Sweet Love // Worick Arcangelo

Chapter 10 // Understanding

The doors were locked and Nettie turned towards the glaring Tag. His arms were crossed, eyes squinted as he stared at the older woman.

"So, you're with him now," he asked rhetorically, Nettie looked at surprised at his bluntness.

"Yes," was all she said, feeling as though she betrayed the boy in some way.

"I told you I wouldn't kill him, and I meant that. All you have to do is give me the word, and I'll end him... just for you Nettie," James declared to his caregiver.

Arms were thrown around the Tag, pulling him into the woman's chest. "James, I'm so happy, I thought you would hate me," he relaxed in her grip and settled into the embraced.

"I could never hate you, Nettie," he whispered into her chest. He hesitantly raised his arm to wrap them around her, but decided just to close his eye, and enjoy the moment. He felt like she was more than just a caregiver...

She was a mother  to him.

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As Worick walked home, he began reminiscing about a couple of days ago.

Chad was giving Worick and Nicolas a rundown about the Barry Abbott case, this bastard wanted to expand his prostitution ring. Chad handed Worick a manilla folder containing information about the case. Flipping carelessly until his eyes fell on briefing detail, his brain started connecting the dots.

Barry was trying to get a woman, and he even personally went to a very familiar apartment building to hunt. He remembers Nettie saying something about some man freaking her out in her apartment's laundry room. This man was trying to pimp out more woman, and Nettie. Barry made it apparent that everyone needed to be erased, and Worick did not have a problem with that.

"-ick, Worick, you zoned out for a second there. You okay?" Chad looked intently at the half of Benriya. "I'm fine. What about the girl," the inspector shook his head. 'Can we keep her as loot?" Nicolas suggested. Chad thought for a second agreeing, "Now go do what you do best," the two smiled ready to spill blood.

Nicolas begins taking out each member of Barry's gang leaving him for last. Worick meet up with Alex, he could tell she just finished a job. He gave her his blazer "I'm sorry for getting the handkerchief dirty. Can you sign 'thanks' for me?" The two continued to talk until Worick finally asked, "Why not just leave him?"

"I don't have anywhere else to go. You have to go Barry will be mad," not wanting the kind man to get hurt because of her.

"Don't worry about that, he's not coming back."

Barry was begging for his life, offering women and money. Worick was disgusted just thinking about this bastard forcing Nettie to pleasure different men. So, when he pulled the trigger, it felt... exhilarating. He wanted to this moment to be in his head on repeat. His thoughts were cut off as Alex emptied the gun into the corpse as she cried and screamed. In the end, the took Alex to live with them.

Worick continued to walk home thinking about Nettie, nobody will ever hurt her as long as he had breath in his lungs.

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The next day Nettie and James were working at the bakery. When Nettie noticed a young girl with a brown hair look through the window into the shop. The girl looked a bit unsure about whether or not she should enter, Nettie motioned for the young girl. Smiling the girl walked into the store, stepping up to the cash register.

"Hi there, I'm Nettie. What's your name?" Nettie asked with looking down a the girl.

"I'm Nina, it smells delicious in here," Nina chimed looked at the wide array desserts. Nettie watched as Nina eyed the giant chocolate chip cookie.

"You want a cookie?" Nina nodded eagerly mouth salivating for the warm treat.

"Can I get it to go? I have to take this medicine to Nicolas, so I can eat that on the way," the girl rambled oversharing. "Nicolas and Worick," Nettie's eyes lit up with the chance of seeing her inamorato.

"Yeah, you know them."

Nettie nodded her head, "I made them lunch, I'm about to go on break. Could I walk with you to take the food to them." Nina smiled happy to have seemingly made a new friend, they exchanged money and the cookie. Nettie called for James, who emerged from the kitchen.

Nina's world was in slow motion, as she saw the teenager sauntered towards Nettie. 'He's beautiful, I think I'm in love,' she thought as she stared at the young man. James' usual scowl deepened as he noticed the girl staring. "Stop gawking at me, brat."

"Stop, we're going on break, I'm dropping the food I made to Worick and Nicolas. You want to come?"

"No," he immediately started before she could get the sentence out fully. He walked around the counter hanging up his apron, stuffing his hands in his pockets as he left. "Well, I guess it's just you and me, Nina," Nettie smiled.

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The two chatted about random topics, as Nina munched on her sweets. Nina knocked on the door, as Nettie held the large Tupperware. A busty woman opened the door, Nettie felt like she has seen her before. "Umm... we're looking for Nicolas and Worick," Nina spoke with an unsure tone. "Oh, come in," the woman let them in, they notice somebody walk in from the back. Worick came into view with only a towel around his waist, he saw Nina looking a bit uncomfortable.

Nina spotted Worick first a light blush coated her cheeks, misunderstanding the situation going to run out the building. "Nina, it not what it looks like," he called out to the distraught girl.

"Uh... I brought you food," Worick finally realized Nettie was also here. 'Damn it, she's going to get the wrong idea. I would get the wrong fucking idea,' he mentally panicked.

"Net... it's really isn't what it looks like." She walked toward him handing him the food, she kissed his cheek. "I trust you," she smiled looking at him, he let out a breath of relief. 

'You really are perfect, Net...'

"Nettie this is Alex, Alex this is my beautiful Nettie," Nettie reached and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Alex," Nettie twinkled to which Alex recuperated. 'Wow, she so pretty, she's the same girl that tried to help me,' she mused.

"Wanna watch me change, Net," Worick called catching the baker's attention. He grabbed her hand pulling her into his room. She sat at the end of his bed, as Worick stood in front of his dresser. He started sashaying into goofy "sexy" poses, Nettie clapped as she giggled at his silly ways. He turned his back to her, and she noticed the tattoo on his back, he just got ten times hotter in her eyes. "Take it off, take it off," she chanted playfully for him to remove the towel. He throws the towel at Nettie it covered her sight, she quickly removes the material only to see he had briefs on.

She pouted half-heartedly as Worick winked at her. Pulling on clothes leaving his shirt and pants unbuttoned, walking up to the female. "Sorry, babe I was getting cold," he grabbed her hands placing them on his chest. "Warm me up, please," she moved her hands down his torso, not realizing he had such a nice body. Biting his lips, and closed his eyes as his pants tighten at the feeling of her hands on him. Nettie looked at her watch as her hands went lower, gasping at the time.

Worick smirked 'I usually get that reaction when they first see it,' he thought arrogantly. "I got to go, my lunch break is almost over," pushing him away from her quickly. Worick quickly put on his socks and shoes, as Nettie fixed her appearance in his mirror. She rushed out of his room, as Worick followed her. "It was nice meeting you all," Nettie waved politely opening the door before she could leave Worick pulled her into him. Placing a kiss on her lips grabbing a handful of her buttock, giggling as she pushed him away.

"See you later, handsome," she quickly left, Worick didn't want her to walk alone, but he had business to handle. He closed the door with a lovestruck look on his face, turning he noticed all eyes on him. Nina let out a low screech as she notices Worick clothes unbuttoned, he quickly began fixing himself.

"Nina, it's not what it looks like."