Liana bounced impatiently in the line, desperately waiting for her turn. She couldn’t wait to get home and relax in her bed; she had been making runs all day. From the mall, to the nail salon, to the grocery store; Liana has been on her feet and unfortunately, they were starting to hurt, badly.
There she stood in her black Red Bottoms, huffing air out of her mouth every three minutes. “Fuck me.” she mumbled when she realized the person in front of her had a whole cart full of groceries.
She nearly did a happy dance once it was her turn. She put the products on the conveyor belt in threes. Before the lady could ring it all up, she had her wallet out, ready to pay for the groceries. Even though she didn’t have more than forty-five bucks worth of food, she dropped a hundred dollar bill on the counter. “Keep the change.” She muttered, then threw the bags into the cart and nearly marched out of the store.
“What’s a pretty lady like youself doing putting bags in the trunk? Let me help you out.” A random man offered, walking up to Liana as she loaded her trunk. Being the stuck up person she was, she laughed out loud and rolled her eyes. Finishing the bags herself and not even looking at the dude twice. He didn’t meet her standards so in her eyes he was just a waste of time.
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“I thought we were supposed to be going to Kevin’s house for the kickback?” Katie, Liana’s best friend, questioned. They were supposed to go to their other friend, Kevin’s, however her dad wanted her to stop by, so she decided to get that out the way first
“We are, after I handle this.” Liana and Katie got out the car and walked up the steps that led to her dad’s mansion. She looked through her key ring, searching for the one that fit the door to her father’s house. After looking for a good five minutes and becoming completely irritated, she remembered she had taken it off and put it on her other key ring which she had left at her house. She sighed loudly, clearly upset and banged on the door hard; taking all her frustration out with each hit.
“Who is it?” Chris, her dad’s protégée, asked as if it were his house. He did it to be childish, he was going to answer the door anyway; but after looking through the peephole, he could see the lady on the other side looked a bit pissed off. He figured he would add to her frustration.
“Fuck you mean who the fuck it is? Bitch it’s Liana. Li-to-the-motherfucking-Ana. Open the damn door!” She spat. He chuckled hard before pulling the door open. When he seen her, he nearly froze. Taken aback by her beauty, he stood there admiring her with his eyes. Liana, who was thinking the same thing, rolled her eyes. She didn’t want to show interest because of how pissed off she was. But no doubt she thought he was one sexy piece of nigga. She walked passed him further into the house with a cheesing Katie on her heels. Chris followed behind, going into the kitchen and taking a seat at the table where his boss, Alex, sat. Liana, who was also in the kitchen, walked up to her dad and kissed him on the cheek. “Hey father.” She greeted, offering a smile. He returned one, his face softening.
“Hey baby girl.”
"So, what is it you needed?" She asked, trying not to sound rude.
“I needed to tell you that things are getting dangerous out there…real dangerous.” He looked at her intently, hoping she was getting the hint. “I no longer want you out alone; so starting tomorrow,” He paused and pointed to Chris who was sitting down with his eyes glued to his phone. He was too interested in the hoe he was texting than to listen to the conversation that was going on. “he’s going to be with you everywhere you go.” Liana cut her eyes at her father. She did not need a babysitter. She refused to have one. She was twenty-four years old. Whatever her father was caught up in had nothing to do with her. But she knew better than to debate with her father. Whatever he said goes. Chris looked up from his phone and returned Liana’s hard gaze with one of his own. He was lost and didn’t hear a word either of them had said. So why she was looking at him like that, he didn’t know. But he didn’t appreciate it one bit and it took everything in him not to say something. So instead, he sat there biting his tongue waiting for someone to fill him in. “Chris, did you hear?” Alex asked him, after noticing he looked lost. He shook his head no and Alex continued. “This is my daughter, Liana, the girl you’re going to be protecting.”
Liana shook her head and interlocked her fingers with Katie’s, dragging her out the kitchen. Alex chuckled at his daughter’s behavior. Chris just sat there, not giving a fuck about any of it. Either way; he was getting paid, that was all he cared about.
“Go home and get some rest. You start first thing in the morning. Wherever she goes, you go.” Alex warned. Chris nodded his head in agreement and left out the house.
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“Is she bad?” TJ, Chris’ best friend asked, taking a hit of the blunt and passing it to Chris. Chris nodded, taking it from him.
“She’s bad as fuck. I would tap that in a heartbeat.”
“You wish; she’s the boss’s daughter. That’s a death wish.” TJ mumbled, shaking his head. He knew Chris wasn’t going to listen; if he saw something that he wanted, he went after it. That’s just how he was; even if that meant risking his life.
“She got a bad attitude too. Just adds to her sexiness.”
“How is that sexy?”
“Because, I’m tired of this…” He said, then, called for the girl that was half naked sitting on his desk. She walked over to him.
“What Papi?” The Latino girl asked in a thick accent.
“Suck my dick, bitch.” Chris demanded with his voice hard. When she dropped down to her knees, he gave TJ that see what I mean look and TJ just laughed it off.
Chris was tired of the bitches jumping when he said jump. It was time for a change.
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Still at her dad’s house up in her room, Liana and Katie were having a similar conversation; except vice versa. “That man is too sexy to go to waste.” Katie urged, waiting for Liana to just admit that Chris was beyond cute.
Liana, on the other hand, was hiding the little bit of lust she did have for him. He was simply someone she couldn’t have, so she wasn’t even going to try. “He works for my father. That’s a no-no.” Liana said confidently. Really, she was telling herself that more than telling Katie.
Again Katie mentioned how sexy he was and again Liana shut it down.
She wasn’t going to get involved with someone who worked for her father. It caused too many problems. Besides, that shit her father did, she didn’t agree with one bit. Chris obviously was mixed up in that life and she wanted no part of it.
