Page 19 of Halo: Tales Of A Hitman

I smiled bright too, “Thank you! Told you I had it!”

Giselle and Wren were happy and shouting how good I did. I took Halo’s cape off and he got out of my chair.

“I can book with you next month?” He surprised me even more when he turned and asked me.

“Yeah, of course. Sailor will get you in.” I answered, Sailor was the receptionist at checkout.

I tried my best to play it cool while he walked towards Sailor. I cleaned up and my eyes kept going in his direction. Thank God I was sweeping when he came back over to me.

“Here you go.” He said and handed me a hundred-dollar bill.

“Oh no no, this is way too much.” I shook my head.

Halo got wrinkles in his forehead and said, “Naw, it’s not. Take it boo, you earned this shit for real.”

I hesitated until I saw Wren behind Halo gesturing for me to take it.

“Thank you so much.” I told him with a small smile.

“No problem, I’ll see you next 17th.” After that, he left out of the salon.

“You did that shit girl!” Marley was the first to get excited for me.

“Yes, you did! Wait until Regan finds out!” Giselle added.

“I was so nervous, but I could not let him leave this salon. Why is he so fine!” I admitted.

As soon as I did, they all had face expressions like if I came out of the bathroom with tissue stuck to my shoe.

“Oh, sweets that’s not a road you want to go down.” Marley talked first.

I looked confused and Wren snickered then continued doing her client’s hair. Even the clients were snickering, like a joke that went over my head.

“Can someone fill me in please?” I asked in an annoying way because I hate it when people act like that.

“Halo Stone is fine. We all know that. Him and his brothers are. But Halo is uh, well he’s just different.” Giselle said.

“Different how?” I questioned further.

Giselle kept beating around the bush then Wren blurted out.

“He’s gay pumpkin!”

My eyes bucked open wide and my heart cracked. Then I thought about Hendrix, I was not one to say I knew the signs. Immediately, I swallowed my real feelings and laughed it off.

“Damn, I would have never guessed. Well, I guess I gotta pick one of his brothers!” My joke made them crack up and the subject changed after a while.

As I finished cleaning my area I could not get out of my own head. Halo was not the first gay guy I’ve seen that was attractive. But he was the first that I felt slightly hurt over. It wasn’t even like that when Hendrix came out to me.

But what could I do, Halo was who he was. I could hook him up with Hendrix. A slight wave of jealousy hit me but only a bit. Halo was not for me, on to the next.

Halo

Me, my brothers, and our cousin Blake walked inside Lazy Daze dispensary. This was our spot to get the best weed in the city. We never had to turn our IDs in because of who we were, the Stone brothers and that name carried a lot of weight.

“Hey, welcome to Lazy Daze. What can I get you?” An unfamiliar face welcomed us from behind the counter.

“You can get me those two big titties snuggled around my dick tonight.” Golden’s answer had Greek and Blake look at him fast and laugh.