𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙊 ♡ 𝙁𝙀𝙕𝘾𝙊

CHAPTER 2

"how much we make yesterday?" andrea got seated with theo's hands in her lap standing up.

"mama i go play." the toddler said escaping from her hold.

"stay where i can see you and stay inside." he nodded rapidly going to run.

"two thousand eight hundred and eighty eight dollars." he said with his arms crossed. andrea and kevin weren't friends she would never admit that. but he knew everything a friend would.

and he knew about theo so he had to be important in some way.

"is that before or after your cut?"

"before."

he was also a terrible liar.

"well then guess you don't get a cut this time."

"after." he changed his answer, another reason why she wouldn't call them friends.

"that's what i thought. well then guess you better show me your cut huh? or should i get it since i know-"

"here." he threw money in her lap from under the desk.

"yea funny you think you can lie to me." she counted the money. he had tried to steal four hundred sixty five dollars right from her pocket. she let out a little laugh. going to speak when she noticed theo running towards her.

"mama water." theo breathed out looking like he had just run the mile when all he went was around the pharmacy.

yes andrea co owned a pharmacy to which she sold all kinds of drugs at, legal and illegal. you could buy pepto bismol for your grandma and some weed on the side.

she sold pills from tylenol to fentanyl. she had had the job since she was sixteen, fronted the idea to the owner and here they were four years later with dirty cops on their payroll. they almost got caught once because kevin made a mistake he had thought he was talking to a dirty cop.

she was the co owner so if anything happened or if the place got raided it would fall in the owners lap which she knew made her job easier. but she still was in charge of how things went.

since kevin's idiotic mind almost got her caught she had restricted the way he spoke, he couldn't even offer when they came in, they had to know what they wanted he couldn't even suggest that they had anything else. it kept business safe and kept selling light.

"here you go baby." he took the small water bottle from her hands and pulled himself on her lap.

"you know i should be getting a bigger cut i've been here for a year-"

"and stop. you work here and make more then you would here anywhere else, be greatful i don't lower that income. don't fuck around with me when it comes to my money." a little gasp sounded from her chest.

"kevin, mama said a bad word."

"ohh i'm sorry." she said looking down at him.

"okay don't say again." he scolded.

"alright kevin, i gotta go see someone real quick watch theo for me." she stood up theo still in her hold as she tried to place him down. only he was holding her with a gorilla grip not letting go.

"no!" here it was again. she knew he would start crying if she had left him. he had done so everytime, even when she had left him with janice.

"theo, just for a little bit okay? i'll be back before you know it."

"you say, you stay!"

"i know theo. i'll be fast okay? i just need to talk to someone."

"call them!" she let out a sigh. looking at kevin who had a smug look.

"when i get back we can get anything you want-"

"pizza!"

she mentally groaned at the thought. "yes we can get pizza, again."

"and captain merica?" the kid was obsessed with marvel,  captain america his favorite avenger.

"yea we can watch a movie or two." she agreed. a little bribing never hurt anyone. he wiggled down from her hold. and who didn't like marvel?

"ok mommy."

"if he wants a snack give him one of these." she held up a pack of fruit snacks and a little thing of fruit punch. "if he gets tired set him in my office there's a blanket on the chair. only one fruit snack even if he asks for more."

"yes ma'am."

"i'm serious kevin he gets cranky when he has to much."

"don't worry i got him. where you going anyways?"

"doesn't concern you, just watch my kid."

"kisses." theo said since she was kneeling he tugged her hair so she could kiss him.

she kissed his forehead ignoring the pain in her scalp.

"Ti amo." he whispered.

"Ti amo tesoro." she kissed his forehead once more before leaving. (love you baby)

she knew she couldn't avoid the problem much longer, so she would deal with something else.

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when she arrived he had been talking to someone, a girl who couldn't be much older then 18.

she noted how the girl nodded her head towards her and how he turned his head slowly looking at her. she noted how he paused.

"andrea castio, what do i owe the pleasure ma?"