The sound of Taleah showering wakes me up early in the morning, way before sun has even risen. When she got back into the room I sat up.
" Where are you going?" I asked rubbing my eyes.
" I've got something at work, I'll be back later tonight." She explains hurriedly not even glancing at me before walking out the bedroom.
" Of fucking course she's going to work." I groan. I roll back over to sleep but another phone call wakes me up.
" Yes?" I yawn
" Its time to exchange my favor." Dahlia says eagerly
" Well Hello to you too." I joke
" I'll be there in 3 minutes tops to talk to you." She says not acknowledging my statement
" Okay." I start before the line hangs up. I set down Spence and shower before getting dressed and walking to the living room
" Reed, I need your help for something." She says and I nod excited for her next words
" I need you to sneak into someone's house and steal something for me. She tells me and my smile fades
" What the fuck." I deadpan not knowing what else to say.
" Long story short I don't want to do it and I would love for you to do it for me." She admits
" Okay, why me?" I ask
" Well I maybe read your record and you stole... a lot." She says and I roll my eyes.
" My records were sealed for a reason, I haven't stolen in a while." I shrug.
" Except for when you crawled into someone's 2nd story window 2 weeks before you came here, or the apartment you broke into, or-" I cut her off.
" Fine where am I going?" I ask
" A small house, but you cannot be seen and your going dressed as a hospice nurse." She says with a smile.
" Youre making me steal from an old woman?" I ask
" Unfortunately no, it's a horny old man." She sighs.
" Go get dressed!" She says handing me scrubs.
" Fine." I mutter before walking to the bathroom to change
" Come on." She says leading me outside.
" I'll explain it on the way, but there is a small detail I forgot to mention." She says and I sigh
" Yes Dahlia." I reply
" You are supposed to be a woman." She says and turn to her
" This evens us out, completely." I say and she nods.
" I got you 2 wig options, blonde or black." She offers and I shrug
" Okay blonde it is." She says handing me a wig and I quickly it on.
" I'll be parked around the block, and put this on mask per company policy, you know sick old people." She says and I put on the mask
" What I'm I stealing?" I ask
" Oh right, you're stealing a light blue ring box that always sits in the vent of the bathroom."
" How do you expect me to get that?" I ask and she shrugs.
"Just get in and out. I'll still be out here. You have 30 minutes. He should be sick and sleeping don't get caught." She instructs and I nod.
I quickly hop out the car and walk up the driveway wanting to leave. I walk in and the old man is snoring loudly in his room. I walk past him and into the bathroom and I find the vent.
" just my luck." I mutter when I notice that I have to stand on top of the toilet to get up to the vent to unscrew it. I grab a pair of nail clippers and stand on top of the toilet. I unscrew it and grab the box. I screw it back in and hop down before flushing the toilet and walking out. I get outside and into Dahlias car and sit down.
" Done." I say handing her the box before taking off my wig.
" Good job!" She says looking jnside the box before putting it inside the glove compartment.
" Im going to drop you off and I'll talk to you later?" She asks and I nod. She pulls off quickly and in under 10 minutes we are back at home.
" Bye Dahlia!" I say getting out and she waves at me before speeding off, again. I walk into the house and it's empty besides the sound of Spencer barking. I walk back to my room and Spencer is barking in his cage. I let him out and took him outside, walking around the grounds. The parking lot wad actually pretty empty, 3 cars sat in the entire parking lot. When Spencer was done we walked back inside and I flopped onto my bed. I flipped through every channel on the TV and I was beyond bored. I stood up and walked out my room. The house was eerily quiet as if the entire world was asleep. The only person I could find in the entire house was Olivia and she was very obviously working a security detail.
" So, how safe is it?" I ask looking at the monitors all around room
" Safe enough." She says
" Very reassuring." I mumble
" Don't you get bored?" I ask rolling around in the chair next to her.
" I don't get bored of my paycheck." She replies not looking at me
" Where is everybody today?" I ask
" Out." She says and I groan
" So everybody is in on it besides me?" I ask and she shrugs. I sigh before getting out my chair and walking out the room. Hours pass as I walk aimlessly through the house. Finally Taleah gets home and she looks pissed.
" How was your day?" She asks and I shrug
" Stole a box, how was yours." I say shrugging.
" Killed a guy." She says and I nod
" Solid days for both of us i guess." I mumble
" Whyd you steal a box?" She asks
" Dahlia asked me too, whyd you kill a guy?" I ask back and she sighs
" You know, it's the food chain." She says and I nod slowly.
" Right." I mumble.
" So was everybody killing the guy like a picnic thing or..?" I ask
" No it wasn't a picnic thing?" She says
" Well everybody was gone, I was just wondering?" I shrug
" It was more of a potluck, being your own dead guy." Taleah says before walking into the bathroom and turning on the shower. When she gets out she joins me on the bed
" Is there going to be another murder potluck tomorrow?" I ask and she shakes her head.
" I don't plan on it." She says and I nod. We talk until we both fall asleep.
The end.
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Madam Mafia
Randomwrong place wrong time, Reed's life is about to get way more complicated
