Streetlife

2 - Julius' Story

JULIUS POV

"Hey, Sugar Mama! Look at you all decked out in those feathers!" I squeal as Tessy one of my best friends and roommate comes out of the bedroom in the new outfit I designed which I liked to call "The Purple Peacock." It looked so good against her darker skin tone that glistened in the light and I just wish she knew how beautiful she was. She was much more then a hooker but sadly I knew she didn't believe that.

"You're the one who said I had to put them on! Whatchu talkin' about?" She laughs with all of her sass as she struts in front of me, her Afro bigger than ever with her giant gold hoop earrings as I place my hand on my hips for I love this girl and she was so sassy and fiery that it just cracked me up.

"You are sparkling, queen! Daddy ain't gonna complain tonight with you bringing in all that dough! Oh hell no!"

"Oh, pshhh, stop it, Jules!" She blushes as she places her hand in front of her face. Tess had been living with me for almost a year now and it was true that our pimp, "Daddy," gave her a hard ass time. A super hard ass time, and he had kicked her out of his penthouse when she was no longer his top girl and I told her to move in with me.

I didn't know all their history, or even hers since she was so private about childhood, but I knew she had been with Daddy Warbucks for five years and he rode her harder then any of us, even more then he did Frankie Jr. who at times was his new errand boy. But, it was so painful to watch and hear how Daddy treated her and it broke my heart. Plus I could see how much it wore on Tess big time because she had tried to run off but that didn't go so well for her. At all.

Partly I  knew it was her heavy drug use that he was on her about and was  constantly pushing her to slow it down but it was other things too from  the kind of shoes she wore, to her makeup, her hair, and the color of  her nail polish. It was almost crazy how fucking picky he was with her  now because he wasn't always like that. But lately he had been to the point  that it was making me crazy and killing her self esteem even more.

But  me being who I am, I was always looking for ways to help her stand out  more and build up her self esteem and confidence...kind of like our other friend and roommate, Lena,  who is now his top woman. Truth be told she sort of knocked Tess out that position. That much I knew, but ironically those two were the best of friends and were like my sisters and each others and when Tess moved in I wasn't sure how it was gonna go. But they loved each other dearly which I was damm grateful for.

In my terms of myself, I tried my damm hardest not to get on his nerves and because of it Daddy Warbucks mostly let me do my own thing as long as I brought in good money which I knew how to do damm well, and if I kept my damm mouth shut. I didn't need to fuck him like all his "girls" did because he didn't roll like that. And partly I was grateful even though his Italian ass was super, super sexy with his dark eyes and hair.

"Well! He did threaten to so called ground you if you didn't bring in more money, didn't he?"I roll my eyes as she sighs and starts unraveling the feather scarf from around her neck before sitting on the edge of our tattered rust-colored couch.

"Were you eaves-dropping again?"

My heart breaks as her big brown eyes fill with tears and I move to sit beside her, wrapping my arm around her shoulders. "Well, it's kinda hard, chica, when all Daddy was doing was raising his voice about a thousand decibels. I mean to tell ya, even Frankie was pissed cuz he thinks he rides you way too damn hard."

"There's worse pimps Jules. Mike, I mean Warbuck's means well. He knows I need to be yelled at and he's right. I was slacking and I got lazy with my looks and everything too."

"He doesn't need to rough you up babygirl. He's too damm rough with you! And you aren't lazy. It's alot of fucking ass work walking these corners every damm ass night and I can't imagine doing it in those heels you girlies wear! I wish his ass would just let me go back to the massage parlors for a bit. I tell you the man has got a big ass ego. Tell me is his dick that big even? ORRRR is he compensating for something?????"