New Beginnings

Guy.

He c****d his eyebrow.

“Don’t play with me little girl.”

“I think you forget who I am.”

“Sophia Marie Brown.”

“Brown-Jones.”

He scoffed then rolled his eyes.

“Quit bugging.”

“Why should I? Or should I run away again since I run from my problems.”

“You’re a pain in the ass.”

“Believe me, I know.”

“Are you done?”

“Not even close.”

He rolled his eyes then let me go.

“Please stop fighting with me.”

“You don’t get it.”

“Get what? That you are trying to start a gang war?”

“They started it when they went after Lillian!”

“They went after her because of you!”

“Because I called the leader a pediphile because he was grooming a group of eight to thirteen year old girls and convincing them that they were his girlfriends like R. Kelly?”

He tried to not laugh.

“You know that was funny.”

“It was but we are trying to be serious here.”

I rolled my eyes.

“I told him I didn’t want to do business with a pediphile and he threatened to take our son or Lillian and turn them into his little s*x slave. I threatened his life then he went after Lillian. He made the first move and this is me saying ‘checkmate b***h’.”

“We can’t live like this.”

“This is the life we both chose. I am now in charge and you are my third in command.”

“I still can’t believe you chose Camilia.”

“She deserved it after I sent her on that job in Russia. I’m still mad that she didn’t tell me she was pregnant or else I wouldn’t have sent her there.”

He rolled his eyes.

“That’s why she didn’t tell you.”

“Whatever. Look, we have to do this. No matter what it’s more about family than them testing me.”

“I get that but that doesn’t mean we go to war.”

“Fine. We have a job to do and it’s going to end in a gunfight.”

He rolled his eyes.

“Look I don’t know what to tell you. But at the end of the day you know I’m right.”

He looked away.

“I won’t allow you to do this.”

“Well I’m your boss. You really don’t have a say.”

“I am third in command.”

“And? Everyone else is agreeing with me right now.”

“Because they attacked family. Right now everyone is going to want a war but tomorrow, who knows.”

“Look, i’m not going to argue with you right now.”

I walked upstairs then I heard him come up too.

“We have to talk about this.”

“No we don’t. I’ve decided what is happening and it’s final.”

He scoffed.

“There is nothing you can do to change my mind.”

He rolled his eyes. 

“I’m done arguing with you.”

“No, we are not done.”

I scoffed. I walked upstairs to our room and changed into a pair of leggings and a tee shirt. I went back downstairs and into the kitchen. I started making some herbal tea then he came into the kitchen.

“Sophia we have to talk about this.”

“There is nothing left to talk about. You don’t agree with me because you don’t want to see things go wrong. I know nothing will go wrong so I’m not worried. If you want to stay here with De’Andre that is fine with me and I won’t stop you.”

“You really have lost your mind. Sophia, you are not doing this without me. No matter how much I disagree with you, I’m standing by your side.”

“We made a vow to each other that no matter what we will help each other. Right now you aren’t helping.”

“I just don’t understand you sometimes.”

I rolled my eyes.

“I have done nothing but support you and this is what you do.”

He scoffed.

“Really? After the years we have been together, you start fighting with me now.”

“I walked away! I hate fighting with you Tariq but it seems to be all we do!”

“So what do you wanna do? Get a divorse?!”

I stood there shocked.

“Why the hell is that even an option?”

My voice cracked as I said that. He looked down then back at me.

“Is that what you want? Do you want to divorse me Tariq?”

“Of course not. I want to work through this.”

“There is nothing to work through.”

I walked around the counter and grabbed my keys.

“You are not leaving.”

“Watch me.”

I sprinted to my car and locked the doors. He ran out after me and started banging on the window.

“Sophia don’t you dare.”

“What?”

I started the car and started blasting music. I looked back at him and he looked furious. I pulled out of the driveway and turned down the music. I drove to the gym and wrapped my wrists and hands. I walked inside.

“Hey Sophia.”

“Hey John.”

“Here to beat the bag to death again?”

I chuckled.

“Yep. I’ve got a lot of bent up anger right now.”

“Well don’t leave a huge dent in the bag this time.”

“No promises.”

I smiled at him then walked over to the bag. I set my stuff down then started stretching. I put in my air pods and started playing some music. I started warming up and hit the bag a few times. I just kept hitting harder each time. 

I hit the bag until my knuckles were bleeding and I couldn’t keep going. I took a break and drank some water. I opened my phone and saw that he blew my phone up.

“Sophia where are you?”

“Babe come on.”

“Sophia I promise I’m done fighting. Just come back.”

“I swear to God I will trace your phone.”

“I’m on my way.”

My eyes got wide then I started grabbing my things. I rushed outside to see him sitting on the hood of his car. He was wearing black ripped jeans and a white tee shirt.

“Well, I’m not surprised you came here.”

He got up and grabbed my hands. He sighed.

“I hate fighting with you but you can’t take off like that everytime. And you need to stop hurting yourself.”

He took my wraps off and touched the skin around the wounds.

“If you want to do this, I’m going to stand by your side. Just please, come home.”

I looked down.

“And you’re not mad?”

“I talked to my mom. She made me see what was going through your head and made me understand. So no, I’m not mad at you.”

He used his thumb and index finger to make me look him in the eyes.

“I’m not mad.”

“Promise?”

He pulled me closer and wrapped his arms around me. 

“Always baby.”

He kissed my forehead and we stood there for a few minutes.

“Go get your car and meet me home, okay?”

I nodded my head and followed him home. There were security guards outside of our house and more cars. We walked inside and Leith was sitting on the couch with De’Andre playing with his toys.

“Mama!”

“Hey buddy.”

He ran to me as soon as he saw me.

“Uncle Leith and I were playing.”

“Oh really? Were you having fun?”

“Yeah! Can we play tomorrow?”

“Well we have work tomorrow but if he feels up to it, it’s up to him.”

He looked at Leith.

“Can we?”

“Of course buddy. We can go to the park and get ice cream.”

He started jumping and smiling. He looked at my hand.

“Mama what’s wrong with your hand?”

“Nothing buddy. Mama was upset but everything is better now.” 

I got down on my knees.

“Why don’t you go to your room for a little bit? Mommy and daddy have to talk to Uncle Leith for a little while but once we are done you can play with daddy and uncle, okay?”

“Okay.”

He ran upstairs to his room and I looked at Leith. He walked up to me and gave me a hug.

“Everything is going to work out fine Sophia.”

“I hope so.”

He let me go and I took a breath.

“Want some coffee?”

“Sure.”

We went to the kitchen and I made a pot of coffee. They sat down and I stood there washing the blood off of my hands.

“Again?”

“Told her to stop doing this but she don’t listen.”

I rolled my eyes and finished. I made each of us a cup of coffee and sat down with them.

“You really want to go to war?”

“I don’t want to but we have to. They are just going to keep coming after me and I cannot let my son get in the crossfire.”

“I understand completely. I will stand with you and help in any way I can.”

“Thank you. I can’t express how much this means to me.”

He smiled. I looked at Tariq and he looked hurt.

“Baby.”

He looked at me.

“I can’t- I don’t know what to do. I don’t want our son in the crossfire or Lillian. I can’t lose you.”

I got up and walked around the island. I made him turn around to face me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I kissed his forehead and held him for a minute.

“Everything will be okay. Nothing will go wrong.”

I pulled away and he cupped my face with his hands.

“I can’t sit by while you face this.”

“We are not alone. We have so many people backing us and supporting us.”

“I can’t lose you Sophia.”

“You won’t.”

“I would take a bullet and more for her and so would everyone else.”

Tariq gave me the look saying ‘I’ll put a bullet in you if you interrupt us again.’ 

“Hey Leith, can you go check on De’Andre?”

“Yeah.”

He walked upstairs and I kissed Tariq. He pulled me closer until there was no room between us without breaking the kiss. When I finally pulled away I rested my forehead on his and just looked him in the eyes.

“I will forever be your girl. Nothing and no one will come between the two of us, baby. You are stuck with me for the rest of your life.”

He chuckled then kissed me again.

“I love you mamas.”

“I love you too mi amor.”

He pulled me onto his lap and I started holding him. He rubbed my back then tucked his face in the crook of my neck. 

“You should go play with De’Andre.”

“I’d rather play with you.”

I bit my lip.

“Babe, go play with your son.”

“But-”

“We can play later tonight.”

He kissed my neck sloppily then got up. He walked upstairs then I cleaned up the kitchen and went to my room. I got in the shower and stood there for a moment collecting my thoughts. I washed my hair then my body. I finished everything then got out of the shower. I dried off and put on lotion and put on his favorite pair of lingerie then threw on shorts and his shirt. 

I walked to De'Andre room and saw him roughhousing with Leith and Tariq with his lightsaber. De’Andre jumped on Leith and started hitting his arm then Leith started fake dying. I started dying laughing at them then both Leith and Tariq looked at me utterly embarrassed.

“Come here.”

I got down and De’Andre ran up to me and hugged me.

I whispered, “Go grab your sword and stab daddy for me.”

He nodded his head then ran over to his swords and stabbed Tariq. He fell and fake died. He turned around and smiled at me.

“Like that mommy?”

“Just like that.”

Tariq sat up and looked at us.

“You told him to stab me?”

“Yep.”

“Traitors!”

He got up and chased us to our room. I jumped on the bed and picked up De’Andre. As soon as Tariq ran in the room De’Andre stood up and defended me with his sword. They got in a little sword fight then Tariq got around De’Andre then pinned me down with one hand then used the other to tickle me. 

He hovered over me for a moment then I slid his hand under my shirt to feel the lingerie. He c****d his eyebrow then bit his lip. De’Andre came out of nowhere and hit Tariq in the head with the sword so I laughed.

“Get off of my mama!”

“She was mine first!”

I chuckled then bit my lip.

“Get him Dede!”

He kept hitting Tariq with the sword then Leith walked in then laughed at us. Me and Tariq wrestled until I just gave up and stopped fighting with him. Tariq and Leith brought De’Andre downstairs to start dinner. I laid there for a few minutes then Tariq came back up to get me. 

“Babe, come on.”

“Okay, give me a minute.”

He got on the bed and hovered over me.

“As soon as he’s in bed asleep, I’m f*****g all of that attitude you had today out of you.”

He leaned down and started kissing me. I bit his lip before he pulled away which made him keep kissing me. He sat up then pulled me up with him. He held me while we sat there and I didn’t even notice but he really needed this. I pulled him closer and just breathed him in.

I held his face in my hands then kissed his forehead then his nose. I rested my head on his and we sat there for a minute.

“God I love you Sophia.”

He kissed me again before we got up and went to the kitchen. Leith was making Haggis for all of us while Tariq and I curled up on the couch together. I started falling asleep on his lap then I felt De’Andres hand.

“Mama?”

“Yes baby?”

“Are you sleepy?”

“A little bit. I can wait for dinner though.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes baby. Now go watch uncle Leith cook.”

“Okay.”

He kissed my cheek then walked back to the kitchen. Tariq pulled me up to his face and kissed me.

“Our son wants our attention.”

“I want your attention more.”

“Baby.”

He sighed then let me go. We walked to the kitchen and watched Leith cook. When he finished we all ate then hung out for a while. Leith left and went to his hotel so I got De’Andre ready for bed. I grabbed his pajamas then took his hand and brought him to the bathroom. 

“Time to get ready for bed buddy.”

“But I don’t wanna.”

“I know buddy but you have to. Mommy and daddy have work in the morning so we need you to get a good night of sleep.”

“But why?”

“So we can sleep. You already know that I can’t sleep if my little man isn’t sleeping and safe.”

I tickled him which he giggled. He changed then brushed his teeth. I walked him to his room.

“Can we paint my room?”

“Sure. How would you like it?”

“Batman!”

“Alright. After you and uncle Leith are done we can go to the store and get the paint okay?”

He nodded his head. I kissed his forehead then tucked him in.

“Goodnight mommy.”

“Goodnight Dede.”

I got up and turned his light off and cracked his door. I was walking to the room when I felt Tairq’s hands around my waist. He kissed my neck and pinned me against the wall. He pulled my shorts off then made me face him.

“Take your shirt off.”

I did and before I could finish he started kissing my chest. He picked me up by my butt and carried me to our bed. He got up and shut the door then got back on top of me. He ran his hands over my body then started giving me love bites on my torso. I went to take my bra off but he stopped me.

“Don’t.”

I nodded my head then he started kissing me. He slid his hand down and played with me through my panties. He moved them to the side then teased me by sliding a finger in while playing with my c**t. 

“f**k baby, stop teasing me.”

I pulled him towards me and started kissing him. I got on top of him and started grinding on him to make him harder. I got up and pulled his sweats and boxers off. He sat up and pulled me back onto the bed. He pulled my panties off and rubbed the tip of his d**k on my sensitive spot. 

“Beg for it babygirl.”

I pulled him closer and made him put it in. He took that as a challenge and shoved it all the way inside of me which caused me to whimper loudly. 

He got closer then whispered, “You’re going to regret that.”

He grabbed my hands and pinned them above my head. He started going faster and deeper with every thrust which made me want to get louder. He used one of his hands to put my leg on his shoulder then he started aggressively f*****g my g-spot, which made my eyes roll to the back of my head. I dug my nails into my palms to stop myself from getting too loud but it barely worked.

“D-D-Da-Dad-Daddy I-I-I-”

“No talking or else imma go deeper.”

“B-B-But-”

He shoved it all the way in and started drilling me harder and faster with every thrust. He let go of my hands then pulled out.

“Arch.”

“Baby I can’t take anymore.”

“You can and you will. You wanna catch an attitude with me? Imma f**k it out of you until you-”

I got up and kissed him. I got into arch and prepared myself for the worst. He put it in and went slow. He moaned which turned me on even more. He did slow, deep thrusts which felt really good. He started slowly going faster which hurt but I didn’t say anything. 

He let out another loud moan then pulled out. I slowly rolled over and started sucking. Once he came he went to kiss me but I moved away.

“Baby.”

I tried to get up but I collapsed to the floor.

“Fuck.”

He got up then helped me back onto the bed.

“Are you mad at me?”

“Totally not.”

He grabbed his boxers and sweats then helped me put on a pair of panties and a shirt. 

“I’m sorry you’re mad but I had to teach you a lesson.”

“I was begging you Tariq. It hurt.”

“You should’ve said the safe word.”

“I was trying to tell you that I forgot it.”

He pulled me closer to his chest and held me.

“I’m sorry baby. I didn’t realize.”

“I’m just happy you took it easy on her when I was in arch.”

“I noticed the way you kissed me and how you were moving. I could tell that I f****d you up so I was trying to be gentle and c*m faster so I didn’t hurt you too much.”

He kissed my head and rubbed my stomach while we cuddled. We laid there for hours just holding each other then we heard a noise. We got up and grabbed our guns.

“Sophia go to De’Andres’ room.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll sweep the house.”

“Be careful.”

We walked down the hall slowly then I entered De’Andres’ room.

“Mama?”

“Shh baby. Let’s play the quiet game I told you about.”

He nodded his head then got under his bed. I stepped out of his room then walked downstairs. Tariq was in the living room then I went to the kitchen. The back door was wide open so I looked at Tariq. I slowly walked to the yard and turned on the light. We scanned the yard then made sure that there was no one. 

He went into the man cave and swept there while I checked the garage. He came back up and shook his head.

“Everything is in place. Maybe the wind-”

I heard a noise upstairs so I took off running.

“De’Andre!”

I ran to his room and he was sitting on his bed with a man.

“Hey mommy meet my new friend.”

“Dede, come here now.”

“Stay with me buddy.”

He looked at the man then me. He shook his head.

“My mommy told me to go to her.”

“I know what your mommy said but you’d be leaving your friend. You don’t want to make your friend sad now do you?”

I c****d back my gun.

“Baby come here now. Get away from him.”

He got up and walked up to me.

“Go to your daddy.”

“Are you going to talk to my friend?”

“Yeah, Imma talk to him.”

He walked with Tariq into our room.

“Face me you coward.”

He turned around and looked at me.

“You sick son of a-”

“Now now, no need for that.”

Tariq came back.

“Sophia.”

“Get the duct tape. I’m bringing him to the warehouse.”

“Are you sure?”

“Positive. Tariq meet Guy Simmons, the man who tried to kidnap Lillian and made threats on our son.”

“You sick-”

“No cussing. I don’t appreciate it.”

“I don’t give a damn. You broke into my home and tried grooming my son.”

“I didn’t try. If I did I would have already been on h-”

I shot him in the knee and he screamed.

“Next one blows off your d**k!”

Tariq grabbed the duct tape and bound his hands together and his mouth. He brought him to the truck and knocked him out. I ran to our room and held De’Andre.

“Baby never scare me like that again, okay?”

“I’m sorry mommy. He said he was your friend and that he was here to be my friend too.”

“No baby. He’s a bad man.”

“Like the Joker?”

“He’s worse than that. Don’t worry, mommy and daddy took care of him. Let's go to the warehouse.”

“I don’t like the warehouse.”

“I know baby but we have to go there for a little while.”

Tariq came back and brought De’Andre to his room to pack some of his toys and clothes to go. I changed into a pair of jeans and tee shirt then packed us a bag. I packed all of our essentials then brought it to the truck. De’andre got in his carseat then we drove to the warehouse. I called Leith.

“Sophia? It’s three in the morning.”

“Guy just broke into my house and tried touching my son.”

“He what? Where is he? Are you guys okay?”

“Were fine. We stopped him before he could get that far but meet us at the warehouse. 

Tha e ann an cùl a ’chàir agam. Coinnich sinn an sin.”

“Da.”

I hung up then took a breath.

“Mama are you okay?”

“Of course baby. Uncle Leith is meeting us at the warehouse.”

“Yay.”

I called Cade.

“Sophia? What’s wrong?”

“Guy a juste essayé de toucher mon fils. Nous sommes sur le chemin de l'entrepôt. Retrouvez-nous là-bas.”

“I’m on my way.”

I hung up then I saw Tariq looking at me.

“What?”

“How many languages do you know?”

“Some Scottish- Gaelic, French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese.”

“I’m just now finding this out why?”

“Oh you’re in for a treat then.”

He chuckled then I pulled into the parking lot.

“I’ll take Dede to the room and you take Guy to the room.”

“Okay.”

I carried Dede and all of our things into my office.

“Here baby, take a nap.”

“I don’t wanna.”

“You’re not going to want to sit there while I talk business with uncle Leith and uncle Cade. It’ll bore you to death.”

I tickled him then tucked him in. I kissed his head then sat there waiting for Tariq. I watched his sleep peacefully then Tariq walked in quietly. He handed me a cup of coffee.

“Thank you.”

“No problem. Did they say when they’d be here?”

“No but I assume any moment now.”

We walked out of the office and went to the entrance. I saw Leith pull in very fast then jump out of his car. He sprinted up to me and gave me a hug.

“Are you okay?”

He looked between me and Tariq. He nodded then I did.

“We’re waiting for Cade. He’s in the torture studio and De’Andre is asleep in my office.”

We walked inside then he sat down with us. They noticed that I was shaking badly. Tariq rubbed his hand on my thigh and kissed my cheek. After a little bit Cade came running inside so I stood up and hugged him. We stood there for a little while before we started talking.

“Where is De?”