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.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK3UCve6Pr
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She walked in like she owned the block.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerQTJ7t9R8
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4rGfd7UhY
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XhgI6IHZ6
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.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiKE6W8SYk
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYhVBT5D7M
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Camera feeds.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5azeHTYL8
My feeds.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W9qccFqaC
My damn security system.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDe4IIeniv
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLp6I8wylw
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.”32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxohiMuLcLd
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She didn’t even blink.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJHHXs5JoQ
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8wXA3NtrP
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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.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPUpzeToyi
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUblsytkbT
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“You must be Saint,” she said.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfpR8grUyM
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdvCmWuoJN
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“And you are?”32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXchD78P9mC
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo8Re1NxCL
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoDkLt17XT
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgajmTQSl0j
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I let her go.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmHYavCxMD
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mn69wNVsG
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But from that night on,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFpeha2Xaz
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And every time her name came up,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CTUlBgWyU
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvdCuGus7I
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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