46 Chapter 46: Caugh (1/2)
”Well hello gorgeous.”
I slowly walk towards Toni. As I approach him the smell of liquor grows.
'This asshole.'
”Hey, so...what's up?”
He grins at me and pulls out a half empty bottle of scotch,
”Wanna sip hun?”
”Oh no thanks. Why did you wanna meet here, Toni? It's...”
”Creepy?”
I nod,
”A little bit.”
He walks over and puts his arm around my waist.
”I had a feeling you'd say that. C'mon, I wanna show you something.”
I swat his arm off of me,
”Listen Toni, if you're serious about this, about me...then I need you get real.”
”Kaz I am serious about you, but I feel like you don't trust me. Do you?”
'Just get him to confess and this'll all be over.'
I take a deep breath and put on my best fake smile,
”Not really but I have something in mind.”
”Oh?”
He grins.
”I just need you tell me what's really going on with you. All bullshit aside Toni. I want the truth.”
He runs his hands through his hair as if i'm overwhelming him.
”Ok Kaz. But know this, when I tell you, you have to leave with me.”
”O-ok, but you're swear you'll tell the truth?”
He holds up his hand like a boy scout,
”I swear.”
”Good,”
I make sure he's close enough to the wire,
”I never meant for this to happen Kaz. Ricky took me in when I was a teen and gave me a job. But...”
He trails off,
”But what? You can tell me, Toni.”
I pat his arm,
”But these guys showed up on day. They threatened me, saying that they'd hurt my youngest sister if I didn't do it.”
”Tell me exactly what they said.”
He looks at me with such worry,
”They said that they'd take her and sell her into trafficking and that every month that I didn't deliver, they would hurt another one of my sisters.”
”Why didn't you tell Ricky? He would've taken care of it.”
”Because...it's someone from his past, someone he wants to see suffer. So if I told him what happed there would be an all out gang war and countless people would end up dead.”
”That's not your problem. You really fucked up Toni.”
He hits his face with the palm of his hand,
”Damnit! I know, it was just in the heat of the moment. I-I had to protect them! They rely on me!”
I tap the wire hidden underneath my shirt,
”You got all that Ricky?”
He burst open the old metal door and walks in with his hands folded across his chest.
”Every word babe. Now go get your pretty ass in the car. You did good.”
”WHAT THE HELL?! YOU LIED TO ME?!”
”No Toni, you lied and I just got you to admit it.”
I walk to Ricky pull him down to my height,
”I thought you said to bring him to you.”
He grins,
”I couldn't leave you here alone with another man. Especially not a fucking two faced bitch like him.”
He glares at Toni with cold dead eyes, the same eyes that can make me feel terrified of him.
”I'll go wait outside.”
I try to back away towards the door but he puts his hand on my back,
”No Kaz, quiero que veas lo que les sucede a las perras que dan por sentado mi amabilidad.”