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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVTkWJoYjK
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She walked in like she owned the block.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6trgvAHvk
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTrj3ybXip
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19ZczZWEak
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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7boAgHkbM
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh4alzXEgu
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Camera feeds.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq7wiYluH8
My feeds.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBOQJNlXkr
My damn security system.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUriocra2wn
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NjpPmBZKN
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.”48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfiPgzatS2
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She didn’t even blink.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYKdwJ33Yx
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiZDMRD2ZJ
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkA1PyOfox
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHhqU3fWyt
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“You must be Saint,” she said.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rS0XpoICt
Like she already knew everything about me.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfU4wbdXN0S
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2YpjS8fmb
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And maybe part of me wanted to see how far she’d go.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mPOP2TPyC
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“And you are?”48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qsMuHpIlp
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“Nova.”48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKud2JW1ZLn
Just that. Like it was enough.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKck0Vf4z4Z
And it was.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAiNHTu86K
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uQiIBMMmX
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QtOW0wEdx
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZCUdrnnwb
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I let her go.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9BhPjXTPz
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WTKuigdqU
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But from that night on,48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8h2RSKi9O
I watched her.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW269TrH0fU
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And every time her name came up,48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5F9vqTG6A
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYypNFW9uez
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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