A Trillion to One

by Chenell Parker

  Viper had read her entire three book series and Amore had some serious skills. Besides the name changes, she’d basically written a book on her life up until the time she got locked up. The shit was fire and he had to give her credit for that. Amore didn’t just write about hood shit. At one time, she actually lived it. Maybe that was the thing that made her books so good.

  “Nothing much that I know of. People are saying that Logan killed a dude who used to deal with Skip but that’s been dying down lately. You know once the funeral is over, people tend to forget,” Ciara said, pulling him away from his thoughts.

  “That fuckboy ain’t got enough heart to kill nobody,” Viper replied.

  Skip did business with a lot of people but Viper didn’t know Gene. Back when he was home, Gene was dealing with Abe and they never had a reason to cross paths. He knew about Gene being killed though because Skip told him. Logan was a hoe and Viper couldn’t see him killing nobody. He was the type of nigga who would threaten to kill somebody but never do it. Skip felt the same way, which was why he didn’t cut ties with Logan behind it.

  “He’s so cocky now since Skip made him his right hand man. His stupid ass couldn’t even get put on as long as you had that spot. That’s another reason why I don’t want you to hustle no more. I can’t see you having to answer to Logan like the rest of the corner boys do,” Ciara said.

  “I hope you don’t believe that shit,” Viper laughed.

  “What’s funny?” Ciara asked.

  “Nothing but I need you to hit up Skip when we get off the phone. He’s gonna give you some money to get me straight until I get on my feet,” Viper noted.

  He needed clothes, shoes and just about everything else that he didn’t have. He was basically starting all over and Skip was helping him out. Since he wanted to lay low, Skip was letting him do some behind the scenes work. Viper was going to be travelling with him to get his work and act as his lookout. The dude who usually did it got locked up and Skip had been stressing about doing it alone.

  “I got money baby. You don’t need to take anything from him. I got whatever you need,” Ciara replied.

  “You don’t like to listen, do you? Just do what the fuck I said. I know what I’m doing,” Viper snapped angrily.

  “Okay, whatever. What about your grandma? Are you gonna let her know that you’re coming home soon?” Ciara asked.

  “I don’t want nobody to know nothing. I need to get myself together first. I can’t have muthafuckers seeing me down bad like this. I don’t even have a car. Once I get my money right, I’ll be out and about just like I used to,” Viper replied.

  The only thing that he would be missing was Amore being by his side. She was his ride or die and she knew just as much about the dope game as he did. Ciara was too fragile for that. He couldn’t see her cooking and bagging up dope with him. He couldn’t depend on her to help him distribute his work and roll his blunts like Amore used to do. She grew up in a two-parent home, so she didn’t know much about getting it out the mud. She was used to shit just being handed to her.

  “I’m so happy. I can’t wait to cook for you and cuddle up and watch movies at night,” Ciara said, proving him right about her being fragile. Viper wasn’t even on it like that with Amore. He showed his affection financially, but she never complained.

  “I need some pussy and I’m not waiting until we drive back to New Orleans. You need to rent a room for few hours or something. They got a lot of hotels not too far from here,” Viper noted.

  “How do you know that?” Ciara questioned.

  “Because I saw it when they had to bring me to court a few times. I been in this bitch for years. You know I was taking in all the scenery every chance I got,” Viper replied, right as the operator gave the two-minute warning on their call.

  “I got you boo,” Ciara assured him.

  Viper gave her a few more instructions before the phone hung up. Once it did, Ciara called Skip like he told her to and made arrangements to pick up some money from him. Since she was off that day, she decided to hit up the mall to get some sexy lingerie and pick up a few things for her man. She couldn’t wait for Viper to come home. She also couldn’t wait for Logan and Amore to see her on his arm.

  A whole damn month later was how long it took before Viper was released. The court system was ridiculous and nobody wanted to do their jobs. Ciara had been calling his lawyer and the prison every day for weeks trying to see what was going on. She knew that she was getting on everybody’s nerves but she really didn’t give a fuck. It must have worked because her man was expected to walk out of that hell hole any minute now.

  Ciara had been there for almost three hours and he hadn’t come out yet. She was praying that nothing went wrong that prevented him from being released. She’d taken the entire week off and that would drive her crazy. Just as she picked up her phone to call inside the prison, she saw the gates start to open. Ciara’s heart beat erratically in her chest as she waited with bated breath. She smiled a mile wide when she saw Viper standing there with two of the prison guards. He was dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with the jailhouse slippers on his sock clad feet. Ciara jumped out of the car as she watched Viper sign a paper and walk away.

  “Baby!” Ciara screeched as she ran towards him with her arms open wide. Viper was fine as fuck and his daily workouts did his body good. He smelled freshly showered and his soap was masculine and loud. Besides needing a haircut, he looked good enough to eat.

  “What’s good?” Viper asked as he hugged her back and smiled.

  The first thing he noticed was Ciara’s car. It was the same car that she’d had years ago when he was home. That alone let him know that not much had changed with her. She talked all that boss bitch stuff but she couldn’t have been making no real moves.

  “Come on, I got us a room for the night.” Ciara smiled as she grabbed his hand and pulled him along.

  “Did you get that money from Skip?” Viper asked.

  “Yeah, it’s at home. Here, I got you a phone too. That’s some new shit, so you’ll have to get familiar with it. I don’t know what number iPhone they were on when you were home but that’s the latest one,” Ciara replied as she handed him the device.

  “Good looking out,” Viper said as he played around with the phone’s features. He gave one of the dudes that he was cool with the phone that he had when he was locked up and he was happy to have another one.

  “Are you hungry baby?” Ciara asked him.

  “What kind of stupid ass question is that? Yeah, I’m hungry. Pull up in a drive thru. I’m not dressed to go inside nowhere,” Viper replied.

  Ciara pulled into the drive thru at Sonic and ordered a bunch of food. She knew from hanging with Amore that Sonic was one of Viper’s favorite fast food places to eat. She even knew what he liked because she paid attention to everything that Amore did. Viper hated tomatoes but he loved extra cheese on his sandwiches. Ciara thought that he would be impressed when she placed his order, but he never even lifted his head up from the phone. Once the food came, Viper tore into the bag like a starved man. By the time she pulled up into the hotel, he’d eaten everything and threw the trash out of the window.

  “I already got the room key,” Ciara informed him when she pulled up to the hotel. Viper followed her up the stairs to the room that they would be occupying for a few hours. As soon as they walked into the room, he started looking around.

  “What’s all that?” Viper asked as he nodded towards all the bags that were on the bed.

  “I got you some stuff,” Ciara replied with a smile. She’d only packed a small portion of the things that she’d gotten for him because he had a lot more at home. He only needed something to sleep in and something to wear to go home the next day.

  “I need you to find me a barber in this area. I’m not trying to see nobody with my hair looking like this,” Viper said while going through the bag that she’d packed for him.

  “Versace, just like the ones you had
before,” Ciara said when he picked up the boxers that she’d packed.

  “How do you know that I had a pair of these? I never even got a chance to wear them,” Viper noted. He saw the look of fear that crossed Ciara’s face but he didn’t know what she was afraid of.

  “Duh, your ex-girlfriend was my best friend,” Ciara replied with a nervous giggle.

  Viper was staring at her and she didn’t like the way he was looking. She talked too damn much and she was kicking her own ass for opening her mouth. She didn’t know if her brother kept his underwear or if Amore took them when she took everything else. One thing she did know and that was that Viper could never find out what she had done.

  “Yeah, I hear you,” Viper snarled.

  He knew that Ciara was lying but it wasn’t that big of a deal. He couldn’t see Amore telling her about his underwear though. That wasn’t even her character to do something like that. It was all good for now, though. Ciara wasn’t a street chick, so she would slip up sooner or later. Right now, he needed her on her knees ready to swallow him and a few of his babies.

  “What are you doing?” Ciara asked when Viper roughly pulled her over to him. He started pulling her shirt over her head until she moved out of his embrace.

  “The fuck you think I’m doing? I didn’t tell you to get this room so we could talk. I’ve been around nothing but niggas for years,” Viper replied.

  “I know baby but at least let me change into something sexy for you,” Ciara said. She’d gotten a few pieces of lingerie that she wanted to model for him but he seemed to be in a hurry.

  “Fuck all that. You don’t need to put nothing on just to take it right back off again,” Viper replied as he continued to undress her and then himself.

  Ciara frowned when her eyes landed on the huge tattoo of Amore’s name that covered most of his chest. She felt a little self-conscious as she stood there butt naked in front of him. He’d seen her body several times before but it had been years. She was still the same thin, flat chested girl that she was all those years ago and not much had changed. Her ass had gotten a little fatter but it was nothing like Amore’s. Viper didn’t look at her with lust in his eyes like she wanted him to. Yeah, he wanted to fuck but he didn’t desire her.

  Still, that didn’t stop him from pulling her close and kissing her roughly. His lips traveled down to her neck and she titled her head back to give him better access. Ciara wanted to die when he flicked his tongue over her breasts because there was really nothing there for him to suck on. Her barely there B cups needed a push-up bra just to look appealing in her clothes and it was even worse when she was naked. Viper kissed down her stomach to her pierced belly before he came back up to her lips. Ciara was disappointed because she wanted him to go further. He’d never gone down on her but she knew that he did it to Amore all the time. Every time they argued about his infidelity, she made it a point to tell him something about it.

  Ciara’s thoughts were interrupted when Viper pushed her down to her knees. She licked her lips right before her tongue darted out of her mouth to lick the tip of his dick. Viper hissed when she ran her tongue down his length and cupped his balls. He grabbed a fist full of her hair as she parted her lips and sucked him in inch by inch.

  “Fuck!” Viper cursed as Ciara’s head bobbed up and down while she sucked him.

  After years of pleasing himself with his hands, it felt good to finally be getting the real thing. He closed his eyes and pictured Amore on her knees making love to him with her mouth. He pictured her beautiful face as she sucked him expertly until his knees weakened and his toes curled. Amore’s mouth was warm as she sucked to the rhythm that she had created. Viper threw his head back and pumped into her mouth. Her cheeks hollowed at every pull and the slurping sounds that she made were turning him on. The pleasure was vicious and he felt his orgasm building up. Amore knew his body just as well as he did, so she picked up the pace. She sucked him harder and faster until his legs shook and he erupted like a volcano. She loved to swallow, so she kept sucking as his babies coated her throat and floated into her belly.

  “Damn Amore!” Viper yelled as he felt a part of his soul depart from his body. As soon as the words left his mouth, she pulled his dick out of hers and pushed him away.

  When he opened his eyes, Viper was disappointed. Instead of Amore’s beautiful face coming into view, he locked eyes with an angry Ciara. She wiped her mouth with the back on her hand as she glared at him angrily.

  “My name is Ciara. You know, the bitch who was there for you during your entire bid,” she snapped angrily.

  Viper just stood there and stared at her for a while. Ciara was straight up and down with not many curves to admire. He had to think about Amore just to make his dick stay hard. He wasn’t attracted to her and he never was. Besides the fact that he could, he was trying to figure out what even made him cheat on Amore with her.

  Ciara came at him first when he went to their apartment looking for Logan one day. Amore and his grandmother had gone grocery shopping and Logan was at his mother’s house. Viper ended up fucking her right there in their living room, but he thought it was a one-time thing. Ciara wanted the same luxuries that he gave Amore, so she wanted things to continue. Viper threw her a few dollars every now and then but it was nothing compared to what Amore got.

  “Chill out girl. That was my bad,” Viper replied as he pulled her closer.

  Ciara was a sucker for affection, so he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t offer any resistance. He started kissing on her neck as he led her over to the sofa. Once again, Amore’s face came into view as he bent Ciara over and entered her from behind. He pictured his dick sliding in and out of Amore as he smacked her huge ass cheeks. He pulled her hair as he picked up his pace and pounded into her, making her scream his name. Amore threw it back at him as she threw one of her legs up on the sofa. She begged him to cum inside of her and, after a few more strokes, that’s exactly what he did. He filled her up with his seeds before he collapsed on the sofa and pulled her down with him. Viper was breathing hard as he pulled Amore close and kissed the back of her neck. They were still connected and he never wanted to pull out. He was just about to tell her how much he loved her until she opened her mouth to speak.

  “That was so good baby,” she said, pulling him away from his fantasy and back to the present. As soon as he opened his eyes and saw Ciara, Viper’s dick got soft and slipped right out of her. He was losing it and thinking about Amore way more than he should have. It was official. As soon as he got his money right and got back on his feet, Viper was getting his girl back and nobody was going to stand in the way of that. If he had to put a bullet in white boy’s head, then so be it. If Ciara became a problem, she would just have to eat a few bullets too.

  “ Where are you going this time? You’ve been home for four days and you’re never even here. I feel like I took the week off for nothing,” Ciara complained as she watched Viper getting dressed.

  Besides the first night that they spent in the hotel, Viper had been on the go since he got released. Skip had him making moves with him and he was already seeing good money. Ciara got him a phone, but he barely answered for her. She already knew how Viper was, so she shouldn’t have been surprised. As much as he claimed to love Amore, he cheated on her every chance he got. She knew that he was probably doing her dirty too but she had no proof.

  Viper was so disrespectful but at least he never put his hands on her like he used to do Amore. They argued a lot, but he would leave before he laid a finger on her.

  “Nobody told you to take off from work. I don’t have time for you with all that nagging. I’m out here trying to get this money,” Viper replied.

  “I have money Viper. I asked you what you needed and you said that you were good,” Ciara reminded him.

  “Bitch, you got five grand in the bank and you call that having money. I am good on that lil shit, especially when I can make that in one day.” Viper frowned in disgust.

  Ciara was the most
basic bitch that he’d ever laid his eyes on. She wanted to be like Amore so bad, but there was no comparison. Her and Logan deserved each other since they were both lame as fuck. Skip was lining Viper’s pockets up right and it was only a matter of time before he got a place of his own. He hadn’t even been home a week yet, so he was trying to be patient. He was a dirty nigga but he still had a little heart. He was going to give Ciara a few racks before he left but he was definitely leaving as soon as he had the chance. He appreciated her but he didn’t want what she wanted. Viper needed a hood bitch on his arm who would sell, cook and bag his dope up too if that’s what he wanted her to do. Ciara wasn’t about that life. She was too delicate and he didn’t have time. She wanted to spend the dope money but she wanted no parts of the dope.

  “We don’t even spend any time together. What time will you be back? Maybe we can go out to eat or something,” Ciara said, right as his phone rang.

  “You outside fam?” Viper asked when he answered the phone for Skip.

  “Yeah nigga. Come out,” Skip replied before hanging up. Viper really didn’t do much but drive him around, but Skip was good with that. He hated driving himself anywhere and he was happy that he didn’t have to.

  “What’s good fam? I see we ain’t rolling around in the Tahoe today,” Viper said when he looked at the white Charger that Skip was standing in front of. Skip had a black Tahoe that Viper usually drove him around in but he switched things up for the day.

  “Yeah, I need you to hold this bitch down for a while,” Skip replied as he tossed him a set of keys.

  “Real shit,” Viper said excitedly as he caught the keys midair. He already knew what that meant. If ever Skip gave you anything to hold down, he was basically giving it to you to have.