Greatest Pleasure

one - reminiscing

I am rewriting GP. Most of it will remain the same but it will be a little different. I'll update each chapter as I work on them so please be patient. The original one will stay up for now. But for now, enjoy the rewrite of chapter one 💜💙

Kadens pov

I couldn't forget the fear that she always had in her azure blue eyes. I couldn't forget the way her freckles would lace on one cheek over her perfect button nose over to her other cheek. The pattern of one freckle on her left cheek always caught my attention. It was just one dark one that had a trail of others that went up the side of her eye over her eyelid. Like a perfect C of freckles that went from dark to light.

Her hair was blond then but slightly turning into a light brown as the months went by but she was always dying her hair a colorful color so I've always wondered what it looks like now. Her lips were the only thing I ever dreamed about and on this particular day; Valentine's day, I was going to kiss her. My mom said that Valentine's Day wasn't about gifts but about reminding the person you love how much you love them so instead of buying candy and flowers, I dressed in my old easter suit that my mom bought last year for Easter and I made her a note telling her Happy Valentines Day. I drew a picture of her and I at a park with hearts colored every color that came in my box of crayons letting her see all my love for her on the page.

I didn't even know what love actually was back then but I truly believed that at that time - I loved Stormi. At the time, my reasons were probably dumb like she was the first girl to ever challenge me in an arm wrestling match. She was the only girl that played football and she was quite good too.

I didn't get that kiss at school that day. She never came to school. Ever again. The adults didn't tell me anything besides she probably transferred schools or something. It was hard for me to let it go. We lived next door to eachother in the same apartments since we were babies. Our moms were best friends. How do you disappear and your best friend doesn't know where you are?

But, I have been looking for her ever since I became a teenager and got my first cellphone. It would be easier to find her if her last name was the same but it has been changed so has her parents names. There's so record of death records, marriage records or any records with their changed names so finding her is a needle in a haystack. 

A knock on my office door causes my attention to turn from the night sky looking over the night city to Romeo who enters without waiting on an answer.

"Sorry, bro. You wasn't answering when I knocked. I just wanted to make sure you were alright." He smiles as he puts his drink on top of a file on my desk and he sits down in my chair. "So, this is what it feels like to be king." He ask as he puts his hands behind his head and leans back in his chair lifting his feet on my desk.

Romeo and I have been friends since grade school. He's been my right hand man since my uncle introduced me to this life sophomore year. He's fucking annoying but he's loyal.

"Get the fuck out of my seat." I tell him as I smack the back of his head. He whines as he gets up and grabs his drink eyeing the big wet circle on the file. "I didn't do that." He quickly says as he sits down infront of me and shakes his leg up and down.

"What do you want?" I ask as I sit down and run my hands over my face.

"We got the venue ready for tomorrow evening. Everything is ready." Romeo explains and I look up at him.

"I know you didn't come here to tell me about the dinner party tomorrow.  Why are you really here?" I ask him as I open the drawer on my desk and pull out the bottle of Tequila. I pour me a small glass as I wait on him to answer me.