Down Bad

"Alisa, I told you already, you don't have to do anything in return."

"That!" She stood up, "Don't you see how weird that is, so you're telling me you are just doing this because you are nice? How do I know you are not full of shit?"

I took a step closer to her, "Because I'm a man of my word, have I betrayed you thus far?" I looked her in the eyes but she wouldn't meet mines.

I grabbed her chin gently to face me, "Look at me and answer."

"No."

"And what have I been telling you?"

"That you'll take care of me."

"And thats what I'll do."

She is a hard working mom, and he is a man with a dangerous reputation. What happens when they meet under deadly circumstances.