"You can leave for the day." Greg, my manager, said to me. He handed me a backpack filled with money so I could drop it off to one of Tino's men.
"Aight," I said, then put the bag on my shoulder and left the store. I made my way through the parking lot to my car. I guess that's the only good thing that came with this new job; being able to afford my dream car. Once I received my first payment, I went and bought a candy blue 1966 Ford Mustang. It was a classic car and has been my dream car since I was ten years old. I didn't care for any fancy updated car, this right here was my baby and all I would ever need. Soon as I got in my whip, I texted Tino's second-hand man, Rico, to tell him I was on the way. I also saw that Tiffany had called twenty times already and left eight voicemails. I don't understand how somebody so cute and small, could be such a headache. I decided to call her back before she blew my phone up anymore.
"Where have you been?" She screamed into the phone as soon as she answered it.
"Work," I answered nonchalantly.
"My dad has your working too much. I'm going to have to talk to him about that. I need you around more, and I feel like I'm getting whatever you could spare. I don't like that at all. I want to be number one in your life." She rumbled off. I had to take the phone from my ear for a minute because I thought I heard shit.
"Tiff, you know we're just at the beginning of this, right? We have time to get to the place where we're around each other so much it starts to piss us off."
"Being around you will never piss me off."
"I bet," I mumbled.
"Where are you? I want to see you today!"
"I'm about to finish my other shift, then I'm headed home to rest. I'm exhausted and need some Zzz's."
"I can help you with that," She said seductively. And that was another thing about Tiffany, she wasn't giving me any play. All she did was tease me and make promises on what she would do but never acted on anything. She claimed that she wasn't a virgin and was very selective about who she shared her body with.
"You know, my mother is not allowing me to have any company, especially no females," I said and was thankful that my mom was still in her ways.
"But I'm not a female. I'm your girlfriend, and she needs to understand that there may be times when I went to spend time with you. And she needs to meet her future daughter-in-law anyways." She said. I couldn't help but laugh because she really had no clue what she was asking to get into. However, maybe her meeting my mom could get me out this shit I'm in?
"I'll run it by my mother and let you know what she says," I smirked as if she could see me. I heard my other line clicking and saw that Raquel was calling. That's odd since my dad had been blowing me up earlier. "I'll call you back, my sister is calling," I said.
"Oh please, I've heard that before if that's another bitch I'll-" Tiffany said before I ended her call and answered Quel's.
"What's up, big sis?" I said.
"What's up? Dad has been calling you!" She barked, and I was already annoyed. Raquel could sometimes act like she was my mother, but hate when we would compare her to mom.
"I've been at work." I sighed.
"Whatever, look, you need to get to Washington Hospital Center ASAP! Something happened to Bre. She's in surgery right now, but her doctors are concerned because she lost some blood before dad could get her here. They haven't really said much about the baby because he just wants them to save Bre."
"What?! What happened?"
"I don't know. Dad is not telling me, but he mentioned that she was at her boyfriend's spot, and one of her friends, Ricky, found her on the floor bleeding and in pain."
"Shit!" I said as I hit my steering wheel. I was supposed to be protecting my little sister. What the fuck happened?
"I know. Look, just get your ass here and don't be a hothead. We need to be here for our little sister and niece."
"Another niece." I joked.
"I know, right. Look, just get here as soon as you can."
"I have a stop to make first, but I'll be there as soon as I'm finished," I said then ended the call.
"Fuck!" I yelled out, then finally made my way out of the parking lot. My mind was all over the place as I made my way to my meeting spot. I saw that Tiffany was calling back to back, but I wasn't in the mood to hear her bitching about me hanging up on her. My little sister was possibly fighting for her life, and I needed to get to her.
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As soon as I got to my location, I saw that Tino was standing outside with Rico. Great. I thought to myself. I got out of the car and left the bag inside of the car so it wouldn't bring any suspicion to us. Usually, Rico would act like he was checking out of the car, but he was really emptying my bag and putting all of the money in another bag.
"Eric," Tino said as he shook my hand. Usually, Rico was a man of few words, so our drop was fairly short.
"Mr. Henríquez," I said as I shook his hand too.
"Everything is good, right? Nothing is short?" He asked,
