People think growing up in a crime family means fast cars, stacks of cash, and respect out the gate.
They forget what it really feels like—
To be a kid in a kingdom built on blood.
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I was six the first time I saw someone get shot.
Seven when I stopped flinching at it.
Eight when my pops slid a Glock across the dinner table and said,
“You protect what’s yours, or you don’t deserve to have it.”
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There were no bedtime stories in our house.
Only war stories, whispered over dark liquor and cigar smoke.
The men in my family were soldiers with gold rings, missing morals, and a God complex.
The women?
Silenced, shadowed, or gone.
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My mama was one of the gone.
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They say she ran. I say she survived.
She left one morning with nothing but her purse and her prayers.
Left me behind. Left him behind.
And for the longest, I hated her for it.
Until I realized—she didn’t leave me.
She left him.
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My pops raised me like I was his next investment.
No hugs. No I’m proud of yous.
Just expectations like iron on my back.
Make money. Be feared. Trust no one—not even blood.
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So I learned early:
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- Emotions get you killed.
- Weakness gets used.
- And love? Love ain’t real. It’s just leverage in a pretty package.
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By fourteen, I was already running numbers and cleaning up messes.
By sixteen, I made my first body disappear.
No panic. No guilt. Just business.
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They started calling me Saint around then—
Because I never raised my voice, never lost my cool.
But behind the calm was just a boy praying somebody would see he was drowning in a name that didn’t fit.
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Nobody did.
So I became the man they expected.
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Cold. Calculated. In control.
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But sometimes—
In the dead quiet, when the city’s asleep and no one’s watching—
I still think about her.
Not my mama.
Her.
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The one girl I pushed away because I didn’t know how to let someone stay.
The day I met her….
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I was posted at The Silo, one of my lower-level spots. Mid-week, quiet night, just there to check on things, make sure the cash was clean and the faces were familiar.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkVcBKN8VK
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She walked in like she owned the block.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYjN1o94NQ
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0NnZw6qfeY
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KtMZjXaII
Walked straight to the bar, ordered cranberry juice, and pulled out a laptop like this was a damn coffee shop and not one of the most dangerous rooms in the city.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbwkTiWJRN
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdppSnItCjn
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Camera feeds.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sXQwE9f6X
My feeds.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaMvCkQnSZ
My damn security system.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAA25sBWzwl
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNI0HCGy3i
Pulled up the stool next to her and said, “That’s not a smart thing to do in a place full of men who kill over less.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNgkXcGRDr
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She didn’t even blink.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdCTcvpSPK
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx0sawcvvn
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I stared at her, trying to figure out what the hell kind of woman hacked into my building and had the nerve to call my system trash—while sitting in it.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcP2EkJa7u
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwipe5p4pQ
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“You must be Saint,” she said.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkKfvDuUZD
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61IsKMvjXj
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And maybe part of me wanted to see how far she’d go.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVznkNW8jy
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“And you are?”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqXE1LeFzh
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“Nova.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrxsjaTf4d
Just that. Like it was enough.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zPm9q1OlQ
And it was.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ4KMAsE1w
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeGYZ6Pd9e
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqHR8AuFwf
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboKy7vT13B
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I let her go.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BBUcRM9II
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyDEpE66CP
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But from that night on,17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1iKJR2AqR
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And every time her name came up,17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4QIBA7ytd
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRHz78Wo8d
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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