🌹Rachel🌹
After a wild night with Zoe and I drinking liquor and merrymaking, we were so drunk that we slept late.
It was morning again and I had a mad hangover. I woke up on the couch, feeling really sore and sobered up.
I checked for the time on my phone, hoping it's not that late.
11:21am!!!
Oh shit!.
I glanced to see Zoe was still sleeping in a reckless position on the couch adjacent to mine. She was snoring loudly and a bottle of half filled red wine was on the couch and beside her.
I laughed, wincing when I felt a slight, piercing pain in my head. Slowly getting up from the couch,I walked to where she laid.
"Zoe,
it's morning already. Get up",I said,tapping her arm.
She mumbled something,turning to lay on her side.
I sighed,
"GET UP YOU CROCODILE SLEEPING HEAD!!!",
I yelled.She got up abruptly from the couch.
"AHHH!!",
she screamed,glancing at me.I laughed,slumping on the couch she was sitting on.
"What did you do that for?!",she asked,her voice was pitched.
"You are sleeping like a bag of pollen grains and I decided to wake you up",I said,grinning at her.
She plopped back on the couch,placing her head on my thigh.
"I don't wanna wake up. Please don't wake me up,I am still drunk",she said.
I rolled my eyes."I am not the one that asked to get drunk,now the instigator is like I am the one at fault."She sluggishly sat up,with a frown on her face."As always,you are a pain in the ass."
I chuckled,peering around the sitting room. It was messy but not dirty,and bottles and wrappers littered the floor."Who's that Rachel?."
I gave her a quick glance, unsure of who she was referring to."Who?" I asked."The next door neighbor. Haven't you notice? He looks like a prince out of a fairytale.
I was struck by his rare handsomeness. Can't you tell? He looks like some kind of god",she said.
I twitched my lips to the side. Well... she's right. He is too handsome to be real but,I have this dark feeling about him.
He smells like money and with the way he is always richly and sophisticatedly dressed,he looks responsible too.
"He is just my neighbor, nothing much,nothing less.
Don't think anything stupid",I said.She gave me an incredulous smirk.
"Stop it,",
I said,letting out a sigh."I am not saying anything stupid. It's just that,both of you are good together.
Y'all both tall and looking good at the same time..."
I scowled at her.
"What?!
I was just speaking my mind." She said."We are just neighbors and that's it!",i said, looking away from her.
She laughed heartily. "Rachi chilax. You don't have to take it to heart."I got up from the couch.
"Well... since you agreed on sharing this apartment with me, remember you have to clean up this mess." I said, my hands folded, staring down at her.
She rolled her eyes."I haven't moved in yet."I walked towards the kitchen."I know, but you have to do the needful."
••••RYAN🕳️
Afternoon| 2:27pm|:
"It's the hard cash for me. A whopping $14m dollars, Ryan." Black Ace said.
We sat in our usual rendezvous, The Pitman's speakeasy. Black Ace, Rumbo Jack, Ice ColdStorm, Jay Buster and Billy, all sat on a round table with me, playing cards. Black Ace left to answer a call."As usual, Edwards is always true to his words", Billy said, dropping his cards on the table.
Rumbo Jack gulped down his shot of whiskey from a tumbler, dropping the empty glass on the table."Thankfully ,Ryan has been a trustworthy boss."I chuckled, dropping my cards on the table after they each dropped theirs.
It was a jackpot, I won."I am not the boss, Rumbo.
Everyone is a boss here."Rumbo scoffed."No Ryan, you are the boss. Ya the mastermind, remember that.
You always come up with the great stuff..."
"And the money."
Billy chipped in, winking at me.
"That's what you think...",with my hands, I moved the money that was placed in the middle of the table, towards me."... props up to you guys, without y'all, I should be begging on the streets."
Jay buster laughed."Yeah, wassup with the tomato Billy told us about?"I was counting the dollar bills carefully.
"Which?"
"Rachel, the geezer's daughter." Storm replied.I paused, lifting my head to see storm and the rest of the gang was staring at me intently.
I sighed, dropping the money on the table.
"Well... for now, we have got to be careful. blake doesn't joke with his cupcake."
"We know...",Jay furrowed his brows, leaning forward,"... it's you who gotta be careful, Ryan.
We know you are trying to get back at the mafian but that doesn't mean you should take it out on his daughter."
"What I do with Rachel, is none of your business, Jay."He scowled.
"It is, fam. You are the one calling the shots here. Make one stupid mistake, we are all done for."
I folded my arms across my chest."I understand these things but trust me, I am more careful than you can imagine.
Like I said, I have nothing against his daughter. Still, i believe Rachel can be very useful. I just need to find out how."
"That's on you, We ain't playin' shady games here and though we pledged loyalty to you, we just hope you play safe." Ice said.
I looked away from them, staring at a bunch of chics giggling as they had their eyes on our table.
I snorted, glancing back at Jay to see he was lighting his cigarette.
Black Ace came in shortly, taking out his chair and sitting on it.
"The foods are ready. They are headed to the warehouse. We gotta move, Ryan."
He said in a lowered voice.I took out my phone from my pocket, checking the time. It's already 2:58pm."Two minutes to 3pm,and eddy said we should meet up by 3:30pm today."
"We should start moving then." Storm said."Yeah, we gotta move. I have somewhere to be at afterwards.
A date to be precise"
"Another chica, right?" Ice asked."I can't say, but she's worth it." I smirked.....