“There’s nothing like seeing you cook in our kitchen. I just wish you would do it naked sometimes.” I say and she flips me the bird as I watch her walk away. “What? Can’t a guy dream?” I laugh.
“Maybe,” she smirks over her shoulder and I shake my head. Walking back to my room I grab my sweats from the floor and slide them on. Leaving the room, I walk into the living room and plop on the couch, opening my laptop. Thinking back to when wemoved in here and I sat the girls down and told them what I do outside of swimming and classes.
“How do you girls like the place? Did I do good picking it out?” I ask, hoping that I did.
“I love it,” Riley answers and Peyton smiles.
“I do too, I think it’s perfect for us, for right now. I’d prefer if we had one bedroom but eventually I’ll get what I want,” She says and me and Riley shake our heads.
“Alright, so can we talk now?” I ask and they both sit on our brand new dark gray sectional. I sit on the coffee table facing them while praying they won’t want to leave me let alone look at me differently. “So you know how some nights I come home late?” I ask and they both nod. “Well, I’m not at swim practice,” I say and their eyes widen,
“I swear to god Asher if you’re about to tell us that there is someone else I will gut you.” Peyton yells and I laugh.
“No, Little Dove. it’s not that— fuck just listen,” I tell her as I take a deep breath.
“Asher, you’re scaring me.” Riley says but I shake my head.
“Don’t be. Listen. I’m a part of a crew with very powerful people–” I put my hand up before they start yelling. “Let me finish. I’ve been a member of the crew for years. We street race, sell some drugs and kill people when needed.” I say, bracing myself, but they just stare dumbfounded. “There’s times I get calls to do a job that is illegal but we’re good at what we do. Do you remember two years ago when I came home a little beat up?” I ask, looking at Peyton and she nods. “Well, we were waiting on a shipment of women that were trafficked to take them to safety but it ended up being children. We killed the men driving the truck but ultimately saved the kids. One was actually my boss's wife's nephew who they ended up adopting. There was also another little girl…,” I trial off, looking down,hating the memory of what those sick pricks did to Bianca and Harper.
“What happened?” Riley asks and I take a deep breath.
“One of my best friends died along with a lot of the kids that were left after returning the others to their families. It’s not something I like thinking about or talking about.” I say.
“I’m sorry Asher, why didn’t you tell me sooner. You went through that alone and I never knew!” Peyton yells and I sigh.
“I know. I just couldn’t tell you yet.” I sigh, hanging my head. “Anyways, so I’m connected to powerful criminals and when I say powerful I mean, The cartel leader and the Queen of the IRA along with the head of one of the Mafia families on the east coast.” I say and Riley’s eyes widen.
“Holy shit!” she says and I laugh.
“Yes, holy shit. It’s a lot to take in, I know. But I need you both to know that I will never let anything happen to either of you. I have so much money saved we don’t have a need or a want for anything.” I say but they both just sit there like a deer in headlights. So I continue. “So when I said I’m going to kill Jake. I meant it. With the help from the others I will get away with it. I’m just waiting on intel. I will not involve either of you in it. You won’t know it happened until after the fact.” I say, taking another deep breath.
“I wish you would’ve told me this sooner.” Peyton says and I nod.
“I understand why you kept it from us but for some reason maybe I'm mental but it’s kind of hot.” Riley smiles and I laugh. “What? It is! Can you at least tell us when you have to go on jobs and not lie. I understand you won’t be able to give us detail. The less we know the better but I don’t want to be lied to.” She adds and I nod.
“I promise, no more lies. No more secrets.” I assure them and they both nod in acceptance.
“Good, but since you’ve been a bad boy. I think you should get on your knees and beg for forgiveness by seeing who you can make cum quicker.” Peyton smiles, wiggling her eyebrows.
“Oh, I agree with that,” Riley adds, leaning over to remove Peyton’s shirt.
“You don’t need to ask me that, I was going to do it anyways,” I grin.
My laptop dinging with an incoming email takes me out of the memory and back in the present. My dick is hard all over again thinking about how many times I made them cum that night. Bringing the laptop over my thighs, trying to hide my raging hardon, I click the email and open a new window with a secured IP to read it in. After some clicking, multiple files open and my eyes widen at the information.
Jake Radley Jr, son of the late Jake Radley Sr, one of the founding families of Daggerspoint. CEO of Radley Enterprises who owned a lot of properties and businesses along the east coast. Left everything to his last surviving son, Jake Radley Jr and Sharon Radley, President of the board of trustees of Stonedge University. Fuck!
Clicking the next file, my stomach flips. Mr. Radley and his colleagues were into trafficking girls. They either wived them or sold them.Jesus fucking christ.The reach this family has is astounding. And now Jake is probably trying to keep the family tradition alive. How the fuck am I going to kill him? I’m going to have to devise a plan with Spade or at least get some pointers because this cannot go unpunished. No matter the angle he needs to die and I’ll be doing the world a favor.
Tomorrow Riley goes back to her classes and I pray he leaves her alone. She’s mentioned getting her schedule changed since it’s a new semester but being that Mrs. Radley is on the board, I doubt they will grant Riley what she wants. That’s only if Jaketold them to do so. Guess we will wait and see what tomorrow brings.
I’ve been waiting long enough and I hope the end is near. I’ve seen him around campus, eyeing me. Peyton has been getting bullied from what I hear. She hasn't said shit to either of us but others have told me what they saw. Why she’s not saying anything is beyond me but I have to trust that she will when she needs us. For now all I can do is wait.
I just hope nothing else happens in the meantime because I can’t be with Riley every second of every day. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have eyes on her.
Even in the privacy of her bedroom I continue to watch while she sleeps. Old habits die hard.
Chapter five
