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.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqg1Av2ZV7
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She walked in like she owned the block.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAxMILxkXf
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnqeqKa5NW
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoatqtccXK5
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.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQcz7F1d3p
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbmMURhwnP
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Camera feeds.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBX4NwZegsw
My feeds.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhJs685o62
My damn security system.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GJK4fnR82
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgCo7b8fnv
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.”38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nqHoD9gnd
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She didn’t even blink.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMBNqKGJdG
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SCp48SyBL
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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.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVOOG8Q16S
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJlNYWr1zX
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“You must be Saint,” she said.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3CiKTr4q9
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwyT1SsG3J
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And maybe part of me wanted to see how far she’d go.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7hgXGN5f9
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“And you are?”38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtz4JISaW72
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“Nova.”38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZlQ2Gvdf3
Just that. Like it was enough.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjsd8qkF4d
And it was.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJ9yDkfVSC
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsc1TYBlT8
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBu1UIZK5z
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs2w1qKZeA
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I let her go.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjumQEJ9EE3
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa30N23WkB7
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But from that night on,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQWzMRxPso
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And every time her name came up,38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPLWz35en5
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVwxiSX9i2
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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