Loving Becky

Chapter Four: Feeling the Consequences

Alicia is there when I get home. She's in the kitchen making dinner in just her underwear. "Hey handsome." She chimes when I walk in. "Hey." I take off my hoodie as I go upstairs. Once I'm there, I take off the rest of my clothes to shower.

It feels good to let the hot water wash the day away. Honestly, it's refreshing. "Roman." I hear her voice say from the doorway. "Yeah?" I answer. Like I said, I don't really feel anything towards Alicia, she's just a placeholder to me. "Can we talk?" I sigh at the question. 

"Can I shower first?" My annoyance rang through my voice, and she got that memo. Alicia closes the door and waits until I'm out to blurt things at me. "It feels like you're pushing me away. Is everything okay? I mean did I do something wrong?" She stands up from her spot on the bed to grab my arm. 

I should have communicated my intentions with her a long time ago. "No. I just don't want to do this anymore. I don't see this going anywhere because I honestly feel nothing for you. Your company was appreciated though." I wink at her as I turn away to finish drying off.

"You're such an asshole." She cries and storms away. Saying that lifted a weight off my shoulders. Now I feel fucking great.

   The feeling still lingered the next morning. What made it even better was the fact that even Alice was proud of me. Which is a hard thing to accomplish.

  She leans against my desk on her hands. "You did good Roman." She smiles as she gently lays her heel on my thigh. From my chair, I look up at her. "Thank you." I place my hand at the back of her knee and the other on her ankle as I lean in to kiss her thigh. "You want to see what else I'm good at?" She rolls her eyes at my response, yet there's a smile on her face. "Calm down big guy." She laughs as she drops her leg to walk away from me. 

When she gets near the door, it swings open and Ray'Becca storms in. Her face is wet, and she looks distressed. "You're a horrible person. I hope you rot in hell." She screams at me.

My eyes then dart to Alice. "Give us a minute." I told her and she complied. 

"What makes you say that?" I stand up from the desk and tuck my chair in before walking closer to her. A sob escapes her mouth as she begins to speak.

"Y-you killed my dad. I just lost everything because of you. You hear me? Everything." Still, I don't feel guilty.

Actually, it makes me laugh. "Honey, I did you a favor. Your dad was psychotic." She shakes her head as she steps away from me.

"Shut the hell up." Every step she takes back, I take forward. "I'm telling you the truth. Just think about it Becky." Her back finally hits the wall, giving me the leverage to stand over her. I press my elbows against the wall space above her head. 

"What do you think happened to your mom?" I ask her, calmly.

"She was in a car accident." Looking in her eyes, I could tell that she actually believed that. And for that, I felt bad.

"Right, because he cut her breaks. That little bit of info was buried in the police report." I inform her. Her eyes dart between mine. I can see her mentally putting pieces together. 

"You want to know what he did to my parents?" Tears start to pour from her eyes and her body gets shaky before her eyes drop to the floor.

I'm not one for family drama, but I'm enjoying airing out Vincent's dirty laundry.

"No, no. Look at me." I grab her face and force her head up. "First, he tied my brother and I to a chair. Then he undressed my mom in front of us."

 "No. No. No. No." She panted as her head shook in disbelief. I hold her jaw tighter to keep it still.

"Then he made us watch him rape her. And when my dad got home, he did it again before killing them both. Can you imagine what that did to us. As kids. My brother was fourteen Ray'Becca. When he watched a stranger attack his mother and kill his parents." 

Her sobbing gets louder, so I let her go and step back. That's when her body drops to the floor.

"You father honestly got an easy death. Imagine how my mother felt in her last moments. And then we can talk about who should actually be the one rotting in hell, Princess." I walk back to my desk to sit down. 

For a while she just sits on the ground with her face in her hands. "I'm so sorry." She mumbles.

"You don't need to apologize for you dad's mistake. Just get as far away from this life as you can, and don't do the same shit he did, simple." I warn her. A few moments later she gets off the floor and makes her way over to my desk. 

"Roman?" Her voice cracks at the mention of my name. "Yes?" I rest my head in my hand as I listen to what she may have to say.

"I'm really sorry for what Vincent put you through. And for what he put your parents through. But I can't just leave you know? I really have nowhere to go. He didn't leave me anything to inherit. So, I have no money or-" I interrupt her.

"Stop." She shuts her mouth and sniffles as she awaits my response. Ray'Becca is still so young and naive. Apart of me feels the need to protect her because of that.

I sigh as I think about my next move. I did in fact put her in this position. She's not the enemy, so why would I leave her to defend for herself. "Fuck." I curse loudly, which makes her jump.

"Alright. You can stay with me for the time being, only if you get a job. Okay?" She nods her head eagerly. That makes me wonder if this really is a good idea.

She's nineteen and I'm twenty-five. To me that just feels weird. "I will, I promise." She dries her face with the sleave of her hoodie. "Great." I stand up and grab her wrist to walk her out of my office with me. 

"Alice, take her to the mall to get her some clothes then get a room set up for her at the house." I instruct her as I hand her my card. "Yes sir." I kiss Alice's cheek before leaving to check on my crew. 

On the third floor I have guys cutting and packing my product. "Tell me the good news."

Francis is usually the one monitoring them. I hit his shoulder once I made my way over to him. "We got 300 kilos going out this evening so after that run, we would have sold over 6,000 kilos of powder today." I nod, satisfied with the information.

"Sounds good. A bit lower than usual but whatever. Just keep me updated." I request.

"Yep." He replies.