Chapter 3

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                                                                                                      (Rya POV) After leaving the mountains, we head back into the city.  Tony pulls up into the parking lot of my apartment complex and gets out getting my bag out the trunk handing it to me. I give him a hug saying our goodbyes before heading inside. I head into my bedroom and let out a sigh as throwing the bag over onto the bed. I remove my coat and gloves and start to strip down before walking over to the dresser and grabbing a pair of shorts and a t-shirt putting them on, getting comfortable.  Hearing a knock on the door, I smile knowing it's Reggie. I leave out the room going to the front door opening it, seeing Reggie leaning up against the side of the door. "Hey beautiful." He flashes me a smile. "Hey." I say returning his smile, letting him in. I met Reggie through our mutual friend Tony about a year ago. I always thought Reggie was pretty hot, but I always brushed him off because I assumed he was the rich cocky spoil player type, but after really getting to know him I could see that I was wrong about him , and now we have been dating for nearly two months now. "How was your hike?" Reggie asks following me back to the bedroom. He was supposed to come with us but he couldn't make it.  "It was pretty shitty. We got caught in a blizzard in the mountains and slept in a cave." I tell him going over, climbing onto the bed. He let out a low chuckle taking a seat on the bed.. "Yeah Alex texted and told me." "Well maybe I got something out of the shitty hike." I say remembering the gold medallion. I reach over pulling my bag onto my lap, unzipping it. I reach inside taking out the necklace. I hold the round medallion in my hand, taking in how beautiful the medallion is now that im not inside of the dark cave and can now see all the details of it. I hold it in my hand, feeling how heavy it is. It's almost as big as my hand. I frown a bit, wondering why someone would just leave something like this inside of a cave in the mountains. I let the tip of my fingers trace over all the little symbols going around the red ruby in the center of the medallion. They look to be the same writing that was on the cave wall. "I found it inside of the cave." I look away from the medallion and back over at him.  He lean across my thighs, holding himself up on his elbow to not putting all his weight on me. "What do you plan to do with it?" He asks, looking at the medallion in my hand. "I was thinking about selling it." I shrug my shoulder, trying to make it seem like its no big deal but I can really use the money right now. I've gotten myself and my brother in some deep s**t, but if I can get some money from this medallion, it can clear all that up. I know money may not be an issue for Reggie seeing that his family has money and he's basically rich and maybe if it were him that found it, he would just keep the medallion, but for regular people like me changes like this Dont come around often and im sure this medallion should be worth something. Maybe it can fix all of my problems. "Sell it where?" He asks as he reaches out and take the medallion from my hand, looking at it. "An old family friend has an antique shop downtown who collects and sells things. If it's worth something, im sure he can find someone who's looking to buy it." I tell him. "Looks like it could be worth something." Reggie says with a shrug as he hands the medallion back to me,  "Well, I can't stay long. I just wanted to stop by to see you before I leave. I have to get going, im still leaving to visit family later." He says, standing up from the bed, reminding me that he's leaving town. I sit the medallion on the bedside table as I rise up on my knees in front of him on the bed. "How long will you be gone?" I wrap my arms around his waist, poking my bottom lip as I look up at him, giving him my puppy dog eyes, knowing he'll be leaving for a few days to visit family.  He smiles down at me. "Maybe two days, im not exactly sure yet, but not too long." He tells me as he leans down placing a kiss on my lips. I groan out, not wanting him to leave.  He let out a low chuckle. "It won't be long, I'll see you when I get back." "Okay." I let out a sigh unwrapping my arms from around his waist, getting off the bed. I follow him to the front door and say goodbye as he leaves. As I lock the front door, I wince a bit at the stinging pain at the tip of my finger where I pricked it on the teeth of that corpse.  I head into the bathroom and removing the bandaid from my finger to clean it.  I go under the sink and grab the peroxide and start to disinfect the small wound, cleaning away the dried blood.  After cleaning it, I look at the small red mark where I pricked my finger on the teeth of that fake corpse in that cave. It doesn't look like anything I need to worry about. After putting everything back away, I walk over and turn on the shower letting the water heat up as I take off my clothes, knowing I'll have to head to work soon. I step into the shower and let out a sigh, feeling the slightly hot water run over my body. I stand here underneath the water, just taking a minute to relax, letting the water wash away all the problems and stress I've been dealing with lately.  About three months ago, my younger brother stop by to visit for a few hours. So while he was in the other room, I thought that maybe I'll sneak the early graduation gift that I bought him into his bag for a surprise when he opens his bag when he gets home. But when I went to put his gift into his bag, I found drugs and I lost it and took the drugs and flushed most of them down the toilet until he walked in and stopped me, telling me those aren't his. He explained to me how he made a mistake and grab the wrong bag at the ballpark and was planning to return it back to its rightful owner who was looking for it and knew that he made a mistake and grabbed the wrong bag.  Now im caught up in some bullshit with a known dangerous drug dealer Anthony who wants his money for the drugs I flushed. Now I've been stressed with paying him to stop him from hurting me or my brother. And now that im paying him, I've been struggling to pay my rent and bills and it's all just stressing me out, but I walk around pretending like everything is okay. I thought about just going to the cops to get this guy off my back, but I know that will only make things worst. He'll eventually get out or maybe he'll just send one of his little do boys to hurt me and my family. But after I sell the medallion, I'll pay him the rest of his money and I won't have to worry about him anymore. After showering, I get dressed to head downtown to Mr.Roger antique shop to see if the medallion is worth anything before I head to work.  I grab my car keys and the medallion off the bedside table and put it in my bag, leaving out the front door going over to my car. I head downtown and pull into the parking lot of Mr.Roger's antique store and get out heading inside. As I walk into the shop, I hear the bell above the door ring causing Mr.Roger to look over at me as he put something on the shelf.  "Rya, it's nice to see you." Me.Roger says, smiling over at me as I walk over to him.  Mr.Roger and my grandfather are best friends, so growing up I always saw Mr.Roger hanging out with grandpa. He would always give candy to my brother and I. "Hey Mr.Roger. How are you?" I return his friendly smile as I walk over giving him a hug. "I've been well. Did that nugget headed grandpa of yours send you over here with my money?" He asks. "What have you two been betting on now?" I place my hands on my hips, knowing the two of them are always competing with something. "That old geezer thought he could beat me in a foot race. I had to show him that I still got it." He says causing me to laugh.  "Well, im not here to bring you money. I actually wanted you to take a look at something and tell me if it's worth anything." I say as I go into my bag, pulling out the medallion handing it over to him.  I watch as he looks at the medallion for a moment before walking over going behind the counter.  I follow him over to the counter and watch as he put on a pair of glasses with a magnify glass thing in front of the right lens that I've seen people look at jewelry with.  I stand here watching him look at the medallion. "Where did you get it?" He asks as he continues to look at the medallion. "I found it." I say not going into detail. I stand here impatiently waiting for him to tell me something, hoping he tells me something good. This can take care of a lot of problems for me. After about another minute pass he sits the medallion down on the countertop, removing those glasses. "Its real solid gold and definitely worth something. The ruby in the center alone should be worth a few thousand." He tells me, causing a smile to tug at the corner of my lips, feeling like a weight has been lifted off me.  "Do you think you can find someone who interested in buying something like this?" I ask knowing if anyone can find someone to buy it its Mr.Roger. After all, this is what he does.  He grabs the necklace part, picking it up from the counter, letting the round medallion dangle. He looks at the medallion for a moment as if he's thinking.  "I'm sure I can find someone who would be interested in something like this. Stop by here in two days and I should have something nice waiting for you." I smile knowing that something nice is him talking about money.  "Thank you Mr.Roger." I say happily.  After saying my goodbyes, I leave out of the shop, leaving the medallion with Mr.Roger and head to the night club that I work at. My shift at work goes accordingly, with drunk guys flirting and trying to get my number as I serve drinks.  Once my shift ends, I leave out the night club and let out a sigh ready to get home for the night and get in bed. I take my keys out of my pocket as I head over to my car unlocking the door. As I open the door, I see an arm reach over me pushing the car door back shut. "You have taken something that doesn't belong to you and I want it back now!" I hear a low growl as I turn around seeing this guy glaring at me. 
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