her time sitting up and by time she was able to get to the phone, it stopped. Looking at the caller ID it was Binx who called, but before she could call him back the room door opened. It was his goon with his arm stretched out holding a phone. Mallory grabbed the phone from him and dismissed him.

  “I was trying to answer you but I’m just sitting up straight.” Mallory answered already knowing it was Binx.

  “You want one of them to come in with you and sit?” He asked concerned.

  “No, I’m good. I like my privacy. Where are you?” She asked as if she cared.

  “Riding with Styles,” he replied. “Tell me what happened.” He said getting straight to the business. “Does it have anything to do with yo’ Pops?”