“No way, that’s fucking disgusting.”
Aquilla laughed. “So you were the pussy that was taken to Lopez’s that night?”
“Yes, that was the night it was all going to go down. Tina had traced the guy’s phone and Monica and I showed up at some nasty ass bar that afternoon. He thought he was going to get laid and then just about shit his pants when we flashed our fake FBI badges.”
Monica held him at gun point in a back room while I showed him the evidence of him being involved in the drug run. He was scared shitless. The guy even cried, telling us how disappointed his mama was going to be. We kept him in that room until it was time for Lopez’s pussy to arrive.”
“Which was going to be you?”
“Yup, but in the meantime, Tina had been working on a new wire device that was totally undetectable, something she found in China. Told you she was smart, anyway, I was wired the whole time I was talking to this loser and Tina had everything that was being said transmitted to my boss now, Houston.
We had no clue if it was going to work or not. He could have very well blown it off as some smart kids playing a sick joke. He knew that I would be in that apartment at seven o’clock that night. Whether he was going to show up with a team was the question.”
“Why didn’t you send it to the NYPD?”
“We were afraid they wouldn’t care. We had been to them several times. They wouldn’t help us, even after we discovered his drug cartel. They blew us off.”
“Okay, so you show up at his apartment with this thug.”
“Yes, Lopez buzzed us up and the guy turned and left. I was glad that he wanted me to come alone. I didn’t know if this guy would give me away. So, he left and I took the elevator to his floor. As soon as the doors were opened, I was met by two guys there to pat me down. I was fucking shitting my pants. I was terrified that they were going to find the wire hidden in a cheesy headband that I had worn. I didn’t have a gun, I knew better than that; it was the wire I was worried about.”
“You went in there without any protection? Weren’t you afraid of getting yourself killed?”
“I wasn’t afraid of that. I was willing to do what I had to do to get justice for Lakota. I had already accepted the fact that I may not come out alive.”
“Did you have to fuck him?”
Seri blew out a puff of air and shook her head. “Yeah, I did, Quill. I thought I was going to be sick. That was the worse fuck I have ever had in my life.”
“Have you fucked a lot?”
“Are we talking about my sex life or Lopez here?” Seri asked.
Aquilla laughed. “Sorry, were talking about Lopez.”
“By that time, I knew the feds weren’t coming. I wanted them to be there before I had to do that. Unbeknownst to me, they were there. Monica had talked them out of raiding the place just yet. She knew that I would get him talking. Don’t ask me how she knew that, I didn’t even know that.”
“How did she talk them out of raiding the place right then?”
Seri shrugged her shoulders. “Monica can talk a dog into fucking a cat.”
“Yeah, I get that. I swore I wasn’t talking to her and she had me talking about feelings”
“You have those?” Seri teased.
“Fuck you. What happened next?”
“Luck, we were in his room getting it on and he wanted me to bend over the back of a chair in his room when I saw the gun. He laughed and told me that it wasn’t loaded when I pointed it at his head. I was never so scared in my life. I stood naked in front of him shaking like a fucking earthquake.
I moved the gun and shot him in the foot. He dropped to the floor, giving me the opportunity check the chamber. I had three bullets, enough to make it out alive. That’s when I relaxed and remembered what I was there for. My nerves shifted gears and I was pissed, thinking about Lakota and what he put her through.
“Do you remember Lakota Strokes, you maggot?”
“Nope, don’t know any Lakota Strokes,” he smirked, holding his foot.
“Let me remind you,” Seri said, pointing the gun at his head.
He tried to grab it and I kicked him in the face.
“You used her to pay off a debt. You watched while she was gang raped by nine men. You shot her in the head when they were done with her. Ring any bells, fucker?”
“Oh, yeah, I do remember her. Hmmm, fine piece of ass, she was. You didn’t want her back after that. She would have been too fucked up. She was better off. It makes my dick hard thinking about those scared fucking eyes, looking up, and begging me not to kill her.”
“Oh, my God, Quill. Hearing him say that was like watching a tsunami coming toward me with nowhere to go. The thought of her lying naked on that cold, concrete floor in that dark warehouse flooded me like a mother fucker. I started shaking again, and he knew I was breaking. Thank God Houston burst in with his men once he had heard the gunshot through my wire.
He took the gun from my shaking hands and someone covered me with a trench coat. I spent the next three days locked in a room while being interrogated by none other than Houston himself.”
“And let me guess. He was so impressed with your work, he wanted you?”
“Yes. That pretty much sums it up. They had been after this guy for three years straight, and one little 20 year old kid brought him down for vengeance. I’ve been chasing bad guys ever since. I never even finished my schooling.”
“Do you like what you do?”
“No. Not so much. This wasn’t what I had in mind. I wanted to work with kids who were trending down the wrong path and help steer them in a better direction. I wanted to be a juvenile probation officer.”
Aquilla lay down and Seri followed right behind her.
“Seri?” Aquilla quietly said in the dark.
“Yeah?”
“You’re going to leave me in one more day.”
“Yeah, but I’m always going to be your girl. You’re stuck with me for life now.”
Aquilla fell asleep with a smile and a new sense of respect for Seri. She wasn’t the spoiled little rich kid that she had presumed her to be. She had a rough life without a mother or a father. She lost her only sister to a horrific murderer. She was as fucked up as Quill.
Chapter 15
“Either we finish reading today or I am taking your computer home with me tomorrow,” Seri warned as they dressed for breakfast the next morning.
“Let’s take it down to the lake after we eat,” Aquilla offered.
Aquilla had breakfast with the entire family out on the deck. She didn’t realize that her aunt, uncle and two cousins would be joining them, along with her grandparents. She wanted to leave and go sit in the sun with Seri and Julius. She didn’t want to entertain.
As soon as the table was clear, Seri gave her a look and a nod. Aquilla got the laptop, Seri got the blanket.
“Hey, where you guys going?” Monica called, pouting because she wasn’t invited.
“To the lake,” Seri called without turning, and throwing her hand up.
Monica stood beside Liz watching the two of them walk to the lake and spread the blanket.
“Hang in there. She’s leaving tomorrow,” Monica assured her, rubbing circles on her back.
Liz smiled a sad smile, wishing Aquilla wanted to spend the time with her that she did Seri.
Aquilla inserted the two passwords and went to the bookmarked page. They read in silence, only speaking when Aquilla asked her if she was ready before turning the page. They read a lot about the real Aquilla, and his mother. They both sniffed more than once. They read about different times that Julius had taken care of her, like when she was nine and had to have her tonsils removed.