Luxury and Larceny, Part 1 by Ty Marshall

Author:Ty Marshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250098795
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 7

The surge of adrenaline was still pumping through Bree’s veins as he accelerated hard, weaving the black BMW through traffic. He had defended China’s honor, and he was beaming with pride. On the inside he felt vindicated. All the love and loyalty he had poured into China had been reciprocated in the choice she had just made. Choosing him over her father told him everything he needed to know about where her head and heart were. They were definitely where they needed to be. He asked for her all, and she had given that and more.

For China, the feeling couldn’t be more different. She sat despondent and dejected, slumped in the passenger seat crying silently. What had started off as a reunion of sorts quickly went left, and the guilt was killing her.

“Whatchu crying for?” a surprised Bree asked, looking over at her, seeing the tears racing down her face. Bree kept glancing at China, then back at the road. “I know that’s not how you wanted it to go down, but your pops brought that on his self.”

“Yeah, but he’s still my father, or at least he was. He’ll probably never speak to me again,” she sobbed.

“I know he’ll never speak to you like that again. He’s supposed to be your father, but he has no respect for you. And he is questioning my manhood? What kind of man is he? If I had a daughter, I would never talk to her like that. It should be crystal clear who cares more about you when it comes to me and him. You should save those tears for somebody who is worth them.”

Although what Bree was saying was right, China didn’t want to hear it or acknowledge it at the moment. She was lost in a sea of hurt. Only she knew the depths of what her parents had suffered through with her, the many times she had violated their trust and made herself hard to love. She understood why her father felt such disappointment over her. Bree couldn’t possibly understand. She had been living outside of her truth for so long, her lies were all he knew. To him, the disrespect of her father was unwarranted and unjust. “You don’t get it, Bree,” she said.

“Get what?” he snapped back. “Nah, you don’t get it. I keep trying to tell you, we all we got, ma. Don’t nobody give a fuck about us but us. Your pops just showed you that. We ain’t got time for you to be out here feeling sorry for yourself or nobody else. Cinco’s wolves ain’t gonna show us no sympathy,” he reminded her. “You gotta toughen up, pull it together, shit’s real out here, ma. But one thing you need to know is I’m not gonna let anybody hurt you or disrespect you. Pops or no pops, I don’t give a fuck. I love you, China. You my heart. I’m gonna always protect you, even if I have to lay in the sky to do it.

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