Capo's contract

as my mother's body landed on the asphalt floor of

ther zoomed off into the distance. The sound that her body made when it collided

nd went over to her body. I sat in the middle of the road, cradling

where, too much of it

e of the witnesses shouted as pe

or my phone to dial 911, but my hands co

y father told me sternly over the p

ts are starting to cripple me, and they're not enough. I can

r assignments I had not turned in. No college de

ere were very limited jobs I cou

ited sketches of jewelry I wanted to bring to life and sell to j

t of money to establish, and

my college funds, which he wasn't too happy to give

ink you nee

Dad. It doesn't get any better from here if I ke

eated sigh

w what you're d

hung up and t

er

her MacBook to look at me, her r

bro

going from her left and her right and back to me,

ney to keep my head above water, surely, but it's not permanent

mine. Just get straight to the point."

s! A MacBook, designer dresses th

ow how I make m

yes." I

bed her face and grumbled. "I have an apartment, handed to me by my father.

I were being paid every mont

ne I'd like to introduce you

ed in anticipa

e to work f

n in Mesquite that everyone knew as the Capo – Luci

m. I had heard stories, and I only wanted things to end there. Hearing the

be crossing the line

e Capo, yo

, confirmin

o. I just had to know the deta

ctly do I wo

u could be a server." She shrugged, not mentioning what the second spot was. She obv

r.

you want to? I don't work full-time.

he made a considerable amount for herself where she worked. I had w

a thought before I make a decision." There it was, the

g for Luciano. The world had gone

g of indifference. "If you want to make quic

owed as I waited for her

trip

then closed, th

er would

asked me." She raised her hands in s

et paid as a ser

, but their tips from the men and women at the bar are way more than you could ev

s had ambassadors, but Vera s

're selling this dancer

buyi

d what would happen to them if they treat his dancers t

ghly considering it now. The more she s

ve people their drinks. I didn't necessarily have to

ome for the night and sleep with you. You can say no, and you can say yes. Doesn't really matter. Just don't sleep with anyone for fr

t, if I'm

I rolled my eyes, playfully tossing

I'll figure things out, maybe g

ll have to take your two feet up to Devil's Bowl and tell th

want to leap out of my throat, fall to the floor and crawl away from my bod

ternoons and evenings at the Devil's Bowl Speedway with his

speedway is

." She

ng safe in

d beat around the bush like you always do. He'll walk away while you're in th

hing

a lot pisses him off. And you're..." She stopped before sh

m w

er laptop, hiding the mis

s and a pair of Converse I only used when I wanted to look

ut my hair and tie a silk scarf over it

don't mess it up

l it felt like that was the first thing

ground as I found two racecars speeding towards each other

re going to ki