Hermes

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Korin Rawlings POV

"Where's Uncle Brynn at?" Sabrina asked. I know we all are not related in anyway, but they have been family for so long. I don't question it, it's just more people to play with.

"Juju told poppa that she had to leave for three months if you all didn't know. Momma didn't like that and poppa told her everything." everyone nodded their heads. "She pissed poppa off and she fucked up. Poppa of course had to leave and now we have this."

Weirdly, we all knew what was going on even though we aren't supposed to. We know more than what they think we all do exepct Luna.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked. She will one days understand.

"Poppa does some very dangerous stuff, but we are all safe though." I told Luna. She doesn't need to know everything that truly goes on. With what her dad did doesn't scratch the surface of what poppa does. I play dumb sometimes, but I know poppa knows that I know more. We really just go along with it. Luna is truly the innocent one.

"Like how my dad did?" She said confusedly.

"Ehh, nope." Jacoby spoke up.

NO POV

Three days passed as Brynn still didn't spend any time with Jorja at all. She only came by to take Korin and Luna out and do fun things with them. It made Jorja feel some type of way with how Brynn ignored her. The fight still is something heavy on her mind, but that still lingered in her head. Now Brynn and the girls are out for lunch after taking them to Skyzone.

"So poppa how come you aren't talking to momma?" Korin questioned Brynn. She knows that Korin knows what happened. Korin is a mini Brynn as far as everyone else knows.

Brynn Rawlings POV

I shook my head knowing she does in fact know what is going on. Hell I'm pretty sure all the kids know at this point. They are getting everything they want until it's time for us to leave for the next month or so. That's if everything goes well.

"We are going through something right now baby." I told her.

"I know what's going on, and that you're leaving for a while. Please fix things before you leave. I actually like this one." My daughter spoke to me in dutch. I laughed not at her, just at the simple fact my seven year old daughter is lecturing me about my relationship.

"You are just too much. Anyways, how do you two feel about me leaving for a month or so?" I asked them before taking a sip of tea.

"Why?" Luna asked me.

She's probably the only one that doesn't know what's really going on. Rin is a mini version of me soI can't lie to her at all.

"It's a business trip. I have to leave for a while then I'll be back." Rarely do I come home with a few bruises and wounds, just nothing extreme. WIth this now I don't know if I'm coming back unharmed. My mind isn't in the right place.

"I will miss you a lot. WIll you call often?" Luna sounded sad knowing that I'm leaving. We have become so close, and I know she looks up to me. Maybe even more than her own sperm donor.

"Of course I will. Even though I will be in different time zones, I will try to call every morning and before you guys go to bed. Some days I probably won't be able to, and I know for a fact that I won't." I told them.

"As long as you do poppa I'm fine with that. Just be safe." I hate doing this to Korin. The first couple of times I had no choice but to do it, she cried. She cried out for me not to leave and stay. Those nights and mornings staying on the phone for over an hour making sure she is okay. Her begging me to come back home.

Now it's not just her. Jorja and Luna will be a whole different story to consider.

"I know Rin, I've always come back safely. I can't guarantee that it will just be only a month though. I need you two to know that." My heart is heavy with them two, even Jorja. "Enough of this, is there anything else you two want to do?"

The girls shook their heads no. The one person that needs my reinsurance and attention is Jorja. My reaction is justified, it's just this time it's not all about Rin. Jorja is my lover and a motherly figure to Rin. Her feelings are just as important just like the girls are. As they finished eating we packed up everything they didn't finish and went home. It's been a while since I've had a proper conversation with Jorja. Well only three days.

-Home-

The girls went and did their thing while I went to my office. As I walked in, the smell of weed hit my nose. Jorja laid on the couch there with a blunt in her hand, eyes closed. The tear stains on her cheek, looking exhausted.

"Jorja." I said while closing the door behind me.  She didn't say anything as she opened her eyes seeing me.

She instantly put it down and ran over to me while I had my arms opened to embrace her.

"Im so sorry. I. I don't know how to..." She cut me off kissing me like it's the last time I will ever do that. Jorja held my face looking at me as all my emotions surfaced for the first time for anybody. The eyes are the window to anyone's soul, and true emotions.

"If anyone is sorry it's me. I shouldn't have said those things to you. You are nothing like Da'jonte and you treated us with nothing but love and respect. You opened your home to us and took care of us. You came in and changed our lives so drastically, I didn't know how to react."

"Listen, you have nothing to apologize for my love. You had no knowledge of what I do outside of the car business. It's my fault. You weren't fully aware of everything, and I kept that secret from you." I said.

"Brynn you have your reasons, and talking to them, means all the guys and their wives, I understand. You warned me about it, and wouldn't go into detail, but I know why. I reacted the way that you knew and said some pretty hurtful things." I mean I did warn her.

"I have different personalities within me. You know Hermes, but the one you encountered was Lucifer. I don't exactly know how or why Hermes and Lucifer are within me, but they are. If you don't want to be with me I understand because there is no telling what could happen." Saying this made me feel something that I don't know how to feel about it.

We stood there in silence, and it's killing me.

"Why? Just answer it."

"I just do. I feel that I have to do it honestly. It's not the best to actually do it, but it helps people. It may seem like I'm playing god, but I assure you I'm no god. I just do what I feel is right. Just doing things that take too long for the government to do." I said. " I want you to understand that, if you stay, this is what you get. I'm not a perfect person at all, and this is what I do.  Eventually, I will stop, and someone else that is trustworthy will continue with everything. Again, do you want to stay or not?"