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Episode 23
? Isadora’s POV ?
A beautiful silver ring with two red hearts. I was stunned! I noticed an engraving on the inside of the band that re-ad’Rafael’.
“I got this ring for a specific reason. The two hearts repres£nt, my heart and soul which are yours forever. The color red repres£nts the fire you ignite inside me everytime I look at you.” He sli-pped the ring on my f!nger and lifted me up to his che-st. “I asked my father before I got sh0t, how he knew my mother was the one. He said when he looked at another woman, he felt nothing like what he felt for my mom. She stole his heart and soul and he didn’t want them back from her. Well baby, you stole mine and I never want them back. So I put them on a ring where you can always have them with you. Even if I’m not physically there.” He smiled. I couldn’t hold back the tears and sobbe-d into his n£¢k. How did I get so lucky? “Use your words kitten.”
” I love you. I love you so much Rafael! “Igr@bb£d his face and k!$$£d him ha-rd . He burried his face into my hair and sniffed.
“I swear to god Rafael, if you sniff me and get ha-rd and ruin this moment, I will put you back on punishment!” Even though I couldn’t see his face, I knew he rolled his eyes when he sighed and gro-an ed.
“What the fv¢k !? He sniffs you to get ha-rd ?” Josie asked ma-king her signature’Ew’face.
“It’s better for your sanity if you don’t ask questions.” Rafeal said ma-king me giggle. Suddenly Alfonzo runs into the room.
“Why are people screaming?” He asked confused.
“Rafael sniffs Isa’s hair to get ha-rd !” She g@sps and puts her hand over her mouth. She looked straight at me and mouthed’T’m sorry.
“So? Tons of people have weird fetishes. In fact, a little birdy told me a certain firey redhead likes to ha-rd core role pl@yin the be-droom.” He wi-nks at Josie.
“We have a closet full of Halloween costumes if you wanna pl@ywith me?”
“I’M GONNA fv¢kING KILL HIM!” She punches Alfie in the arm ha-rd and stormed out.
“Who is she going to kill?” Rafeal asks confused. Cas-s. Aparently they fooled around a couple of times.” I said laughing.
“I’m sure he can handle her.” He smiled. I jump down and walk over to Alfie. Patting him ha-rd on the arm where Josie hit him. He winces. “Learn to keep your mouth shut.” He lowers his gaze to the floor and nods. I take a step towards the door and feel Rafael’s arms gr-ab hold of me.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“To st©p her before she does something she regrets. Her and Cas-s are best friends but right now she doesn’t see it that way. She’s not thinking straight.” He smiled and nodded.
“I’ll drive.”
-The Silver Paw-
It’s after closing hours but Cas-s always stays way later than that. I see his car, Josie’s and one other. Who’s could that be? We walk in and see Cas-s standing by the bar taking verbal abuse from Josie. His face was stoic and yet his expression was soft. I may not know him as long as Rafael or Josie has, but I do know he’s the sweetest, most gentle giant you’ll ever cross paths with. He can whoop as-s when he nee-ds to, but Ive never seen him get angry. Not once. He’s always using pet names, wi-nking and flir-ting. Always the perfect gentleman.
“I can’t fv¢king believe you Cas-sius! I told you that in secret and you go and tell Alfonzo !? How could you !? You knew! You knew how ha-rd it was for me to even tell YOoU that and you go and blab it to someone else !? You swore you would never tella soul! What happened to that promise !? I thought we were friends!” She screams. I take a step forward but Rafael pu-ll-ed me back.
“Hang on. Let them talk it out first. If it gets out of hand the we can intervene.” He whispers. Cas-s goes to reach for her but she sl@ps his hands away. ban-ging her fists on his che-st. He was a lot bigger than her so I’m sure it didn’t hurt him that bad. I could see he was getting frustrated but he knew he would never raise his hand to a woman. He finally gr@bb£d her arms, firmly holding her in place. She struggled ha-rd to get out of his grip. He wra-pped his arms around her and locked his arms together around her back. She just kept struggling. Like a fish out of water she wiggled and wiggled.
“Lis..list Damn it Josie! Listen to me!” He snaps at her, ma-king her st©p. “I’m sorry I told him. It was an accident. It just sli-pped out. You of all people know how much alcohol effects your filters.” She started to cry. I could tell she was still mad but she didn’t want to be. She was fighting with herself big time. Cas-s planted a small k!sson herl-ips, lasting a little longer than expected. When he pu-ll-ed away, she was no longer crying, mad or .. well, she didnt show much of any emotion other than shock.
“Can you forgive me? plea-se?” She stood there for a moment and finally nodded. He loos£ned his grip and she wra-pped her arms around his n£¢k.
“If you ever do something like this again ..” He cuts her off. “I won’t darlin’. I always learn my lessons the first time around.” He k!sses her cheek and wi-nks. I notice Nessa leaning against the door of the dressing rooms.
“If you ever wanna share secrets with me Josie, I can promise I’l take it to my grave:” She win-ked and made Josie blus-h bright red.
* BOOM *
Suddenly the front door to the club bur-st open, almost completely off the hinges. Five guys dressed in black and with their faces covered ran in.
“gr-ab her!” One of them yells. Another runs after me, right into Rafael’s fist. Hitting the ground, out cold. I run and gr-ab Josie, pu-lling her behind the bar. I see Nessa jump over tables and kick a guy in the face before tossing him around like a rag doll. Cas-s did some ninja $h!t with another guy and Rafael was beating the hell out of another guy.
“There you are little princess.” A raspy voice said as we turn and see one of them stalking towards us. Josie gets in front of me and gr-abs a bottle off the bar, breaking it and holding it towards our attacker.
“Take one more step and I will castrate you!” She yelled. He laughed and sma-cked the bottle out of her hand, gr-abbing her by the throat and hoisting her up in the air. She screamed and Nessa jumps over the bar, snapping the guys n£¢k. Josie dropped to the floor g@sping for air and Nessa picked her up. Holding her in her arms.
“Are you okay beautiful?” She examines Josie’s n£¢k gently. Without another word, Josie gr@bb£d Nessa’s face and k!$$£d her de-eply. Actually, more like tried to eat her face. I see Nessa’s hands firmly gr-ab Josie’s as-s, ma-king her g@sp as she pu-ll-ed away from the k!ss. Josie blu-shed and looked away but Nessa gr@bb£d her chin and made her look at her.
“Momma’s gonna take you home and fv¢k the $h!t out of you pvzzycat. Would you like that baby girl?” Josie shivers. I know that shiver all too well. She seemed hesitant but nodded and bit herl-ip. We were pu-ll-ed out of the moment by Rafael’s de-ep growl. He picked up one of the guys by the throat and slammed him ha-rd against the wall.
“Who s£nt you !?” Rafael hissed.
“You alre-ady know the answer to that.” The guy chuckled.
“TALK! While you still have a ton-gue to do so.”
“All he wants is the girl. Give her to us and you, your family and everyone else you love will live. He’s not gonna pl@ynice anymore Rafael.” The masked man laughed. HE !? No no no no no no no! “Do we have a deal?” I see Rafael sm-irk.
“Do you know what happens when you make a deal with the devil?” Rafael stared at him and wra-pped both hands around the guy’s n£¢k.
“He takes your soul.”
* SNAP *
He breaks the guy’s n£¢k and lets him fall to the floor. When he turns around, I bolt for his arms. The only place I feel completely safe. Once in his embr@ce, I cried.
“It’s alright baby, I’m here. I got you.”
“plea-se tell me it’s not who I think it is.” Josie’s voice raspy from being choked.
“Rodrigo.” Rafael said his name and I felt bile rise in my throat.
“Cas-s, help me take out the trash.” Josie comes to me and hvgs me. I wanted to cry again. Not because Rodrigo wanted me, I could care less about, but now my child’s life was in danger.
“Look at me Isa.” She takes my face in her hands. “He will not get his hands on you. You hear me?”
“I could care less about him wanting me Josie. My child’s life is in danger now.” I sobbe-d. Nessa gently nudged Josie aside and picked me up in her arms.
“I got you girl. No one will mess with you while I’m around. If you ever feel scared, you just point to the person who’s bothering you and momma will take care of it.” She k!$$£d my cheek. Rafael and Cas-s come back breathing heavy.
“I saw how you broke that guy’s n£¢k. Impressive.” Cas-s complimented Nessa.
“I used to be a street fighter. I’ve taken on dudes three times my size and weight clas-s. Those little punk bit-ches were just a warm up.” She laughs.
“What kind of training have you had?” Rafeal asked.
“I’ve dabbled in just about everything. From kickboxing to Tiger and Crane styles of kung fu.” She stated proudly.
“How would you like a new job?” Nessa raised her eyebrow.
“Personal b©dy gaurd for my kitten. I will pay you way more than what I’m paying you now to str!p and serve.”
“You got it boss.” She smiles. Rafael Comes towards me and picks me up in his arms. Holding me close and nuzzling his face into my n£¢k.
“This will never happen again baby. I promise.” I nodded.
“He doesn’t wanna pl@ynice? Then I won’t pl@ynice.” He turned to Cas-s.
“Cas-s, call a meeting.” Cas-s raised his eyebrow with curiosity.
“Shiv?” He asked. Rafael slowly nodded. Cas-s nodded and grinned.
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