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“Because it’s the first time I’ve chosen to tell ya. If there's one thing my family is good at, it's perception. Now we doin’ this or not?”
“When you say monster…”
“I mean abusive cunt,” he cuts me off, his eyes refusing to make contact with mine.
“Has he ever… Louisa?” I feel my grip on his arm tighten.
“Not yet, not that I know of, but I see that he wants to. She’s just too fuckin’ smart to get caught doin’ anything that warrants a punishment but she’ll slip up eventually.” I let what he’s telling me sink in and wonder how I could have missed it all. Up to now I thought Alex and Louisa had the perfect life.
“When you leave, I’m comin’ with you,” I tell him, my face turns stern so he knows I’m bein’ serious.
“Come on, man, you ain’t ever leavin’ your mom behind.” He laughs and my chest drags into my stomach, heavy with all the hurt I’ve been distracting myself from.
“Yeah, well maybe there's somethin’ I’ve been keepin’ from you too,” I admit, keeping my head low because I’m still struggling to accept the truth. “Mom skipped town a few months ago. Left with that guy she’d started seein’.” My eyes focus on the ground because I don’t wanna see the pity on his face. Alex knows how much she means to me, he’s seen the lengths I’ve gone through to protect her. It’s part of the reason I’m standing here with him.
“She back on the crank?” He sighs.
“Seems like it.” I shrug. “So ya see, I got nothing to stick around for, especially not if you're leavin’. If you go, Alex. We go together.” I look up at him.
“Sounds like a plan.” He smiles back at me before we head inside.
“It’s all there.” Alex does the talkin’ while I lay the holdall on the coffee table. One the topless girls who’s sitting on Oscar’s lap smiles at me a little seductively, but I ignore her. Everyone knows that Oscar gets possessive with his play things.
“You like him, darlin’?” he asks her when he notices her lookin’ at me.
She nods her head without taking her eyes off me, and I can feel the tension in the room brewing.
“You wanna play with him, sweetheart?” He snatches at her chin and forces her attention onto him instead.
“Uh-huh.” She nods her head back at him and her smile makes it obvious how strung out she is.
“Why don’t you go ahead, darlin’, take him through to the bedroom.”
She does as instructed, standing up on shaky legs and starting to strut toward me.
“Oh, erm no. We just came to make a drop. We’ll collect the cash and get goin’,” I tell her politely, grabbing her wrists and removing both her hands from my face when I suspect this might be some kinda test.
The girl pouts and starts circling me seductively, while Oscar orders one of his men to go get Toby’s cash.
“You know, you don’t have to rush off. You could stay and have a good time.” Oscar tries to tempt us.
“What ya think, Tate? Are ya tempted?” I shake my head discreetly when Alex steps closer and takes hold of the girl’s waist. “You fancy playing with me, pretty thing?”
“Why not?” She drops her hand into his and starts leading him down the corridor.
He looks back over his shoulder at me and winks while Oscar starts unpacking the coke and replacing it with the cash.
“You wanna take a hit, kid?” He uses a dagger to make a slit in the cellophane-wrapped block, then scrapes some out onto the blade.
“I’m good, thanks.” I nod gratefully, wondering how long Alex is intending on taking.
“You boys are new,” Oscar points out. “You don’t take the sex I offer, you don’t take the drugs. Who are ya?”
“I’m just a kid lookin’ to make some money,” I explain, startin’ to feel even more unnerved. There’s at least six othermen in this room, all of ‘em are armed and look as suspicious about me as Oscar is.
“I think we’d all feel a lot more comfortable if you loosened up and did some participating.” He reaches across the table and holds the knife in front of me.
“I can’t,” I admit, closing my eyes and swallowing thickly.
