Devil

-45-

-Nicotine-

I was packing up my things on Sunday when my mother came home, a cop in tow. "Jayna Millson?"

The front door shut and they stood in the middle of the apartment her and I shared. I hadn't seen her in awhile and she held bags of groceries in her arms.

"Mom, I'm sorry," I brought up my gun and shot him in the middle of our small living room. She squealed out in surprise as blood sprayed across the front of her and the groceries. "The cops are after me and I'm leaving," I told her quickly. "I left some money behind for you. I have to go Mama, I'm sorry. Please don't tell them anything, no matter what they say."

My mother stood frozen in the living room. I gathered my stuff and quickly left out the back door. I hopped into the Uber I had gotten and told them directions to one of our secret locations. I'd have another car pick me up and drop me off at another location, then to a bus station.

After buses, I'd move onto trains, then airplanes.

I really hoped Goddess' plan worked because I was our future. I cared about her so much that it hurt and I can't let her down. I'm supposed to give Legend advice and I'm suppose to take care of Esla.

It hurt me that I would have to leave my mother behind but hopefully I'd be able to send her letters of reassurance. I text Goddess from my burner phone, telling her that her plans were active. I expected the cops to take her into custody any day now. It still hurt to imagine her in prison, or worse. At least I know that she would run shit if she ended up there.

An hour later and I received a text from Goddess, as I was now in another car.

Unknown Number: my guys found out it was Rick that was a double spy
Unknown Number: I already have guys "bringing to light the smuggling businesses Rick ran"
Me:😃 I can't believe Rick had two smuggling businesses
Unknown Number: he was a bad man😃
Me: did he let on who he also worked for?
Unknown Number: Antonio Hughe
Me: wait ain't that-
Unknown Number: yea... perhaps that was why he was away so much
Unknown Number: somebody's knocking on my door. It's prolly the cops. Bye
Me: I love u 😃

I sighed and prepared myself to get out again to start my drive to the bus station. I already knew Legend was on a plane to Russia right now and she'd stay there until things calmed down, then she's move somewhere else. She was leaving behind her family and people that would be worried about her. I'm sure her being missing wouldn't go unnoticed but Goddess already had plans set up to make it look like we killed Legend since she was close to Esla.

It made it seem like we had been manipulating Esla.

But that's the way it had to be if we wanted to keep the people we wanted safe okay.

"Right here?" the driver asked me.

"Yessir," I gave him a patient smile.

I got out again and immediately went towards the bus station. I was dressed in regular clothing and the only suspicious thing about me was the duffel bag I carried, filled with undetectable weapons and money. I left it in a bathroom underneath the sink cabinets and left out. Whoever was scheduled to pick it up would receive it and deliver it to where I was going.

Goodbye Texas, I thought, ignoring hot tears.

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