Perks of being a Criminal

Chapter 15

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Aaliyah's P.O.V

I took off my heels and let the grass surround my feet as I stepped of the grass. I walk a few steps and then see the entire cabana light up on the shore of the private lake. I stop and stare. I just couldn't believe it. "This is so beautiful." The twinkling lights that dangle from the rooftop and dangle down the sides of the cabana reflect of the lake water like stars. The tall table and chairs were covered with white table cloths tied at the legs. There was a red candle lit in the middle of the table and flowers all around it. "Well don't just stand there. Come on." He gives me a dazzling smile. He did all this for me. Jason takes my hand and we walk up 3 small steps to the floor of the cabana. "What do you think?" He stuffs his hands in his pockets, looking at me through is long brown lashes. "It's absolutely beautiful Jason. How did you think of this?" He comes closer to me and puts both hands on my hips. "In all honesty, I asked Jordan what you would like." He whispers. I laugh and even though I was still mad at Jordan, he knew what I liked. "I love this smile." Putting his first finger under my chin, sliding it up and caressing my cheek, rubbing his thumb back and forth. "Let's sit down princess." Yet again he has made my cheeks turn tomato red. I try as hard as I can to hide it, but some how I can't because he notices and stares at me with an ear to ear smile on his face. I notice the white wine sitting in front of me. I lift the glass and put the rim of it to my nose so I could smell it before I gave it a taste. "You'll like it. It's sweet." He nods. I bring the rim to my mouth and take a sip. The cool liquid slides down my throat and I let out a sigh of bliss. "Oh my." I whisper and he laughs. "I told you." He raises his glass and takes a sip himself.

"So, do you want to play 20 questions?" He chuckles "What's that?" I ask and his mouth drops open. "You've never played that game?" He asks baffled and I shake my head. "Well it's pretty self explanatory, I ask you 20 questions and you have to answer all of them. Then you ask me 20 questions and I have to answer all of them." "Okay so are you going first?" I ask and he nods. "What's your favorite food?" I laugh "Um, I don't really have a favorite food. But, if I had to choose one, it would be spaghetti."

"Me too." He smiles "Okay next question." I nod.

"What was your first impression of me?" He laughs and my eyes grow wide. Oh no. If I tell him, he will leave and I will be so embarrassed. Well here goes nothing. "Um, feel free to leave if you want to. I thought you were, um, in all honesty I thought you were sexy as fuck." He raises his eyebrows and his eyes go dark. Not dark like fury. Dark like sexual. I look down ignoring it and he laughs.

17 questions later, we have already eaten and drank almost a whole bottle of wine. He and I are leaning back in our chairs and he has one question left. "Okay, this question you don't have to answer. But, what is the craziest thing that has happened to you in your entire life?"

I had an answer to that and I wasn't sure if I was ready to let him in but, that is part of life. You just have to take risks and let people know who you really are. You can't be fake and tell them things that have never happened to you. If you are truthful, theres a possibility that there will be people who don't like you and you just have to tell them, 'This is who I am accept me for me.' Don't fake who you are just so people will like you. Even though you can't trust very many people in this world we live in today, there will always be few that can bring out the real you. I took a deep breath, and I bravely said "Everything." He looked at me confused. "Why everything, Aaliyah?" I took another deep breath and exhaled "Well my whole life, I was only loved by very few people. My Dad, he never loved me. I was the mistake of the family. No matter how many assignments I brought home with A's on them or things I did to impress them it still didn't seem to make him proud of me. My Mom was the same way. She and my dad looked at me with disgust. The people at school who looked at me the same way. Always picking on me because I wasn't like the other girls who wore dresses and cute clothes and who could show off their skin. I couldn't do any of that. I had to hide the bruises. The one person who loved me at the time was my Brother. He developed cancer and he was dying. It was raining outside, my Mom and Dad had been doing drugs and drinking. I was 13 at the time, so I couldn't get my brother from the hospital. They went to get him but," I sighed. "they never came home. A police officer brought me to the hospital and my brother was hooked on to life support. I knew that deep down, he didn't want the pain of possibly waking up from this and then later dying from the cancer. So I told the hospital to pull the plug. They wouldn't do it so, I did. I told the police the truth. They didn't charge me though. So I got a few jobs, paid for the house, and lived alone for two years. That was the time when it was peaceful but, it was lonely without my brother. Then one night, I was coming home from work and this guy, Austin, took me all the way to New Jersey. There he raped me and beat me. He was just as bad as my dad. He came to the house drunk one night, he was planning to rape me and I shot him. I don't know what got into me but, I just snapped and it felt good. The boys were apart of Austins gang but they let me go. I let them move in with me. And after training I became their leader. We got enough money to pay for anything without even looking at the price tag. I literally installed all of the stuff I have in the house and outside just because I could. The more jobs we did, the easier it got and then after that our gang just got bigger. I have a house in 20 more states and 10 in different countries."

He sat there looking me in the eyes and then got out of his seat. Walked towards me and I turned my body to face him. He grabbed the sides of my face, staring in to my eyes, hazel to blue. "So, that's me." I whisper. He rubs his thumb on my cheek and I lean into his hand, closing my eyes. He leans in, his lips grazing mine ever so slightly then puts his forehead to mine. "Aaliyah, no one should go through what you have. But the fact that no matter what bad thing came your way, you stood tall and never came down. I am so proud that you did that. You are so strong. Keep going baby girl." He whispers. I smile and let a tear fall off my cheek. He feels it on his cheek and leans back to wipe it off my face. "Darling don't cry." I shook my head. "Jason I'm crying tears of joy. No one has ever said that to me. Thank you so much." His worried expression turns to a smile. He leans forward and gently presses his lips to mine. I close my eyes and the world once again comes to a complete stop. It's just him and I standing at the center. I feel butterflies in my stomach and my heart is pounding. I my body feels numb. I feel every ounce of passion and lust he puts into his soft lips. He slowly pulls away and puts his head on my forehead once again. "You can ask me those 20 questions on the next date. Let's go inside it's cold. What do you say to popcorn, candy, movies, and cuddling?" I smile and let out a soundless laugh. "That sounds perfect to me."

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Hey guys! I am so sorry I haven't updated. And to make it worse I left you on a cliff hanger too. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter I am so excited about this chapter though! It was so amazing to write.

Another thing I want to let you guys know is, no matter what life puts you through, It always turns into something beautiful. So, don't let the hard times get you down. Always think of the positive. Never let the negative keep you from pursuing your dreams and keep you from doing what you love. Keep going because all of you are perfect in every single way. The tough but all of it gets better. Trust me loves :)

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