The Reign of Rain Robinson

by Roy Glenn

  “You are more than welcome to stay with them, all that they have to do is pay me what you are worth.”

  “But they consider your price to be too high and they have refused to pay it.”

  “And I understand that is their right to refuse. However, the price is the price.”

  “Please, Simone, I do not wish to come back, I want to stay with them. Therefore, I am begging you, please Simone, reconsider and lower your price.”

  “No, Fiona. If Ms. Washington and Mr. Burns want you, they are going to have to pay the price, which I have based on your future earning potential.”

  “Please, Simone, for the first time in my life, I’m happy … they make me happy.”

  “And you make our clients happy, Fiona. So, if they want you, they have to pay for you just like any other client.”

  Fiona sat silently looking at Simone, considering the words that she had just spoken to her.

  Pay me what you are worth … future earning potential … you make our clients happy.

  “You are right, Simone. If they want me, they have to pay for me,” Fiona said, and she agreed to come back with Simone. “Could you take me by the hotel to get the things that they have bought for me. That will give me an opportunity to say goodbye to Ms. Washington and Mr. Burns in a proper manner.”

  “I don’t believe that will be a problem,” Simone said, thinking that this may give her another opportunity to convince Jackie and Travis to pay her price. She needed that money, and she needed it soon. Once the check was paid and the server was tipped handsomely, Simone and Fiona were driven to the Plaza.

  When they arrived at Jackie and Travis’s suite, Fiona was no longer talking about going anywhere with Simone and she was once again begging Simone to be reasonable, lowering her price and allowing her to stay.

  “As long as they meet my price, you are more than welcomed to stay,” Simone said as Jackie and Travis looked on quietly. As far as they were concerned, the negotiation was over.

  “Don’t I get a say?” Fiona asked.

  “You belong to me, Fiona, so no, you don’t get a say. Now go get your things so we can leave,” Simone said, and Fiona rushed out of the room.

  When Fiona slammed the door to the bedroom, Simone smiled. “I just want to be sure that you understand that this is business.”

  “I understand,” Jackie said graciously, but not Travis. Like Fiona, he thought that Simone was being unreasonable.

  And besides, ain’t we supposed to be family? Family don’t do family like this.

  So Travis had no talk for Simone.

  “I think that your price is ridiculous—” Jackie started.

  “Damn right, it is!” Travis paused and took a breath. “But I understand your position,” Travis said. “It’s business. Fuck family.”

  Simone smiled. “I would have hoped that there wouldn’t be any hard feelings.”

  It was then that Fiona came back in the room and stood in front of Simone. She raised a gun, pointed it at Simone and shot her in the head.

  “I do get a say,” Fiona said calmly.

  “Good!” Travis shouted.

  Jackie smiled and shook her head. “I guess that means you can stay until Jada gets back.”

  By the time Jackie and Travis got finished with the story, Rain was laughing hysterically. “Y’all two is something,” she laughed. “I don’t know what, but it’s something,” she said, practically in tears. “What y’all gonna do now?”

  “We already took care of the body and now we’re just waiting for Jada to get back in the city, so we can tell her about it,” Travis said.

  Chapter Eight

  Kermit Barnes had a lot going on in his world, a world that had changed radically the night that RJ killed Sterling. That night, he stood by and watched him fall to his death. He swore to RJ that this wasn’t over, and he meant what he said, he was going to kill RJ and avenge Sterling’s death.

  Personally.

  There was another reason why he had to move quickly. Barnes needed to establish himself as Sterling’s successor before Hawkins got any stupid ideas, like he’s in charge now. No. Him being the one to kill RJ and Hawkins if it became necessary would put him on top. All of Sterling’s crew would fall in behind him.

  When he left the murder scene, Barnes had to pass Sterling’s body. A broken, bloody, twisted mass dead on the concrete. All he could do was shake his head, reiterate his promise to kill RJ and drive on. What else could he do? Call 911? Wait for the police to get there and snitch out RJ?

  Fuck no!

  Barnes got the hell out of there knowing that the opportunity had presented itself and all he had to do was step up. Be the man. Fulfill his destiny.

  So, he waited.

  RJ was waiting too.

  Waiting for Venus to get out of the shower and she didn’t seem to be in a hurry. So, he waited. Hard dick in hand, patiently waiting for the sight of Venus dripping wet and walking to the bed to punish him the way only Venus could. Is it really like that, dude? RJ asked himself. Had Venus blown his mind so completely that he believed it was her and only her?

  His first answer was no, but then he had to consider the facts. Since he first got with Venus, one by one all of the other women he was fucking drifted away until it was now just Venus. He spent all of his free time with her. If he wasn’t making money, RJ was with Venus.

  And there was one more thing.

  RJ had killed for Venus. At least that’s the way Venus saw it. To her, there was no question, her man loved her enough to kill for her.

  And you have no idea how fuckin erotic that shit is.

  It wasn’t that cut and dry to RJ though. To him, killing Sterling was a calculated decision. That night, he put it all in prospective in answer to Marvin’s question.

  Is she worth fifty G’s to you?

  Whether she is or not ain’t what’s important. What is important is that I can’t let him disrespect me like this and I don’t do shit about it.

  He remembered speaking those words, but the truth about how and what he was feeling for Venus was a different matter. RJ knew that he would have paid Sterling five times that amount to get Venus back safely. So, he had to ask himself the question that demanded an answer.

  Am I in love with her?

  Even though the question demanded an answer, RJ didn’t give one. But it really didn’t matter at that particular moment because it was then that Venus emerged from the bathroom and she was coming toward him dripping wet … in more ways than just the obvious … with one thought in mind.

  “I’m gonna fuck you until you say I can’t take no more and beg me to stop,” Venus said and crawled up on the bed to him. She kissed his lips gently.

  “I got it right here, so come on with it,” RJ said as he felt Venus’s soft hands easing a condom on him and then guiding him inside her wetness and she eased down on his length slowly, so she could experience every delicious inch of him.

  RJ’s dick was hard and thick, and Venus cried out as she stretched to accommodate his size and she loved it. She moaned to show the pleasure she was receiving, all the while continuing to slowly slide her pussy up and down on him. RJ thrusted his length up deep inside of her in a sensual but hard rhythm and before long, RJ felt her thighs trembling. Venus moved harder and faster and in no time, she was cumming all over his dick.

  “That all you got?” RJ asked as Venus’s delectable breasts rested against his chest. “What happen to fucking me until I say I can’t take no more and beg you to stop?”

  “I am far from done with you.”

  He cupped her face in his hands, seized her mouth and kissed her. He began slowly thrusting his dick into her, her hips responded, bucking back against him, digging her nails into his shoulders. RJ silenced her moans and cries with his lips and his tongue. He had her thighs shaking, her wet walls clutching and releasing around his length. Her head drifted back, her eyes were wide open as she felt her orgasm rush to its peak and explode to the rhythm of his deep,
powerful thrusts.

  Venus rolled off of RJ and attempted to roll into the fetal position, but RJ was having none of that. He crawled between her legs and literally attacked her clit.

  “Oh, shit!”

  RJ was licking and sucking and nibbling on her clit and fingering her wet and wanting warmth. While his fingers plunged deeper inside Venus, RJ grabbed one of the pillows.

  “Arch your back.”

  Venus quickly complied with his request, RJ put the pillow beneath her and buried his face between her shaking thighs once again and brought her joyfully to orgasm. RJ got to his knees, lifted her legs and entered Venus. He fucked her hard, deep, fast, and in a variety of positions making her body feel amazing. Venus felt him expanding inside her.

  “Give it to me, Baby!” she screamed, and RJ’s muscles locked, his eyes and mouth opened wide and he came hard inside her.

  He rolled off Venus, each of them was breathing hard, staring into the other’s eyes. RJ put his arm around her, and Venus laid her head on his chest as they drifted off to sleep until somebody disturbed their peace.

  The peace was shattered when somebody began ringing Venus’s doorbell. Soon it progressed to ringing and knocking on the door. Venus heard it first and woke up RJ. He got his gun and went to the door. When he looked out the peephole, he laughed and opened the door.

  “What you doing here, Money?”

  “What you think I’m doing here? I’m looking for you.”

  “You could have called,” RJ said and invited him in.

  “I did.” Marvin sat down on the couch. “Answer your phone and I wouldn’t have to hunt you down.” Seeing that RJ was only wearing pants. “I didn’t mean to interrupt you. You want me to go?”

  “No, it’s cool. How did you know where I was?”

  Marvin just looked at RJ. “Dude, you’re always with Venus,” he said, and RJ simply nodded his head in agreement.

  “Yeah, I guess I am.” He laughed a little and thought about the love he just made with Venus. “So, since you tracked me down, what’s up?”

  “I had some people in the street today and they tell me that it was Psych’s boys, Latavius and Odell, that tried to hit me.”

  “That means you were right, it was Mobley behind it,” RJ said. “It’s on you, Money, how you wanna handle it?”

  Marvin sat there for a second or two thinking about what he wanted to do about it. Yeah, something had to be done. His first thought was to find Mobley and kill him, but then he thought about something Nick told him. “Never respond out of anger. Take your time, think things through. Try and see the big picture.”

  “I understand.”

  “One of the most important skills you’re gonna have to develop is the ability to see and anticipate five moves ahead, you know what I mean?” Nick paused. “If I do this, what is my adversaries gonna do in response. What do I do then and what’s he gonna do? See what I’m saying?”

  “I got you, Pop. It’s like playing chess,” Marvin offered.

  “Exactly.”

  Therefore, he currently wasn’t sure what he wanted to do.

  “I don’t know yet,” Marvin answered. He knew where he could find Odell. He had somebody keeping tabs on him. But before he acted, Marvin thought that it would be a good idea to talk to his father and seek his guidance.

  “It’s on you, so whatever you wanna do, you know I got you,” RJ vowed. He and Marvin talked for a while longer before Marvin stood up and said that he had something to handle.

  “You coming by the Kings tonight?”

  “Yeah, I’ma shoot through there on my way to The Late Night,” RJ said and walked Marvin to the door. Once he closed the door, RJ went back in the bedroom to find Venus fast asleep. He eased in bed next to her and gently wrapped his arm around her. Venus scooted her warm body into his and he kissed the back of her neck. And as he drifted off to sleep, a question rolled around in his mind. Am I in love with her?

  It was a few hours later when RJ woke up and glanced at his phone and saw what time it was. He sat up in the bed.

  “What’s wrong?” Venus asked.

  “I told Money that we would roll by The Kings on our way to The Late Night.”

  “You own the club, you can be a little late,” Venus said. “It’s only … oh,” she said when she looked at the clock.

  “Yeah,” RJ said on his way to the shower. “Now come on and get in here with me.” He went in the bathroom and then stuck his head out. “If you wanna come, that is.”

  “Okay,” Venus got out of bed and followed RJ into the bathroom. “But I am not responsible for anything that my hands just happen to do.” She stepped in the shower and stroked his length. RJ pulled Venus to him, their lips met, he lifted Venus up and entered her knowing that the answer to the question that he asked himself was yes.

  Once they both came, they got out of the shower and got dressed to leave. RJ and Venus had just come out of her building and were walking to his car when Venus saw a car coming that she recognized right away.

  It was the same car that Sterling knocked her unconscious in and kicked her out of. She was about to say something to RJ, but that’s when Venus saw the gun coming out of the window and she screamed.

  “Look out!”

  RJ grabbed Venus and dove for the ground. He landed on his back and Venus laid on top of him with her head covered as bullets flew over them.

  When the shooting stopped, Venus rolled off RJ and he got to his feet with his weapon drawn, but Barnes was too far away.

  Chapter Nine

  As Barnes drove away, he saw RJ get up from the ground. “Damn it!” he shouted and banged the steering wheel. He missed. Missed his opportunity. Missed his chance to take Sterling’s position without any issue. Now he needed a new plan and it had to be that night.

  But what?

  He had heard rumors that somebody had did a drive-by at their new club, The Late Night. He couldn’t be sure that Hawkins was behind it, and even though it wasn’t successful, Barnes knew that he had to act now. He picked up his phone and dialed a number.

  “Yo, Dee, it’s Barnes. I need you to grab Kenny and dumbass Larry and I need you niggas to hit The Four Kings.”

  “Tonight?”

  “Now.”

  “You got it,” Darren said, and Barnes ended the call.

  When he did, Darren looked at his phone and shook his head.

  “What?” Kenny asked.

  “That was Barnes. He wants us to hit The Four Kings tonight,” Darren said.

  “How he want us to do it?”

  “He didn’t say.”

  “I think we should get some gas and burn the bitch to the ground,” Larry suggested.

  Darren thought about it for a minute or two. “I don’t know why niggas say you’re so dumb,” he said, and Kenny laughed, because everybody thought Larry was dumb. He was a good man to have around when the shooting started, but brains … not really his thing.

  “We get some bottles, fill them with gas and we throw them at the roof, and watch that mutha fucka burn,” Darren said.

  “Burn mutha fucka burn!” Kenny said and laughed.

  At the same time, Jackie was once again in Rain’s office. Only this time, it wasn’t her explaining Fiona, it was Rain explaining to Jackie why her going AWOL was never gonna happen again.

  “I needed you, Jackie. This Family needed you. And where the fuck were you when your family needed you? You were off somewhere getting your pussy sucked.”

  “I’m sorry, Rain.”

  “It ain’t like I don’t understand that shit. I get it. That mutha fuckin’ Nick had my ass so turned the fuck out that there were some days that I thought I would go crazy if he didn’t come fuck the shit outta me at least twice a day.”

  Jackie may have laughed along with Rain, but that was exactly how Fiona had both her and Travis. “I know what you mean.” Jackie paused to give Rain a minute to stop laughing at her. “Anything that I need to know?” she asked because she knew the n
ight The Late Night reopened that Black, Bobby, Wanda and Rain had a meeting and she wanted to know what it was about and if Rain said anything to Black about her being out of contact for days.

  “No. But you need to get with Baby Chris. I understand he was just havin’ his captain’s back, but if he ever lies to my face again, I will gut that pretty nigga where he stands. You got that?”

  “I got it, Rain,” Jackie said and stood up. “I’m gonna scoop up Baby Chris and hit my spots.”

  “Be good to show your face,” Rain said, as Jackie left her office. She exhaled when she stepped outside and then she leaned against the door.

  “You made it out alive,” Yarissa joked.

  “You were in there so long, I was waiting to hear the gunshot,” Baby Chris said. He had been entertaining himself by talking up on Yarissa. She thought that Baby Chris was a real cutie, but she had already set her sights on the dick she wanted and was just waiting until the right moment to spring her pussy trap.

  “Ha, ha, ha … that’s funny. But she sent a message to give you.”

  The smile on Baby Chris’s face disappeared. “What’d she say?”

  “Rain said that if you ever lie to her face again, she will gut your pretty ass where you stand.”

  “Oh,” Baby Chris said.

  “Damn, that some cold shit right there,” Yarissa said and laughed.

  “No, that’s some Rain Robinson shit right there,” Jackie said. “Now come on, let’s get outta here, we need to hit the spots,” Jackie said, as Carter came up the steps and Yarissa’s face lit up. Baby Chris saw her reaction to Carter’s presence and knew that fucking Yarissa wasn’t gonna happen.

  “What’s up, Chris,” Carter said and turned to Jackie. “Finally decided to come out of hiding?”

  “Yeah, I’m back now,” Jackie said as visions of Fiona doing amazing work between her thighs while Travis fucked her flashed across her eyes. The erotic imagery had Jackie feeling like telling Baby Chris to make the rounds by himself, while she went home so Fiona could make her come and scream like a banshee. She knew that Travis was home alone with Fiona and he was probably fuckin her right then.