Loved By You

Eighty-one

Omniscient

Richard sat quietly scanning his surroundings as he finished his dinner. To his surprise, Maja's threat seemed to ring true. It was as if all factions in this prison were watching him. From the Black men to the Latinos, the Asians, and even to his utter shock the whites. They had all made it known that he wasn't safe. Richard sat up straight as he watching man from each group walk towards him. He glanced at the guards to see them watching as well. He looked back at the four men once they reached him. They stared at him for a moment before the black man spoke first. "Maja is my cousin." He said. "Mine too." The Latino one said. Richard looked at the Asian and white man with a raised eyebrow. "Don't tell me she's related to you two, too." He said. "I'm her uncle." The white man said. "She might as well be blood. Her people have looked out for me since I was a kid." The Asian man said.

Richard nodded his head. "I see and I'm sure you four have been keeping tabs on the case then," Richard said. "I—" "You see those men over there." The Latino man said. Richard looked to where he was pointing to see three very Latino men looking our way. "And them." The Black man said pointing to two large Black men. "Them too." The Asian man pointed to a group of three Asian men. "Can't forget them." The white man said. Richard looked to see four huge white men staring him down. He looked form them to the four men in front of him. "There are many things in this world that we all hate but the idea that you prayed on an innocent young girl." The Black man said. "That you and your son violated her physically and mentally." The Asian man said clenching his jaw. "And you showed no remorse or regret for what you did." The Latino man said. "And you touched our family. It's only fair that you experience exactly what you put Maja through." The white man said.

"Look I apologized to Maja—" "Oh we know what you did. We know exactly what happened and you're going to pay." The black man said. Richard scoffed. "I'm not going to sit here and be threatened. None you can touch me. You or friends." Richard said. "I don't want any issues. I just want to do my time and stay out of the way." He added. The four men stared at him unmoved by his words. "I'm sure Maja wanted to be a normal 18-year-old, but you took that from her." The Latino man said. Richard stood leaving the men seated.

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Days had passed since his encounter in the cafeteria. Nothing had changed. He was still deemed as a pariah. No one would acknowledge his presence. Currently, he was lying in his prison cell when two men were led in. "What is this?" Richard asked. "Your new cellmates." The guard said. "I'm not supposed to have any cellmates," Richard said. "You also weren't supposed to use your power to abuse a kid." The guard said. "You get what you give." The guard added as the two men stepped in staring Richard down. "You three play nice now." The guard said closing the cell. "You've gotta be one sick fuck when every prisoner and all the guard hate you." The larger white man of the two said. "There has never been a situation in which one person was so hated that they managed to bring all communities together, and yet here you are." The other white man said. "I know you two may have been set up to do something to prove a point, but I can get you whatever you like for protection." Richard tried to bargain. Both men glanced at each other chuckling. "Do you think we'd be stupid enough to make a deal with you? We don't make deals with scum." The large man said as he closed in on him. Richard's eyes widened as both men stood before him.

Angelo

"I don't like surprises," Mj said as she sat in the passenger seat with a mask covering her eyes. "Look you do all these amazing things for me. Let me spoil your stubborn ass a little." I said making her laugh. "I'm sorry, papa." She said. "I just don't like not knowing what's going on. I'm a worrier." She mumbled. I grabbed her hand kissing the back of it gently. "I know but I got you. You can trust me, mama." I told her. I felt her shiver before she turned away from me for a moment. I watched as she rubbed her thighs together before crossing them. It had been a little over a month and some change since we had been intimate. As the days ticked by, I could see her be wound up more and more. Which is why I had planned this surprise outing for her—for us. "I do trust you." She said softly. I smiled, resting my hand on her thigh gently rubbing it. I chuckled quietly to myself when I felt the goosebumps cover her skin.