Diamond in the Making

14. Patronize

♥ Nate ♥

Have you ever gotten so close to something you so desperately desired but then realized it's not at all what you wanted or even needed?

I longed for the day that I would have sex with Zara, I imagined it many times. She is the perfect girl for me, just absolutely perfect. I wanted nothing more than to just take her to bed, or so I thought.

I wanted, no I needed her in more ways than one. I needed her mind, body and soul all to myself. I'm selfish and I know what I want.

I was close to having a taste of it all, until my phone rang and I was brought back to the dreaded reality that is my life. It was Roman, he told me my father fucked up bad, which meant I had to go fix his mistakes because he's made a lot of mistakes lately.

I knew it was late but our line of business, we don't follow the typical office hours. So I had to do something I despised myself for, I left her there alone.

We were just getting started and I had to go see my father, what a cock blocker. The night didn't go as planned but I wasn't complaining. I went to the station to check up on business. When I saw her in there it made my blood boil, that was no place for her and everyone in there would know this. After all they are on my payroll.

I drove quickly to my parents mansion further in the hidden streets of New York, being hopeful this wouldn't take long so I could get back to my girl.

I passed through the obnoxious amount of security before and after the tall gates. My father is just cautious but he knows he's untouchable. I parked my car in the middle of all the chaos.

Pushing passed the big wooden double doors as they creaked softly, I knew my mother would be sleeping so I should at least be somewhat courteous. The house was quiet besides the soft chatter coming from my father's office, so I knew that would be my destination.

Approaching the doors to his office made the chatter louder, more like yells. Opening the door, I found Roman and my father in an argument as my brother Theo sat on the couch watching in amusement sipping a bottle of jack.

"They won't offer us shit, your deal with them is stupid and you know it," Roman yelled.

"You listen to what I have to fucking say," my father growled before he saw me then stopped his train of thought. "Nathaniel, good to see you son."

"Yeah yeah, cut the shit. Why am I here?" I was respectful of my father but recently he has just been plain dumb. I was pretty much taking over at this point, so his opinion didn't matter much to me. I am just waiting for the day the old man finally hands over the reigns.

"You know our deal with the wolf gang?" Of course I know the fucking deal that I will never agree on, well he believes I agree but its never gonna happen.

"What about it?"

"This fucking idiot gave them our shipment for Manhattan and they gave us nothing in return," Roman said before my father could utter the words.

"I didn't know it was your job to question your superior," he responded as I rolled my eyes. Me and Roman think the same way, that's why he's been around so long. He was saying it all for me because I couldn't say it. If I did, I'd risk my father never stepping down.

"Ralph, you're being ridiculous. The wolves are nothing to us, we don't need them so why are you even making a deal with them?" Roman asked my father.

Right now I control Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens, while my father looks after the business in Staten Island and Brooklyn. Although he's given me control, he still points out that my control can be yielded at any moment. So I do anything he asks and now he wants us to go through a deal with the wolves so I'll follow along hoping that before this shit blows up I'm in control. My father is being irrational, it might just be him trying to tie loose ends before he finally retires.