her.
“You wouldn’t stay at Jack’s place even if a judge ordered you to. Hell, I know how creepy that guy is just by lookin’ at him.” Finally, I found the number I was looking for. I grabbed up my phone and motioned for her to stop talking. She couldn’t argue against my point anyway.
“Rust. It’s me. Yeah, Avery. How’s the misses? Good, good. Yeah, I got a favor to ask you. It’s pretty big so get ready for it. Ha-ha, alright. I got a friend here whose house is getting repossessed. Need you to go visit some people for her. Yeah, I’ll owe you one. Okay, I’ll owe you two! Yeah, alright, one second.” I covered the phone’s receiver and whispered to her, “He’s gonna need all your info. Write it down for me. Your address, social security number, everything. Got it?” She shook her pretty dumb head. “Okay, Rust. Yeah, I’ll get it to you. Thanks. Be good, brother.” I hung up the phone.
“What did he say?” She exclaimed, practically on her knees in front of me. She always seemed so innocent, despite being such a dirty girl in the sheets. Hell, I’ll admit it. I was staring at her tits the whole time. It’s hard not to when a girl walks in your house wearing a crop top and tight pair of jeans.
“He said he can’t do it. Sorry sweet-cheeks.” I lied.
“Oh…” Her head dropped down all sad like. I couldn’t bear to look at her like this.
“I’m just messin’ with you. Of course he’ll do it.” I said. She wrapped her arms around me tight.
“Whoa there.” I said, losing my balance. “Just trying to help out.” I hated being that guy, but I knew well enough that not much could be done. Rust was just a part of the crew. He didn’t have any in’s with any banks or any of that world. The best he could do was rough some people up. I couldn’t let her down though. I needed her help still.
She kissed my cheeks. “You’re a good friend.” She said, smiling bright. Friend? Who is she kidding?
“I don’t know what you mean by friend. A lady ain’t never been my friend before. Now I said Rust’ll take care of it, so he’ll do it okay?”
She let go of me. “Okay.” She said, sitting back on the couch. Her back was arched against the pillow. I couldn’t help but be infatuated by her body. These pop stars, man…they really knew how to keep in shape. I licked my lips and leaned back, looking smooth as can be. “Avery, I’ve got a question…” she suddenly said.
“Lay it on me.” I said, rolling a cigarette between my fingers.
“What do you mean when you say Rust will take care of everything? And why doesn’t your front door have a handle?”
Well, I couldn’t lie to her forever, I guess. Wasn’t it a bit obvious though? My crew weren’t exactly the moral sort of bunch you see at church. Nah. We were the ones your pastor warned you about. Always liked communion though.
“Hope, there’s just some things you shouldn’t know about. Let’s just say there’s some people in suits who will regret their decision not to give you an extension.” I tried my best to smile, although I could tell she thought I was a villain of sorts. Maybe I was. But I wasn’t about to change for no woman. Not ever. “The doorknob is for my protection. No one can get in without knowing the code. Sometimes I have body guards, but money’s been a little tighter lately.” I admitted. I owed Luke a hell of an earning. Figured if I cut back a little on my spending, I could catch up on my payment.
“Avery, are people going to get hurt?” she innocently asked me. She was as cute as a button, but I had to open her eyes a little bit.
“People always get hurt, Hope. Every single day. The world is a dying orb. You just gotta stay alive for as long as you can.” I lit up that cigarette and felt the smoke pass through my lungs.
“That’s kind of bleak.” she said. Funny though. She didn’t tell me to stop Rust. Of course she didn’t. She wanted that house back and she was going to