Pretty Deadly

Chapter Four

Jericho's POV 

I walk out of surgery and practically run to the locker room. I change back into my jeans and hoodie and walk to the nurses station. "Michael, do you have the paperwork for the surgery ready yet? I'll go ahead and sign my part now." He nods and furrows his eyebrows. "Got a big date or something?" He asks and I shake my head and snatch the paper out of his hand. I snatch a pen from his desk and sign over everything and throw it at him as I run out the hospital door.

It was already 5 in the afternoon and I wanted to meet with Lex today. I get in the car and drive to the address that was on the envelope. I pull up to yet another abandoned warehouse and this time I'm not so quick to judge. I step out and my car and pop the trunk to get the bag and envelope.

I walk up to a door with a little key code dial pad beside the door and I pull out my phone.

Me: Coming

LM : 1754469

I type in the code and here the pressure of the door release and I walk in. This warhouse hand a similar lay out to the gym but it was much smaller, it had all your house necessities from a bed to a stove.

I hear running water in the corner of the room and see a curtained area the sectioned of with a pipe above letting out water. I can see the silhouette of Lex's body as she wash and I can seem to drawn my eyes away.

"Just make yourself comfortable. There's so beer in the fridge." She calls out behind the curtain and I set the bag on the kitchen counter and walk to the fridge and see if I can a water. When I open it up I am beyond suprised to find lots of alcohol littering one shelf and the rest pretty barren.

"Sorry, I need to go to the store." I hear her say behind me and I shake my head and turn around by freeze. She's drying off with her back to me and I can see a full view of her wide ass. She walks over to a dresser and slips on a pair of panties and digs around for a shirt. I avert my eyes out of respect even though that is the last thing I want to do and pull out the contract and sit it on a table and place the duffle bag beside my chair. I pull out the note and the photos and set everything up and glance pack to find her walking over.

"You act like you've done this before. You're very prepared." She points out and grabs a cigarette from a box on the counter and lites it.

"Being prepared for a meeting is just a me thing I guess. Here is the contract and I have filled in everything for you." I say and hand her the contract. She takes it and puffs away on her cigarette as she reads. Her eyes widen and she flicks her ash in the tray in front of her and shakes her head. "This price is way beyond what I ask." She says and I shrug and pull out the duffle bag beside me and dump the cash out. Her eyes widen at the money and she looks up at me with sparkling brown eyes. "I'm asking alot of you. I just want to make sure you are compensated. I circled all three  options because I want this man to pay." She raises a brow and flips the page.

"James Martin, any relation to you?" She asks and blows smoke out into the air. I nod and stare at my hands. "He is my father." She nods and purses her lips pushing the contract aside.

"And what started this family feud." She asks crossing her arms in a cool fashion as she puts out her cigarette. "I'd rather not disclose that with you." I say not looking up. I hear her chair pull out and she walks behind me and places hands on my shoulders. She massages them and brings her face down beside mine. "This is a partnership. This relationship about common knowledge. I need to know what I am getting into." She says this and her hands run up to my hair and she starts to play with it.

"My father left eight years ago and went MIA with our family. My sister Janelle was four, he left because he knew that she wasn't his. Two weeks ago I got caught up in an argument with my mom and when I finally left to go get my sister at school she wasn't there." Lex walks around and grabs her chair, pulling it closer towards me.

"We filed a report with the station that she was missing but they said there was nothing they could do because it hadn't been 48 hours. So we sat and waited like sitting ducks."

I fiddle with my hands and grab the pictures I had taken. I fling them towards her. "There was a knock on our door the next day and when I opened the door I saw my sister passed out on the steps. He raped her. He burned cigars into her skin. He beat her senseless. He made her do things to him. He-" I cut myself off and stand up quickly.

So quickly that I flip the chair over and I hit the wall. I hit it while my vision blurs from tears and I feel a hand snake around my waist and her face being brought to the crook of my neck. I couldn't handle this, the guilt I had for not getting there in time.

"How could he do that to a twelve year old. She's been so brave every since it happened but I know she's falling apart. I know it." I sob out and she turns me around and grabs my face. Her eyes look up at me and I can see anger in her eyes. "You do not need to blame yourself. I will make sure that he pays in every way possible. But if you don't mind me asking why isn't he in prison."

I chuckle bitterly and pull her hands away from my face and go sit down. "He's a very powerful man, he has most of this town bought. The police said we didn't have enough evidence to go against him. He is the leader of the drug cartel in Greensboro. He has many resources and even more allies." I say and look down at the white concrete floor. Her bare feet come into view and she straddles me in the chair. Her weight evened out along the tops of my thighs and it was oddly comfortable. She wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me in.

All I can feel are her hard n*****s pressed aginst me and her ass pressed to my crotch. God. Think of dead cats and old nuns right now. Please.

She pulls away and wipes my eyes with her tan hand. "Janelle must be a really strong girl." She says and I nod with a smile. "But she's breaking. I can see it. She's less talkative. Having nightmares. People are bullying her at school cause of all her bruises. I told her she could stay home buy she's so determined." I say and feel one final tear slip.

She stands up and walks over to a door that has a dial code just like the front and types away. The door swings open and all I see are guns and amo. She grabs a duffel bag from the door and starts throwing in guns. I gather the things on the table and she walks out. "You're problem will be handled by 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I will call you when it's done." I nod and set the cash and contract on the table.

"Thank you for your business." I say and she smiles and sticks out her hand. "The pleasure is all mine. Trust me." She says and winks at me. I chuckle and grab the empty bag and head towards the door before she stops me. "By the way, nice ass." She calls out and I bite my lip open the door. "I could say the same for you." I call out and walk to my car.

As I step into my car and I relize I should be thinking about my sister justice my mind drifts to a dark sinister place. And that place had lots of things to do with Lex's naked body against mine.