by Leo Sullivan
Chapter 14
ZERO
I didn’t know what to say, but my prayers had been answered. Trying my luck was what I was doing, but I couldn’t help but feel like I had some guardian angels surrounding me. The tears stung my eyes as I stood there speechless. All I could do was cry and that shit wasn’t like me at all. Shit, I hated to cry, but I couldn’t think of anything else more fitting for that moment.
The look on his face said it all as he stood there with his mouth wide open. Were those tears in his eyes? Hell no. It couldn’t be.
I had never seen him cry.
Never.
“Is this a dream?” He asked breaking the silence. “Maybe I got shot that night and died and went to heaven.”
I shook my head and managed to smile through the tears. “This is real Zeus,” I finally said.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me inside. After he closed the door his hands were all over me like he was making sure that I was really real and not just a figment of his imagination. Then his eyes narrowed and he gave me a tender kiss.
“What happened to you baby? You’re supposed to be…”
“Dead? You too,” I said reaching up to touch his face. Our lips were still touching. “You and Buff…I saw it on the news.”
He removed the black baseball cap I was wearing from my head and my hair fell down my back. Then he removed the dark glasses that I was wearing. The bruises were healing and the flesh wounds were too, but the signs of physical distress were clear. He knew that I had been at least close to death if not dead.
“Is Buff okay?” I asked.
He simply nodded and then kissed me deeper that time. It felt so good to taste him and to be in his arms again. When he pulled away he asked me again.
“What’s goin’ on baby? Why the hell did they say that you were identified by dental records? What the fuck happened to you. Was it that muthafucka Roberto?”
“Before I tell you everything I want to see Buff and Teena,” I said looking around the room like I had never been there before.
The look on his face told me that something was really wrong.
“What you saw on CNN was a shooting that happened at the club. Buff got hit wit’ some shells, but he’s good. He is still in the hospital, but…”
Then I noticed the gun he had placed on the mantle over the fireplace. Something else was wrong, but I could tell he didn’t want to tell me.
“Baby, what happened to you?” He asked with wide eyes. They were scanning my body as he noticed more scarring. “Who did this shit?”
“Tell me what happened here first and I’ll tell you everything,” I said looking into his eyes.
With a sigh he grabbed the hat and stuffed my hair back under it. Then he put the glasses back over my eyes.
“Obviously you’re hidin’ from something or somebody, so let’s go.” I could tell that he wanted to grab my hand again, but he grabbed the gun and walked to the door instead.
As we walked to his car I reached inside my purse and fingered the bracelet my father had given me and the diamond necklace Zeus had surprised me with. Both items had traveled with me to hell and back. Thank God he and Buff were still alive.
Once we were in the car there was silence and the moment seemed awkward. There was something he was hiding from me and I could tell that the shit wasn’t good.
“Where are we going?” I asked staring out of the window. It felt good to be back home, but I knew that I wouldn’t be there for long. The Agency would come after me, but I planned to be a step ahead of them.
“Somewhere safe for you for the time being. Well, until we figure something else out. I can’t believe you’re here baby. I want us to enjoy the moment before the bad shit comes out. Okay.” He glanced over at me and I understood.
“No more questions for now,” I agreed.
When his warm fingers interlocked with mine I could feel my heart melt. That had to be what true love felt like. Neither of us uttered a word, but enjoyed the peace of not knowing. We both knew it would change things. Neither of us wanted to taint such a beautiful reunion. All we wanted or needed at the moment was to feel that love that we both thought was dead and gone.
* * *
After paying for a room at a low key Marriot Hotel under one of his many aliases, Zeus took me in his arms. We didn’t have sex right away, although we both wanted to. There was so much tension between us because there was so much that we didn’t know.
His feverish kisses covered the healing wound on my hand. The wrinkly skin didn’t seem to bother him, but when he removed my pants and saw the wound on my leg he flinched.
“You’re even more beautiful than I remember,” he whispered as his fingers traced my imperfection.
I leaned over and kissed him like I had never kissed him before. When I sucked his bottom lip gently and pulled away, he seemed to tense up. Then I noticed that he wouldn’t look at me.
His fingers were in my hair as he spoke. “I was with someone. It was only once and…”
Putting a finger to his lips, I cut him off. “Do you love her?” I asked.
Staring into my eyes he said, “No. I only love you.”
“Did you use a condom?”
“Of course.”
I believed him, so I kissed him again. After he pulled away that time, I didn’t stop him from removing my panties. They joined the sunglasses, hat and jeans on the floor. Once I was completely naked he got comfortable between my thighs. When his warm tongue gently teased my clit I couldn’t help but moan graciously. All I had felt in the past months was pain and some pleasure was welcomed.
“Ahhh Zeus…take me there baby.” And he did. His tongue did a tantalizing dance on my pussy that had me squirming and writhing on the bed like a snake.
“Damn, I missed this…” He stared into my eyes as he gave me one blissful orgasm after another.
Once I was nice and wet enough to accommodate his long, thick dick, he positioned himself on top of me. I didn’t bother telling him that I hadn’t been with anyone else. Shit, there had been a time that Miko tempted me, but Zeus was all the man I wanted. Once he was inside the tight confines of my wet pussy he would know. I didn’t have to say a word.
The look on his face when he entered my paradise let me know that he felt her hugging him closely. He had stretched my walls to capacity and as I slowly grinded under him, he stared down at me with so much desire in his eyes.
“Mmm…ohh…Zeus,” I whispered in his ear before nibbling his earlobe.
“Uhhh…your pussy’s sooo tight baby. The fuckin’ best…” he groaned as he slowly fed me all of his inches in deep circles.
After savoring what he and I had both been missing, our slow grind changed into a faster tempo. A sheen of sweat covered his sexy, chocolate frame and I wanted to get on top. He had been working overtime and I wanted to take over.
“I want to ride my dick baby,” I said giving him a sensual, seductive look. When I bit my bottom lip, I could feel his dick jerk. That must’ve done something for him.
Lying on his back, he said, “Climb on up here lil’ mama.”
His hands were on my hips, kneading and massaging as I took him deep inside. I tightened my muscles on him and his warm hands felt so good on my body. He was gentle, but demanding at the same time. The way he was working that dick. Damn.
“Uhhh…yeah…that’s my spot right there baby…”
“Right there?” He asked as he put his strong arms around my waist and held me in place.
As he worked his dick and controlled my hips, I felt the warm tightening start in my abdomen.
“I’m cumin’ Zeus!!!!!” I screamed with my face in his neck.
“I know baby. I’m tryin’ to make you cum some mo’,” he said in that deep, sexy, alluring voice.
And he did. After the orgasms it would be time for reality and neither of us wanted the pleasure to be replaced by more pain.
* * *
After Zeus filled me in on what had happe
ned in the past couple weeks I saw red. That bitch Peaches was actually at the hospital with Buff, or at their crib. How easy it was going to be to finally rid the world of that snake ass bitch. After I tortured and killed her it was on to Miss Lexie. Then after I turned the life switch off on her ass it was on to Black and The Agency. After they were out of the way it was on to Roberto for having my mother killed. The hit list was fresh in my head.
“I can’t believe Teena is really dead.” I shook my head. My rampage was over, and I was sitting on the bed as he ran his hands up and down my back soothingly.
As he was telling me everything I went off and started throwing shit and screaming. I shed my last tears for my best friend and now I was calm. It was the calm right before the storm.
“I can’t wait to get my hands on her, but first Buff has to know the truth. I want him to know why I killed her. No more secrets.”
He nodded. “In that case it’s your turn,” he said.
I filled him in on that day at my mother’s house, my training with Black, The Agency, my deadly assignment with the Russian Moskv and then what Darrick had revealed.
“So before we left the room blondie put the device in my bag and shit. Darrick told me that was how he found me. The ear piece also has a GPS tracking system on it. I hadn’t seen or heard from him the whole time I was being trained and I found out why. He told me that The Agency killed my father and not the Gutierrez brothers. My pops had gone rogue and they tracked him down to Missouri. All he wanted was to have a normal life with his family. Black gave him up to The Agency, but Darrick didn’t find all of this out until after I was already in the mix. Darrick went AWOL and tried his best to track me down. He finally did when an insider from The Agency helped him. So, he threw the ear piece in the snow and took me to a hospital. They patched me up, he gave me some fake identification and flew me back here on a private jet. He’s gonna help us baby. I have to get Peaches and Lexie first though and then after Buff is released from the hospital we’re out. The Agency knows about you two and they’ll come after you because of me. I didn’t make the “ultimate sacrifice” so as long as I’m alive I’m a threat to them.” I shook my head. “I was all excited at first, but that was when I thought I was going to be doing some street shit. A Government Agency is not who I expected to be working for.”
Zeus’s eyes were locked on mine. “I love you so much Ze. You’re a miracle right before my eyes, but I am gonna kill that mufucka Black for puttin’ you in that position. Plus he did that bullshit under false pretenses knowing that he got your pops killed. Do you really think you can trust Darrick? I think we should do this shit on our own. It’s good that Roberto probably thinks you’re dead and he doesn’t know about me and Buff being involved. That gives us some time to strategize how we’re gonna get him after we get the people who really merked your father. It’s gonna take some time, but I’m going to protect you. Not Darrick. Fuck that nigga. He’s connected to The Agency too. I’m glad he got you back to me, but we don’t need him. I got you. You wit’ me baby?”
My eye contact with him didn’t falter as I took his hand into mine. Little did he know, but I didn’t need him to protect me. Shit, I could probably kick his ass. No, I could literally kill his big ass with my bare hands, but I would never hurt my boo.
“I love you too baby and we’re a fuckin’ street team.” I kissed his puckered lips and settled back into his broad chest.
After everything was out in the open we came up with a way to break the news to Buff.
Chapter 15
ZERO
We spent the rest of the night in each other’s arms, but when the sun light peeked through the thick curtains the next morning the reunion was over. Zeus jumped up, brushed his teeth with a tooth brush that he bought from the little gift shop downstairs and headed to the hospital to talk to Buff.
About two hours later he was back and I was anxious to make the next move.
“How did he take it?” I asked feeling like shit for not telling Buff the truth about Peaches.
If I had known what was going to happen I would have with no hesitation, but I didn’t have a crystal ball to let me see the future.
When Zeus sat down beside me he didn’t answer right away. Instead he brushed my curly ringlets out of my face and then kissed my lips. His felt so soft and warm. After he pulled away he softly caressed my face and shook his head.
“How could anybody want to hurt you? I’m never letting you out of my sight again. Do you hear me?” He asked sternly cupping my chin in his hand.
I nodded. “I hear you baby. Now, please…”
He tilted his head to the side and dropped his hand from my face. “Straight to the point are we?”
I was ready to finally get my hands on that bitch and if I had to wait one more minute it would not be pretty. It was taking every ounce of my self- control for me not to go to the hospital and shoot that bitch right in front of Buff.
Laying back on the bed, he sighed and then ran his hands over his low cut waves.
“When I got there she wasn’t there, so I told him everything. I could tell that it hurt him because he was so happy to see her again. Knowing that she killed Teena really fucked him up. All that nigga said was do what you gotta do. He ain’t say shit else. All I could do was tell him to act as normal as possible when she came back to the hospital. So, this is what you goin’ do.”
* * *
When Zeus told me I had to wait until later that night to get shit rolling, I almost went ballistic. I managed to hold it in because we couldn’t keep our hands off each other. Despite all of the bad shit that had gone down we were together. When twelve am rolled around we jumped in the car and headed to the house where Peaches was crashing.
Maybe waiting had made my mind a little clearer. At first I wanted to just blow her brains out and call it even, but suddenly that didn’t seem like enough. Yeah, it was going to go down quite differently than I had initially planned.
Zeus dangled the house key in front of me. “Take your time baby. I know how much this means to you, so I’ll be right here.”
It was a good thing that Zeus had no neighbors for miles, because it was about to be some shit. My heart pounded as I walked up the cobblestone walkway to the huge porch. I looked back at Zeus before unlocking the door and making my way into the house.
The house was quiet as hell and only the faint tick of a wall clock could be heard. As I made my way up the hallway, I noticed that the light was on in the guest bathroom. When I stood in front of Buff’s bedroom door my anger propelled me to walk inside. I pushed the door open and crept inside.
There was a lump in the cover to let me know that the bitch was indeed sleep. I had a gun in my hand, but I wasn’t going to shoot her as she rested peacefully. No, I needed her to be wide awake and fully aware of what the hell was going on.
As I made my way closer my breathing was even and I was way more relaxed than I probably should have been. The thing was I felt no fear what so ever, because Peaches’s ass couldn’t fuck with me. It wasn’t going to be a fair match, but that hoe deserved to suffer for what she had done to Buff and Teena.
I held the Colt .45 pistol in my right hand and pulled her leg with the other.
“Wake the fuck up bitch!” I yelled rudely rousing her from her sleep.
She moved around and mumbled something that I didn’t understand. The snake wasn’t up yet, so I shot the gun in the air.
Peaches sprang up and huddled near the headboard when she saw me standing there with the gun pointed at her.
“What the fuck?” She asked groggily wiping the sleep from her eyes.
“Nope, you ain’t dreamin’ bitch! I ain’t dead! I’m alive as hell and I’m right here in your face, so wake the hell up bitch!” The look on my face told her why I was there.
There was fear on her face, but there was no mistaking the evil in her eyes. It was probably always there, but I was too naïve to notice it. Either that, or I was so evil that I didn�
��t recognize the look at first as a threat. Maybe the look just reminded me of the look in my own eyes.
As I sat down on the bed, she cowered closer to the headboard. “Don’t be scared now,” I taunted her. “You wasn’t scared when you decided to set up my best friend, almost got my man killed and murdered the only real female friend I got.”
“What the hell? I thought your ass was dead.” She sneered at me before letting out a cackle of a nervous laugh. “Just my fuckin’ luck.”
“Luck?” My laugh was way more menacing than hers. “Sorry to break the bad news, but your luck ran out a long damn time ago.”
“If you gon’ kill me go ahead and do it Zero. You got the fuckin’ gun in your hand. Don’t torture me with this bullshit ass guilt trip like your ass is so perfect.” She rolled her eyes at me like we were having a simple quarrel in juvie. If only that bitch knew.
“It ain’t goin’ be that easy bitch. I figured with this gun in your face you’ll finally tell the truth. I got some questions for you before I kill you.” The gun was pointed right under her rib cage. I had the barrel right there and she couldn’t move without getting some hot steel in her vitals.
“Did you become friends with me just to get close to Buff so you could rob him?”
She just stared at me at first and then sighed. “No. I’m just a selfish person Ze. It didn’t matter how much I cared for you. Money was my motivation and how I felt about you and Teena didn’t mean shit to me at the time. Of course the money ran out and…”
“That’s why you’re here now. You thought I was out of the way and that’s why you came back. You thought you could milk Buff again, but Teena knew, so you had to get her out of the way.”
“Well, if you got all the answers why the hell you askin’ me this shit?” The look on her face made me think she was trying to come up with a way to get out of the room, or to a weapon. Probably the one she used to kill Teena with.
