Cole's World

17

A week later

Marcel sat in chair staring at the men before in. His face was void of any emotion as he waited on the man to speak. Growing impatient, he huffed and spoke up. "We gone continue to sit here not saying shit?" He questioned.

"Your on my time, shut up and sit there." The men in front of him spat. Marcel frowned not taking his disrespect lightly.

"You can control who I kill but your not going to control what the fuck I say." Marcel spat back as the two men had a stare off.

The man opened a drawer and pulled out a file and tossed it down on the desk in front of him. Marcel wasted no time as he picked up the file and looked over it. His target was a woman, age twenty-eight. She had two kids and a husband. "Why am I killing her?" Marcel questioned tossing the file back onto the desk and leaned back into the chair.

"Why does it matter? I pay you to do the job not question my motives." The man shot back. He was irritated with Marcel and it showed.

"Don't forget that you force me to do this shit too." Marcel replied back calmly. "You also know I don't kill anyone without a very good reason, so I need to know why you want her dead, Lincoln."

He cringed at his real name coming from Marcel's mouth. He didn't go by that name and Marcel knew considering they went to the same school. "My name is Nate, don't call me that." He gritted, "and let's just say she betrayed me.. and this is payback." Lincoln smirked shrugging his shoulders.

"Hell no," Marcel shook his head. Although he knew the consequences of turning down a task from Lincoln he couldn't kill a someone because he felt betrayed. Marcel knew he wasn't telling the whole truth and he couldn't kill a woman over a petty reason. "You want me to kill a woman who got a whole family because you felt betrayed? Do you know how childish that sounds coming from a forty-nine year old man?" Marcel looked at him as if he was stupid.

"I don't fucking care! You owe me! So, you do what the fuck I say!" Lincoln spat standing up from his seat glaring at Marcel.

I'm not going to argue with this Imbecile, Marcel thought to himself as he stood from his seat. "Alright, have your assistant send me the info." He stated simply and proceeded to leave the room. Once he was out of the room, he checked his surroundings, noticing how many guards were on the outside. He continued his walk out of the building slyly counting how many security guards were in the building. Keeping a good memory of how many where in each area.

Once he made it to his car, he took his phone off do not disturb and made his way home. Marcel couldn't stop thinking about his current situation. He knew cole would be upset about his target, he also knew it could jeopardize his relationship and he didn't want to risk that. His feelings for Cole were deep and he would do anything to keep her happy and if that meant getting out of the business for good, then that's what he was going to do. His only problem was Lincoln, who stood in his way to make a positive change in his life.

The drive was about thirty minutes long but how Marcel drove it was only twenty-five minutes drive back home. He noticed Cole's car parked a few cars down. Marcel didn't want Cole to know about his encounter with Lincoln, especially considering she damn near predicated this. He quickly came up with a lie as he made his way inside his apartment building.

Once he made it to his door, he unlocked it and walked inside. Immediately the smell of corn, mash potatoes and meatloaf invaded his senses and a smile appeared on his face. He walked right into the kitchen to see Cole standing in front of the stove. She didn't hear him come inside, she had her AirPods in her ear. Marcel snuck up behind her but before he could scare Cole, she felt a presence behind her. She quickly reacted and pulled her arm back almost elbowing Marcel in his face as he ducked. She turned around ready to send another hit his way until she realized it was Marcel behind her she stopped herself and smiled.