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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA6T4pOAPx
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She walked in like she owned the block.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u0wyqVVnl
Tight black jeans, boots heavy like she was ready for war, and them neon braids swingin’ like a weapon.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXVoT0menS
Didn’t smile. Didn’t flinch.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rkkyUmEkV
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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIw3zPJMcX
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I was about to send security her way—until I saw what was on her screen.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstj7j0Wi1f
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Camera feeds.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqXEW3gyGp
My feeds.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj0XFfW2Tb
My damn security system.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPsf1p5Tv8
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I moved in slow, calm, calculated.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4O7BoPhfm
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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Me83NzIlT
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She didn’t even blink.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4lytVi7oZ
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“Maybe if your encryption wasn’t trash, I’d have more respect,” she said, eyes still on the screen.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNWsTioZU0
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo3KyhE3C4
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She finally looked up. Eyes sharp. Cold. Beautiful in a way that was more threat than invitation.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQscquCQNu
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“You must be Saint,” she said.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFkFMVHniB
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I remember thinking: She talks too slick for someone who should be dead.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTucJCCe5Y
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“And you are?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqysoU7ijk
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“Nova.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDDjCMS4SR
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She slid a flash drive across the bar.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYpQXfElGP
“You’ve got a rat in your house. I’ll let you guess who. First one’s free. Next time costs.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukekIfSirC
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Then she got up. Walked out like the whole damn room didn’t freeze watching her pass.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LNS5agcw3
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I let her go.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzRHNrD6Rj
Didn’t stop her. Didn’t chase.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GjkIXkRgD
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But from that night on,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRp4LpU6LZQ
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And every time her name came up,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaKNp6SS6N
every time her fingerprints showed up where they shouldn’t—29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsT1Udl5Nx
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Like something wild had just stepped into my world and refused to be caged.
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