My Addiction (Second Chances Series)(33)

“Yes, sir. Thank you for the time and opportunity,” I replied, then hung up and smiled.

“What’s that all about?” I turned to find my brother frowning looking at me.

I clapped my hands. “That, my brother, is karma. I reached out to my mentor on finding me a job here in Dallas.”

“You what?”

I nodded. “Yes, and he’s come through for me with one of the top surgeons in my field. And to top it off, Dr. Strauss just asked me to scrub up with him for a routine surgery that he typically doesn’t do.” I shook my head. “Shit, I need to get going. See you later.” I walked back into my room quickly to get dressed.





Lock



He made sure the coast was clear before he took out his phone, found the number he wanted and hit the call button.

It rang a few times before she answered.

“Hello,” her voice breathed.

“Yeah, it’s me,” he said into the phone, keeping his eyes on the back bedroom door.

“Hold on a second.” He heard her muffled sounds, then she came back. “Okay, what’s going on? Is he still seeing her?”

“Yes, and you better get here sooner rather than later.”

“Why?”

“You’re losing him. He’s looking to find a job here.”

“What?! Can’t you do something?!”

“What the fuck do you want me to do?” Realizing his voice was elevated, he lowered it quickly and repeated, “What do you think I can do?”

“I don’t know. You’re the police. Can’t you arrest her or something? She was on drugs before; plant some on her. Show him she’s not good for him. At least until I get there.”

Lock closed his eyes. He should’ve never opened Pandora’s Box. “Look, I will not plant anything on anyone.”

He heard laughter in his ear. “Oh, please, like you haven’t done it before.”

Lock could feel his patience fleeting. “Lady, I’m about two seconds from hanging up on you after you kiss my fucking ass.”

“Okay, okay! Sorry. Sheesh... Braddock said you were some tough guy and here you are really in your feelings right now. Look can you do something? You said she’s into something. Follow her. See what she’s up to. At least until I can get there, then I can take care of everything on my own.”

Lock sighed deeply. If he wanted his brother free of Ayana, he had to make sacrifices and this was one of them. “Okay, I’ll do what I can from my end, but you get your ass up here, and fast.”

“Yeah, yeah. I’m working on it.”





Chapter 6 – Ayana




The sound of her nose cracking along my knee vibrated through me, but I didn’t feel remorse. This bitch deserved everything I was giving her. I grabbed her by her hair, spun, then grabbed her underneath her chin and twisted her over my back so she would land on the ground hard. She was barely moving and I resisted the urge to stomp her face.

The things I saw this girl do to other young girls the last two days sickened me. She was ruthless, she was cruel and it was completely unnecessary. Everyone here could see she had an abundance of talent. She could fight, and her skills were so much better than her opponents were. But she took it to the extreme. She could have brought these girls down quickly with a knockout or put them to sleep. Instead, she tortured them, dragged their beating on for no reason. Was she trying to make a point? I don’t know… but I know I’m definitely making a point right now.

She tried to get up, and my fist flew right to her chin, knocking her back down and out. I saw her chest moving, so I know I didn’t kill her, but I knew she was hurt pretty bad. I breathed deeply trying to calm myself down. I was keyed up. I looked around at the crowd and seeing them with their fists in the air chanting my name made my stomach churn. But it was my own fault. I lost control. The fury that I felt deep in me threatened to take over.

I saw Ramone off in the corner, and I hoped he was making progress with this case. I was getting tired of doing this. I got them where they needed to be, and he promised me that we would only do a few fights. A few fights turned into six, two a night once a week. I’m currently undefeated, and so far, the fights I’d won weren’t too difficult to do. As I mentioned, I was trained very well, so maybe these girls were good or, hell, maybe even great. Nevertheless, there’s only a few of us that seem to be the best fighters here, and I just knocked down one of us, so that left two.

Ramone came over to me smiling. “Girl, you were unbelievable.”

I nodded, and as I turned my head, I saw the man that nearly killed Noelle. I turned back and looked at Ramone. “That’s him.”