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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37xfO5Uriz
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She walked in like she owned the block.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqbagOOzLF
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3wxhdrbwD
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNXvKSK8Bm
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQObqzxFwB1
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKwMGX5jAP
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Camera feeds.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iKQc0RNvq
My feeds.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a7hpzrd1P
My damn security system.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nOy2zgRhw
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT57wgGJYm2
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.”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4fp8z8HE8
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She didn’t even blink.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMCnc6gIZu
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZnOamB61P
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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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxM8g59TBT
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rfUHIQPlh
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“You must be Saint,” she said.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXOk2MEUbL
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfT66htxP4
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And maybe part of me wanted to see how far she’d go.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUzxIRq62e
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“And you are?”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyZolw6dtJ
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“Nova.”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa96KwDE8c
Just that. Like it was enough.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcSQHBvSAI
And it was.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtfJ8k0fhi
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk5ZvbSh0G
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLZbw41hfv
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xe9mdupwy
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I let her go.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflIvFEIknY
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1mYanb2o4
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But from that night on,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53AQi1RyP5
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And every time her name came up,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0HXdmtXDn
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuURHXu8MqY
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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