Not My Mother's Footsteps

by Cherish Amore

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  Phoenix sat on the dirty love seat damn near naked as she froze her ass off waiting for her ‘customer’ to come in the room. Things had changed drastically in less than a week for Phoenix; she went from only having sex with one person in her life to now having sex with people face she barley saw.

  “Sweet honey!” Geno based, which caused Phoenix to jump; that was the nickname he gave her, since he gave all his girls money.

  “Yes?” she said scared half to death, as she looked beside Geno and saw a man who was about 5’11 350lbs and looked as though he hadn’t showered in weeks.

  “Give him the full treatment” Geno said with a wink and dollar signs in his eyes, before walking off and leaving the two standing there.

  Phoenix stood to her feet and swallowed hard; this was the part she hated most. ‘Relax Phoenix it will be over before you know it’ she thought to herself. She seductively walked to the gentleman, while biting her bottom lip even though she hated what she was about to do but she had to make the best out of it.

  Sitting the guy down, Phoenix straddled him and began to undo his jacket, he was trying to kiss her but she wouldn’t dare kiss him because she felt like kissing while having sex was intimate. Slowly slithering down his body Phoenix positioned herself in between his legs, while unbuckling his pants. Phoenix dug her hands down the front of his pants ‘please let it be worth it, please let it be worth it’ she thought as she pulled his dick out. ‘Damn’ she said in her mind as she pulled out his ashy barley five inch dick. ‘Fat, little dick bitch’ she thought as she looked up at him, and could see the anticipation in his eyes.

  Reaching down in front of her negligee Phoenix pulled out a lifestyle latex condom, and after opening it she slowly slid it down on his toddler sized dick. Closing her eyes tightly Phoenix slowly opened her mouth and wrapped her small lips around the head of his dick. As she bounced her head up and down careful not to use her teeth. Though she was giving him head, her mind was really creating a plan to get the fuck away from Geno.

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  Mariah sat in her car staring blankly as she looked at her phone in disbelief, she had just gotten a call from her cousin that Phoenix was hanging with Geno whom everyone knew was a pimp. “Why the hell is she hanging with him?” She questioned out loud, though she knew there was only reason a female would be around Geno. Sliding her iPhone unlocked, Mariah dialed Phoenix’s number “the number or code you have dialed has been disconnected message pp1087.” “What the hell is her phone doing off?” Mariah questioned out loud. Putting the car in drive Mariah headed home, she had plans to go to Phoenix house tomorrow to figure out exactly what was going on.

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  Phoenix was on all fours as the stranger pounded in and out of her, her mind was nowhere near the whack sex she was getting. She had checked out when she was giving him head, here she was an hour later, just hoping he would hurry and cum so she could wash the stench of him off of her. She could feel the stranger speed up which let her know he was almost to his climax, so she began to through her ass back so that he would get there first.

  “Ugh!” the guy said as he reached his climax while shaking uncontrollably. The moment he removed his now soft dick from inside of Phoenix she stood to her feet and walked out of the room without even looking at him. She hated even having to do the things she was doing because it really wasn’t worth it, so she never looked her “clients” in the face once she was done.

  As soon as Phoenix exited the room, Geno was standing there “you did good sweet honey, go get in the truck so we can leave” he said as he pulled her to him and kissed her cheek. Phoenix was pissed, and felt really low, she held her head down and walked outside to the truck fighting tears the whole way there.

  Chapter 7

  Phoenix lay on her twin sized bed with the comforters covering her head, hoping she would go unnoticed. ‘Boom’ Phoenix jumped when she heard the front door slam, that let her know her uncle Gregory was home and he was drunk. “Please God don’t let him come in here, please God” Phoenix prayed silently as her heart began to pound harder.

  “Phoenix you in here?” Gregory shouted as he slurred his words. Phoenix didn’t say a word, instead she lay as she still as possible, hopping that would make him go away. “You sleep girl?” he asked as he nudge her roughly, Phoenix still didn’t move. After a few seconds Phoenix heard his footsteps move back towards the door and the door slam close. ‘Whew’ she thought as she let out a sigh of relief but that was short lived when she heard her door open and close again loudly. “Ion give a fuck if you sleep or not, you gonna give me this pussy” Gregory said as he roughly snatched the covers off of Phoenix.

  “Uncle Greg please don’t do this!” Phoenix begged as tears began to stream down her little face. But her cries fell upon deaf ears because Gregory roughly pulled at her pajamas and panties until they both tore off of her. Phoenix continued to pray hoping someone would come and stop what he was doing to her little body, but no one never showed.

  “Don’t fight it” Gregory said as he roughly entered Phoenix. Phoenix could smell the liquor all over him, and it made her sick to her stomach along with the fact that she was being raped. ‘Please let him hurry up’ Phoenix thought to herself as she lay there, as tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

  ‘Boom, Boom, Boom’ Gregory jumped out of her when she heard someone banging on her door; she was dripping in sweat because she was once again being haunted about her childhood in her dream. ‘Boom, Boom, Boom’ the knocking continued.

  “I’m coming, I’m coming” Phoenix repeated as she jumped out of the bed and headed to the front door. Without asking who it was she snatched the front door open “Mariah?” asked surprised, because she could see Mariah was pissed by her body language.

  “Don’t Mariah me, where the hell have you been?” Mariah asked sounding like the concerned best friend she was.

  “Why don’t you come in Mariah” Phoenix said wiping the sleep out of her eyes.

  “Phoenix what’s up, what’s going on?” Mariah asked as she stepped inside the house.

  “Nothing’s going on Mariah” Phoenix lied as she walked further into her small apartment.

  “Phoenix I aint never been one to beat around the bush with no one and honestly I am not about to start now.” Mariah said as she made perfect eye contact with Phoenix. “Please tell me it’s not true that you been hanging with Geno?” Mariah said more so than asking.

  “So what if I have?” Phoenix asked shrugging her shoulders hating the fact that she was even defending the situation.

  “What do you mean what if you are? Do you know what he does Phoenix? You know what don’t answer that” Mariah said putting up her hand and taking a deep breath. “Phoenix I know you are grown and you are having a hard time dealing with your bills and things, but is dealing with Geno really worth it all?” Mariah asked confused.

  “Mariah can you just mind your own business.” Phoenix spoke before thinking and now she wish she hadn’t said it.

  Mariah was surprised that Phoenix had said that and the way she had said it really shocked her, but Phoenix was grown and there was really nothing she could do about it. “Fine” Mariah said with a wave of her hand and then she continued “what are you doing today, I haven’t hung out with you in a while and I really would like to” Mariah said honestly.

  Phoenix looked around nervously before she spoke “I would really love to hang out with you, but I can’t today because I have to work, maybe next week sometime, I will call you” Phoenix said with a fake smile.

  Mariah got up, and headed for the door but stopped in her tracks when she remembered something “wait how are you going to call when your phone is off?”

  “Ugh, it will be on later today and I will call you when it is” Phoenix said once again lying.

  “Okay” Mariah said confused as to why Phoenix was being very short with her.

  Once Mariah was out of the apartment Phoenix leaned against the door with relief though
she hated lying to her best friend, Geno made it clear as long as he was paying bills no one and he meant no one was allowed inside her apartment except for her. “I can’t wait to get out of this situation” Phoenix said to herself, she hated being so alone and she really missed her best friend.

  Chapter 8

  Terrell cruised in his 2014 Porsche Cayenne, he had just gotten back to Virginia from visiting his mother in North Carolina. Though Terrell enjoyed his time with his mother over the weekend, it was time for him to get back to work, and find out who the thief was within his camp. Pulling into his luxury townhome, he pushed the garage opener and pulled his car inside.

  He didn’t get out right away instead he just laid his head back on the head rest and closed his eyes. Things haven’t always been easy for Terrell; just two years ago he was slinging rock on the block constantly watching his back. When he finally decided to go legit he lost a lot of friends, because they weren’t trying to leave the dope boy lifestyle behind. “Rell, we getting money and eating good as fuck, you seriously tryna leave that shit behind?” A young goon asked as he passed the blunt.

  “This shit right here may look good right now, but we can’t do this shit forever. Terrell said as he inhaled the smoke from the blunt, and then continued “not only that, we can go legit and make way more money than what we making now only difference we won’t have to look over our fucking shoulders all day” he said truthfully.

  “Rell no disrespect but fuck that shit, I don’t mind watching my back for the money I’m getting everyday” another young goon said.

  “I respect that, that’s 100 but I am just letting yall know, I’m going legit my dope boy days are over.” Terrell said truthfully “And if you with me, we all can eat together, but if you not, that’s cool too no hard feelings from me” he said as he puffed the blunt.

  Terrell was now back in present day, and after that night some of his so called friend he hadn’t talk to since then. The only people who left the game behind with him, was his best friend Renz, Old School, and another cat named Polo. Climbing out of the truck, Terrell shook his head thinking that one of the three people he thought he could trust was stealing from him.

  “Its time for a sit down meeting” Terrell said to himself as he dropped his bags down, and headed for the shower.

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  As soon as Terrell stepped out of the shower, his phone began ringing looking at the screen it was his younger sister Chavon calling “hey sis what’s up? He asked when he answered as he wrapped a towel around his waist.

  “Scooter are you busy?” his sister asked in a panicked tone

  “Never too busy for you, what’s up? He asked walking into his walk in closet.

  “I locked my keys in my car, and Mario has my spare and he is all the way in Richmond in class, I was wondering can you come and bring me your key?” she asked all in one breath.

  “Yea give me about fifteen minutes, and I will be there” he said while searching for something to wear.

  “Okay” was his simple reply before hanging up.

  Ten minutes later, Terrell was dressed in denim True Religion jeans, a black t-shirt that hugged the muscles on his arms just right. Pair of black high top Kenneth Cole boots, and his wrist and both ears was iced out with nothing but the best. Grabbing his keys, and black fitted he headed out the door.

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  Phoenix was walking around her apartment complex, she was supposed to be waiting on Geno to pick her but he hadn’t come; and she was tired of sitting in the house. As she was walking she spotted this fine ass man, getting out of a nice ass truck ‘damn he fine as fuck’ Phoenix thought to herself as she felt her panties involuntarily get wet. She could see the fine as brother looking at her, and she was hoping he would say something to her, but her world came crushing down when she saw a female run to him and hug him ‘ugh all the fines one taken’ she thought as she continued to walk.

  Phoenix was almost back to her apartment when she could hear a car slow down behind her, she just knew it was Geno, and she cursed herself for even thinking it was a good idea to leave the house. “Enjoying this beautiful day?” Phoenix heard a sexy deep baritone voice say, and when she turned around her heart skipped a few beats.

  “Yea I was, but now I am heading inside” Phoenix said with a smile that she knew looked hideous.

  You were heading inside and you weren’t even going to say what’s up? The guy said holding his chest as if he was seriously hurt.

  “I’m sorry” she said not really sure why she was apologizing when she didn’t even know him, but he had her mind all over there place.

  “No need to be” he said as he smiled and then continued “what’s your name?” he asked.

  “Phoenix” she said without hesitation while smiling. Neither one of them said anything so Phoenix continued to smile with nervousness then she spoke, “What?”

  “Aren’t you going to ask me mine?” he said flirtatious.

  Phoenix smiles faded as she began to feel really stupid, she couldn’t understand why she was acting to childish at the moment. “My bad, what’s your name?” She asked feeling embarrassed.

  “Terrell” he said as his phone began to ring, though he pressed the ignore button. “I have to go, but I was wondering can I have your number Ms. Phoenix?” Terrell said as his phone was again began ringing and he pressed the ignore button again.

  Phoenix wanted to tell him right now she was not ready for anything like that in her life, not only that she had just saw him hugging the girl and his phone had rung twice since they were talking which meant he already had a full plate, but she found herself saying the complete opposite. “Actually my phone is off right now, but you can give me yours and I will call you.” She said honestly.

  Terrell chuckled a little because he knew she was trying to brush him off, but he didn’t have time to go back and forth about that because Renz was calling his phone for a third time, so he grabbed a napkin out the glove box and wrote his name and number on it. “Here ya go, make sure you hit me up” he said handing the napkin.

  The moment Phoenix took the napkin from Terrell their fingertips touch and she could have sworn she climaxed right there on the spot “I will” she said breathlessly. Before Terrell pulled off he smiled at her, and Phoenix silently thought ‘I think I’m in love.’ She watched his truck disappear out the apartment complex and then she headed inside.

  Chapter 9

  Phoenix sat on her couch in silence, she could not get Terrell off her mind, and she just kept seeing his sexy face and the way he smiled at her. “Damn he is fine as hell, I would drink his bath water” she said out loud to herself as she thought about how her body reacted to just seeing him. Phoenix laid her head back on the couch and pretended Terrell was whispering in her ear, and it was funny how even her thinking about him sent chills through her body.

  ‘Click’ was the sound of her front door being unlocked and seconds later in walked Geno, and reality sat back in. “Ugh so much for a fantasy” she said in a whisper.

  “I hope you ready, cause I got shit to do, and I need you and butter at the same spot tonight” Geno said rudely without so much as a hello.

  “Yes I’m ready” Phoenix said as she stood from the couch

  “You sure don’t fucking look like it” Geno said as he looked her over, and saw that she was wearing a pair of seven7 jeans, a pink V-neck shirt and a pair of pink, grey, and black air max 90’s.

  “I have my stuff in the bag” Phoenix said careful not to say with much attitude though she wanted to, but knew she risked the fact of being hit.

  “I have fucking told you about already being dressed, you never know when you may get a client, next fucking time you aint dressed right, something aint getting paid” Geno said with seriousness. Geno liked for the girls to wear a little to nothing, the more they showed the better. Phoenix didn’t even respond to him, she knew not too, she just picked up her duffle bag and walked out of her apartment.

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  T
errell finally answered his phone after the fourth time of Renz calling “Yo?” he answered sounding annoyed because he was trying to get to know Phoenix, but couldn’t.

  “Where are you baby boy?” Renz voice blared through the phone.

  “Leaving my sister crib, why what’s up?” he asked merging onto I-64.

  “Where that’s at?” Renz asked hoping he would get an answer

  “Nigga fuck you want?” Terrell replied ignoring his question, though he and Renz was best friend he never told anybody where his family laid there heads the less people knew the less likely anything would happen to them.

  “Can you meet me at my spot?” Renz asked ignoring the fact that Terrell didn’t tell him where is siter lived.

  “Yea give me about an hour” Terrell said hanging up the phone as he headed to Hampton, VA to Renz house.

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  “It’s a older cat up in there who, paid good fucking money for both of yall to turn a trick. So imma let both yall hoes know this yall better put on one hell of a show, whatever he wants yall fucking do it, yall got that?” Geno asked as he leaned his head on the headrest of his Range Rover.

  “Yes daddy” Butter said from the back seat without hesitation.

  Phoenix wasn’t as accepting as Butter, one she still hated the fact that she was fucking and sucking random niggas, and here she was now about to fuck a stranger and fuck a female at the same time. Geno could see the hesititaion on Phoenix’s face so he reached over to her and began to rub her face “Sweet Honey, you have to go in there and make this money” he rubbed his hands down and between her breast sexual and then he snapped wrapping his hand around her small neck tightly “don’t fuck this up! Get your ass in there and do what the fuck he wants you to do” he hissed in her ear, with venom in his voice.