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“Jesse was probably just playing with your ass, and even if he wasn’t, at least he didn’t actually go through with stealing from me like you did. I can’t believe you, Piper. I defended you every time someone told me you weren’t to be trusted, andthisis how you do me?”
“I didn’t ask you for that, so I don’t know what you want me to say.”
His mouth dropped before he chuckled and shook his head. “Wow, so you really don’t give a damn, do you?” With a shrug, I avoided his eyes. “Fuck it. Do whatever y’all want to her. I don’t give a damn either.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Jesse was gripping my arm and putting me against the wall as Romeo and Kerri walked over to me. There wasn’t any fear in my heart because I knew my people were on their way. With that in mind, I chuckled as Jesse pressed his body into mine and brushed his nose against my neck.
“Since you like to take shit, I’ma see how you feel when I take this pussy.”
“You can try, but I can promise you, it will be the last thing you fucking do.”
Not taking my threat seriously, Jesse turned me around and tossed me over his shoulder, carrying me to the bedroom that was on the opposite side of the living room.
“You’re just going to let these niggas try and rape me, Thurston?” I yelled, squirming against Jesse. “That’s how you feel?”
Ignoring me, he stared in my eyes for a few seconds before slamming the door.
“Wow.” I laughed. “Y’all really have no idea what’s about to happen, do you?”
“I know exactly what’s about to happen,” Jesse replied, tossing me onto the bed. “I bet you wish you agreed to my terms now, huh?”
Crossing my arms over my chest, I watched as he closed and locked the door. “This is your last chance to do the right thing, Jesse. Let me go. If you do, I’ll give you everything I took from him, and no one will have to get hurt.”
“Nah.” His head shook as he walked over to me, unbuttoning his jeans in the process. “I’m going to have both—youandwhat you took from him—and it ain’t shit you can do about that.”
Jesse pulled me down to the edge of the bed. When he reached for my knees, I kicked him in his mouth. He groaned and gripped it, giving me a few seconds to roll out of bed and try to get to the door. Jesse recovered quickly, gripping my ankle and tossing me onto my back. His hand lifted to hit me, but before it could connect with my face, the sound of the front door being kicked down caused him to release me.
With the distraction, I pushed him as hard as I could into the dresser then raced toward the door. Gunshots began to ring out, and my father had put bullets into both Kerri and Romeo before they could even stand from their seats.
“Shit,” I heard Jesse say, and I couldn’t help but smile.
“How many more?” Nathan asked.
“Two. One in each room.”
“Weapons?” my father confirmed.
“Jesse has a gun, but he usually keeps it in his bag.” I motioned toward the black bag by the couch, unfazed by the sight of the two limp bodies I passed walking over to my people.
“Get her downstairs,” my father told Nathan. “I’ll take care of these two.”
“Got’chu,” Nathan agreed, grabbing my bag and handing it to me.
By the time we’d made it to the elevator, more shots were sounding off. All I could do was shake my head. I was so numb to this shit and that scared me. There was once a time where I valued human life. The more I worked for my father, the less I cared about anyone’s life—including my own.
“You good?” Nathan checked, keeping his head low. I didn’t think they were expecting to have to come in. They never had to come in. They’d risked it all to save me without masks. While I appreciated that, I hated that it had to come down to that. “Piper,” he called, taking me by the arm and turning me to face him. “Are you good?”
With a nod, I twisted my mouth to the side as my eyes watered. “I’m getting tired of this shit,” I whispered before sniffling. “He’s never going to let me stop.”
“He can’t make you do anything you don’t want to do. When you make up in your mind that that’s it, that’s it. All you have to do is say the word.”
My eyes rolled as I wiped them. The elevator dinged and we stepped on it. I started to wait for my father, but he was probably cleaning everyone out. Besides, there was no doubt in my mind that the police had been called at this point.
“If it’s that easy to leave, why haven’t you?”
Nathan chuckled, eyeing me as he pressed R instead of L. Knowing him, he figured leaving from the stairwell on the roof would draw less attention to us. Plus, when the police arrived, they’d see us going in but not coming out. That worked in their favor, but it wouldn’t matter for me either way. Unfortunately, I was plastered all over Thurston’s social media because he couldn’t do anything without documenting his day. Once the police looked at his social media and saw me on it, it wouldn’t take long to put two and two together. At this point, I couldn’t try and think about a defense—that was what my father had attorneys for. At this point, I was just… tired.
“I’m not leaving you with him, Piper, you know that.”
