The Siren (18+)

Chapter 6

"Ramee-"
"Get out."
"What's the big deal. Is April your girl-"
"I said out Carmella."
Carmella put her heels back on, grabbed her dress and her makeup bag and made her way to the door.
"Call me when you've sorted out your issues."
The sound of her retreating heels were the only sound filling the air.

"Fuck." He punched the wall and threw some papers that were at his desk to the floor. He kicked the chairs that sat adjacent to his desk. After throwing a tantrum in his office Ramee stood in front of his fish tanks staring at his newest pet. The red fish was a new addition courtesy of a smug Mari. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths to calm himself. What's done can no longer be changed. He knew that when April found out what he had done she would be pissed. Wincing at the pain in his ribs he stood up, wore his signature Bulls jersey and some shorts, locked the trashed office and made his way out.

The air outside stung at his injuries. He wanted nothing more than to go to any one of his apartments that wasn't in Little Seoul but he knew K was expecting him. His thoughts were racing as he drove to the cubby. He wanted to call April but was scared that she had already received the news from one of the boys. He now also had to deal with Carmella who expected something from him. He sighed as he drove past Digital den and into the cubby. He dreaded the silent judgement the boys were going to give him. Walking into the Dragon's den he found the dragon himself seated on his leather couch. The scent of smoke that was embedded in the walls and furniture tingled at his nose. Next to him was Randy, Garrett, Big D, Taco and Bobby (who was in his pajamas looking very annoyed at his sleep being interrupted.)

"Have you organized everything?" K asked. He and everyone else in the room excluding Bobby meant business. They were all dismissed by K as soon as the details were ironed out. The air was frigid and tense. "I hope you know what you've done Ramee. You know she will be mad." Ramee sighed at Randy's words and rubbed at his beard. He was prepared for the consequences. Taco knew he would be the best person to talk to April and got into his car to go check on her. Vinny suggested everyone went to sleep so they could deal with everything early in the morning. Ramee unlocked his door and clumsily dropped the keys as soon as he entered. He threw himself on the king sized bed and fitfully tried to sleep. The bed felt colder than usual. The memory of her icy glare stayed trapped in his head long after he closed his eyes.

The next morning Ramee heard commotion outside his apartment. He figured the news had spread. After taking a shower he walked out of the door. The sun was almost as scorching as the slap he felt across his face. "You sent him to Japan?" She was furious. The nickname she had earned was apparent. The dragons daughter was enraged. If she could spit fire like K, she would have set him alight. Her eyes were so cold they burnt him from the inside. He wanted to speak but he knew that anything he said would have her more heated. Trying to placate her with money would end terribly for him.
"April-"
"Fuck you Ramee."

This was bad. Suddenly noticing the audience the spitfire had garnered he stood up.
"Enough. April. I was doing my job. You will either respect that or you will deal with it. This family works efficiently because there are those who have to make the difficult decisions." In all honesty he knew he didn't have to send Uchi out just yet. Mari, Hutch and Chawa were already busy selling and buying illegal vin scratches for H&O and VLC imports. He didn't need much from Kansas, Japan but after calling in a few favors from Big D and Vinny they made a task list long enough that it would take him a few months to complete. Karen, Pablo and Erf agreed to leave with him so they could assist if he ever needed back up.

Ramee felt scummy for enforcing his power as an OG on Uchi just because he was unhappy with his relationship with April. He felt even worse when he saw the ice break in her stare and her eyes watering. He lead the woman into his apartment to give her privacy from the onlookers. April was practically CG but she did not grasp completely how things were handled. He knew he could have either told the truth and lived with April not forgiving her or lie and hope she wouldn't find out.