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“It's not who you are in your life, it's who you have by your side that matters...’ ~ Ritu Ghatourey”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
“Save the ‘you have a vagina so you’re not my equal’ speech for someone else.”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
“Ben’s dead,” he says not moving or breaking his stare.
“And?”
“Just thought you should know,” he says, looking at me in the eyes like he’s waiting for me to confess.
“Thanks for waking me up to share the information,” I tell him. “Where’s Venessa?”
“At home,” he says. “Needed to see you first, alone.”
“Quit looking at me like that, partner,” I tell him. “I ain’t left this floor all night.” Which isn’t a lie. Ben’s room is on this floor, but he doesn’t know I know that.
“Even if you did, you know I wouldn’t —”
“Partner,” I tell him straight, letting him figure it out. “I didn’t shut off his life support.”
After he blinks several times he gives me that smirk. He looks around me to my sleeping wife and then back at me and tells me straight, too. “Go back to sleep partner. You look like shit.”
With that he gets up and walks out.
Staring at the door he walks out of, I smile. He gets it. Turns out the staff at that front desk got it, too. They didn’t stop my wife from doing what she needed to do; seems like they had other shit going at that time. Heard through the grapevine one of the women taken and held by Ben happened to work on this very floor. It also turns out the coffee pot wasn’t working and it was an all hands on deck kinda thing to get it fixed. I get it, the women need their coffee. They also didn’t run to his aid until I had my wife safe back in her bed. Those women have husbands and children of their own; I owe them a debt for letting my wife give Ben what he deserved. Those same women respect my wife and the women taken, and they ain’t got no respect for a man, any man, shooting another woman, a pregnant woman, one of theirs, in the stomach.
You just don’t fuck with the female species.
Brawler-K.S. Adkins”
―
“And?”
“Just thought you should know,” he says, looking at me in the eyes like he’s waiting for me to confess.
“Thanks for waking me up to share the information,” I tell him. “Where’s Venessa?”
“At home,” he says. “Needed to see you first, alone.”
“Quit looking at me like that, partner,” I tell him. “I ain’t left this floor all night.” Which isn’t a lie. Ben’s room is on this floor, but he doesn’t know I know that.
“Even if you did, you know I wouldn’t —”
“Partner,” I tell him straight, letting him figure it out. “I didn’t shut off his life support.”
After he blinks several times he gives me that smirk. He looks around me to my sleeping wife and then back at me and tells me straight, too. “Go back to sleep partner. You look like shit.”
With that he gets up and walks out.
Staring at the door he walks out of, I smile. He gets it. Turns out the staff at that front desk got it, too. They didn’t stop my wife from doing what she needed to do; seems like they had other shit going at that time. Heard through the grapevine one of the women taken and held by Ben happened to work on this very floor. It also turns out the coffee pot wasn’t working and it was an all hands on deck kinda thing to get it fixed. I get it, the women need their coffee. They also didn’t run to his aid until I had my wife safe back in her bed. Those women have husbands and children of their own; I owe them a debt for letting my wife give Ben what he deserved. Those same women respect my wife and the women taken, and they ain’t got no respect for a man, any man, shooting another woman, a pregnant woman, one of theirs, in the stomach.
You just don’t fuck with the female species.
Brawler-K.S. Adkins”
―
“I’m the Captain, which means I can sanction a team,” he starts. “This team will be off the books, so to speak.”
“The four of us make up this team?” I ask.
“Correct, kind of,” he says. “I realize you and Macy aren’t law enforcement, but no one needs to know that. The four of you will be a team that takes the cases we haven’t had the means to close. The cases no one will miss.”
“You mean, the cases no one wants,” says Rafe.
“Yes,” says the Cap. “But the law, as Venessa well knows, in many cases doesn’t help, but hinders. I’m giving you four the authority to use the law when needed, and bend it when necessary.”
“By any means necessary?” asks Macy.
“The women will have more ‘liberties’, we’ll call them, because they aren’t in law enforcement,” he says. “You two, of course, know the law and I expect you to use it when it’s called for.”
“And when it isn’t?” asks Rogue.
“That’s your call,” he says. “You’ll have my support and report only to me, other than that…” “You’re giving us permission to be lawless?” I ask, getting extremely excited. Granted, I’ll still do it anyway but it’s like I just got the green light to be naughty.
“I suppose I am,” he says.
Brutal-K.S. Adkins”
―
“The four of us make up this team?” I ask.
“Correct, kind of,” he says. “I realize you and Macy aren’t law enforcement, but no one needs to know that. The four of you will be a team that takes the cases we haven’t had the means to close. The cases no one will miss.”
“You mean, the cases no one wants,” says Rafe.
“Yes,” says the Cap. “But the law, as Venessa well knows, in many cases doesn’t help, but hinders. I’m giving you four the authority to use the law when needed, and bend it when necessary.”
“By any means necessary?” asks Macy.
“The women will have more ‘liberties’, we’ll call them, because they aren’t in law enforcement,” he says. “You two, of course, know the law and I expect you to use it when it’s called for.”
“And when it isn’t?” asks Rogue.
“That’s your call,” he says. “You’ll have my support and report only to me, other than that…” “You’re giving us permission to be lawless?” I ask, getting extremely excited. Granted, I’ll still do it anyway but it’s like I just got the green light to be naughty.
“I suppose I am,” he says.
Brutal-K.S. Adkins”
―
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.’ ~ Walter Winchell”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
“Look in the mirror asshole; you’re the star of this shit show.”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
“Over the years, all the men in my life told me my smart mouth would get me into trouble one day. But back then I always had one of them by my side to shield me. Today, my smart mouth was going to get me killed. I figured if I was going to go out, it might as well be because I didn't back down from a delusional pussy.”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
“You know, when it comes down to history you can bury the bad shit or let it bury you.” “The”
― Mercy F*ck
― Mercy F*ck
“Do men honestly think a woman dancing is code for this one’s up for dry humping?”
― 8 Mile & Rion
― 8 Mile & Rion
