Flor

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FLOR
I want to text Alex and tell him. He'd want to know right? I mean Skyler is abusive and likes hitting women. Who's to say he won't try coming back. Christian should be here soon. I'm standing in the living room as these thoughts swarm my head. Man what the fuck. Why did he have to come do this shit. I walk into my room and grab my glock from the dresser. I make sure it's loaded and put it on the kitchen table closest to my apartment door. I hear a car's engine outside. It's Christian. Sure enough a few moments later his key jingles in the door. I feel relief when I see my brother. He walks in and his tall athletic figure looks at me. "Oh good you're alive." he says smirking. Yeah fucking barely. "Skyler came." I blurt out. Christian's smirk falls off and his face tenses together. "When?" His eyebrows furrow. His frame is in the doorway as he looks at me with a confused and pissed off expression. "Like 5 minutes ago. He knocked and he was asking me who Francisco was and he told me he still loved me." I could hear the anxiety in my voice as I rattled off. What the fuck. It didn't hit me when he was here. But why would he do that. It makes me feel anxious. Saran Wrapped. Not him. Not because he hurt me. But because he won't let this go. I want to. I want to forget about him and here he is tainting yet again every new chapter in my life. "What the fuck did he get violent with you?" Christian drops his car keys on the table and his energy changes as he hurries up to me. He extends his arm out for me. "No. No. I'm fine. I just want him to stop fucking being like that." He's fucking insane. He cheats and breaks up with me. Then blocks me. Comes back. Claims he loves me while having a whole new girlfriend. I remember when he told me he wished he'd gotten my pregnant so that I could never leave him alone. This motherfucker is insane. That one physically made me feel sick. Christian stood. His usual goofy self gone. He seemed serious. More than just this situation was in his mind. His demeanor flicked into an aggressive stance. He swallowed as he stared into the distance. Everytime he got like this. I couldn't help but feel small. He was usually not serious. Despite everything my brother went through. So when he did. I listened. So when he said this next. I affirmed it in my head. "You need to move." his voice gruffly came out. He was agitated. "And until then you're not staying here. Or I am staying with you." Damn here we go again. Why can't everybody just stop being a threat to me. "This the second dangerous motherfucker that knows where you live." He grumbles pulling his phone out. "Yeah. Alright. You can stay here for tonight." I said. He was texting. Either Alex or my uncle. Who knows. He clicked his phone off and then looked up at me. "I'm not trying to baby you. I just can't afford to lose you too." He said. His voice was sturdy but I could tell it was taking a lot for him to keep it that way. He's talking about Daisy. Or mom. And dad. Fuck we've lost too many people. He's talking about all of them. I swallow the lump in my throat as he says this. Losing my brother would tear me apart. I nod at him. "I know." I stare at him. His expression is anxious he tries to keep it straight but his jaw is tensed and his eyes seem almost like they were crying. He looks down then back up at me. "Alex really cares about you.. you know." his voice is raw. "I see it and obviously he's never had a girlfriend before. But he's trying with you Flor." I feel a surge of emotion in my chest. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose the love of your life.
I pray I never have to experience that. "He's what I want." I say. My voice quiet.
ALEX
I'm in the hotel for the night. We'll make it to Vegas by 12pm tomorrow. Then I can make the drop. Then I can go back home to Flor.
My phone dings.
Skyler's pathetic ass showed up on Flor's doorstep. I wasn't here. Nothing happened. Here now. I'm Staying with her till you get back. She's definitely fucking moving.
What the fuck. Concern floods my veins. What the fucking hell was his intention. Anger pangs at my chest. That motherfucker knows where she lives and felt so comfortable going up to her doorstep. The way she described feeling unsafe when he was around when she told me the story of him and her floods into my brain. Yeah there's no fucking way in hell she's staying living there. I need her somewhere that motherfucker can't go. I'll get her fucking security guards to stand all through the night and day to make sure she never feels unsafe because of him again. I exhale. My body is so tense and the only thing that can make it ease is her. And she's not fucking here. "Miss your misses?" Jaiden smirks at me from across the room. "Shut the fuck up." I grumble. He's annoying. But then again everybody but her annoys me. Why does she have to be so fucking amazing. Of course every dude she's talked to still fucking wants her. So much they're twisted motherfuckers who want to be stalkers and violent because they miss her. If I ever lost I would never be able to get her off of me. She's found herself into every part of me. She's the fucking sun that hits my face and the fucking air I breathe. I need to calm the fuck down. What did he fucking say to her. I don't want to think about her having a panic attack or being scared because he was there. I couldn't be there to fucking protect her. Again. I'm sitting on the edge of this bed that i'm probably not even gonna sleep in because Flor isn't here. Man fuck this. I pick my phone and step out into the balcony. It's dark and the stars shine. She'd like it. I'll bring her back so I can maybe actually enjoy a fucking stay somewhere. I dial her number. It rings and I just want the tense muscles in my body to fucking relax.
"Hi love." her sweet honey voice soothes me. I exhale. I feel literal tingles in my chest and stomach. I feel like a school boy with a crush. "Hi mama." I say my voice feels tense as I'm thinking about him being so close to her. "Are you okay?" She asks. It's ironic she's asking me that. "I'm fine. Christian told me about Skyler." I mumble. "Oh." Her voice hesitates. "I was gonna tell you but I didn't want to make it a big deal voice." her voice sounds small. "It's okay. I just want to know if you feel okay Flor." I don't know why she seems like I'd get mad at her for not telling me every little thing. Except of course I know exactly why. Because that's what he did to her. "Mhmm. I'm gonna move though. Not just because of this. But you know I mean why not get an actual house." she rambles. I smirk. "Yeah baby. Do you have your glock with you?" I ask. "Of course." she says. "I'll be back tomorrow. Then we'll look for a new house for you okay?" She should just live with me. "Mhmm. See you then lover." she says sweetly. "Sleep Well Flor. Call me if you need something." "I need dick does that count?" her voice comes through softly. Jesus Fuck. How does she manage to give me a hard on through the phone. "Flor." I say gruffly. "Ok ok. See you tomorrow." a small laugh fluttering out of her mouth. "Mhm. Bye love." I say. "Bye Alex." she says sweetly. The phone hangs up. I breathe in deeply. My lungs fill with air as I relax. I want her soft touches. I want her mouth too. I feel my frustrations rise as I think of wanting her and not being able to have her. Jesus.
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It's 5Am and I'm driving. Jaiden's dumb ass is eating and singing loudly to the radio in the passenger seat. We'll be to Vegas soon. Then I can make the drop and go home to her. She texted me this morning and she's fine. I'd be lying if I said I slept much. I know Christian's got her but still.
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We arrive where we're supposed to. There's a big gray brick building. A semi truck is outside of it. I just have to come oversee this make sure everything is in place to have it drove to Arizona. A burly tattooed man is standing outside the truck. "What's up Boss." I grunt. "Open it." He does as I say and lifts the back of the semi door. "Here you go." I step up and in and Jaiden follows. There's cardboard boxes. They're deep and rectangular. Easily hundreds in here. I take a knife from my pocket and cut it open. Jaiden doing the same with the boxes on the other end of the Semi. I look inside and see rolls and rolls of wrapping paper. There's red. Santa Claus themed. A light blue with snowmans on it. I pick up the roll and rip my finger into the plastic. I pull it off. I unwrap the snowmen off the roll and turn it over to the blank side.
Except the blank side isn't blank. There's twenty dollar bills printed side by side all along it. Jaiden unrolls the red wrapping paper. There's hundred dollar bills on the blank side of those. Everything's in place. We check a few more boxes to make sure. Yep. Now I can fucking go home. The truck stopped here to switch drivers. But we were the closests one to check if before it went all the way to Arizona. We step off the semi and shut it. I ask the man for his ID. I need to keep track of the last time the truck was checked and who drove it. I can tell fakes and this is definitely one of them. "When's your birthday." I ask. He swallows. "Uh what. It's in May." he laughs nervously. "What day."He stares at me. Idiot. Even fake teenage girls memorize their fakes better than you. He stumbles back away from me and tries to turn and run. Jaiden's body is already standing behind him which his dumbass didn't notice. "Yeah think again twat." Jaiden says grabbing the man by his collar and shoving him against the truck. Jesus Fucking Christ. "Who the fuck are you." I yell. He struggles against Jaiden's hold. "Fuck you." he says. Oh okay. I throw my fist across his face. He yells. His nose bleeds. "I don't have fucking time for you." I snarl. Now I have to deal with this shit instead of going fucking home to her. "Jaiden." I say. He drags the man to the other side of the Semi away from my view. I hear him punching. Jesus Fuck. I pick up my phone. "Victor." I say. "Mijo. What's up?" his stern voice comes over the speaker. "We checked your truck. The money's all there but whoever's driving isn't one of ours. Jaiden has him right now." He curses under his breath. "Who's he with?" His voice speaks with acid. "He won't say. We'll get it out of him though." "Fucking Bitch. Okay. Take him with you. In the back of the Semi. Drive to Arizona Border. I'll have our people waiting there." He says. Fuck. Now I have to go all the way there. Because of this stupid dumbass. "Got it."
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FLOR
Christian's on the phone with my uncle. I'm scrolling through Zelle looking for houses. Fuck they're expensive. "Alex isn't gonna be home for a while." he mumbles. He throws the phone on the couch and exhales deeply. "Someone infriltrated the drop at some point. So now he has to take the truck to Arizona." Bro. "What the fuck." That means someone from the opposing gangs was trying to steal all that money from them. It wasn't real of course. But it was something that profit could be made out of. That shipment was worth 400k alone. My anxiety peaks. There's a rat. There's lots of people in the organization as a whole. It's not just a small gang. It's a whole cartel. But the ones that strictly follow this close to us are the ones who knew about this drop. I'm not concerned about myself. I don't involve myself too much in this. The rat is more than likely one of the older guys under my uncle. How annoying. My anxiety peaks because that means Alex is probably gonna run into them where they're supposed to drop the truck in Arizona. I don't like Alex doing this. I know this has been our whole lives but anything could happen to him.
I wouldn't be able to live if he left this earth. I want to call him. Christian leaves the room after explaining everything. I dial his number. "Flor." "Hey love." I say. I feel giddy when I speak to him. "Are you okay?" he asks. I'm the one that should be asking that. "Yes. Christian told me about your problem." He grunts on the other side of the phone. "Yeah he's tied up next to me. Fucking douche." I giggle. I stay silent. "I miss you." I say. I do. I know we're not very vocal about our affection to eachother but I need his affection. It's gonna be even longer before I see him now. "I do too baby." He says. His voice softens a bit. Fuck . I just want him holding me not out here beating some guy up for trying to steal hundreds of thousands. I smirk because I know what I'm going to say next. "I miss something else too." His voice pauses and I can hear his breathe. "Just wait Flor." I can hear the playfulness in his voice. Lord I'm sorry. I laugh softly. I feel butterflies forming warmly in my lower tummy. "I can't wait till you come back." I say. "I know mama." he says. His voice deep and coating me with a desire. Fuck.