Until You

Anthony

Shit! What time is it? I squinted. Mindy had already left for work and I strolled to the kitchen to see a note on the table.

"Eat your lunch and rest, I will see you later, love you so much." I smiled as I saw the pink lipstick kiss mark on the note. She was the best thing that ever happened to me. And here I almost fucked everything up.

I grabbed the lunch she had made me in the fridge and sat down to eat while I checked my phone. There were seven missed calls from Alex. No way, I wasn't going to call him. Which reminded me I needed to call Mike to see if they were calling him too. I dialed his number.

"You feeling better?" He answered.

"Yea, we talked, everything is fine." I tapped my finger on the table. "Did the guys try and call you?" 

"No man, I haven't heard from them in a while, why?" I believed him.

"Nothing, Alex called me seven times." I said.

"Hmm, I wonder what they want." He knew what they wanted, just as I did.

"Okay, well I'll talk to you later we will hang out or something." I added.

"Can't got a date tonight." He laughed, "That's why I did the day shift so I could take her out tonight."

"No way man, that's awesome! I'm glad to hear it." I really was happy for him. He had a great job, a nice place upstairs and now a chick to share it with. We hung up and I realized I was bored out of my mind. I sat down and flipped through the channels and tried to get involved. I just couldn't. 

I called Mindy and left a message on her phone that I was alright and she didn't have to worry when a call came in. It was Damion this time. I was contemplating whether to pick it up. After the sixth ring, I finally did.

"WHAT?" I shouted.

"Hey man, long time no hear." Damion let out.

"I already told you, I don't want any part Damion." Even though I was bored out of my mind and the thought did come to my mind. But I immediately thought Mindy and erased it.

"You sure man? I need you to really think about this." Damion sighed, "There's this new joint that just opened up, and get this- Alex is dating the cashier."

"So what is she in it too?" I already knew where this was going.

"That's the thing, she's not, she doesn't even know we are planning this." He persisted. "And she told him there is a safe in the back with over $3,000 in it."

"What are you saying Damion?" I knew what he was saying, I just needed to hear it from him. 

"You want a cut? All you got to do is grab the money. I'll drive and Alex is going to sneak the keys from her, take her out, meet me by the gas station and give the keys to me." I thought about it. Even though I had income coming in, it wasn't about money. It was about the addiction. The chase. And the high I used to get from chasing these things.

"I got a broken arm man, it wouldn't work." I let out a breath. It was hard to resist it though.

"Damn man, what happened?" He really wanted to know?

"I fell off a scaffold and broke it." I said.

"At the new job? How is that going by the way?" He asked.

"It's going great, but I'm bored out of my fucking mind staying home until it heals." I was honest. But I really shouldn't be talking with him. If Mindy found out...

"Well we are not pulling it off without you. We need you to be the one to grab the money." I thought about it some more. My arm would heal soon, and I'd be fully ready to pull it off.