Genesis

You're supposed to be my only drug.

It's almost a month since I got to this new city, and everyday has been fun and traveling to new places never gets boring. I've gotten used to being with Jake at most times, Coop usually joins the squad in the afternoon. He never says much about what he's doing, but I help him count stacks of money every night.

"Baby, are you awake?"

"Mmm, what time is it?"

"It's 06h30, I'm going for a jog. Do you want to come with me?"

"No baby, I'm feeling really tired today"

"Ssshh, go back to sleep my love, I'll see you when I come back. Please decide where you want to go for breakfast, okay?"

"Okay baby, enjoy your jog"

"I love you"

I get a few big kisses and a bite on the bum, and he's out the door. After 30 minutes of meditation in bed, I get up and go through the closet to decide what I'll be wearing for the day.

*Text*

"Rise and shine best friend! I hope you slept well? I'll see you soon, Coop told me that he asked you to decide on where we'll have breakfast. I can't wait to see you"

I smile, it's no use to respond because he might just walk in. I actually feel like being in the pool, I'll ask them if we can swim at night once we're back.

While I'm going through the closet, I open Coop's side of things. He's got nothing to hide so I go through all his jewelry. It fits in more than five drawers, so I keep browsing until I get to the last one. There are gold packages, with a black ribbon with the writing "Grande Deal" on it, all around. I pick one up and smell it, it's quite strong but there's no scent. As I put it back in the drawer, it seemed to have leaked on my hand. It's powder. I might just be dumb and all, but these are drugs. I've watched these millionaire movies, including Empire, I can just see. I quickly dust my hands off and close the drawer. I open a small door next to the drawers, it's shaped like a safe. I jump back when I see what's inside, I thought we have no secrets in this house.

The little cabinet has three guns inside. Two of them are black, and one is silver. Coop is a drug lord, that's why he's never home. How am I going to tell him that I know? I hold the silver gun in my hand, and I take a good look at it.

"What have you got there sweetheart?"

I jump up and drop the gun. Coop is back. I've been caught.

"Uhm"

I grab the gun and put it back where I found it. I'm shaking, I could pee myself right now.

"Sit down baby, relax"

"Coop, I didn't mean to -"

He puts his finger on my mouth and kisses me afterwards. Even with the jog sweat smell, he still feels and smells amazing.

He takes out the pack of drugs and all the guns, and puts them on the cabinet top. I don't understand why we're doing this in the closet. What if he kills me in here?

"I know what you're thinking, he might just kill me"

"No"

"Listen. My dad has been a drug lord for many years, but has always managed his business in this city. I volunteered to come to school in this city so that I can run some things for him. This drug business is different, it's not the scary one. We are the big supplier to dealers. This packaging is just a design that I came up with, the normal packaging is in foil infused bags that are shipped and transported at 04h00 every morning.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I knew you would find them one day, and that was when I would tell you"

"Do you still love me?"

"Baby"

He asks me to stand up, hugs me and kisses me deeply. He sits down and puts me on his lap, while tears are starting to roll down my face.

"This doesn't change anything. This is why I want to give you everything that you deserve in this world, because there's too much money in the house. You're always counting it with me. The guns are my own protection, nothing to do with the business. My dad doesn't even know that I have guns. We have private bodyguards that follow us around, and you'll never see them. You're protected baby, please don't cry"

"I am scared"

"I know, I felt the same way too when my dad taught me how it's done. You will never have to be involved unless I ask you to go and check the deliveries at the harbor"

"Do you promise that we are safe? I don't want us to raise children in a dangerous environment"

"I will never put our babies at risk baby, trust me"

He teaches me how to load a gun, and how to know the difference between the real and fake "stuff". While he is doing that, Jake walks in.

"Hello lovebirds"

"Hey man, just showing the madam how it is done"

"Wait, has she been crying?"

He rushes in and gives me a hug, blaming Coop for scaring me. We end up laughing about it, it is not a big deal. I am not sure what to think now, I am getting married into drugs? What if my family finds out? Okay, I need to calm down. We have been having fun and that is all that matters.

"When are you guys packing up your s**t?"

"Pretty soon, we need to be done by Friday"

"What's happening? What are we packing and why?"

"You are moving into your marriage home babygirl, surprise!"

"Really Coop?"

"He is not lying babe"

Surprise, every single day. Just when I was starting to get comfortable here, we are moving out. Life is peachy when you are 19, huh?

Outfit of the day: Black ass-torn jeans, white bodycon boob-tube bodysuit (without a bra), yellow half leather jacket and yellow-bottom glass heels.

It seems as though we'll be skipping breakfast. We're heading to their school for a holiday baseball game. Surprisingly, they are playing. I get to be on the field though, as a player's wife. I seem to be the only woman here, so I'm taken care of quite well. The female species in this school have long shot eyes, all of them are just staring at me.

Coop has always been a perfect sport from a young age, he has not changed at all. At half time, Coop and Jake come to me to smother me with hugs, my man smothers me with kisses. Again, all eyes are on me. In the second half, I get on the phone with my mother, she wants to know how everything is going. It's always good to hear from her.

Once the game is over, Coop grabs my hands and takes a walk with me to the middle of the field. Well, this is nice.

"I should have proposed here, it would have been so special"

"Please do not get on one knee"

"I'm dramatic like that, I might just do it"

"Baby"

"I'm kidding, I just brought you here to kiss you. Are you okay after what happened this morning?"

"I am, it might take some time to process the whole thing"

"I understand and please, take your time my love"

"You looked really sexy under the helmet and the jock armor"

"Why, thank you, my lady"

"Oh gosh, funny man"

We kiss one more time and we walk into the change rooms. Since they are all done, we can be together in there.

"You're looking sexy today, how could you let your n*****s come at me like that?"

"Well, I wanted to tease you a little"

He pulls my top down and gives my n*****s a gentle suck, and that makes his manhood very hard. I put my hand in his briefs and start playing with it, I can't believe that this is my daily bread.

"Why are you so good to me baby?"

"Is that not why you asked me to marry you baby?"

"Oh yes, you're right. I love you so much, these n*****s have me stuck on you for life!"

"Only the n*****s?"

"Hmmm, there's more"

Just as I get my hand out of Coop's underwear, Jake walks in.

"This is sexy, I should try this Mary"

"Would she agree?"

"Haha what the hell man?"

"I'm just asking. Let me finish up, we need to get going"

I pull up my top and cover my swollen n*****s, Jake saw them and that's all I can say.

"Where are we going?"

"Oh, you'll see"

"You guys, please tell me?"

Jake gives me a hug and tells me where we're going. We're first going to the harbor to do a routine check, and then we're going to see the new house. I'm scared and excited at the same time, what a time to be alive.

When we arrive at the harbor, I choose to stand back, so that I can see what is happening. I understand now. When Coop gets there, someone will come to him and give him a report. Coop will take a picture of the report, send it to his father and then got on the phone with the dealers that should be receiving goods. After that, he signs a document and then he is done. Before he can leave, he gets on the ships and inspects them, and then finds out what is needed and what should be fixed. It's not such a hard job, you just have to make sure that everything is done well and on time. I don't blame Coop for being so stressed at times, it's a lot of work.

"You should have come with me, it is really fun to be on the decks"

"I got a chance to watch how everything unfolds baby, I will go with you next time"

"Take your time baby, you are not going anywhere anyway"

He kisses my hand and we are off to the house. The drive to the house is along really posh neighborhoods, the cars and the architectural designs of the homes are eloquent. We are headed up a hill, all I see is big yards and mansions, wow. We arrive at the house. It is a five minute drive from the royal design gates. The road to the house is neat, and the view around the road is colored with bright trees and lots of lavender plants.

"So, what do you think?"

I cannot believe my eyes. The house has three stories, the rooftop pool is visible from the main entrance. There are two bright blue fountains and the air is so fresh. The sound of birds is just so soothing to the ears.

"I do not know what to say right now"

"Do not say a word, come"

Coop holds my hand, checks if Jake is coming in and we all go inside. The entrance hall is pure white with silver line drawings on the walls. The ceiling is decorated with scattered lights, which are dim and welcoming. You can smell the fresh floors and paint as you walk in. To the right, you walk into the Welcome Lounge. The lounge suite is a soft creme color, the fabric is velvet. The coffee table is tempered glass, held up by a silver hand. An eighty-five inch flat screen television is mounted on the gold and white granite walls, and a bar sits quickly behind the lounge suite. The finishing touch is a Zebra fluff carpet stretched across the floor, and a crystal chandelier that hangs from the silver ceiling.

To the left from the entrance hall, you see two staircases, both leading up to the bedrooms. When you pass the staircases, you run into the Kitchen Lounge and the main kitchen. The kitchen units are white, with soft touch doors. There are two touch screen stoves, right next to each other on the one counter. The appliances are all silver, and there is no appliance missing in this kitchen. The fridge has four doors, and it is a knock-to-view-inside design, fancy. The door which is supposed to lead to the pantry, also leads to a large room that looks like a supermarket cold room. The fridges have see-through doors, and my dreams are just coming true.

Next to the main kitchen is the Main Lounge, it has a very long couch that curves around the room, and fluffy ottomans around another glass table that looks like the one in the Welcome Lounge. The curtains touch the floor, and the diamond scattered lights seem to have a different lighting effect during the day. I still cannot believe my eyes.

While we're admiring the Indoor Pool Room, Coop pulls me closer.

"I am doing this because I trust you, and I hope you know that"

"I trust you too baby, and thank you for everything"

"You have always been my ride and die, we've been through too much together and I am grateful to God that it is going to be forever now"

"I told you, many years ago, that I will never break our pinky promise"

"That is why I chose to marry you, because you kept your word"

"I did, I will make sure that I mention our pinky promise in my vows"

"Why are you copying me? Get your own ideas"

"Oh wow, we can say it together then!"

"Even better. So, I was thinking. Since we are still going through a global pandemic, how would you like to have our wedding in our backyard? It is more than thirty acres of land, the view is beautiful, and we can have the aisle paved right across the fifty-meter pool"

"I actually never thought of that, that sounds like a wonderful idea baby"

"I know what you love, and I know what makes you happy baby. We are getting married, are you ready?"

"I am ready baby, are you?"

"More than ever, let us do this"

The road to forever is sealed with a kiss, it is about to get hectic with all the wedding preparations. I don't even know who will be part of my bridal party, I still have five weeks to orchestrate that.

It is far from over, right?